Is Black Separatism a Bad Idea?

I've been asking myself this question for quite some time now being a black man in America. The vocal point for most white supremacist groups have predominantly been against black people. Yes they hate other racial groups as well but if you go to places like White Aryan Resistance or StormFront most of them by in large hate blacks or rather do not wish to be associated with blacks for any reason. Looking at our time since we as a people have been in America, when has America itself ever been there for us 100%? Even better will it ever be?

I am not trying to be pessimistic, infact I'm hopeful about the racial future of America. But I cannot be blind to the staggering reality that does exist in American within the black/white racial dynamic in America today. People can knock black separatism all they want, but with events like Katrina, Diallo,Louima, Byrd, King R, King ML, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Tubman...just to name a few. How much longer do my people have to wait in order to get a seat at the table that has a good seat and has a cushion?

Most anti-racial programs have to deal with not being racist to all groups of people, of all religions of all kinds, that is all well and good. But it rarely examines and does not in my opinion fully recognize the tension between these two linked groups in American history as they should. Is black racism justified against whites? Politically, NO. Internally? YES. That is the truth, not many want to recognize and even deal with. Are whites justified against being racist towards blacks? Don't know I'm not white.

Ahh, there he goes with that double standard talk. Well tell you what, when an entire race of your people become enslaved or wiped out culturally by another solely that has everything to deal with skin tone tell me how you feel then looking through history. Now not once have I said whites in America started slavery, but that does not excuse the fact white Americans engaged in this practice of its byproduct of racism. Furthermore, just because your family did not own slaves does not mean they were in fact not racists either and to engage in such practices that are vestiges of such a prior caste system such as racism makes you complicit. You don't have to own a dog, not to hate dogs do you? Exactly.

So what is black separatism?

Black separatism is a separatist political movement that seeks a separate homeland for black people, particularly African-Americans. Of course such a movement is beyond political.

"A separation of the races is the only perfect preventive of amalgamation" (Abraham Lincoln, June 26, 1857)

The man who would free the slaves so many years later, nice to see he mellowed out thank you Abe for finally doing what was right, and look it was so nice of them to place you on the lowest valued generic US currency, made you into bronze, face the opposite direction, and smallest in size. Wow. One thing can be certain...

One race will eventually replace the others, which will become extinct. This law can also be applied to human races occupying the same territory: one race will eventually assimilate or replace its competitors.

I suppose its almost built in once you think about it. A black leader, especially in the media is always conceived to be the voice of the entire "black community" on a national level. A white leader in the media is the leader of whatever district, township, county, state they represent. No one makes the assertion that President Bush speaks for the entire white race of Americans. But if you say Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton somehow they are presumed to be the sole leaders of over 40 million black people.

Even the damn President of the United States in the current political climate is not the perceived leader of over 200 million white Americans now is he? It is this way because a good deal of white Americans especially suffer from the "they all look alike syndrome" black people are still seen as a group, rather than individuals. Whereas whites more greatly enjoy the latter. Of course blacks are not free from "they all look alike syndrome" as well.

It is true that only about 5% of whites actually owned slaves, but in even larger numbers were perfectly complicit and fine with engaging in hostilities towards blacks. Basically the acceptance of "I don't own slaves, but I can be racist it's free" has held up pretty well even till this day. And this has been the unresolved conflict since after the Civil War which led to "black codes and Jim Crow" in the North and the South. Make no mistake about it people, the North was not exactly a bastian of black acceptance as many would like you to make it out to be.

Yes, Yes there has been progress made with each successive new generation of black/white youth towards racial amalgamation and perhaps is the only true way to destroy racism. However, for the time being should not the goal of black people be that to protect their own, our own,...my own? As I have said before only in this country do I have to ask whether I'm black first or American..and this topic is one of this times.

When you look at the fact that 1 in 10 black men between the age of 25-39 is in jail, compared to 1 in 100 white men 25-39 for the same crime. The facts that whites get lessor sentences, more discretion, less penalized..than their black counterparts. With such a system in place you can never expect such a system to balance itself out.

Power is something that is never willingly shared by the party that holds such power, it can only be taken and taken by force. Funny thing is aside from a few instances of slave revolts blacks for the most part have always tried to use the system to achieve the rights to which they are granted under such Constitution which specifically was intended for blacks in America and no other group. Not saying other groups being included was bad however, one must realize its original intention to grasp its meaning and then its applications.

It just makes me have to ask...would black separatism be a bandage that is needed temporarily to soothe the racial disease that afflicts America until, the necessary operation of inter-mixing the races becomes sewn into the DNA of the white/black racial dynamic that is America?

No doubt some people especially progressive will argue that separating now will undo much of the work of tearing down the walls of oppression. But to them I say instead of building one giant wall of blanket oppression instead they have built hundreds of hurdles. Things have progressed but they have not changed, the appearance has changed the formula and goal has not. The very fact that one has a black sounding name in such a more modern more understanding society we have become is used to hold people back according to some recent studies.

"An experiment conducted by Devah Pager, a sociologist at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, had students with fictitious resumes apply for work with 350 employers, for mainly low-wage, entry-level jobs.

A key part of the study was to discover how employers would respond to white applicants with conviction records, including drug busts, and black applicants who had no criminal background. The findings: White ex-cons were called back for interviews 17% of the time compared to 14% for crime-free black applicants.

Beyond race, a white-sounding name on an application is worth as much as an extra eight years of work experience, notes Marianne Bertrand, an economist at the University of Chicago. Last year, researchers at the UC Graduate School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology sent out 5,000 fake resumes in response to random help-wanted ads in The Boston Globe and the Chicago Tribune.

The study entitled "Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal?" showed job seekers with white-sounding names were 50% more apt to get called for interviews. Those stats translate into the need for blacks to mark 15 resumes for every 10 resumes sent by whites in order to land one interview.

Workplace Discrimination

Percentage of job applicants who get called back after initial
interview:

Black White
With criminal record 5% With criminal record 17%
Without criminal record 14% Without criminal record 34%

SOURCE: DEVAH-PAGER NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY"

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1365/is_7_34/ai_112647828

It's better to hire a white ex-con over a black person that has no criminal record, if that's the case what is the point of a criminal background check? It's not even about America really trying to be productive and gathering whom can best do they job, you also have to look the part, and have a good white name.