The violence among blacks is out of control, simply because it exists. We all came to this country the same way and we are supposed to look out for one another. I attended a performance sponsored by a Latina sorority on non-violence. There I listened to a heart felt story of a widow and her grandchild dealing with the psychological and financial repercussions of her spouse being tortured and murdered by two young black men performing armed robbery. The story was read from an article told on a first hand basis. It was horrible because as the widow described the dialogue, the robbers seemed as though they enjoyed torturing the innocent man of about 60 years old. They burned him several times, choked him with a thin wire, then killed him with a gunshot him in the back. They threatened the woman and her grandchild many times throughout the robbery. They left with about $20 and the man's watch. It's hard enough as blacks to endure the financial burdens, the social discrimination, and the psychological destruction of our history, but we have to protect ourselves from each other as well.
We are representing the heinous crime every time we talk about each other negatively, judge one another, and get envious. Stop hating each other. This self hate in our black community has stifled togetherness and growth. Promote good behavior and morals instead of judging those who don't understand its relevance.
Stop the self destruction. Don't hate the next girl because "she's fake" or "she doesn't speak to you". Encourage positivity by introducing her to new things or show her that's its OK to let her guard down. Black women stop finding flaws in each other and embrace our beauty. So what she has big lips, they have to be that big to frame her pearly whites just right.
And NOTHING is worth resulting to violence for! We have to find other ways of coping with our aggression. We adapted this barbaric form of problem solving from slavery. Beating each other senseless only perpetuates the wrongdoing that caused you to raise your fist (in worst cases 'gun') in the first place. Our struggles don't stem from each other, lets battle the true enemies- our fucked up health care system, the monopolizing rich, police brutality, our financial ignorance... are any sirens going off? Don't kill him for robbing you, kill the system that makes him resort to it.
It has to start with us though.
We have to realize the destructive behavior that we are exhibiting and focus that energy on volunteering, promoting positivity, and solutions to uplift our race.
This reminds me of a track on Erykah Badu's newest album, called Twinkle. PLEASE listen to the WHOLE SONG includign the message afterward, Ignore that weird shyt in the middle tho
This reminds me of a track on Erykah Badu's newest album, called Twinkle. PLEASE listen to the WHOLE SONG includign the message afterward, Ignore that weird shyt in the middle tho
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Don't kill him for robbing you, kill the system that makes him resort to it... It starts with us.
I heard that. Clearly this hasn't been read by the masses, they are definitely missing out.
-B of BBC
ciara. get it together. your contradicting yourself. really only when u spoke about females judging other females. but a contradiction none the less. I do think its a crying shame that we dont love ourselves more. But i think that it comes from a long line of being critiqued by whites on the bidding poll that led us to dwell on looks and material items. before personality and heart. but thats just my thought.
-Be of BBC
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