"Opportunity" ?? For Whom??
If you, like me, look in the mirror and do NOT see a white (or "passably" white) face staring back; then, you must know, in these days of systematised police executions of black males, that its long past time for NEW THINKING! Old methods have failed, and Old Conditions have tragically worsened.
Yet, even this, too, can be "overcome", if we "Put Down Our Buckets, Where We Are"; to quote an old "Booker T. Washington story. In two interviews held by Tavis Smiley, on last night's show; some incredible statistics were cited. He interviewed Catherine Murphy, NYU Center for Global Affairs, and Journalist, and Ann Louise Bardach; both of whom are "experts" on the REAL Cuba. Mass Media in the USA has a standard "face" for Cuba, shaped by the views of the Batista Cubans who fled to Miami. In the Smiley interviews, you will learn that this is NOT the Cuba of 2015!
During the 50 years of failed Embargo, one third of the population, who were "white-enough-to pass" left the Island for places like Miami, Mexico City, and Europe. The remaining two-thirds are Black or Brown, and are the overwhelming majority of Cubans in Cuba, in 2015! Funny, the "picture" our Media paints does NOT show that!
They have "survived" 50 years of abuse under the Embargo. They clearly do not intend to return to their horrible existence at the hands of the Batista-Exiles, or the U.S. policies and practices of days past. Land, and other Assets have been re-distributed by Castro. It is not likely that whites with money will easily "waltz" back into Cuba, slip the "noose" of money around their necks, and "pick up where their fathers left-off"!
What can we expect? Nobody knows for sure; but there are clues. The average income in Cuba today is $250 per year! The "Average" Black or Brown person in the U.S. "wastes" that amount of money Monthly!
Smart Blacks/Browns can now stop "chasing whites" and think, for once, of pursuing Common Interests, that will further their advance toward Independence, Liberty, and Freedom. These common interests can be pursued throughout the planet. Is it time to reverse our past ,failed, practices and to broaden our horizons. White Americans have had no problem advancing their "interests". Now may be a time of "equal opportunity" that approaches reality? Never, since the days of Columbus, has there been such abundance of opportunity and the means to access it! We simply have to reverse our reverence for "all things white", learn a few languages, and venture out of of mental and physical "ghettos"!
Stay Vigilant! Misplaced Trust is a condition that can be reconciled. First, recognize the Common Interests you have with others who share your economic, political, and social shoes; then, proceed in directions and ways that make sense FOR YOU, and your family's future. We finally may have a way out of this "box" we've been in for too long. If we passively accept the murder of our children in the pursuit of some false nation of wealth and "fair treatment" from white institutions, we will have no future. The past six years of Obama Presidency should convince all persons of color on this planet of that fact!
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