In Hannah-Jones' comments about race, she said the concept of race was reinvented during slavery to justify it. This suggests that race was never a concept prior to that. She also said race is a social construct, which we often hear Black people say. Black people however are the last people who would give up being Black. Black is very profitable for many of us. In fact, it has been marketed so effectively for so long by Whites and us, that many of us have come to see this narrow aspect of being Black as the totality or most common aspect of how we are. This attitude we have of embracing our Blackness raises questions about whether a significant number of us really desire to be integrated into the larger society. I hope the question is addressed of how the newer policy of mixed income housing has fared in attempting to stop the cycle of poverty within one family's generations.
from my notes on this topic. The appellations identifying race by the color codes such as white “race” was invented by rich Virginians in 1676 in the aftermath of a populous rebellion of impoverished, indentured, and enslaved Africans and Europeans now known as Bacon’s Rebellion. Nowhere on the earth until the white ethnic Europeans came along did anybody identify themselves by skin color. They identified with language culture and tribal geography. The first identity is a human being the people of Africa did not call themselves by race until the white Europeans brought the idea into the language grammar. The Arabs called themselves by their language, and the terms "Arab, Bantu, Swahili, and way too many dialects and languages to mention here" for the non-ethnic Europeans it is a linguistic nomenclature, not the racial identifier introduced by the colonizers. “the Egyptians called themselves "Kemet" which means land of the black." The colonizer's goal was to separate the African people from themselves, while the languages and dialects outside of the European nomenclature all unify humanity logistically. Dr. Van Sertima, the name Africa came from 'Afri-uka" which means "Motherland,” in the ancient Egyptian language, and that term "Motherland." Motherland meaning of all humans: According to Dr. Van Sertima the Phoenician `afar, dust; -the Afri, a tribe-possibly Berber-who dwelt in North Africa in the Carthage area; -the Greek word aphrike, meaning without cold; -or the Latin word aprica, meaning sunny. The Western use of the term came through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra - "land of the Afri" (plural, or "Afer" singular) - for the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day Tunisia. Orientalism, colonialism, and the distorting of the Identity of African people is well documented (below)……… news.osu.edu/race-is-an-invented-concept-but-an-impactful-one-researchers-say/
Not far into this discussion the question of why does poverty exist in the wealthiest country in the world was mentioned? That didn't give me a lot of hope that the discussion would be balanced and open as it should be. The U.S. is far from being unique among leading nations in having a significant level of poverty. There actually is little difference among these nations. Few countries have a less than ten percent rate. I'm pleased to see Nicole Hannah-Jones on the panel, as I have been asking on social media for some time why her statements some years ago on education and gentrification, have not produced a lot of discussion on those issues as this one is closely related. I wonder if these issues will be raised and addressed in this discussion. Intergration is the fundamental big elephant in the room, that has yet to be openly and honestly revisited, especially among the public.
It didn't take long after the early comment about poverty in the U.S. for Hannah-Jones in her first turn at speaking to second the sentiment that American poverty is exceptional. The stark difference that may exist among poverty in leading nations is the close association with poverty and violence in U.S. and maybe not as much in other leading nations.
It's almost crazy that there even need to be laws like this. People absolutely love having black neighbors. Black neighborhoods are among the most desirable in the state/country. Thank you for standing up for THE RIGHT to housing. I say "shit" on stage too!! hahahaha! You go, Reverend!!
While Legislation and Government responsibility are key, there are the petty requirements that shut people out of housing, like requiring your income be 3x the rent. Avg rent being $2000 mo. not subsidized means you need to make $61200 yr if you settle for a place at $1700 mo. So, some of the worst places are too much for TEACHERS, who make maybe $40,000. RIDICULOUS!! INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF POVERTY!!!
It's frustrating and angering to NO END for POC not being able to secure employment like working in a property management agency, but we need to earn MORE in income than those employees do just to live in SUB-STANDARD housing. They don't want to live in any of those properties. Why should anyone who makes MORE than they do want to live there?
If your district is the most impoverished in the state, and you have been in leadership for years.... First you should be ashamed. Second, please get out of leadership
There is a STARK difference between AFFORDABLE HOUSING that you are suggesting and the SUB-STANDARD, UNSAFE housing that the GREEDY landlord lobbyist are segregating POC to. Very different.
