Top 5 Issues Facing The Black Community

[zzombie]

@zzombie is right

Get over your feelings

I don't get y'all

We've actually made gains thanks in great part to the civil rights movement, wouldn't you agree?

College enrollment up, teen pregnancy down, poverty down, crime down, etc

Still a ways to go, but let's acknowledge how far we've come in a very short period of time

That said, no one of intelligence today would argue that those organizers of the civil rights movement were enablers or should have put the Montgomery bus boycott on the back burner to focus on black on black violence back then though murder rates were higher in the 60s

Rightfully they focused squarely on structural racism, the most consistent and overpowering impediment to blk success in america, and the thread that connects every era of its history

Same as what we should be doing today

All that struggle during the civil rights era was needed but we don't live in the 1960's anymore it is 2016 and applying what worked in the past is a losing strategy. That's why groups like BLM will ULTIMATELY accomplish nothing. Today we need self reflection and self improvement or else everything that happened during the civil rights era will be meaningless.

REMOVING STRUCTURAL RACISM is not going to equal dollars in your pocket??? Black people have made social gains but our economic and political gains have not kept us with everyone else. It's not sufficient enough to glory in the fact that we have it better than our grandparents if other people are doing better than us then we have work to do.

COMPARE YOURSELF to the white women of today and not the black women of 40 years ago

 

[zzombie]

I'm not African American so I'm prolly out of tune

You don't have to be African american you just have to be educated and apply logic.

 

[desertrain10]

@zzombie is right

Get over your feelings

I don't get y'all

We've actually made gains thanks in great part to the civil rights movement, wouldn't you agree?

College enrollment up, teen pregnancy down, poverty down, crime down, etc

Still a ways to go, but let's acknowledge how far we've come in a very short period of time

That said, no one of intelligence today would argue that those organizers of the civil rights movement were enablers or should have put the Montgomery bus boycott on the back burner to focus on black on black violence back then though murder rates were higher in the 60s

Rightfully they focused squarely on structural racism, the most consistent and overpowering impediment to blk success in america, and the thread that connects every era of its history

Same as what we should be doing today

Not arguing those points.

Progress for some, what about median and mean? What's really changed? Access to unsecured credit?

There's internal shit we have to figure out. That's where I agree with @zzombie

I thank God I was partly educated in JA, I never felt I was less than and quickly got over white racism. The civil rights made room, the space for what's possible today, I would NEVER insult them or say it's in vain. However, black people are our own worst enemy, instead of focusing on white adulation, we NEED self care and self-help. The median american black family when you take out the family car is worth $1,200. If that don't make you angry then we not in the same fight.

Maybe I saw it with less sting than zombie but it's the same shit

Who is looking for white adulation???? Lol

I'm just proposing we continue what they started back in the 60s and focus on changing public policy, law ...rather than on the actions of a small segment of our community

Especially considering most Blk ppl are hard working, family oriented, and value education

Unless you seriously believe the actions of the few are what is really holding us back

And I like how you just gonna sneeze at the gains we've made in college enrollment, entrepreneurship, lowering teen pregnancy, crime is down, etc

We are behind in wealth...which is an understatement and that makes me angry...but slavery ended a little over 150 years ago ...then we had 100 yrs of Jim Crow after that, which I could argue is still alive

But I digress, maybe you do believe most Blk do are lazy, ignorant, criminal, etc

 

[CapitalB]

No. 1 problem in the black community is Christianity..

Been exploitin and pacifying niggas since the slave ships..

"Yeh i may not have shit but i got jesus so tgats good enough for me." ass niggas..

"god has a plan so i aint go let it worry me." muthafuckas..

"god will not givd me more then i can bare." idiots. smmfh

 

[Olorun22]

No. 1 problem in the black community is Christianity..

Been exploitin and pacifying niggas since the slave ships..

"Yeh i may not have shit but i got jesus so tgats good enough for me." ass niggas..

"god has a plan so i aint go let it worry me." muthafuckas..

"god will not givd me more then i can bare." idiots. smmfh

Religion period.

 

[CapitalB]

No. 1 problem in the black community is Christianity..

Been exploitin and pacifying niggas since the slave ships..

"Yeh i may not have shit but i got jesus so tgats good enough for me." ass niggas..

"god has a plan so i aint go let it worry me." muthafuckas..

"god will not givd me more then i can bare." idiots. smmfh

Religion period.

True..

But we talkin black issues right now..

Not the worlds. lol

 

[Olorun22]

1. Identity

"The Blacks" have a identity crisis

You do too since you think you're a moor

"Moor" is a real true identity....There are still Moors in West Africa today, primarily in Mauritian and Morroco....(not to mention at one point West Africans were known as Moors especially if they were Muslim)

Google Haratine Moors...

