Ten years ago when I first started publishing blogs for the vague and abstract called the Black Power movement,I was also caught up in symbols over substance.I said only a Kala Nation would survive.What I did not realize at the time,was that the Kala Nation was vague and abstract.As time went on I saw many people take to youtube and bloggershere with rhetoric about"revolution""banging on the beast""Black liberation".Social media has exposed something that many feared that was true....there is no real movement or leadership in Black America.This is because we as a people are still under a slave mentality system that renders us as a permanent oppressed people,at the mercy and whim of a well established powerful White majority.White America plays into our so called struggle like its a game.Arguing for"equality"social justice.Fighting against"White privilege"all of these are vague and abstract things that keep self appointed community spokesmouths in business with no clear goals or accountability.It also is clear that the masses of Black people have no interest in solving problems,because they ignore solutions that may require hard work and responsibility.As long as it is agreed that we are living in a White supremacist system,nobody is to blame for the failures in our culture.Make no mistake the country is racist and we are marginalized.
Around 20 years ago I began studying nation building.When I say a nation,I am talking about a nation state...tangible material not the vague and abstract meaning we hear in many conscious circles.I studied how people liberate themselves and become respected.I studied history in and out.I studied that while our situation in America is unique because we are not on our indigenous soil,there are many things we can do and people we can look to as a model for success.The Jews faced persecution for centuries in Europe.Unlike us they could hide their Jewish identity in times of danger.No such luxury is afforded the African slave descendant in America.Still many Jews decided that in order to get out of the bondage of oppression and shame,they needed a movement and cause.The cause became known as Zionism.The establishment of a homeland in the ancient homeland of the Jews.What is the difference between the Jewish struggle and the Black struggle in America?Well the Jews can point to a land on the map as their safe haven in times of danger.They have a nation because they wanted a nation.They were serious about being free.
Garvey and the UNIA.I often see people wearing the RBG flags,now saying I rep the RBG.Now the goal of the Red Black and Green was to establish a homeland on African soil.But the Black man and women is using a vague and abstract symbol of the RBG.It no longer represents an African homeland.It is nothing more than gang or cultist colors.A flag that flies over no soil.People will attack others for not supporting their movements.Movements with no end game,no land,no infrastructure,no government.The same people have the nerve to attack others when they say leave me alone,I made peace with America.America is tangible.The American Dream may be vague and abstract but atleast the system here works.For most that is enough.In the future if the African Nationalist movement is going to be taken seriously as in Marcus Garvey's sway,then the goal must be a nation of our own.Anything less than that tangible is vague and abstract......The Writing is on the Wall..........Kalagenesis Culture Critic/Geopolitical Pundit.