In Hannah-Jones' comments about race, she said the concept of race was reinvented during slavery to justify it. This suggests that race was never a concept prior to that. She also said race is a social construct, which we often hear Black people say. Black people however are the last people who would give up being Black. Black is very profitable for many of us. In fact, it has been marketed so effectively for so long by Whites and us, that many of us have come to see this narrow aspect of being Black as the totality or most common aspect of how we are. This attitude we have of embracing our Blackness raises questions about whether a significant number of us really desire to be integrated into the larger society. I hope the question is addressed of how the newer policy of mixed income housing has fared in attempting to stop the cycle of poverty within one family's generations.
from my notes on this topic. The appellations identifying race by the color codes such as white “race” was invented by rich Virginians in 1676 in the aftermath of a populous rebellion of impoverished, indentured, and enslaved Africans and Europeans now known as Bacon’s Rebellion.
Nowhere on the earth until the white ethnic Europeans came along did anybody identify themselves by skin color. They identified with language culture and tribal geography. The first identity is a human being the people of Africa did not call themselves by race until the white Europeans brought the idea into the language grammar.
The Arabs called themselves by their language, and the terms "Arab, Bantu, Swahili, and way too many dialects and languages to mention here" for the non-ethnic Europeans it is a linguistic nomenclature, not the racial identifier introduced by the colonizers. “the Egyptians called themselves "Kemet" which means land of the black." The colonizer's goal was to separate the African people from themselves, while the languages and dialects outside of the European nomenclature all unify humanity logistically.
Dr. Van Sertima, the name Africa came from 'Afri-uka" which means "Motherland,” in the ancient Egyptian language, and that term "Motherland." Motherland meaning of all humans: According to Dr. Van Sertima the Phoenician `afar, dust; -the Afri, a tribe-possibly Berber-who dwelt in North Africa in the Carthage area; -the Greek word aphrike, meaning without cold; -or the Latin word aprica, meaning sunny. The Western use of the term came through the Romans, who used the name Africa terra - "land of the Afri" (plural, or "Afer" singular) - for the northern part of the continent, as the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding to modern-day Tunisia. Orientalism, colonialism, and the distorting of the Identity of African people is well documented (below)………
news.osu.edu/race-is-an-invented-concept-but-an-impactful-one-researchers-say/
Not far into this discussion the question of why does poverty exist in the wealthiest country in the world was mentioned? That didn't give me a lot of hope that the discussion would be balanced and open as it should be. The U.S. is far from being unique among leading nations in having a significant level of poverty. There actually is little difference among these nations. Few countries have a less than ten percent rate.
I'm pleased to see Nicole Hannah-Jones on the panel, as I have been asking on social media for some time why her statements some years ago on education and gentrification, have not produced a lot of discussion on those issues as this one is closely related. I wonder if these issues will be raised and addressed in this discussion. Intergration is the fundamental big elephant in the room, that has yet to be openly and honestly revisited, especially among the public.
It didn't take long after the early comment about poverty in the U.S. for Hannah-Jones in her first turn at speaking to second the sentiment that American poverty is exceptional. The stark difference that may exist among poverty in leading nations is the close association with poverty and violence in U.S. and maybe not as much in other leading nations.
It's almost crazy that there even need to be laws like this. People absolutely love having black neighbors. Black neighborhoods are among the most desirable in the state/country. Thank you for standing up for THE RIGHT to housing. I say "shit" on stage too!! hahahaha! You go, Reverend!!
While Legislation and Government responsibility are key, there are the petty requirements that shut people out of housing, like requiring your income be 3x the rent. Avg rent being $2000 mo. not subsidized means you need to make $61200 yr if you settle for a place at $1700 mo. So, some of the worst places are too much for TEACHERS, who make maybe $40,000. RIDICULOUS!! INTENTIONAL INFLICTION OF POVERTY!!!
NHJ is pissed.
It's frustrating and angering to NO END for POC not being able to secure employment like working in a property management agency, but we need to earn MORE in income than those employees do just to live in SUB-STANDARD housing. They don't want to live in any of those properties. Why should anyone who makes MORE than they do want to live there?
If your district is the most impoverished in the state, and you have been in leadership for years.... First you should be ashamed. Second, please get out of leadership
There is a STARK difference between AFFORDABLE HOUSING that you are suggesting and the SUB-STANDARD, UNSAFE housing that the GREEDY landlord lobbyist are segregating POC to. Very different.