Exodus Mentality said...
O.K. FINE. YOU TALKED ME INTO IT. IT'S TIME TO END THE 43-TERM WHITE MALE MONOPOLY OF THE PRESIDENCY.
can we then take a look at ending the centuries old white male monopoply and inron fisted control of the economic wealth and resources of the entire world? i have a feeling that the president, even a non-white non-male president, is not really the central problem, rather it's the wealth behind the throne that truly sets the agenda. just a thought
April 14, 2007 8:21 AM
AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! You GOT me!!!
I agree with you that when compared to the fundamental change you're talking about, the color and gender of the presidency may seem like a merely aesthetic problem. But it's an important aesthetic. As long as white men dominate the American aesthetic, they will continue to think far too much of themselves. And that is part of the imbalance problem we face in the world today.
We will have a harder time changing the world as long as white men, on an aesthetic level, are allowed to believe that they are the only ones who matter.
I admit, however, that I am very much relieved to see the level of truly revolutionary thought within the Afrosphere and I appreciate the pushback against superficial modifications to a thoroughly rotten system.
TheFreeSlave said:
"Until communties become communities and then fight the REAL power arrayed against them, this OZ that looks democratic, that appears to have a legislative, judicial and executive branch of, by and for the people - then they will continue to get the best of us and the planet. We need to fight, but fight the real fight instead of the reformist, ‘lemme see what crumbs I can get for myself’ fight.
The Black Panthers are worthy of great study because they were on to something and this repressive governent knew. Why else would the US have tried to destroy these beautiful black women and men?"
I agree with that. My sister was a Panther. At seven years old, I was told I was too young to join the Party, so I sold Panther papers to support the Free Breakfast Program.
I agree that arguing about the color and gender of the presidency may be like arguing about the color of the shoes that I wear to my execution.
On the other hand, much has changed in America since the times when Blacks were held as literal slaves and could not testify in court against whites under any circumstances. Much has changed since the times when husbands could beat their wives at will, and my mother could not withdraw money from her savings account without my father's permission.
If we don't tackle the aesthetics and culture of sexism and racism now, we will have to tackle them in the throws of revolution, as the Panthers found out. Accepting women as our equals now prepares us to accept the best leadership at the most critical times, the Angela Davises and Ericka Huggins of the 21st Century.
Insisting that white men cannot and must not run EVERYTHING is part of the mental change that is fundamental to a changed world, no matter how that change ultimately comes about.
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O.K. FINE. YOU TALKED ME INTO IT. IT'S TIME TO END THE 43-TERM WHITE MALE MONOPOLY OF THE PRESIDENCY.
can we then take a look at ending the centuries old white male monopoply and inron fisted control of the economic wealth and resources of the entire world? i have a feeling that the president, even a non-white non-male president, is not really the central problem, rather it's the wealth behind the throne that truly sets the agenda. just a thought
AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!
I agree with you that when compared to the fundamental change you're talking about, the color and gender of the presidency may seem like a merely aesthetic problem. But it's an important aesthetic. As long as white men dominate the American aesthetic, they will continue to think far too much of themselves. And that is part of the imbalance problem we face in the world today.
We will have a harder time changing the world as long as white men, on an aesthetic level, are allowed to believe that they are the only ones who matter.
I admit, however, that I am very much relieved to see the level of truly revolutionary thought within the Afrosphere and I appreciate the pushback against superficial modifications to a thoroughly rotten system.
TheFreeSlave said:
"Until communties become communities and then fight the REAL power arrayed against them, this OZ that looks democratic, that appears to have a legislative, judicial and executive branch of, by and for the people - then they will continue to get the best of us and the planet. We need to fight, but fight the real fight instead of the reformist, ‘lemme see what crumbs I can get for myself’ fight.
The Black Panthers are worthy of great study because they were on to something and this repressive governent knew. Why else would the US have tried to destroy these beautiful black women and men?"
I agree with that. My sister was a Panther. At seven years old, I was told I was too young to join the Party, so I sold Panther papers to support the Free Breakfast Program.
I agree that arguing about the color and gender of the presidency may be like arguing about the color of the shoes that I wear to my execution.
On the other hand, much has changed in America since the times when Blacks were held as literal slaves and could not testify in court against whites under any circumstances. Much has changed since the times when husbands could beat their wives at will, and my mother could not withdraw money from her savings account without my father's permission.
If we don't tackle the aesthetics and culture of sexism and racism now, we will have to tackle them in the throws of revolution, as the Panthers found out. Accepting women as our equals now prepares us to accept the best leadership at the most critical times, the Angela Davises and Ericka Huggins of the 21st Century.
Insisting that white men cannot and must not run everything is part of the mental change that is fundamental to a changed world, no matter how that change ultimately comes about.
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