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The winner of a recent contest on the Your Black World fan page, Joe Kellam, is getting attention for his perception of the three items that should define the black agenda. The video is below:
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Al
June 21, 2012 at 4:14 pm
Even in a desegregated world black folks are still segregated.
1) We go to all black clubs (very few go to white ones)
2) Most older Black people watch only black movies and the new black tv stations
3) Black folks in the hood go to all black schools from K to 12th grade
4)When black folks have social functions there is rarely another race there.
Say what you want, but Hip Hop has done more for racial relations than the black leaders of today…
Arckitect Fx Fam
June 13, 2012 at 12:49 pm
Whoa everything you said I completely 100% agree and those ideas have been brewing in my mind for quite sometime. It lets me know that black empowerment on a mainstream level is right around the corner and enlightenment is only a matter of time. One thing is you do talk about making improvements on a nation level but I think even that is thinking to small. We have to change the conditions that blacks face on an international level. I’m from Canada and over here we face a lot of the same issues that stem from systemic racism and pseudo black culture/identity. You didn’t talk about the fact that we have to reinvent our culture because it’s probably the source of most of the damage in the black community. The fact that the media controls what being black is is a huge problem because we all know who owns the media and its not us.
Tyral Muhammad
May 18, 2012 at 12:50 am
Separate not segregated, big difference.
Joe. Kellam
May 18, 2012 at 12:24 am
Nicole, what I’m saying is that we need to recognize that we are indeed currently in a de facto segregated lifestyle. Yet, mentally, we are generally living with the understanding that we’re part of the collective society. Thus, we’ve turned over our primary responsibilities (education, economic development, governance, etc) for others to manage (to which they have not been adequately fulfilling, and rightfully so). The false belief that we have integrated has caused our collective to neglect our responsibilities. Taking accountability doesn’t mean we relinquish our ability to compete. It means we accept the fact (like all other groups) that it’s our responsibility to prepare ourselves for the competition, rather than depending on mainstream society to make sure that we’re prepared.
Kennon Moss
May 17, 2012 at 11:57 pm
Yes
Nicole Ohenewa Buckle
May 17, 2012 at 11:49 pm
black people are living in highly segregated communities as it is. just this alone hasn’t lent itself to fostering black business or “the black family” … all its been effective in is making it easier to target and round up black males for jail
Nicole Ohenewa Buckle
May 17, 2012 at 11:32 pm
the notion is quite ridiculous… so we should leave all of the business expansion to African immigrants, Chinese people, and Indians???? Is that what he’s saying. We shouldn’t compete?
Natalie Blount
May 17, 2012 at 8:40 pm
I honestly think that we do. Desegregation was one of the worst things that happened to the Black family.
Alvie Earnest
May 17, 2012 at 8:26 pm
FOR SURE! We need to build up our own people, before we can be apart of anyone elses anything! That includes islanders in U.S. too!!! Own neighborhoods, Own businesses, Schools, WE NEED TO DEVELOP OUR OWN PROSPERITY.
Jeff Gue
May 17, 2012 at 8:25 pm
Themselves??? Like they had a choice before. That’s like saying should I deny sweety pie her offer on 3 free meals when she denied me entry to her restaurants. This must be negro reverse psychology.
Charli Jones
May 17, 2012 at 8:04 pm
Yes !!!