#samgreenlee

Have I been living under a rock??? Like, why haven’t I read this book before?? Wow. This book is mind-blowing and deeply engaging all at the same time. I was initially interested in this book after a number of friends had nothing but great things to say for this book. I prioritized it this year after I made my reading challenge this year. This book was published before I was born, and it immediately put me into a mindframe like I was talking to my dad about ‘back in the day.’ There are some late 60’s/70’s vibe to it in regards to the vernacular used in the dialogues between some characters. I feel like I’ve just heard a story from my dad and his brothers, and it was an amazing experience to live in and read about in this racial climate we have going on right now. This book satiricalizes some ideals from the Civil Rights era, and the continued fight towards equality of Black Americans. Major themes in this book discuss: - Capitalism - Colonial theft - Imperialism - Socialism - Anti-Black sentiment - Integration - Systemic racism Sam Greenlee shares the frustrations Black people have with the government, and with white supremacy. The constant need for Black people to have to appease ‘the white man’ or stay true to self and struggle. The never-ending terrorism from police brutality. The constant harassment in corporate America from macro/micro-aggressions. While Greenlee builds tension and mystery in this book, it poses as a metaphor as to how the pressure is building up in our community, sending us closer and closer to a boiling point. Ready to strike back and put pressure on systems that continue to create and perpetuate systemic racism. This book is timely and a classic. Unfortunately, this book is still relevant and the reader can truly understand the past as it relates to our current present day. Although some progress has been made, it is clear that we are still far away from our ultimate goal. In our current racial posture, and with Black Lives Matter as our emerging national movement, this book is a great compliment to ponder on while you think about the present day racial tension that still exists. #thespookwhosatbythedoor #samgreenlee https://www.instagram.com/p/CPl7CImrhJv/?utm_medium=tumblr

#thespookwhosatbythedoor is mandatory reading and viewing. #SamGreenlee was a genuis ✊🏿❤️ https://www.instagram.com/realnegus804/p/BxZ-0owg_Dp/?igshid=oybr4i2sqja0

"The Spook Who Sat By The Door" Published #March1969 Samuel Eldred Greenlee, Jr. 13 July 1930 – 19 May 2014 The Novel was made into the #1973 Movie Directed By #IvanDixon & CoProduced Written by #SamGreenlee. #1948 EARNED A #TrackScholarship To The #UniversityOfWisconsin, #Graduating In #1952 With A #BSDegree In #PoliticalScience. He was a #1950 Initiate Into The #BetaOmicron Chapter Of #KappaAlphaPsi. He Served In The #USArmy from #1952 to #1954, Earning The Rank Of #FirstLieutenant. #Kappas #Nupes #KAPsi1911 #TheSpookWhoSatByTheDoor (💕💚#4evahaka2 #FAMU1908💕💚) #CreditToOwner CC: @kapsi1911 @betaomicronnupes https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu6s_8OAzmN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wxyeuj0zia3b

"My experiences were identical to those of Freeman in the CIA," Greenlee told The Washington Post in 1973. "Everything in that book is an actual quote. If it wasn't said to me, I overheard it." After having a few days to really reflect on the #BlackPanther movie, #NJadaka a.k.a. #ErikKillmonger's character places me in mind of the character Dan Freeman from the novel and movie #TheSpookWhoSatByTheDoor written by #SamGreenlee. I recall how much I celebrated the conclusion of that book as well. I could imagine the war raging across the country. A war waged by the militarized street gangs against an overwhelmed police force. It felt like justice well served. The major difference between the two works is the perspective of the audience/reader. We were moved to empathize with the protagonist Dan Freeman in The Spook. We were shown the oppression that Blacks suffered from in a much more intimate and gripping manner. In The Panther, we were moved to empathize with the plights of the throne. We were shown the top down look. In The Panther movie, they showed the riots on TV, the P.E. poster on the wall, #NJubo and N'Jadaka's narratives, but never truly did the audience see and feel the pain, death and suffering of the oppressed full on. I feel if so, N'Jadaka's perspective would have been even more gripping and his aims more accepted by the audience. In 2012, The Spook Who Sat by the Door was named to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress as one of the country's "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant films." It was a truth explored and a plausible revolution fully actualized. Sam Greenlee pulled the reader and the audience fully into the Black Liberation Struggle. We empathized with Mr. Freeman's revolution in The Spook. In a way, I'm curious of a world where the sun never sat on Wakanda. - #blacksthoughts Side note: Sam Greenlee made his transition on my father's birthday in 2014, May 19th.

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Copyrighted 45 years ago. Ain't shit changed. #RacialModeration #SamGreenlee #poetry #ART #BluesForAnAfricanPrincess