KNOW THINE ENEMY

Even When Thine Enemy Lies Within 

Speilberg strikes again!  I saw the movie, Lincoln,  yesterday.   As a 73-year old, African-American military officer and disabled veteran,  and a citizen of these United States, Speilberg managed, yet again, to make me feel like I was deliberately excluded from  his intended audience.  The Color Purple, another of his travesties, was similarly delivered;  as  if  he were telling white people a story about black people.  There was no mention of Frederick Douglass!  Or Douglass' deliberations with President Lincoln regarding emancipation.  http://www.mrlincolnandfreedom.org/inside.asp?ID=69&subjectID=4

 

It is reported that Spielberg did not want the film released until after the election.  Maybe he was part of the 47% pulling for Romney?  For the non-white voters who got the message of the 2012 election, its now time for deep reflection.  After all that has gone before, its now clear that this damnable practice of perpetuating the color line, Hollywood style, has to be faced and contended with.

 

For all those of any color who refuse to face facts, (and themselves), its long past time to realize that the economic situation of non-whites, or of the total population, will not improve in this country until new strategies are adopted to combat this form of racial discrimination.   Sacrificing your own dignity to gain financial advantage can bring malignant dividends for all.  The individual, no matter how cunning, will not prevail in the long run, over long-standing, institutional behaviors; unless those institutions are successfully countered.

 

The enemy can be a collection of ideas, beliefs, practices, habits, traditions, and norms that are held or practiced by individuals, groups, or institutions. You can share in those beliefs, thereby aiding in the perpetuation.  These practices are corrosive, producing great damage over generations.  They can  cover large territories, countries, and regions.  There is an economic impact or component masked in these acts disguised as "art".  I once sat in a movie theater in Guadalajara and watched a Hollywood cartooned version of Mexican history that full of blatant Lies!

Why does it persist into the 21st Century?  Is it possible that only those in the 53% can dectect, and are willing to combat this syndrome?  Is the 47% of one mind in maintaing these practices?   Will employment, business relations, investment decisions, continue to turn on such tactics that have existed since Birth of a Nation and Gone With the Wind?

Stay Vigilant!

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