Open Letter to Stephen A. Smith in response to: Another shooting. Black America, what's up?
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Posted By: Jason Breckenridge on July 18, 2023 Sir, I am going to speak for a population of Black America and answer your question. To do so, I must first give a few references. In your monologue, you had several statistics and facts from reputable sources and if race relations and systematic racism is a part of any discussion, references from black scholars should be a requirement prior to discourse, for necessity is the mother of all invention and our scholars have a full understanding of racism in all its forms. Your question suggests you are unfamiliar with their expertise, namely Dr. Amos Wilson and Dr. Francis Cress Welsing. Dr. Wilson has a book named, Black on Black Violence: The Psychodynamics of Black Self - Annihilation in Service of White Domination…… It’s always important to consult with experts on tough topics, for all warfare is based on deception. You mentioned the term, “modern day slavery”.. Dr. Amos might agree with that assessment as he taught that we never escaped slavery. He provides compelling reasoning to support this assertion. It is through this perspective that I can tell you what part of Black America I represent and my qualifications for answering your question. “African Americans” have always neatly fitted into 3 distant classes: house, field and runaway. I’ve lived in all 3 classes but I’ve been a runaway for the past 12 years. What distinguishes us is our unwilling participation to the system. We’ve existed at every junction of this American story and your question is mostly directed at us, those supposed menaces to “society”. Well sir, you can tell a tree by the fruit it bears….if I plant an apple tree, sooner or later I’m going to get apples but if I plant a tree on the pure evil of genocide and enslavement and give nourishment to the roots with unending violence, murder and rape… why should I get a society where there’s no gun violence? Should the tree produce a utopia where everyone gets along? One where mental illness is not running rampant? We have no reason to believe in this system sir. “There’s a war goin on outside, no man safe from…” That popular rap line brings me to the next scholar mainstream society refuses to acknowledge, Dr. Francis Cress Welsing, who taught us that systematic racism is WAR. Before the documentary you mentioned highlighted “modern day slavery” there was Dr. Welsing teaching in her lectures how the attack on the black man was part of a plan to induce genocide. By killing us, locking us up or effeminizing us.. black women would have to rely on the system to help raise children. This, she said was a type of genocide. She spoke about this more than 4 decades ago, we bear witness to the truth in her research in shootings and mishaps all over the country today. Sir, attempting to reprimand the victims for their behavior, in any way, while under the constant duress of a 400+ year WAR, in a system that profits multiple times off our demise (as you mentioned), is an exercise in futility. One that pleases white folk greatly. The PRIME accountability we have is understanding the WAR against us and passing that knowledge to others to avoid the snares of systematic racism. The symptom from understanding that is love and respect for those oblivious to the war which produces unity. “Black on Black” crime is but also a symptom of a very old game named, Divide and Conquer. Everyone wants unity but few want to discuss those who work endlessly to divide us. The term root cause analysis is always a foreign and forgotten concept when black on black crime is mentioned as if we suddenly exist in a vacuum. And so, I said all of that to say this, my answer to what’s up is.. #PlanetaryChess is what’s up. Counter- Racism. The racism game is a big chess game and we perish for a lack of knowledge, that’s it. #iykyk A system harnessing the knowledge to play this global chess game is of the utmost importance. If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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Jason Breckenridge
Philosopher, Self Employed Prairie View A&M University class of 2007 Member Since March 2023 |
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