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I think that in the past we would make sacrifices because we had to in order to survive and I don’t think we would have moved before desegregation. When I consider that my family even had businesses where we always had a place to have a job and I think of movies in which the plot revolves around either selling a house or business for the “betterment” of the family and how we as a people began selling those businesses and properties and now fast forward and everyone is renting and commerical businesses and immigrants control our communities. Before even Black Wallstreet in Tulsa there was a Black Native who was trying to turn Oklahoma into a Black state and when they couldn’t bribe him they sued him in court and drained his money that way (same tactics the use today) until he died shortly before Tulsa was destroyed. However when they preach submission and promote sayings such as “If you can’t beat em join em…” we have a playing field that facilitates Black abandonment of the community. We can’t get a montegomery bus boycott lasting a little over a year if you don’t have people willing to sacrifice and go thru some crazy stuff.Individualism is a concept that is negative towards African Americans and doesn’t fit us. We come from a culture where when someone died we used to cook for that family in our neighborhood for an entire week if necessary while they were grieving fast forward only 50-60 years and that act is not even thought of today. The reason has to do with our education and how that education changes perception. That perception is detrimental to our survival and is the reason we keep falling lower and lower on the totem pole.
I think that in the past we would make sacrifices because we had to in order to survive and I don’t think we would have moved before desegregation. When I consider that my family even had businesses where we always had a place to have a job and I think of movies in which the plot revolves around either selling a house or business for the “betterment” of the family and how we as a people began selling those businesses and properties and now fast forward and everyone is renting and commerical businesses and immigrants control our communities. Before even Black Wallstreet in Tulsa there was a Black Native who was trying to turn Oklahoma into a Black state and when they couldn’t bribe him they sued him in court and drained his money that way (same tactics the use today) until he died shortly before Tulsa was destroyed. However when they preach submission and promote sayings such as “If you can’t beat em join em…” we have a playing field that facilitates Black abandonment of the community. We can’t get a montegomery bus boycott lasting a little over a year if you don’t have people willing to sacrifice and go thru some crazy stuff.
Individualism is a concept that is negative towards African Americans and doesn’t fit us. We come from a culture where when someone died we used to cook for that family in our neighborhood for an entire week if necessary while they were grieving fast forward only 50-60 years and that act is not even thought of today. The reason has to do with our education and how that education changes perception. That perception is detrimental to our survival and is the reason we keep falling lower and lower on the totem pole.
