In the 1930s during the Black Exodus, there were White People who
rushed to take Black people who were leaving the south to look for economic and
employment opportunities off trains.
Now these same White Racists were quick to say they hated Black
people. They were quick to complain about how niggers were ruining their lives.
You’d think they’d be glad to see Blacks leave their towns and cities.
But when the Negroes decided to leave the south, they got upset.
They wanted to not only attack the Black people who were leaving, but take them
off the train and even lynch them.
Looking at the situation in the South during the Black Exodus, I
began to reason that one of the effects White Supremacy and Racism breeds co-dependency.
When one looks up the definition of co-dependency they can see how Both Black
people and White people are effected.
From
Wikipedia: Codependency
is defined as a psychological condition or a relationship in which a person is
controlled or manipulated by another who is affected with a pathological
condition on the needs of, or control of, another.[1] It also often involves
placing a lower priority on one's own needs, while being excessively preoccupied
with the needs of others.
From my observation, White people seem to have a pathological
narcissism (White Supremacy) that makes them need to control and manipulate
Black people. And it seems that White people like those who tried to pull Black
people off the trains during the Black Exodus needed to control Black people.
In this co-dependent relationship between the races, White people
depended on those Blacks to always be there at the bottom so they could
continue to feel superior. And as long as those White people are at the
perceived top and Black people are at the perceived BOTTOM, neither White
people nor Black people never have to take the time to do the introspective
self-examination that would allow them to truly move forward as human beings.
One needs to ask: Why did Whites need to burn down a town like
Black Wall Street or Rosewood when they said they didn’t like Black people
living around them? Why were White people even in these towns if they said they
hated niggers and wanted nothing to do with them? And Why take Black people off
trains when they decide to LEAVE if White people hated them and didn’t want
them around?
Logic states if
someone you don’t like is going away you let them go. You don’t try to make
people leaving a dysfunctional situation stay in it or kill them for trying to
leave like Whites did to Blacks who left the south during the Black exodus of
the 1930’s and 1940s.
And you don’t
go to live or work where they live like Black people did during the late 1960s
and 1970s when “white flight” was happening in Northern cities believing that
moving to White neighborhoods and being bused to white schools will provide a
“better” way of life.
No, functional
people try to build their own neighborhoods schools, and communities like Black
Wall Street and the White Suburbs and maintain them with resources from their
own businesses.
Personally, I
believe White people, especially poor and lower middle class white people are
scared shitless about a world without Black people. Because without Black folks
around there’d be no one to blame for the sad state of their lives.
And I believe
some Black people are scared shitless about a world without White People.
Because without White folks around there’d be no one to blame for the sad state
of their lives.
But that was too painful for many White people and even some Black
people to do. Because that would mean taking that long hard look at why the
south was declining before the Civil War such as an overdependence on agribusiness,
a lack of infrastructure and the unwillingness to adapt to a changing global
marketplace created by the Industrial Revolution.
The truth is that White people in America after the Civil War
weren’t as superior as they thought they were. And they were upset that Negroes
were showing that they could be equal to them in all areas of American life
once given a chance in a true free market society. It’s that equality that
scares the shit out of co-dependent White people who needed Black people to buy
into their system of White Supremacy.
What these racists feared most of all was that if Negroes became
successful in all walks of life and could compete with them on a true fair and
level playing field, they’d teach other Blacks not to buy into the co-dependent
system of White Supremacy. Moreover, they fear if they are forced to compete on
the merits equally, that the world would see them for the pathetic and mediocre
individuals that they are.
Under the co-dependent institution of White Supremacy, mediocre
Whites and Supbar sellout Blacks benefit economically. It’s these peoples who
are allowed entry into the middle class because they kowtow and defer to rich
White supremacists.
Examine the behaviors of both races today and one can see the
co-dependent nature of the relationship: Racist White People Blame Black people
for spending all their tax dollars on Welfare and other entitlements and
keeping them poor.
Yet these same White People never once take an account for the way
they spend money on frivolous items and take no time to make efforts to improve
themselves by doing things like going to school, getting training, or starting
their own businiess. No, their situation is always someone elses’ fault whether
it be Blacks, Mexicans gays or whoever.
And poor Black people Blame White People for keeping them
oppressed and not being able to rise economically and politically. But these
same Black people spend their money on frivolous items and take no time to make
efforts to improve themselves like going to school, getting training or
starting their own businesses.
Moreover, when offered opportunity to achieve economic independence
such as getting an education, or an opportunity to start their own businesses
and NOT rely on government assistance they call this “Acting White” or selling
out. Then they blame theWhite Man for their stagnation.
When one looks at both Blacks and Whites in America who’s at fault
for their lack of growth? There’s a whole bunch of finger pointing on the race
issue, but no solutions when dialogues are started.
Personally, I believe neither Blacks or Whites want their situation
to change. Because true change is just too painful for either group of
Americans to accept. Because in a world where men and women are actually judged
by the content of their character and not the color of their skin, it would
mean there is no group to blame for one’s own shortcomings and failures. It
would be a place with no victims.
And co-dependent people love playing the victim. Because being a
victim is a powerful position for a co-dependent person. As long as they can
call themselves a victim, they can manipulate the other person by blaming them
and shame them into doing whatever they want.
Moreover, as the victim they can get others to join in on their
attack and get them to join in playing the blaming and shaming game. And in
this in this blame and shame game, both sides play the victim and no one ever
takes personal responsibility for their actions and no one is ever held
accountable for their individual behavior.
The way I see it, neither most Blacks or most Whites want a
true solution to the race issue. Because that means both groups would have to
take responsibility or accountability for themselves as individuals. And I
believe that’s what scares most Americans Both Black and White. Without the
crutch of racism to hold themselves up with, members of both races will be
forced to take an account for the sad state of their mediocre lives.
But taking that account is a good thing. Because Pain leads to
growth. And growth leads to change.
America could truly grow as a nation if Black people and White
people stopped this co-dependent relationship based on race. In a truly free
and equal society people who are forced to take responsibility for themselves
are people who make changes to their lives for the better that allow them to
grow and build a prosperous society. The politics of racism and White Supremacy
has only created a modern world filled with professional victims who hamper
their own progress and the progress of the country by blaming others. I believe
It’s time the American people started finding a new way of thinking that
focused on solutions for the group by making individuals take responsibility
for their own lives.
Excellent article. When I point the finger at you, three are pointing back at me.
ReplyDeleteThe issues are fear-based--fear of change, accountability and responsibility.
Until both sides stand up and own up to their stuff and vow to stop participating in this sickness...things will remain in the "it is what it is" mode.