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The Costs Of Racial Integration For Black America
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Wed, 20 Oct 2021 01:58:50 +0000
The phrase Make America Great Again, as applied by President #45, should not include the word again. Why? Because America’s greatness is more about earning that label than by default. Before America’s Revolutionary War, the white elite 2% effectively worked to manipulate the narrative of America to control communities that are black and poor. This... View Article
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The phrase Make America Great Again, as applied by President #45, should not include the word again. Why? Because America’s greatness is more about earning that label than by default. Before America’s Revolutionary War, the white elite 2% effectively worked to manipulate the narrative of America to control communities that are black and poor. This blog will use five short examples to support this viewpoint.
*Statue of Liberty, America’s symbol of acceptance of refugees and migrants for over 150 years. Not true! The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France in the mid-19th century. It was a gift for the emancipation of African slaves in America and had nothing to do with immigration.
*Jackie Robinson integrated major league baseball in 1947, setting the stage for other blacks and Afro-Latinos to play in the big leagues of American baseball. However, it also destroyed the Negro Leagues of the United States and the many businesses that were connected to them, hotels, transportation facilities, restaurants, etc. In the name of de-segregation, I would submit that it would have been more equitable to have the negro league champion play the world series champion of white baseball.
*MLK Jr. I Have a Dream speech and philosophy. I’m sure that through his Christian belief, Dr. King felt that all races in America could get along. Yet running through the political filter to pass laws that would counter previous laws against black and poor people demanded compromise, that’s how bipartisanship works. The back rooms of the legislature during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations constantly and acceptably called all the civil rights bills the “Nigger Bills.” The result was that black and poor people were allowed to cross the tracks into white businesses, schools, neighborhoods, etc. White people didn’t have to move from their position of control, remember the definition of integration is to fit something small into something bigger.
*Collective doubt in African America. After ten generations or more of white oppression, nonwhites often live life “not to lose” than to be all that we can be as Americans. The progressiveness of the (primarily) youth involved in harnessing the power of the vote in the mid to late 1960s was first pushed back on by elder blacks. Born and raised in deep Jim Crow America caused much older blacks not to want to make the white system angry. Agitation of Freedom Riders and local southern Blacks was eventually met with a mutual understanding of the work that still needed to be done post-slavery. Yet currently, we collectively fear the meanness and power of white supremacy, though black women are stepping up to live out what’s needed in the 21st century.
*Millennial impact, giving youth a guided voice. Abolitionist and author Frederick Douglass once wrote, “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” History in America shows that racial justice movements that have moved the dial away from oppression over skin color have been led mainly by people under 40 whose ideas were nurtured in their teens.
Aside from gun violence but violence in general against black people (by whites and blacks), and women; America can be great for humanity. I feel that this country (my country) is a good place for most people in the world to live, having many advantages, resources, and assets (both in monetary and social wealth).
By Ben Mchie
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African American History Curriculum
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Mon, 23 Aug 2021 20:27:27 +0000
Last year’s 2020 census findings officially confirmed to America that the population shift has begun to favor racial diversity in citizenship. This takes the twisted narrative of fearing the 1619 project and other similar syllabuses to hopefully support their value. This is also revealed in the classroom work of African American Registry, represented in our Teacher’s... View Article
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Last year’s 2020 census findings officially confirmed to America that the population shift has begun to favor racial diversity in citizenship. This takes the twisted narrative of fearing the 1619 project and other similar syllabuses to hopefully support their value. This is also revealed in the classroom work of African American Registry, represented in our Teacher’s Forum subscription service. This combination of culturally relevant content and matching pedagogy is a perfect supplement for America’s current K-12 standards. The philosophy behind this work is divided into preschool, K-6, middle school, and high school
African American History Curriculum used in preschool and K-6 is effective because it allows very young children to repeatedly see themselves and others through mirrors and windows. Over 75% of the intelligence of children is developed in preschool. Our content used at that age is best children instinctively tell their parents what they learned, and together it makes for a well-balanced child. Repeating examples of this content daily is important.
Our lesson plans are built to match or exceed existing standards and core areas. We are not a theory, critical race, or otherwise, our over 5,000 articles are based on facts. We are the answer to a vitamin-deficient curriculum that neglects or omits nonwhite people, locations, and episodes. Because the mind works the same as the stomach, the Teacher’s Forum is a great supplement for what is today’s curriculum nutritionally lacks.
