>"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.