Is Montgomery just The Beginning?
All I have 2 say about that 'Riverboat Incident' in Montgomery, Alabama is: Y'all asked 4 it! When U watch the video, U can clearly see that Riverboat Captain getting attacked by a mob of Whitefolk, but somehow it's NOT a Hate Crime? Meanwhile, the Black teenaged girl charged w/ acting the fool on a NYC Subway Car (w/ her girlfriends) in front of an Asian Family, will likely face Hate Crime Charges.
I have been saying 4 a while that there is a Collective Mood rising up in Black America. The wanton killing of Black Men, Women, & Children; combined w/ a blatant attack on Black masculinity & a disregard 4 Black Specific Issues have reached a Boiling Point. Mainstream Media has bombarded Us w/ Black Images that We don't identify w/. Their 'Cultural Mores' aren't Ours. They represent Us On Screen & In Politics, but they don't move or behave like Us.
Whitefolk & their POC/ BIPOC proxies have gotten aggressive over the last 25Yrs. Immigrant Family don't have Our Experience & unless they have contact w/ Us, don't really know how 2 deal w/ White America. They're another 'Model Minority' that White Supremacy props up in Enclaves 2 scold Us about 'pulling up Our bootstraps'. These R the 'Black faces in High Places' that We see. These R the folks pushing the Democratic Party's Anti- Black Agenda.
Black America has been grumbling 4 Years, but the Reparations Conversation really got Us going. It was sobering 2 see Our Pan Afrikan Family react so strongly against Us. From Joy Reid & Roland Martin, 2 Talib Kweli & Sheila Jackson Lee, Anti Reparations rhetoric flowed. Blackfolk began murmuring in The Hood. I knew things were getting Hot, when local Street Cats were debating Reparations & The Black Agenda.
The New 'Southern Strategy' of blatant Anti Black Racism has been multifaceted. Gerrymandering is the Order of The Day, but Florida, Alabama, & Mississippi in particular, R pushing the envelope. These attempts 2 marginalize Indigenous Black Americans have emboldened some Whitefolk & Brownfolk Nationally. White (Hispanic) attacks of Blackfolk aren't new in Florida & California, but Illegal Immigrants bussed 2 Chicago have been getting physical w/ Black Chicagoans.
All of these Acts culminated in Blackfolk reacting 2 that Black Riverboat Captain in Montgomery being assaulted by a White Mob. Enough is enough! This reaction will probably bother Whitefolk (& some Brownfolk) as much as it warms the hearts of Blackfolk. We have been conditioned 2 reject solidarity; 2 the point where We have little 2 no regard 4 each other. Our Immigrant Family haven't concerned themselves enough 2 investigate this aspect of White Supremacy; possibly due 2 their own tribalism.
Despite this 'Program', Black Americans have conditioned ourselves that solidarity is necessary 4 Our survival in AmeriKKKa. We celebrate whenever We see examples of Black Solidarity on display. That is why so many 'Folding Chair' videos & memes R popping up. Kudos 2 All the Blackfolk that felt compelled 2 step in & help their Brother. We may be witnessing a New Black Power Movement- predicated on Identity & Lineage... America has been teaching her citizens that We R 'Disposable'- it's long overdue 2 show them All how wrong they R.
-The Diaspora is about 2 get a Lesson in Militancy.
