"Do Not Help Your People; Do Not Harm Our People."
Phillip Scott from African Diaspora News Channel breaks down the rules that "Foundational Black Americans" (and any member of a minority in a similar position) must follow to keep their spot.
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"First Black Symbolism" Is Problematic.
Gus Griffin explains : The first Black symbolism is worse than an empty gesture. It is actually dangerous in that it often serves as a “Trojan Horse” able to advance Neoliberal policies at home and imperialist machinations abroad under the cover of a Black face as the leader. I am not suggesting that all that is symbolism is without substance. Even within sports, at Mexico City in the 1968 Olympics, track stars John Carlos and Tommie Smith raised their fists on the winner’s podium symbolizing Black Power. The substance of the moment was that it reflected an evolutionary period of the movement from civil rights to human rights, from limited tactics to unlimited tactics, from domestic to international focus in the struggle for Black liberation. Likewise, former NFL QB Colin Kaepernick’s symbolic kneeling was of substance in that it forced millions into a conversation about police terrorism that many preferred to ignore. We must be able to identify empty symbolic ge...