Black is not a true and real identity of a people it's the description of the people...

Black=negro=nigger=Negar

(all synonyms including Afro American which was created in the1980's)

You can believe what u want tho I just wanted to share the info but I'm out I'm not about to go back and forth...

With the correct identity everyone could get on the same page...

Black is for anybody....no rules anything goes no standards nuthin...coons and all.

Moor means black and black people never refer to themselves as a moor.

 

[MarcusGarvey]

@zzombie is right

Get over your feelings

I don't get y'all

We've actually made gains thanks in great part to the civil rights movement, wouldn't you agree?

College enrollment up, teen pregnancy down, poverty down, crime down, etc

Still a ways to go, but let's acknowledge how far we've come in a very short period of time

That said, no one of intelligence today would argue that those organizers of the civil rights movement were enablers or should have put the Montgomery bus boycott on the back burner to focus on black on black violence back then though murder rates were higher in the 60s

Rightfully they focused squarely on structural racism, the most consistent and overpowering impediment to blk success in america, and the thread that connects every era of its history

Same as what we should be doing today

Not arguing those points.

Progress for some, what about median and mean? What's really changed? Access to unsecured credit?

There's internal shit we have to figure out. That's where I agree with @zzombie

I thank God I was partly educated in JA, I never felt I was less than and quickly got over white racism. The civil rights made room, the space for what's possible today, I would NEVER insult them or say it's in vain. However, black people are our own worst enemy, instead of focusing on white adulation, we NEED self care and self-help. The median american black family when you take out the family car is worth $1,200. If that don't make you angry then we not in the same fight.

Maybe I saw it with less sting than zombie but it's the same shit

Who is looking for white adulation???? Lol

I'm just proposing we continue what they started back in the 60s and focus on changing public policy, law ...rather than on the actions of a small segment of our community

Especially considering most Blk ppl are hard working, family oriented, and value education

Unless you seriously believe the actions of the few are what is really holding us back

And I like how you just gonna sneeze at the gains we've made in college enrollment, entrepreneurship, lowering teen pregnancy, crime is down, etc

We are behind in wealth...which is an understatement and that makes me angry...but slavery ended a little over 150 years ago ...then we had 100 yrs of Jim Crow after that, which I could argue is still alive

But I digress, maybe you do believe most Blk do are lazy, ignorant, criminal, etc

We can get to a middle ground. @desertrain10

Here's my QuickTake:

•you're not getting reparations

•you're not getting acres and mule

Focus on getting increasing wealth and its building blocks

• education - fuck teachers union, anywhere that has negros, should have charter schools (some of them are trash but need state supervision). Need even more blacks to get 4 year degrees. We playing catch up, it can't be the same avg as the population. Which mean we need to get black men pulling their weight

•focus on entrepreneurship/self employment - access to capital an issue? Start small. Why aren't there more plumbers, mechanics, home renovators etc to go along with doctors lawyers dentists etc

•invest your money in land, real estate, stocks, bonds

•two parent households should again be the norm

•vigilante justice for those not acting up

One home at a time.

 

[zzombie]

can you niggas leave religion alone for 2 fucking minutes??? hatred of religion is just a more modern excuse black people have stumbled upon avoid our real issues, it's just another scapegoat

 

[CapitalB]

can you niggas leave religion alone for 2 fucking minutes??? hatred of religion is just a more modern excuse black people have stumbled upon avoid our real issues, it's just another scapegoat

NOPE! lol

 

[Olorun22]

can you niggas leave religion alone for 2 fucking minutes??? hatred of religion is just a more modern excuse black people have stumbled upon avoid our real issues, it's just another scapegoat

It's gives false hope that the problem and its an excuse for black problems

 

[Olorun22]

1. Identity

"The Blacks" have a identity crisis

You do too since you think you're a moor

"Moor" is a real true identity....There are still Moors in West Africa today, primarily in Mauritian and Morroco....(not to mention at one point West Africans were known as Moors especially if they were Muslim)

Google Haratine Moors...

Black is not a true and real identity of a people it's the description of the people...

Black=negro=nigger=Negar

(all synonyms including Afro American which was created in the1980's)

You can believe what u want tho I just wanted to share the info but I'm out I'm not about to go back and forth...

With the correct identity everyone could get on the same page...

Black is for anybody....no rules anything goes no standards nuthin...coons and all.

Moor means black and black people never refer to themselves as a moor.

Moor does not mean black....

Moor comes from the Phoencians and it means Westerner...

Google Maghrebis it means westerner which means Moor...