African American History Curriculum for middle school is better because at that age (puberty, etc.) students think they know everything and want to know everything. Our classroom support tools include onsite or zoom classroom support, video tutorials for navigating our media, articles, social media, and more. The global perspective is another characteristic of our work because all articles translate into 52 different languages. Career choice is not overlooked by the Teacher’s Forum with our US Dept. of Labor reference to guide students vocationally.
African American History Curriculum for high school is valuable as a way of polishing and preparation a student for young adulthood. The effectiveness of our classroom support is constant. Another part of our philosophy includes subject intersectionality. We begin with African America because facts show that that community has measured up comparatively to white America in more areas than any other nonwhite community. We present facts with people, locations, and episodes of native America, immigrants, Asians, Latino, and whites that intersect with black in articles, and media.
Whether a licensed teacher or a teacher candidate in post-secondary our service is ideal for preparing the young minds and hearts of America’s future.
by Ben Mchie
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Reparations, Who/What Needs Repair?
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Mon, 01 Apr 2019 15:26:24 +0000
This year’s conversations towards the national elections in 2020 show several democratic candidates talking about reparations with some plans of action. This blog will use the term reparations as it is used in tort law, which is narrow and is completely inapplicable to the history of slavery in the USA. Ethically it requires a living... View Article
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This year’s conversations towards the national elections in 2020 show several democratic candidates talking about reparations with some plans of action.
This blog will use the term reparations as it is used in tort law, which is narrow and is completely inapplicable to the history of slavery in the USA. Ethically it requires a living person to pay and be paid for damage caused by the payor to the payee specifically. E.g., the slave owner pays the slave.
If the term is used more generally to mean providing financial compensation to make up for past wrongs, we certainly support that concept in principle as there have been a lot of past wrongs that resulted in a financial advantage for some and financial disadvantage for others.
However in the case of reparations for slavery the plethora of pragmatic problems ( who was harmed, who harmed, can or will the money be used for a drunken binge, the amounts of money required and the source of that money, etc. ) and the potential for further divide and conquer approaches of white powers privilege, etc. for me make it a poor political strategy for much-needed change. Like similar situations, e.g. police brutality, I favor systemic changes as a whole, that is if police treat everyone well and do. Or kill anyone brutality
No money repaid will change white attitudes except for the worst, maybe open or borderline (subconscious) racist can say, “We paid you so shut up, “also the dollars get to be pretty big. I do not know if the number of slave descendants is even knowable in a very accurate way but if we assume current estimates of non-Hispanic blacks at 13% of the population, some of whom are recent African immigrants and some have no ancestors that were slaves in the USA in the relevant period (last 400 years) so say 10% or about 32 million.
If we also look, at studies of wealth disparity by ethnicity, again assuming the numbers in the studies are reasonably close it is about $150,000 per household, household not being the same as population but there are about 128 million in the USA. So, if we assume our 10% number again for qualified slave descendants the number is around 2 trillion dollars. In many ways nothing if by comparison, we think of the 14 trillion in zero-interest loans to the big 5 banks. Military spending, number one by far in governmental expense is around 650 billion per year outright gift to big 5 banks was in today’s dollars around a trillion.
Of course, the 45th president and his base howl about single mothers getting something for nothing, probably the most common theme in their divide and conquer approach, the reality of those numbers was at its height about 15 billion a year, that is total welfare payments to poor people, albeit they believe it is higher, by any account it is a fraction of 2 trillion.
Finally, I may be incorrect, but the word reparations are derived from the root word “to repair.” To that end who do we choose to repair the white perpetrator or the black victim of slavery in the USA? Additional concerns are that reparations likely would solve few entrenched systemic problems of color and poverty, would not reduce racism or wealth disparity, and over-the-top capitalism.
MLoyd
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On The Shoulders Of Giants
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Wed, 27 Feb 2019 11:58:42 +0000
When Colin Kaepernick stopped standing for the national anthem at NFL games it sparked a nationwide conversation about patriotism and police brutality. Black athletes using their platform to protest injustice has long been a tradition in American history. In this episode we tap in our friends at Throughline to explore three stories of protest that are rarely told but essential to understanding the current debate: the heavyweight boxer Jack Johnson, the sprinter Wilma Rudolph, and the basketball player Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf.
