the fight Black people have against the “media” is really a
battle against CONCEPTS. This is, at best, a very, very difficult battle to
win because the minds of Black people are filled to overflowing with white
concepts. There is no space left in the minds of Black people for any, or for
very few, Black concepts to enter and have sufficient room to take root,
grow, develop and flourish. If you have ever worked with concrete mix, you
know that initially, when mixed with water, the concrete is malleable and
can be shaped. But after it gets hard, you can’t do anything to change it; it
cannot be changed. This is what happens to Black people when white
concepts get into their minds: there is no room left in their minds’ for the
concept of, for example, sending their child to an Independent Black School,
or buying books from Black Bookstores, or “buying anything from anyone Black, for that matter. Black people are so filled with white concepts
fulfilling their obligations to the white concepts keep them too busy being
slaves to the white concepts, they neither have time for, nor room in their
heads’ for, “Black”
Yes, there is a vital need for a Black media collective or better, a Black
media SYSTEM-but any Black media system must first figure out how to
break through the concrete concepts white people have so shrewdly and
skillfully placed into the minds of Black people. Once we figure out the
antidote for “white concept bustin’”, we can then effectively conceive,
develop, and implement a Black Media System. One thing is absolutely sure,
as long as these negative images of Black people, especially of Black men,
persist in the various forms of media, you can bet The Black Holocaust is
still going on, and in full effect: The Black Holocaust of the mind, that is.
When you see an end to these negative depictions of Black people, in
movies, on T.V., in magazines, on radio talk shows, there is a pretty good
chance the Black Holocaust of the mind has come to an end.
As my saying goes, “The first one to the mind is the winner!!!”
Posted By: DAVID JOHNSON
Sunday, October 14th 2012 at 1:23PM
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