By: Pelvo White, Jr.

Pelvo White, Jr. — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 19:09:21 +0000

This work is some kind of a strange apology for all of the good work and accomplishments by those who were openly advocating ” black power ” in the face of blatant racism put forth by many, if not all of the privileged white racist in America at that time.The sixties black power slogans were certainly not empty rhetoric. These slogans helped change the mindsets of numerous cultures globally. It was easy to find signs and symbols of black power throughout the world. All races of people publicly identified with the black power music and aesthetics.If congressman Lewis was accurately quoted, his appraisal of the political and social influences of the black power movement were inaccurate if he determined the black power movement to be ” empty rhetoric. “We are now witnessing the political and social behaviors of President Donald Trump who has openly criticized the political and social activities of Congressman Lewis, and also refused to participate in Lewis’ funeral activities thereby signalling to his political base a complete dismissal of congressman Lewis’s political and social ideologies. We should be wearing more Afros, and waving more fists in the air while shouting ” BLACK POWER .” BLACK LIVES MATTER .”

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By: Pelvo White, Jr.