Believe what u want or do the research it's at your fingertips.

So you prove my point that black people never refer to themselves as a moor.

If it comes from Phoencians then that should tell you that it's not west Africa. If though you claim is false and the etymology of the word Moors comes from Greek

 

[desertrain10]

@zzombie is right

Get over your feelings

I don't get y'all

We've actually made gains thanks in great part to the civil rights movement, wouldn't you agree?

College enrollment up, teen pregnancy down, poverty down, crime down, etc

Still a ways to go, but let's acknowledge how far we've come in a very short period of time

That said, no one of intelligence today would argue that those organizers of the civil rights movement were enablers or should have put the Montgomery bus boycott on the back burner to focus on black on black violence back then though murder rates were higher in the 60s

Rightfully they focused squarely on structural racism, the most consistent and overpowering impediment to blk success in america, and the thread that connects every era of its history

Same as what we should be doing today

Not arguing those points.

Progress for some, what about median and mean? What's really changed? Access to unsecured credit?

There's internal shit we have to figure out. That's where I agree with @zzombie

I thank God I was partly educated in JA, I never felt I was less than and quickly got over white racism. The civil rights made room, the space for what's possible today, I would NEVER insult them or say it's in vain. However, black people are our own worst enemy, instead of focusing on white adulation, we NEED self care and self-help. The median american black family when you take out the family car is worth $1,200. If that don't make you angry then we not in the same fight.

Maybe I saw it with less sting than zombie but it's the same shit

Who is looking for white adulation???? Lol

I'm just proposing we continue what they started back in the 60s and focus on changing public policy, law ...rather than on the actions of a small segment of our community

Especially considering most Blk ppl are hard working, family oriented, and value education

Unless you seriously believe the actions of the few are what is really holding us back

And I like how you just gonna sneeze at the gains we've made in college enrollment, entrepreneurship, lowering teen pregnancy, crime is down, etc

We are behind in wealth...which is an understatement and that makes me angry...but slavery ended a little over 150 years ago ...then we had 100 yrs of Jim Crow after that, which I could argue is still alive

But I digress, maybe you do believe most Blk do are lazy, ignorant, criminal, etc

We can get to a middle ground. @desertrain10

Here's my QuickTake:

•you're not getting reparations

•you're not getting acres and mule

Focus on getting increasing wealth and its building blocks

• education - fuck teachers union, anywhere that has negros, should have charter schools (some of them are trash but need state supervision). Need even more blacks to get 4 year degrees. We playing catch up, it can't be the same avg as the population. Which mean we need to get black men pulling their weight

•focus on entrepreneurship/self employment - access to capital an issue? Start small. Why aren't there more plumbers, mechanics, home renovators etc to go along with doctors lawyers dentists etc

•invest your money in land, real estate, stocks, bonds

•two parent households should again be the norm

•vigilante justice for those not acting up

One home at a time.

I agree, building up blk families and wealth is key...same as making smarter investments

We should play a larger role in keeping our neighborhoods safe

I just don't know how possible that is, building Blk wealth, without first addressing the structural barriers and discriminatory practices that prevent us from buying property, starting businesses, going to college, etc

 

[MazterChef]

No. 1 problem in the black community is Christianity..

Been exploitin and pacifying niggas since the slave ships..

"Yeh i may not have shit but i got jesus so tgats good enough for me." ass niggas..

"god has a plan so i aint go let it worry me." muthafuckas..

"god will not givd me more then i can bare." idiots. smmfh

dubai is very very religious

 

[Plutarch]

can you niggas leave religion alone for 2 fucking minutes??? hatred of religion is just a more modern excuse black people have stumbled upon avoid our real issues, it's just another scapegoat

It's gives false hope that the problem and its an excuse for black problems

Blaming religion is such a lazy cop out, imo. Seems more to do with ego and hatred of religion more than anything else. Shit, blaming most "other" external things, let alone religion, just seems so myopic to me.

 

[Olorun22]

can you niggas leave religion alone for 2 fucking minutes??? hatred of religion is just a more modern excuse black people have stumbled upon avoid our real issues, it's just another scapegoat

It's gives false hope that the problem and its an excuse for black problems

Blaming religion is such a lazy cop out, imo. Seems more to do with ego and hatred of religion more than anything else. Shit, blaming most "other" external things, let alone religion, just seems so myopic to me.

Uh huh so I was on Facebook right and I seen a post about how can we stop police brutality and guess what the answer was?

 

[Olorun22]

No. 1 problem in the black community is Christianity..

Been exploitin and pacifying niggas since the slave ships..

"Yeh i may not have shit but i got jesus so tgats good enough for me." ass niggas..

