Sometimes words can paint pictures in the mind that film and images cannot.
SPIRIT
Meet An Ancient African Queen More Significant Than Nefertiti
Companies have discovered that the ultimate “life hack” to marketing is to capitalize off of the inability of people to enjoy life in general. If people believe that their happiness is waiting somewhere down the line when they take that vacation, or buy that pair shoes, or buy that new phone, then they’ll have you forever. Because “joy” is one of the most intense primal urges that people experience. The drive to be joyful goes all the way back to primitive “Man”. That reward mechanism is in place to incentivize your survival. In nature things that are “tasty” are usually good for you as well (there are exceptions). So, the dopamine release is encouragement to keep doing things that will you and the species alive (sex).
The term, “Black power” is an empty statement unless it is fortified with the essential ingredients needed to generate and sustain power. Your ability to achieve success in life is based, in part, on seizing opportunities when they arise or on creating new opportunities. However, your personal success (and ultimately our collective success at acquiring power) is severely compromised when your health and vitality are not optimized
MONEY
The issue with this is that they are profiting off of a movement they are not a part of. Also, they are exerting their influence to control the narrative to one of “equality” instead of empowerment.
Using this instance as an example, the outcry should not be about the need for diversity in major corporations, it should be about the fact that companies market and sell to us but do not cut us in on the “action”. Giving someone a job with a high title is not the same as being a part of the action.
Everyone by now is familiar with the statistic that the buying power of black people is expected to reach between $1.2 trillion and $1.4 trillion by 2020. Currently, we cannot count this a true “worth”, because this money is not spent within the black community. It’s been reported that black people spend 93% of their income outside of the black community. Imagine if that headline read “The Expected Economic Worth of The Black Community will be $1.4 Trillion by 2020”.
Malcolm X told us to do for self... His teacher told him to do for self... That's what Malcolm X meant to me ... I am living out his vision.
POLITRICKS
The Resolution attempts to remove the negative stigma from those who escaped with the language “WHEREAS, intentional or not, the current name of such creek serves to cast, edify, and perpetuate a posture of criminality upon the men and women who pursued the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...”
The monkey went for the meat and trapped his self.
Trump may have found his self in a similar situation by gloating over the state of the current economy. An interesting stat to take note of is that the national deficit has not seen any significant reduction even in the midst of a 10 year “growth” period. This so called “growth” period took place during extremely low interest rates.
MLK’s stomping grounds was the Auburn-Boulevard-Edgewood area of Atlanta. This was a thriving black middle-class area in the 60s. If you go there now, for the most part you see mass poverty amongst the black people in that area. And for the portions that are not impoverished, they are being aggressively gentrified. This could not have been the vision for Black America that MLK saw
The reason this race is one to watch is because we are seeing this trend play out all over America.
If Mary Norwood wins this election, it would be the first white mayor of Atlanta since Sam Massell which was almost 50 years ago.
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Now, that all of the dust has settled, and Black Panther is out of theaters, Yohonis and Herut chops it up about their views on the movie and its impact on the culture
I work in a 90% female dominated environment and the look of sheer disappointment on most of the women’s’ faces was overwhelming which some people voiced and some people didn’t. Which got me to thinking was in the big deal about not having a diamond as your main stone?
Successful and technologically advanced black nation, that is unfettered by the chains of racism; Jim Crow, redlining, gentrification, food Desserts, or colonization. In the immortal words of Rico
Wade on Outkast’s Players Ball “talking about a Black Man’s Heaven here”.
how smoking weed, and drinking lean can be a liability when you’re a business owner. Also, he stated that he felt like he was giving others an edge on him in negotiations, due to his inability to be discipline.
We connect with Relic again to get more insight into what makes The Black Panther a great leader and warrior. Relic also gives a sneak preview of a work out regimen based off of the Black Panthers skill set.
It’s not good enough to make the argument that rappers are just making music that reflect their background and environment. They have to be about the business of figuring out ways to improve their former environments, so others can come up too. It’s almost the equivalence of growing up financially broke, and pledging to remain broke, because that’s all you knew growing up. None of these entertainers would do that.
When an oppressed group understands that not only is their individual survival is under attack, but the survival of their ancestral culture is also at stake, the call to action is much stronger. Perhaps this is the reason why rebellions led by Nat Turner and Denmark Vesey were ultimately unsuccessful.
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Michael Jai White announced that he will go into production for a narrative film about the Moors, called "The Moor" in early 2018.
Now in the last year of Lebron’s contract the value of the Cavs sit at an impressive ~$1.2B. That means that Lebron has added a total of ~$940M to the value of the Cavs while being under contract.
If Lebron was a lawyer and the Cavs was the firm, he would definitely make partner with this type of performance.
Wakanda is a country in Africa that has never been conquered by any colonial power and has managed to develop and thrive independently. They are light years ahead of the rest of the world both technically and spiritually. The Black Panther serves as both the political and spiritual leader of the country, which is a leadership model derived directly from Ancient Africa in kingdoms such as ancient Khamit and Kush, Benin, and the Asante.
... one has to ask if this is a healthy relationship to have with sports? Have black people relegated theirselves to being the entertainment of modern rich “noble” men at the expense of our own nobility?
...it is now time for him to take this campaign to the next level. The most powerful move he could make is to publicly withdraw his name from being considered for a job in the NFL. Not only would this be the ultimate act of defiance for the system and its supporters, it would set a new precedent of independence both economically and politically in the black community