I think every culture opresses themselves in one way or the other. Social norms are some kind of opression in the end. The question is, what things you want to supress. And black culture, at the moment, really wants to suppress whiteness aka everything that helps white people be successfull.
Wasn't there an article yesterday or so, how loyalty and reliability are white concepts that shouldn't be adhered to by black people. smh
We all oppress each other for the betterment of the group. Its why "society" is better than "individual" in most cases. A simple example is that society once "oppressed" women into chastity against their baser instincts, in order to both stabilize the family unit (long term investment) and grant her support structures through life marriages once her looks faded (short term investments).
That's what we should all be doing for each other. Creating a culture that "oppresses" our worst traits out to better us both individually and as a group. Not by law, but as neighbors.
What happens in black communities is that the "betterment" aspects get oppressed out (under a veneer of acting white), while the championed aspects such as gangsta culture and "Ima get mine!" rhetoric end up with a group that suffers from their own individualism.
I think every culture opresses themselves in one way or the other. Social norms are some kind of opression in the end. The question is, what things you want to supress. And black culture, at the moment, really wants to suppress whiteness aka everything that helps white people be successfull.
Wasn't there an article yesterday or so, how loyalty and reliability are white concepts that shouldn't be adhered to by black people. smh
We all oppress each other for the betterment of the group. Its why "society" is better than "individual" in most cases. A simple example is that society once "oppressed" women into chastity against their baser instincts, in order to both stabilize the family unit (long term investment) and grant her support structures through life marriages once her looks faded (short term investments).
That's what we should all be doing for each other. Creating a culture that "oppresses" our worst traits out to better us both individually and as a group. Not by law, but as neighbors.
What happens in black communities is that the "betterment" aspects get oppressed out (under a veneer of acting white), while the championed aspects such as gangsta culture and "Ima get mine!" rhetoric end up with a group that suffers from their own individualism.