Drew Barrymore’s unpleasant Kamala Harris’ plea to become the country’s “Mama Mala” is yet another reminder that many actors, comedians, and media personalities are progressive idiots.However, the response to her request from Essence is magazine The categorical declaration that “black women are not your mothers” was a reminder that many black organizations and influencers have invited white people, including fallen actresses, to take up permanent residence in their hearts.
Understanding this phenomenon of “psychological gentrification” is important because the most valuable asset a person has control over is their own mind. What a person chooses to fill it with influences their values, beliefs, words, and actions.
A lack of clear thinking and moral reasoning is a natural byproduct of a gentrified mind.
Features of the city’s gentrification include new restaurants, coffee shops, dog parks, and bike lanes. Gentrification is a complex topic, as even those who resist changes to their neighborhoods appreciate the new amenities and increased property values that come with the influx of wealthy residents.
Psychological gentrification has no such perks. All it results in is people constantly being offended and unable to think clearly.
Amanda Shields is an actress, comedian, author, entertainer, intellectual, and revolutionary.She recently worked 3 hours interview He co-starred with Shannon Sharpe on his podcast “Club Shay Shay.”
It was clear that her mind was becoming more upscale.
Shields spoke extensively about how he has been victimized throughout his life because of his race. She accused a former teacher who got in trouble for “correcting” an adult in front of her class of being racist. She also said that her fellow actors used to bully her by calling her the “N-word.” She even claimed that white supremacy was behind the black media’s active association with Candace Owens.
This was not surprising, given that Shields had declared himself a racial “scholar” who viewed the world through a racial lens. People don’t like her because she’s frank and tells the truth, she claimed, but when Sharpe tried to get her to consider her point of view, which would take her out of the victim seat, she shut her mouth. I closed my eyes and braced myself. It’s hard for her to lead a revolution when she can’t even stand having her point of view questioned.
Boyce Watkins is also someone who speaks extensively about race. He holds his Ph.D. He is a PhD in Finance and the author of The 10 Commandments of Black Financial Power..Although Watkins occupies a different position in the black political ecosystem than Shields, he suffers from the same symptoms of psychological gentrification.
Watkins tried his hand at sports commentary during the recent NFL Draft. Posted“The NFL Draft is a lot like a slave auction, except the slaves aren’t working for free.”
Hundreds of people including me pointed The NFL draft is not like a slave auction, especially for the players. want If you participate, you will be paid a king’s ransom. Watkins is not the first to compare professional sports leagues with large numbers of black players to slavery.
Journalist William Rhoden published a book in 2006 called “Forty Million Dollar Slaves,” arguing that black athletes have no more power in their respective sports than their enslaved ancestors had on the plantations. did.Most recently, backup quarterback turned police abolitionist Colin Kaepernick said the NFL Combine resemble Go to the slave auction. Former ESPN personality Jemele Hill said: same What happened to him a few years ago. There was also a lawsuit filed by former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores. accusation That the NFL is run like a slave plantation.
All of these people exhibit a lack of clear thinking and moral reasoning, both of which are natural byproducts of a gentrified mind. A professional athlete in the NFL makes more in one year than the average American makes in a lifetime. They train all their lives hoping to reach their respective leagues. Not only that, their parents invest countless resources and time to guide them into the profession.
I’m not a history major, but I can’t remember a single story of a slave mother and father jumping for joy when their child was sold at an auction house.
If we can’t think about our complex, dynamic, and evolving society without lazily reverting to slavery metaphors or assuming that all our problems stem from racism, then Black America will never be able to realize its potential. You cannot reach your full potential. This is a sure recipe for social and economic stagnation. If you think of yourself as a slave, you will always be looking for a master and fear the responsibilities that come with freedom.
Booker T. Washington understood this well. He gave Tuskegee University’s black students an education in the liberal arts as well as the skilled trades. He instilled a sense of pride and dignity in his students, who were literally building the schools in which they studied. He adopted this approach because it allows graduates to return to the rural South and empower their communities. Washington argues that people who are stable and secure in their own identity should treat others as equals, rather than as people seeking sympathy, affirmation, and protection from those who claim to be oppressing them. I knew I could engage, build and collaborate.
Many people today need to learn the same lesson.