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Racisms Disease and Healing Deferred in America
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Mon, 21 Jan 2019 13:23:50 +0000
Like many of you, I know a family member or friend who is suffering from or has died from cancer. Many of you also know of someone who is suffering from or has died from racism in America. Both are deadly, both are merciless and kill any without closure. Some succumb quickly to its grip... View Article
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Like many of you, I know a family member or friend who is suffering from or has died from cancer. Many of you also know of someone who is suffering from or has died from racism in America. Both are deadly, both are merciless and kill any without closure. Some succumb quickly to its grip others perish slowly over time. The parallels and differences that both hold, and possible solutions are the basis of this blog.
The deadly toll of victims is huge and the search for an answer remains unfinished. For those of us living with any level of connection to the casualties, it is natural to be sensitive and ready to treat the killing, unfortunately, that is where much likeness’ ends.
Categorically speaking a few dissimilarities are physical health v. social health, STEM v. Public Policy, unknown cause v. man-made, etc.
A few similarities are both attack anyone, it arrives in a variety of forms and both are medically and emotionally traumatic. Denial of being afflicted with either disease is counterproductive to a cure. A mindful approach and emotionally positive attitude are a good start to being realistic about what troubles you or someone important in your life.
My uncle was a doctor, my aunt was a nurse, and my cousin, a medical researcher, I’m none of those things. I am an education consultant, a historian, and a specialist in African American heritage, culture, and history; this includes racism. My relationship with cancer is through the lives of others, my relationship with racism is intimate, an issue that is as old as all members of my family. My observations of healing from cancer have shown much hope for its victims, especially with America’s medical research and support to one day conquer this deadly disease.
Based on America’s public buy-in, my observations of healing from racism are less optimistic, I remain positive yet pragmatic with my countries current support to one day disarm its centuries-old grip on America.
How to heal from this societal cancer is the question that requires a better response. The loss or ruination of black lives in America hinders all witnesses. Healing from the millions of black Africans kidnapped into slavery in the Americas by Portugal, England, Spain, France, Germany, and others six centuries ago and its traumatic residue today. Or the healing from a life gone of black teenager Laquan McDonald by a white racist Chicago police officer.
I recommend doing what I try to do. Engaging unapologetically and honestly with ourselves as black descendants of slavery; I’m doing this with Native Americans, I’m moving this sharing with immigrants of color, then white immigrants, and ending with white Americans who choose to not acknowledge their European roots. Healing racism is a slow process that works through the heart to help the brain embrace one’s sickness. As American literature legend Mark Twain pointed out “Lincoln’s Proclamation … not only set the black slaves free but set the white man free also”.
To emancipate from our relationship is with racism takes confession, honesty, and recognizing where trauma lives in your world. Healing from this disease will show all of us the beauty behind the pain we must endure to become free.
by B. Mchie
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The #MeToo movement and Black Women
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Sun, 23 Dec 2018 14:14:20 +0000
Let me begin this blog with the disclaimer that I am a black man commenting on black women, therefore I’m on the outside looking in per the #MetToo movement. In America, the lives of black people, in general, are not as valuable as the lives of white people. This started with a legal document, the... View Article
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Let me begin this blog with the disclaimer that I am a black man commenting on black women, therefore I’m on the outside looking in per the #MetToo movement. In America, the lives of black people, in general, are not as valuable as the lives of white people. This started with a legal document, the “Articles of Confederation.” Article IX, paragraph 5 says that the profits that America reaps from all endeavors are to benefit its “white inhabitants.” When we compound racism with sexism an added layer of being devalued comes to light. During white America’s Agrarian commerce dominance of the 15th thru the 19th-century black African labor was imperative to its success. Chattel Slavery was a foundation of providing 400 years of workers and black women were the abused, expendable commodity to produce the labor of this white business model.
Regarding the 21st-century #MeToo movement, it becomes more complicated with both acknowledging assault and reporting it for black women. There are so many variables at play. Many black women have this mindset like they have to protect our black men. They (black men) suffer from unchecked power in the hands of the police. But black women seem to prioritize that like they don’t suffer the same abuse, and their pain is not prioritized.