"god has a plan so i aint go let it worry me." muthafuckas..

"god will not givd me more then i can bare." idiots. smmfh

dubai is very very religious

That's not black people try again

 

[CapitalB]

can you niggas leave religion alone for 2 fucking minutes??? hatred of religion is just a more modern excuse black people have stumbled upon avoid our real issues, it's just another scapegoat

It's gives false hope that the problem and its an excuse for black problems

Blaming religion is such a lazy cop out, imo. Seems more to do with ego and hatred of religion more than anything else. Shit, blaming most "other" external things, let alone religion, just seems so myopic to me.

Uh huh so I was on Facebook right and I seen a post about how can we stop police brutality and guess what the answer was?

pray??

Put it in gods hand??

Vengence is the lords??! lol

 

[Plutarch]

can you niggas leave religion alone for 2 fucking minutes??? hatred of religion is just a more modern excuse black people have stumbled upon avoid our real issues, it's just another scapegoat

It's gives false hope that the problem and its an excuse for black problems

Blaming religion is such a lazy cop out, imo. Seems more to do with ego and hatred of religion more than anything else. Shit, blaming most "other" external things, let alone religion, just seems so myopic to me.

Uh huh so I was on Facebook right and I seen a post about how can we stop police brutality and guess what the answer was?

Lol, and? C'mon, we've all heard that "argument" before. I just find it weak for, imo, obvious reasons. It's old hat.

 

[MarcusGarvey]

@zzombie is right

Get over your feelings

I don't get y'all

We've actually made gains thanks in great part to the civil rights movement, wouldn't you agree?

College enrollment up, teen pregnancy down, poverty down, crime down, etc

Still a ways to go, but let's acknowledge how far we've come in a very short period of time

That said, no one of intelligence today would argue that those organizers of the civil rights movement were enablers or should have put the Montgomery bus boycott on the back burner to focus on black on black violence back then though murder rates were higher in the 60s

Rightfully they focused squarely on structural racism, the most consistent and overpowering impediment to blk success in america, and the thread that connects every era of its history

Same as what we should be doing today

Not arguing those points.

Progress for some, what about median and mean? What's really changed? Access to unsecured credit?

There's internal shit we have to figure out. That's where I agree with @zzombie

I thank God I was partly educated in JA, I never felt I was less than and quickly got over white racism. The civil rights made room, the space for what's possible today, I would NEVER insult them or say it's in vain. However, black people are our own worst enemy, instead of focusing on white adulation, we NEED self care and self-help. The median american black family when you take out the family car is worth $1,200. If that don't make you angry then we not in the same fight.

Maybe I saw it with less sting than zombie but it's the same shit

Who is looking for white adulation???? Lol

I'm just proposing we continue what they started back in the 60s and focus on changing public policy, law ...rather than on the actions of a small segment of our community

Especially considering most Blk ppl are hard working, family oriented, and value education

Unless you seriously believe the actions of the few are what is really holding us back

And I like how you just gonna sneeze at the gains we've made in college enrollment, entrepreneurship, lowering teen pregnancy, crime is down, etc

We are behind in wealth...which is an understatement and that makes me angry...but slavery ended a little over 150 years ago ...then we had 100 yrs of Jim Crow after that, which I could argue is still alive

But I digress, maybe you do believe most Blk do are lazy, ignorant, criminal, etc

We can get to a middle ground. @desertrain10

Here's my QuickTake:

•you're not getting reparations

•you're not getting acres and mule

Focus on getting increasing wealth and its building blocks

• education - fuck teachers union, anywhere that has negros, should have charter schools (some of them are trash but need state supervision). Need even more blacks to get 4 year degrees. We playing catch up, it can't be the same avg as the population. Which mean we need to get black men pulling their weight

•focus on entrepreneurship/self employment - access to capital an issue? Start small. Why aren't there more plumbers, mechanics, home renovators etc to go along with doctors lawyers dentists etc

•invest your money in land, real estate, stocks, bonds

•two parent households should again be the norm

•vigilante justice for those not acting up

One home at a time.

I agree, building up blk families and wealth is key...same as making smarter investments

We should play a larger role in keeping our neighborhoods safe

I just don't know how possible that is, building Blk wealth, without first addressing the structural barriers and discriminatory practices that prevent us from buying property, starting businesses, going to college, etc

@desertrain10

Slow and steady, this will take generations. I agree with Boyce Watkins on this, our job is to plant a seed. You may be the first in your family to graduate college or to start a small business, start small, watch it grow. You don't need laws to change to grow black wealth from median of $1,200 to $10,000. Shit is appalling