The Tsunami Aftermath & Reflections
Peace,
We all should have acknowledged the devestating impact of the South and Southeast Asian Tsunami tragedy, and see that when an event like that takes place, it's best to try to be in silent or vocal solidarity with those who experienced such enormous pain and loss. If you can't be in solidarity with them, just keep it to yourself. It's sad that in this day in time, you could have altenative responses by people who have a public platform, b.u.t. the HOT 97 debacle proves that the unthinkable is possible. There are many deep, deep issues with what took place, b.u.t. what worries me in particular is the positioning of African-Americans vs. Asians. One of the effects of white supremacy is the pitting of one racial or ethnic group vs. another. The idea that Miss Jones & company would stage an act like that for ratings without being conscious of how that would come across is damn near obscene, and could only be pushed by the corporate machine. On a positive note, people of all races and ethnicities came out to speak against HOT 97 and it's corporate parent, Emmis communications. The bad thing is they'll just skew Miss Jones, pay any fines that might be leveled against them, and get another coon show to parade before the tri-state area.
The proverbial drop in the bucket of the weeks' salary means nothing in the long run, b.u.t. sprint and mcdonalds taking away their advertising may. When you possess the understanding that all original people are one and connected, the idea that you would make light of a tragedy would not exist.
Look at the equation: Corporate station hungry for a rise in stock share + Washed up Black hosts looking for ratings + Asian Tsunami tragedy = idiots on radio splitting the Black & Yellow from each other
Peace,
I Majestic Allah
We all should have acknowledged the devestating impact of the South and Southeast Asian Tsunami tragedy, and see that when an event like that takes place, it's best to try to be in silent or vocal solidarity with those who experienced such enormous pain and loss. If you can't be in solidarity with them, just keep it to yourself. It's sad that in this day in time, you could have altenative responses by people who have a public platform, b.u.t. the HOT 97 debacle proves that the unthinkable is possible. There are many deep, deep issues with what took place, b.u.t. what worries me in particular is the positioning of African-Americans vs. Asians. One of the effects of white supremacy is the pitting of one racial or ethnic group vs. another. The idea that Miss Jones & company would stage an act like that for ratings without being conscious of how that would come across is damn near obscene, and could only be pushed by the corporate machine. On a positive note, people of all races and ethnicities came out to speak against HOT 97 and it's corporate parent, Emmis communications. The bad thing is they'll just skew Miss Jones, pay any fines that might be leveled against them, and get another coon show to parade before the tri-state area.
The proverbial drop in the bucket of the weeks' salary means nothing in the long run, b.u.t. sprint and mcdonalds taking away their advertising may. When you possess the understanding that all original people are one and connected, the idea that you would make light of a tragedy would not exist.
Look at the equation: Corporate station hungry for a rise in stock share + Washed up Black hosts looking for ratings + Asian Tsunami tragedy = idiots on radio splitting the Black & Yellow from each other
Peace,
I Majestic Allah
posted by I Majestic at 2:53 PM
1 Comments:
Peace,
If a person doesn't travel outside of their block they will have a 'block' perspective. If a person doesn't travel outside of their neighborhood they will have a 'neighborhood' perspective and so forth and so on.
A 'baltic state' mentality is nourished amongst original that can be alleviated by making sure that our children are given the tools to relate to their brothers and sisters. First they must have a thourough knowledge of their self.
What you mentioned lingers because many of our people in North America are mono-linquistic, the most 'exotic' food that they eat is chinese take out and can hardly find North America on a globe. By Building up our Knowledge base we put ourselves in a position where we WANT to know more about people. From the desire the next point is want to observe them DIRECTLY. When we get in a position to observe them directly we set up the condition to develop COMPASSION.
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