“There is no more tragic a figure than that of a physician who correctly diagnosed a disease nut is unable to persuade the people to accept his cure. So it was for Malcolm X.” -From, “To Kill A Black Man” By: Louis Lomax
Book Excerpt Of The Week: “To Kill A Black Man” By: Louis Lomax
Written By: Elsie Law
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Apr•
03•15
Buy Black Friday Purchase Of The Week: Neely Fuller Jr. Books
Written By: Elsie Law
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Apr•
03•15
A Compensatory Counter-Racist Word Guide
The United-Independent Compensatory Code/System/Concept Textbook
Available at: www.ProduceJustice.com
An Urban Farmer Feeds His Community
Written By: Elsie Law
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Apr•
03•15
[SIDEBAR: It’s funny how we’re taught not to “get dirty,” yet, there’s so much power and serenity in the soil.]
TODAY IS BUY BLACK FRIDAY
Written By: Elsie Law
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Apr•
03•15
PLEASE PASS THIS ON! (EACH ONE TEACH ONE OR TWO!) THIS IS PHASE ONE ON HOW WE CAN HELP TO STRENGTHEN & EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITY:
The 2008 not guilty verdict in the Sean Bell case evoked outrage, emotion, and debate. It is not an anomaly that the police officers involved in the Sean Bell slaying were acquitted of all charges on all counts in State Supreme Court. I could run out of ink printing the names of people who have been victimized by the inaptly named justice system.
The American justice system has been especially terroristic towards the African American community. Many community members can cite historic and personal accounts to prove this. Therefore, it would be foolhardy (at the least) to turn to a system that has methodically oppressed us, and request that they free us. We can only free ourselves through extreme discipline and intelligent planning.
As a community we have been too compliant with leaders who organize ineffective, delayed reactions. The only strategy that can save us in this last hour is one that calls for a collective code of conduct that will be conducive to improving the conditions of our community, and shifting the paradigm of how we are treated by outside entities. The first step of this code of conduct should be based on economics.
The old adage of “money talks,” still reigns true in the new millennium. Any political scientist worth his or her library card will tell you that: “Economic powerlessness equals political powerlessness,” and conversely “economic power equals political power.” This means that if we continue to allow our wealth to be extracted from our community, we will remain impotent.
The power of the collective “Black Dollar” is often discussed. However, that power has been left unchanneled. Today is the day to change that. A one-time boycott is not going to bring long-term change and respect to our community. Our community has launched boycotts before. Our success and ascension will be based on what we consistently do. For this reason, we should initiate “BUY BLACK FRIDAYS.”
BUY BLACK FRIDAYS is a small step towards our community acquiring power via controlling our economics. Every Friday, people who acknowledge the injustice and oppression that the African American community has been consistently subjected to should do one of the following:
Option #1: Spend $0 on Friday
Option #2: Spend no more than $10 on Friday
Option #3: Only Shop at Black Businesses on Friday
[PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ABOVE OPTIONS CAN & SHOULD BE EXERCISED ON A DAILY BASIS. However, we can all at the very least focus on Fridays. This way we can take a collective stand and build our collective discipline. Please remember that this is only Phase 1!].
To the people who are tempted to label “BUY BLACK FRIDAYS” as racist, I say this: In the big scheme of things, this is about right & wrong, justice & injustice. The African American community is a strong, proud community that has endured the brunt of America’s iron fist. We must stop the pounding. I feel that any fair-minded individual will concur, and join in.
ANY business that is privileged to enjoy the support of the African American community MUST return that support.
I thank you in advance for your effort and dedication.
-Elsie Law AKA Starface
Quote Of The Day
Written By: Elsie Law
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Apr•
03•15
“What we think and say, we claim and call to ourselves.” -Susan Taylor
The Bombing Of Pearl Harbor & The Creation Of Black Detroit
Written By: Elsie Law
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Apr•
02•15
“In the car on the way to my Aunt Mildred’s for my ninth birthday party, we heard on the radio that the Japanese had bombed Pearl Harbor. America was at war.
‘And on my birthday, too,’ I murmured.
Everything changed then. America mobilized. No more butter. White margarine with a little orange button of dye that you squeezed into it and beat until it was yellow, so that when you spread it on your bread, it booked like butter instead of lard. My Girl Scout troop collected scrap metal for the war effort. We had to save bacon drippings in coffee cans and turn them in. I beautifully brought the cans of fat in my wagon to the collection site. Nothing went to waste everything was saved, collected, and delivered for the war effort. My mother went to work in a factory that made bomb sights. All popular music changed to war songs. Patriotism was in the air. We were the good guys. We were fighting evil and God was certainly on our side.
Detroit became known as the Arsenal of Democracy. The automobile plants were converted to factories producing tasks and guns. They were gobbling up the workforce and needed more manpower. The factories reached out to the blacks of the South, who began migrating to the North for jobs and higher wages. Trouble was, everyone welcomed the black laborers into the factories, but nobody wanted them and their families to live in the all-white neighborhoods. The new workforce of 200,000 was corralled into sixty square blocks on the east side of the city.
Detroit had become a stronghold of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, and when tensions finally erupted, an angry mob of thousands of whites began pulling blacks off streetcars and beating them to death in full view of the white police.
Riots broke out and the police killed seventeen people, all black. I was to enter Hutchins Intermediate school, but the school’s opening in September was delayed a week. I was told the reason was: ‘The colored are rioting.'” -From, “Lessons In Becoming Myself” By: Ellen Burstyn
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words Pic Of The Week
Written By: Elsie Law
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Apr•
02•15
Birmingham, Alabama. Outside of West End High School. September 12, 1963.
Black History Fact Of The Day
Written By: Elsie Law
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Apr•
02•15
On this day, April 2, in 1884, John Thompson of Georgetown University became the first African-American coach to win the NCAA basketball tournament.
Quote Of The Day
Written By: Elsie Law
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Apr•
02•15
“Greater is the spirit that is within me than any challenge that is in the world.” -Susan Taylor
Book Excerpt Of The Week: “Black Is The Color Of My TV Tube” By: Gil Noble
Written By: Elsie Law
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Mar•
27•15
“As my knowledge has increased, my ego has decreased proportionally. Knowledge is the mother of humility and makes one realize how little is really known overall. Some people have misused knowledge by studying how to perfect ways to enslave and dominate others. To overcome these people, one must be equipped with more and better knowledge.” -From, “Black Is The Color Of My TV Tube” By: Gil Noble
