Sister, you are right...we do need to be about it, I agree w/ you whole heartedly in that regard especially when it comes to the legal system. THat is why I am pursuing a legal career and developing systems that will allow for (I hope) Black people to finally find some rest from terrorism. I am also working in conjunction w/ other like minded Black people to liberate our young people from this violent way of life. Hopefully our programs will make a huge impact, and I ask that you and others would pray for us as we continue to fight.
I know how hard this is...I am still waiting for word on 2 people as well. But I cannot justify hurting innocent people just to try and keep me and mine safe.
THat is the same, very same argument that White's have been using against us for years...especially at the height of the lynching campaigns. The fact that many of us are alright with the fact that this country can go to war w/o one shred of evidence that would stand up even in our own court rooms, is apalling. THe problem w/ that argument is that it is reactionary, and short sighted. "If one of you or your kind hurt me (I think, because at this point, we still don't know who did it) I feel justified in wiping you all out because you may think the same" just doesn't make sense...especially since none of us reacted the same way against white people when TImothy McVeigh destroyed those innocent lives. If we who subscribe to that argument, that it is ok to discriminate (terrorize) against whole groups of people because one of them hurt us, then we need to check ourselves.
How many of us who believe that way, stopped riding on busses w/ White people after Timothy McVeigh was accused? How many of us stop riding on planes w/ white people after that? How many of us accused the entire White race of possibly planning our distruction after Jim Jones, or David Koresh, or McVeigh? Not many. So why is it alright to do so now when the victims are Arab?
Let's ask ourselves, are we really ready to DIE, or go to WAR because we think, that one group may have had something to do w/ what happened? Especially considering that it will be Blacks who are sent to the front lines, as we always are? What happens if we go to war (and against whom would we go?) against Afganistan for example, and then in 2 months a group in Japan takes credit for the bombings? Or if we find out that the terrorists were really a part of a Canadian renegade group of Indigenous people? How can we even think of supporting a war against a people who have never been found guilty?
If this country can go to war, w/ no proof, and have the full support of the people here, what is to stop the government from finding us (Black people) guilty of anyting w/ no evidence?
As far as always being on the bottom, well I respectfully must disagree. If that is the case, then what is the point? I am a follower of the teachings of Christ, and I have come to the conclusion that if Jesus did not lie, then there is no excuse for us to be on the bottom. Didn't He say that we would do greater things than He? Didn't He say "let this mind be in you which is also in Christ JEsus"? Doesnt' the Word say, that where the Spirit is, there is LIBERTY? If God is real, and I know not everyone accepts this premise, but If God IS REAL...then we DO NOT HAVE TO STAY AT THE BOTTOM. Seriously. Because if we do, then what is the point in living--if you know that we will never advance, never have success as a people, then what is the point? As soon as we realize that our freedom is based on OUR ability to see truth and act in our OWN BEST INTEREST...as soon as we realize that our FREEDOM is not negotiable, then we can COLLECTIVELY get somewhere. My own personal philosophy is that I can not be a true success as long as a represent a people who are enslaved. That is why I am and will continue to dedicate my life to the freedom of Black people.
Sister, I don't mean to imtimate that you rally around the flag
. But if we accept that it is alright to start a war w/ no proof, and think that it's OK for the gov't to act in secret on something so pivitol, then let's also recognize that it was that type of thinking that allowed for the Tuskeegee experiment, and the four year bombing raids that this country committed (IN SECRET) during Nixon's presidency against Cambodia, (a NEURTRAL AND INNOCENT) country during the Veitnam war, and the bombing of the pharmaceutical company in Sudan that destroyed our African brothers and sister's ability to get the life support medicine they needed. If we don't start thinking outside of this American box,then I fear that the bombing of those towers and the pentagon were only the beginning.
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Originally posted by sequel_1913
Yes some of what you said was true, but also realize just b/c of my position on the subject don't think for a minute that I rally around any flag or any white person, b/c I don't. I never have or never will think this is MY country. But when it comes to protecting me and mine there is no such thing as going to far. Whether you realize it or not we will always be on the bottom no matter what is going on. And trust me they knew when it happened who it was. We both know good and well that they are not going to show anyone any proof. The actions of our government have always and will always be a secret. And you are preaching to the wrong people if you are worried about our legal system and our people going to jail you need to be telling it to the mislead youth that are committing these crimes and breaking the law. And I think we all will agree with you on the fact that our legal system is unfair to blacks, but talking about it is not going to change it you need to be about it.
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