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Propaganda & Neo-Colonial Puppets: The Black Elite Won’t Save Us Part 3
The amerikkkan Neo-Liberal/Colonial propaganda feels to be at a premium right now, and the narrative being pushed is of a “unified amerikkka” because of “Black amerikkkans” efforts to “save the country.” All of this, after a summer where the masses dared to struggle and fight; after the masses took to the streets calling for human rights; months later the cries went from abolish/defund the police to electing the top kkkop in order to restore the soul of amerikkka. But why would/should we save any place where we are not free? “Any Black person in amerikkka, if they are honest with themselves, have got to come to the conclusion that they don’t know what it feels like to be free” (Assata Shakur). How can we be amerikkkan when we are colonized people in this stolen land?
This false idea of freedom, rooted in a false sense of amerikkkanism, is pushed through the Black Elite and misleadership class. But just in case y’all forgot, The Black Elite Won’t Save Us! I know y’all are probably tired of me saying that, but damn sometimes I feel like we still don’t get it. Say it with me “the Black elite won’t save us!” I know what folx will say, “representation matters”, and “think of what this means for little Black boys and Black girls”, so I’ll let Jalil Muntaqim give you the game. “The inspiring rhetoric … provide little solace to the…
