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Faux Black Rage in Whiteface

 Dear Media Outlets,

   As a Black Nationalist , I am outraged over the co-opting of the murder of Breonna Taylor by white vandals and anarchists. Both the mayors of Raleigh and Durham NC have said that the people responsible for the destruction in the respective cities were white. This is very disturbing because many white Americans, especially conservatives are quick to point out the black violence in places  like Chicago and even Durham, but refuse to criticize the faux black rage in whiteface in the Triangle parading under the banner of racial justice.  They are quick to condemn black violence but what about the white violence?  There is a double standard at play and the the white anarchists are benefiting from the same white privilege that allows white officers to murder Black men and women under the system of white supremacy.

There is a history of white people and corporations exploiting black pain and suffering going back to the Scottsboro Case of the 1930’s , to the Civil Rights Movement and even the Hip Hop era where white fans and corporations defunded socially conscious rap and replaced it with gangsta rap turning black homicide into a multi=billion dollar business.

To be very clear, this is not an argument over tactics .as I believe as Malcolm X said, justice should be obtained ‘by any means necessary, however, as  someone who fights Black political and economic power, I cannot quietly sit back and watch the work of my ancestors be disrespected by white opportunists.

If the white community wants to do something productive, they should go into the white community and advocate that reparations are paid to Africans Americans for the 400 plus years of slavery and oppression.

Other than that, it is up to black people to solve black problems and not wait for a white savior to come save us.

As, Frederick Douglas once said “ “the man who suffered the wrong is the man to demand redress.”

                       Minister Paul Scott, founder

                        Black Messiah Movement

                         Durham NC 

                         (919) 972-8305

Why White AmeriKKKa Fears Black Nationalism

Black Lives Matter and the Bamboozling of Black Movements

Open Letter to the Media Regarding Black Lives Matter

 Dear News Directors,

  As a longtime community activist in Durham NC, I have a concern with the protests that have happened over the last several months, There  seems to be a tendency by the media to lump all African Americans under the banner of “Black Lives Matter.” This is not true. Many of us have differences with the Black Lives Matter ideology. 

While  the popularity of Black Lives Matter, as an organization can be traced back to the protests after the police involved murder of Michael Brown in August of 2014, the murder of George Floyd earlier this year has prompted media outlets to lump all black activists under the BLM umbrella. 

Many of us subscribe to a black social justice tradition and Black empowerment tradition that stretches back almost 100 years based on a lineage that includes Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) and many more. 

What is , extremely, problematic is the majority of the local BLM labeled protests , especially the ones involving violence and property damage appear to involve mostly white people who seem to be exploiting  black suffering to push an agenda. Yet, there is rarely a discussion of the demographic makeup of these protests. So, because they are labeled “Black Lives Matter” protests, it is inferred that Black people are doing the vandalism.

There used to be a saying when people did not agree with the domestic  policy of the US government “Not In Our Name.” I believe the the same slogan is appropriate in during the Black Lives Matter Era when dealing with much of the vandalism committed by nonBlack people #NotInOurName.

                                                          Thank you,

                                                          Min. Paul Scott, founder

                                                          Black Messiah Movement

                                                          PO Box 15123

                                                          Durham NC 27704

                                                          (919) 972-8305

Black Lives Matter Ain't My Movement !

Myth of the Monolithic Black Mind: Black Lives Matter is Not My Movement

 

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Myth of the Monolithic Black Mind:

Black Lives Matter is not my Movement

                                   Min. Paul Scott

I once heard  a Jamaican expression that goes  “every Dread is not a Rasta and every Rasta doesn’t have dreads.” This statement is appropriate in dealing with the massive Black Lives Matter Movement of 2020. Although every Black activist believes, wholeheartedly, that black lives matter, every Black activist is not a card carrying member of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Contrary to the ol’ stereotype, not only do all black people not look alike….well we don’t all think alike either.

In this country there has been a tendency to fit all Black people in a cute little box, however this cookie cutter, one size fits all mentality has never , properly, reflected the Black experience.( I remember , when white America popularized the term  “gangsta rap” in the early 90’s and even threw positive,  socially conscious rappers like Public Enemy into the mix.)  For the last couple of months the media have labeled everyone who says “Fight the Power” as a member of Black Lives Matter, whether they want to be or not.

IAlthough, largely ignored in popular culture, during the 60’s we had both the Civil Rights Movement as well as the Black Power Movement. However, the Civil Rights Movement is the one that survived the white washing of American History. So, with the Black Lives Matter Movement, America has popularized a movement with hollywood-like  “ Black Power'' tactics but the same  Civil Rights Movement goals and objectives.

See, the practitioners of Black Power based their ideology on a Black Nationalist ideology of forgotten Black Heroes such as Marcus Garvey and covered a wide range of issues facing not only African Americans but African people throughout the diaspora. However, BLM seems to focus on the single, although , extremely important issue of police brutality.

Most importantly, Black Nationalists believe in the sacred principle of self determination while BLM pushes an integrationist agenda much like the Civil Rights movement. If you look at many of the protests nationally , as well as locally, the overwhelming majority of the participants in the post George Floyd murder seem to be White. 

This is not the first time that this phenomenon has happened in this country as one can look at the Abolitionist movement as well as the early days  of the NAACP , with WEB Dubois being the sole African American in a leadership position. While this may not seem problematic to some, for those African Americans who seek to be in charge of determining a Black political, social and economic agenda in 2020 , there is a problem. 

Let us not confuse the issue.  This is not a case of favoring violent protests over nonviolent protests, or vice versa, Nor should it be used to start a generational conflict within the African American community. This is about who is calling the shots, Black folk or White folk ? After all African Americans in this country are rarely asked what we want; we are told what is best for us.

So, although Black Lives Matter has become the catch phrase of 2020, BLM is not my movement. While I understand that this may not be the popular opinion and I may be the lone voice crying in a wilderness of corporate sponsored Black Live Matter billboards, I still favor the Black Nationalism as advocated by the likes Marcus Garvey , Malcolm X and Kwame Ture.  Even though , BLM has the billion dollar backing of corporations, as Grandma used to say :

“I’d rather have a little bit of something than a whole lot of nothing.”

Min. Paul Scott is the founder of the Durham NC based Black Messiah Movement. He can be reached at info@nowarningshotsfired.com or Twitter @truthminista