I Don't Want Black People to Get Up in the Morning Because of Hope

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I don't want black people to get up in the morning because of hope. It's ephemeral, it is a religious concept. That is not a power concept. And political power is what changes your circumstances,. Not by some divine act, but by your own doing. I do not have to applaud your centuri's long undoing of it. The fact that 400 years of suffering of some sort has befallen these people by american white supremacy in raceism, is not tolerable. i believe the the very idea of saying to black people, pat us on the back for it not being as bad as it used to be, even though it is not fixed, is

In this week's episode Charles Blow speaks to journalist Dele Olojede about the arguments in his new book The Devil You Know: A Black Power Manifesto. He argued that if enough African-Americans move south, the demographic balance in the Southern States will be tipped in favour of Black voters and politicians. His new home state of Georgia – he practises what he preaches and left Brooklyn for Atlanta – recently voted for a Democrat presidential candidate and two Democratic Senate candidates, one of whom became the first Black senator in the state’s history. The growing African-American population in Georgia was pivotal in these votes, Blow believes. To find out more and buy the book click here: https://www.primrosehillbooks.com/product/the-devil-you-know-a-black-power-manifesto-charles-m-blow-subscribers/

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