A Petition Culture is what Black people have in the united states of america
today. Every time we see something in america we don't like, one of us
writes a petition that shows we dislike a particular thing in this
country or don't like what a nationalist of this country said or did to one of us. We get roweled up about 2 or 3 times a year with a false revolution and then go back to our consumer lives and continue to consume our way into a nothing culture, without our own infrastructure to sustain ourselves. At the same time we devalue our own culture, we enrich other races culture by consuming their products. That petition did nothing for you; it much like integration was not set up to benefit your culture as a whole. If you are content with only helping yourself then you are not Black anyways and should bypass this post all together. For us we understand that we are social creatures and are grouped in racial groups, you should also understand that we are not in strong enough numbers to effect a racist culture with petitions that only effect our race. Its past time we give these people back their petitions and their culture and develop our own.
The latest nationally televised crime against a Black person
(Trayvon Martin Shouting) have Facebook friends sending around a petition that will undoubtedly get some attention from politicians and religious groups. This petition may even get the man who committed the crime arrested, but the petition will not fix the underlining problem we face when existing in a white nation. The greater problem(s) have very little to do with voting and working within white laws, because we see what voting got you in 2000 and laws are rewritten everyday to benefit the people that have the money to change them. Make no mistake, white people are divided as much as Black people, but the majority of them are
american nationalist, that nationalism is much stronger than their belief in white jesus and stronger than their concern for humanity. White people like every other race, except Black people, practice nationalism. That is why when their is an issue that effects only Black people and whites are the benefactors of the problems caused by this issue, you get a lot of white people that will use words like "you must not love america" and "Black people always want special treatment." I got news for you, everyone wants special treatment, but because Blacks have decided to integrate into america their own culture has to take a back seat to the wants of the majority of the population; this conflict has many Black people confused. Black people assume because they worship the same
caucasoid god, and love the same land mass the white people do. But your culture is different than their culture is. You have concerns that effect you specifically because of your race.
Most Black people are victims; not because they have to be, but because they see themselves as such. Black people in the the united states of america see their position as a disadvantage, data show
Black people made up 12.6% of usa population in 2010. If we examine this further we would see black people being divided further by religion, political affiliation, and several other things. I don't think this is a bad thing. You should understand your position on key issues, with the knowledge that you don't have to agree with a person on every issue and still have strong afflictions with that person or ogranization. That understanding of knowledge should help you develop a personal system based on your values that will allow you to evaluate a persons character aganist your values and decide if you will choice to do business or have any personal affiliations with that person. We have taken on identity of inclusion that is crippling our ability network with like minded people to proactively effect change in our communities. We do not need to take old models of mass organization and apply them to today, we our in a global world and we can link with like minded Black people around the world to organize infrastructure instead of petitions to governments and religious groups, that will only placate us until they have gotten what they wanted. We can build on things like importing and exporting with African and Caribbean business that share our values and work inside a framework of networking, operating on behalf of the collectives good.
The idea that we should even be doing anything other than networking with like minded Black people is counter productive. If white people wanted black people to petition our way to freedom we'd be free by now. But white people, even the ones you consider "good" ones are only concerned with your petitions if it benefits them and they have the power in numbers to effect the laws in this country, so it should only make sense that you would want to build a network outside of this nation to effect changes for issues that are specific to you.
Social Investing is the only way, that is my message and I will say it till I see it.
