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"REAL RECOGNIZE REAL, and even more than that, the fake, they REALLY REALLY recognize REAL!" -BlackThought
that which enslaved you can never make you free, and with that said, read this.
One of the most troubling things I encounter among my people is an ignorance of the concept of wealth. We have come to accept the self-defeating falsehood that wealth and income are synonymous. As a result, we come to negotiating tables with pockets empty but big toothy grins. There is an even greater confusion over our relative economic position in this country, especially as it translates into actual individual and group empowerment. Here, a fundamental dilemma remains over whether we should individually or collectively accumulate material things or economic power. Even while mimicking the European we cannot see that an obvious truth of the capitalist system is that if you had real wealth you would not need to negotiate or engage in debates about your (economic) power, relative or otherwise.
We operate in a capitalist system but often fail to realize that it is only one type of economy. It is different from other forms such as socialism or communism in that it places an extremely high value on private property and the invidious distinctions brought on by the hierarchical, value laden, rank ordering of everybody and everything. Think about it. You can tell what is considered the basis of power in any given society by what precedes the "ism." A people name their social order after what it’s about but mold the social system, and whatever economic model they chose, to fit what they’re about. Under individualistic, zero-sum European capitalism, capital, meaning wealth or assets, is by far the primary determinant of ones power, position and life chances.
However, let’s not get too technical here about what we mean by economy. It is simply the method by which a culture organizes the production, distribution and consumption of a society’s goods and services. Every society must have one to survive. The economy, along with religion, education, politics, family and, in most cases, military, is one of the institutions essential to a people’s ability to prepare, maintain and insure their interpretation of reality, their Way.
taken from:
http://www.nbufront.org/html/FRONTalView/ArticlesPapers/Crawford_BlackCapital.html
DENMARK VESEY
An ex-slave of a slave trader, he knew the wickedness of slavery and that man was not meant to slave for man. It got to the point where Vesey couldn't bear to have a white person in his presence. He was very outspoken with his hatred for YT. When slaves bowed to YT in the street, he would rebuke them. When the slaves replied, "But we're slaves," Vesey would reply, "You deserve to be slaves." An infamous quote of Vesey was when he said, "We are free, but the white people here won't let us be so; and the only way is to raise up and fight the whites." One of his plans was to takeover of arsenals, guardhouses, powder magazines and naval stores in Charleston, South Carolina, but, he too, was betrayed by a house negro. Vesey and 5 of his aides were hanged on July 2, 1822.
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