Three years ago, I posted this must-see video. It’s Joyner Lucas‘ hip-hop dialog between a white man and a black man. When I reviewed it again in the current context of uprisings against police violence, I couldn’t help seeing its continued currency and the need to post it again.
See what you think.
I only wish that there had been a third participant in the dialog — someone who might helped the principals see that their anger is misdirected. They are not each other’s enemies.
No, the real enemy is the system of capitalism run by the 0.1%. Its underlying ideology of extreme individualism, and vicious competition keeps everyone’s eyes off the ball by pitting blacks and whites against one another. Meanwhile, the system enriches the few while failing miserably to provide adequate jobs, wages, education, housing and health care for the majority.
This is an example of the system’s “divide and conquer” strategy that works every time.
Through your comments, please share your reflections.
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Powerful performance! Wow….
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I agree. Very, very powerful!
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There is no such thing as “race.” This is simply a false human construct which has no real existence. To treat it as something real is simply delusion. There is only one real set to which we All belong without exception – the set of All Beings.
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I agree. However, don’t you think that “I’m Not a Racist” starkly reveals the culture’s erroneous understanding of race? That’s the reason I felt compelled to share the video.
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