Ok, this is completely unsolicited, but I've made them before and if you didn't already know the secret ingredient that makes it taste cheez-it-ty is paprika. Sorry to interject, I'm just supportive of your cheez-it pursuit
We’ll have to riot eventually because all of this cruelty disproportionately impacts Black folks. If we keep it a buck, many of the other groups affected do not have the will, organization, and have not fought in America the way Black people have historically.
This is partly because of years of de-conditioning and the slow progression of “dumbing down America” and unfortunately the people DO perish for the lack of knowledge.
We have survived white people and worse. We will be alright because this changes very little for us. White people need to worry. They don’t know struggle or survival. We gon be alright, this is literally their problem to fix.
No ‘WE’ haven’t. Many lineages of Black folks have been and continue to be wiped out. ‘If white Americans catch a cold we get the flu’ unfortunately is true. Some of us have survived but even that is disproportionately affected by all the traumatic experiences we have.
I agree that white people don’t know how to fight because the majority have never done it. That is not good. They’re about to attack everything BUT the actual oppressive systems they’ve enabled for decades. They are not going to stop being bigots. We’re the first target historically unfortunately.
My biggest worry is already being confirmed by white Americans response to the Republican Party. They’re out here arguing we should take lessons from right wing Americans ignoring how their complicity is literally the foundation for cruelty to thrive. They will not lead to actual systemic change.
It is fucking exhausting to be the moral compass of America. We press forward regardless because we’re the only ones who care about us. I think the want to disengage is valid. We should also be truthful about the cost of inaction. Telling ourselves ‘we survived’ works till we don’t.
So the decision come down to. Do you want to help and exhaust your physical body with the risk of death, jail or severely injured? Or would you rather mentally prepare from the distance and protect your body instead?
As black people we always in the lose/lose situation. If we riot we look like the dangerous violent criminals they think we are. If we don’t they are angry at us for not helping. We will always be the target of their displaced anger. Damn if we do… damn if we don’t 🤷🏾♀️
I'm not moving a muscle until I see white folks taking the brunt of the violence. If they're not in the front of the marches being human shields, I don't want it. 🤷🏾♀️
Sometimes…. And in all seriousness, people have to hit the bottom to find out. We have always been there to support and fight. Others need to pick up the baton or run that ball. Ultimately, we need each other to fight but we can’t start the fire this time…
they want to be the revolutionary vanguard? Well, here's their chance. And no, that doesn't mean conning Black folks into doing it while they sit back.
They wanna be the coxswain hollering "stroke, stroke, stroke". Or in this case:"RESIST!". "Don't obey in advance". That last one kills me now that the muthafuckas hold all 3 branches of government.🤣
IT's never us anyways. The riots always come from us protesting and then counter protestors(read; a nazi) doing something to stage a riot. Then the police use that as an excuse to escalate to violence. If it's all white people out there they likely wont go that far.
Wish I could use an "insightful" reaction. I've been asking the last few years, "Why the hell aren't we taking to the streets?" Answers included COVID, fear of gun attacks, etc. Predictably nobody answered "because we want Black people to be on the front lines."
It's because we're the main organizers for almost everything. Some of us own guns, were not scared of guns. People can mask up and protest. We're not scared of counter protestors either.
We're tired of doing the labor. Also when protests are mainly black people, police provoke and start violence.
I know. Like people not even wanting to believe they saw a Nazi salute. Why waste out energy on people who don’t want to be saved? Let’s just take care of ourselves.
If I am being real, we need to figure out when to jump ship. Whites are sinking and will take us with them if we let them. We will never be prosperous here with them. Leave too soon and they will figure it out. Leave at just the right moment and america goes back to the natives.
In the end it will be efforts not by race but by moral standing and creeds. People of all races will riot when the collective understanding sets in… not sure how much more needs to set in though.
I may buy this hoodie in bulk and the T-shirt too. Every time I see something stupid, just gonna take a walk somewhere with no coat on so you can get a good look.
The time to riot was at the ballot box. We showed up to the party and everybody else sat on their hands. So now it's our turn. We're on vacation for the next four years
When they were planning all the little “Marches”days before the Inauguration, this is what I was thinking. Exactly what you said. When some skin is in the game, a meeting can be had, maybe.
We have gone through so much shit we know in due time we will be all good. If you look historically they are the violet ones in situations where they feel oppressed(Jan 6) and when they go broke they commit suicide and we just make a way.
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I hope it's not the primary reason.
We're tired of doing the labor. Also when protests are mainly black people, police provoke and start violence.
Black voters:
Hold your own green bean casserole.
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