Many people of faith believe that they can fight a spiritual war in a material world.After 400 years next year,it is obvious they were wrong all along.Most early Black Churches believed in the concept of a'Promised Land".Some believed the Promised Land was a return to our ancestral homeland to build a nation,others believed in going out West away from the racist elements in the South.But it seems that no matter where we ended up the same problems of a race torn from their land,an abomination that may take people 1000 years of devistation to correct,the same problems are waiting in the so called Promised Land for them.Being a people without a land means a people who must remain weak,passive,accomidating,loyal,obedient,cowardly,submissive.Being without a land means you cannot in a strong sense demand accountability and loyalty from your own kind.
The Black Church was never protected by Angels of God.Many people will say Jesus will save us,or God has Angels protecting me.But the saddest thing is Black Churchs have been a favorite target for White Supremacist groups.Thousands of Churches were burned to the ground over the last 150 years.75 in 1995!A look at how the African Church faired in Liberia is to see it flourish protected by being on Black soil and protected by a Black nation state.Liberian families Churches,Institutions,farms,never suffered from threats from White supremacist mobs.Liberians were not in danger of racist police.The Civil Rights movement and the Black Church ignored the fact that the same people that controlled the police,juries,courts,laws,were still going to be in power.But that didn't matter to most of them,it was all about their ambitions and egos.It was all about the willing to claim any victory to discredit the Back to Africa movement.To create the illusion of inclusion as to undermine all nationalist organizations.
An Afrikstan or diaspora nation state in Africa is the solution.There are people who are questioning our vision of a homeland for African American and diasporans.The same people who by their own admission have been in Africa for decades and have nothing to show for it.You have Black diasporans in places like Ghana and Nigeria but face more discrimiation and red tape,delays ect in African than they would back in the states.Imagine you are finally home in Africa,all of your dreams shouls happen now right?Wrong when I hear you cant outright own land it must be leased for a period of years and it is still no guarantee that you own it,that is not your home.You should be able to buy property outright on day one.You should have the right to hold public office and vote.You should have permanent residence or dual citizenship.
Serenity......Is not freedom from the storm..but peace and tranquility admist the storm...An Afrikstan a nation with borders common language and most people sharing the same race and cultural heritage will give us for the first time in 400 years peace and serenity.In other words we cant solve all of the world's and Africa's problems,but this will be a safe haven for people who want to build and have true serenity in a world spiraling out of control by the day...
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