But I still just see more white women speaking about it. I wonder if black women are equally as empowered yet. I don’t think black women are running around saying “Me too,” even though the movement was started by a black woman. There is this different manifestation and whole cultural issue that affects black women.
That issue in part comes from the embedded moral interpretation and view of blackness through slavery. Our overall value is less than whites and this is a muzzle on the empowerment of #MeToo through the abuse of black women.
Public white statements such as “go back where you came from” ring again in 2018. Black Africans in America are still working their way through apologizing for our very existence with white society. In general, whites tell us that we are ungrateful or even out of our preordained place in society for speaking up about racism. I wonder if black women have just felt unheard for such a long time. They still lack enough empowerment to come forward from a deeper place. it’s more than being a woman and more than shame. It’s not being nurtured to know there is power in speaking up; they’re conditioned to think power never cycles to us. Finally, there remains the ever-present breast nipple of racial privilege that white women continue to nurse on. Their silence is the greatest ally to the evil breach of the #MeToo sisterhood.
by B. Mchie
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Nature v. Nurture and Race, an African American Viewpoint
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Sat, 30 Jun 2018 13:54:48 +0000
After about two decades after his birth, my son’s mother told me that he was becoming more like me. He has her smile, countless other characteristics from her too, both blending nature and nurture. We separated when he was about five with her having full custody and my weekly visits and separate annual vacations. Debating... View Article
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After about two decades after his birth, my son’s mother told me that he was becoming more like me. He has her smile, countless other characteristics from her too, both blending nature and nurture. We separated when he was about five with her having full custody and my weekly visits and separate annual vacations.
Debating nature vs nurture involves whether human behavior is determined by the environment, either prenatal or during a person’s life, or by a person’s genes. The alliterative expression “nature and nurture” in English has been in use since at least the Elizabethan period and goes back to medieval French.
Regarding racial history, nurture is a platform for how one can assess the internal and external views of African Americans. The oppressive trauma created over ten generations cannot be omitted from consideration. Likewise, it is not limited to just black people but whites, natives, and anyone who witnesses white American dynamics.
The combination of the two concepts was complementary in ancient Greece. Nature is what we think of as pre-wiring and is influenced by genetic inheritance and other biological factors. Nurture is generally taken as the influence of external factors after conception e.g. the product of exposure, experience, and learning on an individual.
Regarding my personal life and this subject, it’s important to note that my son’s mother is white and from a large immediate family. I am black and from a smaller immediate family. After separation, she and I secured a home for her to raise him in, I did most of the commuting to give balance for him to have consistent access to both parents.
Nurture in its contemporary sense was popularized by the English Victorian polymath Francis Galton, a founder of eugenics and behavioral genetics, discussing the influence of heredity and environment on social advancement. Galton was influenced by the book On the Origin of Species written by his half-cousin, Charles Darwin.
This blog contends that nature vs nurture is relevant in the emotional and intellectual growth of black African Americans and white European Americans. Both collective anxiety and guilt affect the feelings in both communities as a result of white laws that permitted every form of abuse imaginable from Europeans to Africans from the 15th to the mid 19th century in South, Central, the Caribbean, and North America.
Humans acquire all or almost all their behavioral traits from “nurture” was termed tabula rasa (“blank slate”) by John Locke in 1690. The debate between “blank-slate” denial of the influence of heritability, and the view admitting both environmental and heritable traits, has often been cast in terms of nature versus nurture. These two conflicting approaches to human development were at the core of an ideological dispute over research agendas throughout the second half of the 20th century.
Yet with my analytical view as a black man, I suggest more people balance our cerebral findings to involve our emotional ones. This could create a deeper and clearer decision about the parallels and conflicts of nature vs nurture. DNA, bloodlines carry weight, influence, and power, still, I submit that learned behavior has a stronger representation than many of us understand.
The strong dichotomy of nature versus nurture has thus been claimed to have limited relevance in some fields of research. Close feedback loops have been found in which “nature” and “nurture” influence one another constantly, as seen in self-domestication.
In 1865, Mark Twain said: “Lincoln’s Proclamation … not only set the black slaves free but set the white man free also”. This was an episode of intersectionality with America’s traumatic nurturing that is owned by both communities. The freedom that the law created nurtured equitable feelings that can be added to any current conversation about bondage.
