"If we can’t appeal to theFederal Government,where can we go?"
Al Sharpton at the House Judiciary Committee hearing on Jena Six Tuesday morning. (Another reason I love Hip Hop)
Monday, October 22, 2007
Plantation Negro Speak: "Nooses! Nooses! Evre' Whayer! Ery' Night On Da Newwwwz! Nooses!"
"If we can’t appeal to theFederal Government,where can we go?"
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got sharpton in his most plaintive beggin-assed uncle ruckus pose. so wrong on so many levels....,
The high priest of the incresingly popular religion of victimology.
"If we can’t appeal to the Federal Government, where can we go" is the creed of the victimologists.
he's so coontastic. can't stand this joker
Explain why this is another reason why you like hip hop? Mos Def is apart of this Sharpton campaign...
He's still livin' in the 60s, back when he was peddlin' dope and takin' money in FBI stings.
Casper said...
Explain why this is another reason why you like hip hop? Mos Def is apart of this Sharpton campaign...
Plantation Negros / Civil Rights Era Refugees still buy into the notion that black empowerment will be the product of federal government largesse.
They seek a modern day "emancipation proclamation" where the Ultimate Massa - The Federal Government - just bestows power on deserving though morally outraged black folk.
Hip Hop mythology asks "da government" for nothing.
It sees the government as just another group of gangsters competing for the same resources.
Plantation Negros see the government as an all powerful benevolent Massa that will do us right IF WE OBEY DA RULES.
That is why they resent Hip Hop and disobedient athletes who thumb their noses at the plantation system (institutional, government and corporate authority).
"Dey gwan mess it up fo da ress uv us!!!"
Now I finally get your POV after all this time. However I think you make one mistake in believing that their is not a significant layer of professional black americans who agree with you in theory. But disagree with you in practice. The reality is that the message of fuck govt. without a plan of true power growth is not working. To rap "I Get Money" and to leave it without details. That I "Get Money" now and keep money because I don't dare break the easy protocols(mouse traps)of society is the real breakthrough for black folk. I'd rather have 500,000 brothers with their own businesses than in prison unable to read, write or count & invest their assets so they won't need govt. Now you state you hear all of those things from the lyrics/videos. I don't see it in the streets which is the way I think the white corporations who control music distribution want it. Young men and women are not being educated well enough in mass to hear what you hear. They need it in simple language DV. Otherwise, the message can be mis-understood or missed by young teens/adults if we are to believe your analysis of this art form called Hip Hop/ Gansta Rap to have noble intentions. So while big Al is attempting to pressure congress. You brother need to be plannig how your rap artist can break ties with the white music execs/corporations to control their own messages.
Don't get me wrong Casper.
I am not suggesting Hip Hop or any individual rapper is going to serve as the grand Messiah and lead us all to the promised land.
Not at all.
Hip Hop like other art forms, is just a vehicle for expression.
It can't do everything.
However, if Hip Hop only reminds black people that we did not fight and struggle all of these years to escape the southern plantation to languish on government and corporate plantations - Hip Hop has done it's job.
"I get Money" is a song about male potency.
The mainstream spends a tremendous amount of energy to portray black men as ineffective, self-destructive and politically impotent.
Hip Hop and sports are where we counterbalance their attack with continuous displays of self-affirmation.
That's why they are attacking both on all fronts.
Think about that.
Commish: I need 10,000 black men
By DAVE DAVIES
daviesd@phillynews.com 215-854-2595
Police Commissioner Sylvester Johnson is joining with civic leaders in an effort to recruit 10,000 black men to fight crime in Philadelphia's toughest neighborhoods.
Dubbed "A Call to Action: 10,000 men - It's a New Day," the effort will begin Oct. 21 with a rally and recruitment drive at the Liacouras Center, followed days afterward by the training of the volunteers to act as community "peacekeepers."
"It's time for African-American men to stand up," Johnson said in an interview. "We have an obligation to protect our women, our children and our elderly. We're going to put men on the street. We're going to train them in conflict resolution."
Johnson said volunteers will be asked to patrol in high-crime areas for two to three hours a day for "a minimum of 90 days."
He said that the effort wasn't a city program, though many police commanders will be involved in training volunteers and supporting the patrolling peacekeepers, and training will take place at city recreation centers.
Community and religious leaders will be closely involved, Johnson said.
A key architect of the strategy is Dennis Muhammad, chief of security for Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan. Muhammad has a Detroit-based consulting business that works with police departments on community policing and sensitivity training.
Muhammad met in City Hall last summer with Johnson, Mayor Street and some business leaders, and Johnson was enthusiastic about the notion of rallying African-American men to stem the growing tide of violence.
In an interview yesterday, Muhammad said he envisions a dramatic presence in Philadelphia's most troubled neighborhoods that could inspire a national movement.
"We plan to deploy these men and distinguish them with a colored shirt or something, and our very physical presence will become a deterrent," Muhammad said. "It would be hard to commit a crime on a corner with 200 men.
"When this is successful, we hope to bottle this and take it to every major city in the country," he said.
Johnson said he's met regularly with record-industry mogul Kenny Gamble and radio host and executive E. Stephen Collins to plan the undertaking.
To Continue
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/local/20070912_Commish__I_need_10_000_black_men.html
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