NFL preseason sees kneeling, raised fists, during national anthem

frydaddy · 08-13-2018, 10:43 PM

Originally Posted by rezburna

Violent crime and poverty go hand in hand globally. Yeah, ghettos were socially engineered but we can ignore that for the sake of the discussion. Those communities need huge financial investments. The effort LeBron James made is a good start for his hometown, but I feel like all the Black elite should be pooling their money and resources together and adopt a city a year to revitalize. **** a YMCA. Rebuild homes and infrastructure. Bring in industry. Let’s get these people careers, because insurance is pretty much tied to employment.

Everybody thinks it starts with the kids, but to me it starts with the parents. Bringing smart kids home from a wonderful school to a ****ty, neighborhood and home with no lights or food isn’t solving anything. You have to provide opportunity to adults of the area. Healthcare facilities are important too. That’s what I’m trying to put together where I’m from. Get into a position to build a facility and then go to the local high school and devlop bridge programs to get kids straight out of high school and working in the facility ASAP. I’m almost done with my Master’s, and I’ll go get the Doctorate just so people take it serious and put respect on my name.

GED programs. Trade schools. Industry. Grocery stores. Farms. Independence. I don’t want to have to ask the government or White people for help. I don’t even really want the help because I feel like strings will be attached. I have trust issues based on both past and recent history. I don’t want to own 2.6% of the wealth and less than 1% of the land when my kids are my age. We owned less than 1% of the land post-abolition. This isn’t going to work.

As far as Black, public officials, I view most of them in the same fashion as Samuel L Jackson’s character in Django: a Negro overseer. They have a responsibility they aren’t living up to, and we most certainly call them out. We just don’t tend to make internal disputes private. For years Conservative media called Sharpton and Jesse Jackson Black leaders while we said they weren’t. I spend most of time in predominantly White spaces because success and progression calls for that. It’s plenty of blame to go around. I’m just not trusting enough to go into detail about things. And this may seem detailed, but it’s not. I’m way more organized and planned out then this.

I agree with all of this. I mentioned in a post on this thread a few days ago the fact that the so called black leadership has been screwing black people for years. Perpetuating the idea of inferiority, its shameful. And I really like your idea about how these high profile athletes and other figures could put their money where their mouth is and affect REAL change. I think it shouldn't stop with them either. Politicians need to step up to the plate, cause every damn one of them who have ever run for a high profile office has campaigned at some point on the platform of lowering crime and restoring communities and all that mumbo jumbo. Only good can come of providing more people with more opportunities.

I know I started out kinda brash earlier, but my honest sentiment on the matter is that, yes, I see and I understand that there is this perception amongst a lotta black folks that they are somehow inferior. And that unfortunately leads to it manifesting itself as reality in their lives. What frustrates me as a fellow human being is that they believe it. Because it isn't true, and it doesn't have to be like this. We do actually live in a country where any person can make anything of themselves with enough hard work and passion for it. I am for the idea of providing more opportunities, but you gotta take them and do something with them. And if no one will provide you with one, then get out there and make one for yourself. Sometimes you just have to, it's what I'm having to do. And I feel this way toward all people honestly. There are a lot of small towns around where I live that are full of trashy ass people of all colors, but mostly white. Just a bunch of the types of people who like to stay f***ed up all day long on one thing or another. Drifting from pissant job to pissant job, making just enough to support their habit and maybe put a roof over their heads occasionally. I've got two brothers in law who fit all the above criteria sadly (my wife is the good one in the family.) Couple of useless leeches who need to either get their **** together or just get to dying already...but anyway. We do live in a world that is progressing beyond that, or at least attempting to, and it is time for people to start talking things out and finding a way to get on the same page. I feel like you and I are a little closer to that than perhaps we were to begin the day. It's been nice to find some common ground with you.

08-13-2018, 10:43 PM	#11
frydaddy 1000 Posts + Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Lafayette Posts: 1,964 Blog Entries: 1	Re: NFL preseason sees kneeling, raised fists, during national anthem Originally Posted by rezburna Violent crime and poverty go hand in hand globally. Yeah, ghettos were socially engineered but we can ignore that for the sake of the discussion. Those communities need huge financial investments. The effort LeBron James made is a good start for his hometown, but I feel like all the Black elite should be pooling their money and resources together and adopt a city a year to revitalize. ** a YMCA. Rebuild homes and infrastructure. Bring in industry. Let’s get these people careers, because insurance is pretty much tied to employment. Everybody thinks it starts with the kids, but to me it starts with the parents. Bringing smart kids home from a wonderful school to a ty, neighborhood and home with no lights or food isn’t solving anything. You have to provide opportunity to adults of the area. Healthcare facilities are important too. That’s what I’m trying to put together where I’m from. Get into a position to build a facility and then go to the local high school and devlop bridge programs to get kids straight out of high school and working in the facility ASAP. I’m almost done with my Master’s, and I’ll go get the Doctorate just so people take it serious and put respect on my name. GED programs. Trade schools. Industry. Grocery stores. Farms. Independence. I don’t want to have to ask the government or White people for help. I don’t even really want the help because I feel like strings will be attached. I have trust issues based on both past and recent history. I don’t want to own 2.6% of the wealth and less than 1% of the land when my kids are my age. We owned less than 1% of the land post-abolition. This isn’t going to work. As far as Black, public officials, I view most of them in the same fashion as Samuel L Jackson’s character in Django: a Negro overseer. They have a responsibility they aren’t living up to, and we most certainly call them out. We just don’t tend to make internal disputes private. For years Conservative media called Sharpton and Jesse Jackson Black leaders while we said they weren’t. I spend most of time in predominantly White spaces because success and progression calls for that. It’s plenty of blame to go around. I’m just not trusting enough to go into detail about things. And this may seem detailed, but it’s not. I’m way more organized and planned out then this. I agree with all of this. I mentioned in a post on this thread a few days ago the fact that the so called black leadership has been screwing black people for years. Perpetuating the idea of inferiority, its shameful. And I really like your idea about how these high profile athletes and other figures could put their money where their mouth is and affect REAL change. I think it shouldn't stop with them either. Politicians need to step up to the plate, cause every damn one of them who have ever run for a high profile office has campaigned at some point on the platform of lowering crime and restoring communities and all that mumbo jumbo. Only good can come of providing more people with more opportunities. I know I started out kinda brash earlier, but my honest sentiment on the matter is that, yes, I see and I understand that there is this perception amongst a lotta black folks that they are somehow inferior. And that unfortunately leads to it manifesting itself as reality in their lives. What frustrates me as a fellow human being is that they believe it. Because it isn't true, and it doesn't have to be like this. We do actually live in a country where any person can make anything of themselves with enough hard work and passion for it. I am for the idea of providing more opportunities, but you gotta take them and do something with them. And if no one will provide you with one, then get out there and make one for yourself. Sometimes you just have to, it's what I'm having to do. And I feel this way toward all people honestly. There are a lot of small towns around where I live that are full of trashy ass people of all colors, but mostly white. Just a bunch of the types of people who like to stay fed up all day long on one thing or another. Drifting from pissant job to pissant job, making just enough to support their habit and maybe put a roof over their heads occasionally. I've got two brothers in law who fit all the above criteria sadly (my wife is the good one in the family.) Couple of useless leeches who need to either get their *** together or just get to dying already...but anyway. We do live in a world that is progressing beyond that, or at least attempting to, and it is time for people to start talking things out and finding a way to get on the same page. I feel like you and I are a little closer to that than perhaps we were to begin the day. It's been nice to find some common ground with you. SmashMouth likes this.
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