In ecology and behavioral genetics, researchers think nurture has an essential influence on nature. Similarly, in other fields, the dividing line between an inherited and an acquired trait becomes unclear, as in epigenetics or fetal development.
Yes, overall, I value nurture as much or more than nature. I offer these concluding nurture-based views per moving to the 20th century Civil Rights Movement, black misogyny, and this century’s #BlackLivesMatter Movement.
The behavioral response to black justice directly resulted in nearly all 8 civil rights laws passed in America. These episodic accomplishments have improved the lives of many citizens at the cost of many lives (most of whom were black). Nurture plays a comparable part with nature in how we continue to rebuild the family structure to counter the white slavery dynamic taught about disrespecting our women, our color, and our elders. Finally Taking the current African immigration to America into account, nurturing how Africans in America navigate how #BlackLivesMatter in our future.
by B. Mchie
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21st Century BlackFace
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Wed, 13 Jun 2018 21:40:48 +0000
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The Lost Art of the Black Boycott in America
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Thu, 31 May 2018 14:31:42 +0000
On June 15th, 1953 the black community of Baton Rouge, Louisiana staged the first municipal boycott of the 20th century. I’m using this factual event to ask the African American community why we are not using this strategy in 2018? I’m not confusing non-violent protest with the boycott, I am referencing the difference to not... View Article
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On June 15th, 1953 the black community of Baton Rouge, Louisiana staged the first municipal boycott of the 20th century. I’m using this factual event to ask the African American community why we are not using this strategy in 2018? I’m not confusing non-violent protest with the boycott, I am referencing the difference to not forget one of the essential reasons blacks remain important to white America, money! The dictionary definition of boycott is: to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (a person, a store, an organization, etc.) usually to express disapproval or to force acceptance of certain conditions
To end the 1953 boycott, the white power structure of Baton Rouge agreed to a compromise. It stipulated that the two side front seats of buses were to be reserved for whites and the long rear seat was for African Americans. The remaining seats were to be occupied on a first-come-first-served basis. The Black community agreed to the compromise and the boycott ended on June 25, 1953.
While the Baton Rouge boycott lasted only two weeks, it set protest standards and is growing in recognition as a precedent-setting event in the history of the modern American civil rights movement.
More importantly, this method of resistance doesn’t work from a deficit model and it is a group effort. The boycott model challenges the oppressor, and the group effort avoids masonic co-dependency. Globally we rank in the top 15 spending groups in the world. Nike, Target, T-Mobile, General Motors, Starbucks, and others want our money and nothing else.
Regarding the white-owned corporations mentioned, a national effort is not needed and maybe there is relevance to keeping future resistances local.
It could start with youth rejecting vending machine products at school, fast food chains, restaurants or retailers (online), or brick & mortar. I hope that 21st century African America is not too fragmented to organize itself in such a boycott effort. Between needed unity and organizing only the Black Lives Matter movement has made a Baton Rouge level of commitment. Finally, this resembles the impact of voting, it acts out “Power to The People.”
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The Alarm of Oppression
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Tue, 01 May 2018 02:06:18 +0000
I recently researched the Herero people of Namibia and came across the Berlin Conference of 1898. I was stunned yet educated by a missing piece in what was making my alarm ring. This gathering of whites in Germany calculated an assault on Africa after American slavery to usher in European colonization. From Demark to Portugal,... View Article
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I recently researched the Herero people of Namibia and came across the Berlin Conference of 1898. I was stunned yet educated by a missing piece in what was making my alarm ring. This gathering of whites in Germany calculated an assault on Africa after American slavery to usher in European colonization. From Demark to Portugal, from the Netherlands to France; they carved off African countries and territories between them for human ruin for financial gain.
Like many, I often wonder why (in general) white America despises African America so much. I’m over 65 and know we’ve not done anything to justify this hatred and it is more about whites rather than about me. Yet historically there was this space after American emancipation that wasn’t clear in my soul. It needed verification beyond reconstruction, Jim Crow, Red Summers, and Poll Taxes leading up to WW I and WW II. The Berlin Conference and the diabolical deeds of Europeans to eradicate black Africa for their greed against our humanity set off my alarm again.
