I'm glad we have reached this point.
I'm glad you used the Jew as the example. I'm sure there are Jews out there who like to see the unity of all of humankind. Yet within this there is a duality that while all men are equal, the Jew still would wish to identify both as a human AND specifically and uniquely as a Jew. This is not to promote seperatism, but to acknowledge the historical and cultural bond the Jews as a people share, among the global sense of the human race in totality. Now replace the word Jew with the word BLACK (and by this you know I mean Continental or Diasporal African more so than colour) and I think you may see my stance a little clearer.
Now......Jews have recieved monetary and land reparations of which the African has not. So to speak of Reparations in any comparative sense between Africans and Jews is a very touchy subject.....But in terms of INTERNAL Reparations - the Jews have adopted a Jew - first or even Jewish-supreme ideology. The Jews largely spend their money among their own community first before branching out. There is a saying that the dollar circulates within the Jewish community for a month before it leaves into the general population. This has helped re-soldifu their economic offsetting from the effects of the holocaust and actually propelled them to a very respectable economic standpoint as a community. I don't see this as Jews being racist or not respecting the oneness of humanity.. But as a necessary reparatory effort.
The black community especially in the western hemisphere.... The African community which have descended from slavery... their economic base is a huge contrast then that of the Jews currently, and far less centralised. I believe by adopting a black first mentality in terms of economy that I and I too can defeat the economic damage of 500 years of slavery and 100 years of post slavery oppression among I community. Meaning black businesses supporting other black businesses and black consumers buying from such businesses where possible as a FIRST choice. The system as it stands is naturally set up in the OPPOSITE manner meaning a perpetual underdevelopment of the black-descended-from-slavery community's economic base.
Without a conscious effort to adopt this black first approach this may never be corrected. I use this as but one example of how black first (I.e. black supremacy by InI definition) is not from a racist standpoint but from a necessary reparatory standpoint in the hope of achieving equality among communities such as that demonstrated within the Jewish community after the holocaust.
I think I do respect your expressed viewpoints more So than you give me credit for. I simply state a duality within I reasoning. I too will stand with you and say every one is one within the human race; and even further, every living thing is one, the life force within me is no different to that within the Tree in my garden. The singularity of the I. Yet and Still, i also will attest to the individualism of the My. I am unique, i have a nationality and identity, culture, native language family, history etc which may be different and separate to other people on earth as they do to. I don't see any problem in these two ideas. I think they can coexist harmoniously within the duality of life. Which is why I believe ones like Bob Marley can chant One Love One Blood and then chant Black Supremacy African Progress in the next song. There is no oxymoron and both ideologies are needed.
As a black man...or to be correct, as a displaced African man descended from slavery, further descended from a rich African history and culture which has been taken from I; here in the West. Surrounded and outnumbered by European culture, European women, European food, European owned business...and from the overstanding that others in my same position are generally from a lower socioeconomic position (due to our shared recent history) than our European counterpart.... I man have a right to react. I chose to react by adopting a black-first ideology(PanAfrican). In terms of cultural expression, woman, diet, consumerism and business.... In a similar way Jews have done the same among their community.... As A sense to counteract the inequalities of the world that I and others who identify similarly were born into. Not because I believe my colour is superior to another or I am better than another.
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