>"imagine you and i are in the same economic class, we're both
>black and yet our values don't line up, how does the economic
>power translate into political power? how is it even possible
>that our values don't line up when we're of the same skin and
>of the same economic class? what could possibly have drawn
>this value divide between the two of us?"
>


I already addressed this part of the conversation.



>"Oh wow so you're saying that the whole economic system
>marginalizes our political clout, which would mean that buying
>into the economic system would raise our political clout?
>Interesting, because seemingly our trillion dollar economic
>clout would be able to do that except, it's not just about
>amassing that economic clout it's how we use it. So somewhere
>between the amassing of that economic clout and the using it
>toward political ends we get caught up in the beauty shop.
>Which would be based on the value base acquired during the
>amassing of said economic clout which is actually tied closer
>to that which oppresses us. Hmmmm and so the solution to
>dealing with that is...?"
>


The solution to helping people orientate their priorities to something that matters is socioeconomic awareness, financial literacy & education, (not just in schools), and the realization or actualization of results that benefit the whole community.

Sometimes I believe that Black People need a Moral Enema and an Ethical Vaccination because our long-term priorities seem to be messed up and we are suffering from a identity disease.