Apathy in America by some members of my black community hinders our overall progress. Because of privilege, some white allies choose not to grasp their kinship to what their race is responsible for. Also, important is how the victims and perpetrators of the trauma inflicted by the results of this 1898 plan are recognized.
I must reinforce a healthier suspicion of whiteness beyond political affiliation to include their tribal and clan-oriented values. This alarm challenges me to find better ways to work towards Kings ‘Promise Land’ or ‘Our Own House’ as Malcolm once said. Starting with bettering more or my aspects to extending them from home to the world I engage with. As our moral compass responds to the alarm everyone must do more. Stay Woke
by B. Mchie
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The Feel Good Matrix of Black Panther (the film)
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Thu, 29 Mar 2018 12:46:21 +0000
The 2018 movie Black Panther has exceeded many expectations, gross revenue, critical acclaim, symbolism, millennial attention, pride, etc.; I’ve seen it twice. My adult son enjoyed it and I think all viewers agree that the story, graphics, imagination, ethnic representation, moral of the story were special. With so much fanfare, I sigh a bit over... View Article
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The 2018 movie Black Panther has exceeded many expectations, gross revenue, critical acclaim, symbolism, millennial attention, pride, etc.; I’ve seen it twice. My adult son enjoyed it and I think all viewers agree that the story, graphics, imagination, ethnic representation, moral of the story were special.
With so much fanfare, I sigh a bit over the lack of “Call to Action” in most responses.
I’m still looking for another “Mayflower of Liberia” or gift from the movie’s gross revenue to the BPP (maybe the latter is happening). At this writing, the movie had brought in about 650 million dollars.
Perhaps my impatience from being over 65 is showing, I merely want what I think is best for African America. Action means taking a more rightful place in the United States as first-class citizens.
Feeling good by itself is a matrix that disguises our racial realities in this country. Stephon Clark may have not seen the movie and if so won’t be able to.
We have our version of Vibranium in the money that hard-working black people have acquired, we can invest it more effectively. To do so, more of us must put aside feeling good and stay woke about the work that remains unfinished.
B. Mchie
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Country Before Party, Community Before Self
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Wed, 28 Feb 2018 15:58:32 +0000
Last year, white republican senator Jeff Flake made a public contribution to the democratic candidate in the Alabama senators’ race. On the check memo area, he wrote “country above party.” I use this metaphor to speak to the African American community and have all of us (including myself) ask (and answer) can we do more... View Article
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Last year, white republican senator Jeff Flake made a public contribution to the democratic candidate in the Alabama senators’ race. On the check memo area, he wrote “country above party.”
I use this metaphor to speak to the African American community and have all of us (including myself) ask (and answer) can we do more for our community? The last ten years of me directing the mission of African American Registry has brought to light two characteristics of black America that I interact with. 1. In general our collective needs in the face of white oppression in all segments of society are still huge. 2. In general all of us need and can do more with our personal lives and for our community to continue making a difference.
The collective African American unity that was ever-present last century in the movements of SNCC, SCLC, NAACP, CORE, BPP, and others are not as unified in this century. In 2018, some individuals have the name recognition as entertainers, athletes, the artist Combahee River Collective, black reps from MeeToo, and others are making also statements. This is very important if for no other reason than to keep the discussion going, share ideas, and craft an anti-racism plan for American black people.
Yet I’d like to see more need as a motivator to prevention. I’d like self-sacrifice to fuel the energy more for our children and elders, more open embracing of our present failings because of who we see (our reflection) in the mirror. The needs of African America are that great, the devil of whiteness never sleeps in America and I don’t feel enough of us know this or takes it to heart.
Those high school students at Parkland Florida cannot feel any more vulnerable than many of our inner-city youths feel about guns and being safe. As black history month, 2018 ends we’ve come a long way since poll taxes, sharecropping, etc. but our daily needs must stay on the front burner especially for the safety of our children, family, and community before ourselves.
by B. mchie
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A 2018 NAPPID Day Question
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Tue, 30 Jan 2018 13:50:32 +0000
Conceived in 1995, NAAPID stands for National African American Parent Involvement Day. Inspired by the Million Man March, it was created to encourage black parents to begin practicing the goals of NAAPID; there are several initiatives built into this. Promote African American parent involvement in their child’s education, provide strategies for African American parents, Identify and... View Article
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Conceived in 1995, NAAPID stands for National African American Parent Involvement Day. Inspired by the Million Man March, it was created to encourage black parents to begin practicing the goals of NAAPID; there are several initiatives built into this. Promote African American parent involvement in their child’s education, provide strategies for African American parents, Identify and develop partnership efforts for children.
