Hello Siger...
Yes, this is exactly situation that i am railing against.... We have the same thing here & it get's worse every year... We do have some BLACK-politicians & Black-ness-Pimps, that takes advantage of this situation whille forging a very good living for themselves, by staying in the fore-front of organizations & rally's; giving us 'lip-service' but very little else...
When it's time to confront authority & speak directly to them about the deteriorating situations, they suddenly go mum, letting these protest fizzle-out... That way, they never have to go out on a limb, putting themselves in danger; yet, they want to ACT like they are up-front LEADING us to VICTORY...
We've not had a man willing to give it his all, since the late 'Dr. MLK'... And before him, it was Malcolm... But even with these men, i feel that they came up short of the mark, in as much as MLK led us to the door, but stopped us from kicking the damn door down.. Had we gone all the way, at that time, while we were organized & determined, then meaningful gains could have been made...
Instead, he stopped us short of confrontation & victory, at a time when we were completely united, and were all on the same page, thirsting for from freedom and equality... He accepted small gains on our behalf, that satisfied the soft-LEADERS, standing behind him... These gains took enough pressure off the situation, that it encouraged us to dis-band for the moment, knowing that we could come back for more, later-on...
However, in an effort to prevent us from ever re-grouping in a meaningful way, they took DR, KING out... That was like cuting off the head of a chicken... We just floundered around for a while, jumping, kicking & crying, until we BLED TO DEATH & DIED... Dr. KING actually failed us by not building an organization strong enough to carry-on effectively, in his absence.... Instead, he left behind a group of soft-men, women & children. with no leadership skills, who would prefer to pray for deliverance, rather than to confront those denying us our basic HUMAN RIGHTS....
It's been years, but SO FAR, we've received no DELIVERANCE from GOD.. We are still STUCK IN PLACE....
In MALCOLM"S case, i am still not sure what happened there... He was certainly a strong dynamic force that could have taken us all the way, had he not mis-handled his situation with Elijah... But he chose to step-away from the NOI, in such a way that his life was threatened... He then turned to his NATURAL ENEMY (white people) for help; they refused to assist him...
NONE on our so-called BLACK LEADERS would go to his aid either, so he was consumed by the in-action of us all... Most of our present LEADERS were available including 'DR KINGS' group; yet none reached out to MALCOLM... He gave his LIFE in the service of BLACK people & their plight... We benefitted mightily from his actions; we MOURNED his passsing in a moving memorial.. In hind-sight, we all have a measure of 'affinity' for him deep inside our hearts....He is still 'toast-ed' to this day; but in his DARKEST HOURS, we collectively abandoned him... He was there for us... But where were we during his time of need???
i am perplexed by his acceptance of the orthodox muslim faith; and the comfort he claims to have found with some blond-blue-eyed muslims during his trek to mecca... Like these people were not driven by the same RACIAL HATRED, that drives his NATURAL ENEMY... Don't they beleive in slavery also??? Are they not still taking & holding SLAVES, as we speak?
LQQK at the SUDAN... (Perhaps, Muslims hide these facts during their Hajj...)
i find it very strange that all our prominent LEADERS opt for acceptance & inclusion with white people, or MUSLIMS, at the LEADERSHIP LEVEL.... While the majority of our people (the poor, the dis-advantaged, the dis-enfranchised ones) sit hungry, diseased & suffering at the bottom of so-called civilized societies...
There's no way that we, as AFRICAN PEOPLE, are better off today...
So far, none of these attempts at ONE-NESS has benefitted our poor; not even one-little-bit; so why must our LEADERS insist on TAKING US THERE???
Will it ever work??? Has it ever worked, ANYWHERE??? Or, will we (the people) be forced to find OUR OWN SOLUTIONS?
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