Unfortunately for so many folks the term "Black" is an uncomfortable word or term. For others it is a positive way to self-determine and celebrate the profound characteristics of the entire group of African descendants who by way of Africa-to-America-Slavery suffered, then thrived in the Americas.
These bold unique people had a very successful cultural revolution in the late 1960s.
They challenged the thesis that all things Black were bad. Then they decided this entire group of African descendants would be called, "BLACK"! Not Negro, not Creole, not Octoroon.....nor anti-White........but simply, "BLACK! That was a bold revolution for the ages!
But secretly many folks still hated having to use the term "Black" and were later relieved when a non-Black man offered the term "Afrofuturism". Plus this anointed culture-vulture described it as absolutely attached to the suffering legacy of slavery and that these practices were only valued as incidences of resistance to oppression. Therefore, derived from and forever absolutely bonded to the behavior of the oppressors.
Where is the Kwanzaa or self-determination in that?
- Kujichagulia (Self-determination): To define and name ourselves, as well as to create and speak for ourselves.)
But Cool. Here we be. The above are a few books Prof. Onli is strongly suggesting for folks to take a dive into.
Black is about living free! To be pro-Black is not to be anti-anyone else or oppositional to another culture. Black Culture has long won the global cultural wars as manifested in Music, Dance, and Sports. It is the continual cultural energizer in contemporary and modern Americana. Blacks evolved on their own terms with a set of dynamic practices and brilliant ideologies that were not linked to oppression or its immense spectrum of pathologies.
Those who still think of Black as negative and love oppression would never accept or support that there is much more to the Black Experience than suffering, being oppressed, acts of resistance & violence.
Happy reading and thanks again for dropping by!
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