NAPPID was built to create a national network on state and local levels to achieve their mission and develop fund-raising strategies and put them into effect to finance their endeavors by educational workshops, seminars, and institutes relating to parental involvement and eliminating the achievement gap. Perhaps I may be in error, but I could not find their address. It was established as an annual National African American Parent Involvement Day celebration on the second Monday in February.
My classroom visits this century have brought on questions from other racial communities. Some have been, are my parents not invited to come because they’re not African American?
I read that it was formed by a gentleman from Michigan where are the national NAAPID headquarters? We did find this phone number (800) 351-4097 and an email, dulin@aaps.k12.mi.us that was not open. If anyone can share information on how the organization is progressing with these goals over the last 20 years, please contact African American Registry.
by B. Mchie
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I salute Alabama’s Black Women
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Sat, 23 Dec 2017 03:51:20 +0000
With the recent senatorial election in Alabama, I must say I was pleased that Mr. Jones won against Mr. Moore. This was a special election because the president appointed Jeff Sessions to the office of attorney general. A friend and colleague of mine who was born, raised, and still lives in Birmingham once said that... View Article
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With the recent senatorial election in Alabama, I must say I was pleased that Mr. Jones won against Mr. Moore. This was a special election because the president appointed Jeff Sessions to the office of attorney general. A friend and colleague of mine who was born, raised, and still lives in Birmingham once said that in general black folks there don’t have enough power. Known as the “Heart of Dixie”, the state showed America that may be changing with these recent election results. According to exit polls, the black vote made the difference, and according to many witness’s black women were at the center of getting our community to vote.
I’ve loved the power of black women since a child, we’ve got a history of representation of our mothers, grandma’s, aunties, sisters, and daughters as pillars in the community. Though number 24 out of 50 states, when one looks at the states up Alabama is the first one we see. When it comes to a model for African America to prepare for the 2018 mid-term elections these black women are a template for our collective success through public policy.
The devil of American racism never sleeps and many of us got comfortable with a black man in the white house; Let’s Own That!
Democracy defined or played out is not a political issue, it is a moral issue and obligation for every African American of voting age to leverage. We are the only community of color in the united states that has not received any reparations. We come from a people that know how to make America live up to the documents created by white men who did not walk what they wrote. All of us are here because a black woman chose to live through the middle passage and their daughters showed up in Alabama to change the devil’s political work. I salute the black women of Alabama.
by B. Mchie
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My Self Esteem as a Descendant of American Slavery
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Tue, 28 Nov 2017 12:50:45 +0000
Like many baby boomers in 2017, I can look back and see more than two generations of history. I can see it through and recall the vastness of what the world has become since around 1950. I can also break this down for my country, state, city, and neighborhood where I was raised. I was... View Article
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Like many baby boomers in 2017, I can look back and see more than two generations of history. I can see it through and recall the vastness of what the world has become since around 1950. I can also break this down for my country, state, city, and neighborhood where I was raised. I was lucky to have two elements in the home I was raised in before my parents separated and divorced around the age of ten. 1. Shared histories of our family’s history enough that it was a common conversation from grandparents to parents to the children. 2. A race-based pride supported by a visible work effort by my mother and father to make ends meet in the face of segregation’s impact on our humanity and on finances to run a home.
My mother had a college degree that was helpful though she was still underemployed and underpaid for the same services that her white peers were given. She hustled by creating her secretary service to help with finances. My father worked three jobs his entire life and build a private bottle club nightclub showing his entrepreneurial skills. My two brothers and I were taught pride above all for the facts of our families’ struggle with American racism. It wasn’t a perfect agenda by any means but We understood that Cinque and Yanga were soldiers for our freedom. That Anna Cooper and Mary Bethune were smarter than Eleanor Roosevelt, that Frederick Douglass was more of a man than Abraham Lincoln. On a family visit to Houston as a child, my cousin schooled me on how much bet