SYMBOLISM: Can We Chill On It For A Second....?
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
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Symbolism and NO substantial action to back it up is futile.
And insulting.
Low-key for obvious reasons 🤫 spread the word ✊🏾facebook.com/donate/561384467898182/?fundraiser_source=external_url
When I saw the politicians take a knee, I was like why are they looking like extras from A Different World?
Reparations only
LOL
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Dead on arrival❣️🤣
Lol right?
Amen. There’s work to be done, not pandering.
Right? Pandering is not a solution to the centuries of systemic racism in this country.
That’s all they seem to give us!! And we fall for the bait everytime!!!
Korionte Rivers We dont even know what anything else would look like.
Kristine Ilochi Preach! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💯
Jubilee I know what it would look like.
Never confuse movement with progress
-Denzel Washington
All these "grand gestures" almost reminds me of an abusive partner who buys flowers, cries and begs for you to get back with them swearin to god theyve changed over night. Thanks for bringin the facts Calvin, im with you 💯💯💗👑✊🏾 protect your light dearest.
Facts!
Wow! What you wrote needs to be on a billboard. So true, so true.
Sis! You hit the nail on the head with this one.
Your comparison was absolute TRUTH!
YEEEESSSS!!👏🏿💯
No better analogy & summation of these whole symbolism acts. We accept far too less far too soon.
If something is not relevant in your day to day life, your mind tends to drift away from it. Its the sad truth but hopefully people can stay awake long enough to make real changes.
Far to often
well said
Exactly. It's the equivalent of forgiving an abusive spouse or partner because he/she apologizes in front of your family 😔
These politicians with their black caucus sashes are doing the absolute most. 🤦🏾♀️
They are not genuine at all.
Give me policy. I don’t want to see anymore symbolism. I want everyone to get on code.
Facts! But unfortunately the code will only come with consistent deliberate education. Those that know the code are on it, but it's still not enough of us because we don't control our education systems or mass media. And social media is easy to infiltrate so people don't know who to trust.
Amen to that sis
T J it’s going to be a project but we have to want to invest in our future.
You need a bigger platform!
Them wearing the kinte cloth was mocking to me and sign of disrespect they not serious we need to keep making a point
The cloth has a history of slavery in it's self
I agree 100%.
To me, that kente cloth mess was indicative of a complete and utter misunderstanding of what we want. Like, it's meant to symbolize coming together and cultures connecting closer and healing together........but they don't get that what we want is for them to do the opposite - fall the fuck back and leave Black people the fuck ALONE. That means fall back on the over-policing and prison industrial complex, but also on gentrification and jacking our culture to enrich their own aesthetic. We don't need to get no closer to y'all, what we tryna get is some DISTANCE!
I’m early and I agree. I will be excited when laws are changed and passed.
Laws changed passed and ENFORCED!!!
jurmyni cohen I was just about to write that
And add to that, when history is told by the truth. Change the history textbooks in schools.
This System will never be change, research and understands how deeply entwined the pieces are. The system needs to be destroyed and that is when change will come.
Symbolism is all they are willing to give us and they are confused because that has been enough for us- UNTIL NOW! Take the cloths off and give us reparations.
Truth
And some laws and restructuring of the entire police force.
But what does reparations entail? I’m not attacking your post but wanting an open conversation on this demand. My thoughts on the matter are based on rectifying the damages from red-lining. Since homeownership is wealth building, reparations should include impactful programs/federal funds to purchasing homes no matter a black person’s economically standing. When majority of blacks owning their own home, that improves their neighborhoods.
That's what I'm talking about Sis. Keep the symbolism because it deflects and distracts. Give us our Reparations that we are due!!!
I feel the same way about my distrust and having my guard up. For some reason I'm the one made to feel like I'm tripping because of it.
You’re not alone. I’m with you. People don’t grow consciences overnight.
their plan is to "get ahead of this thing"
That's right, it's like they are using their PR departments to pacify us.
TiffnZi We know they are all getting talking points...disingenuous. 🤚🏾
Reform, policies, laws, regulations
DON'T lose the momentum
I totally agree Calvin!!
So much on OUR SHOULDERS...
That make sense, but right see no action
You are the king of painting the picture through an illustrative story. The train analogy- brilliant!!
Absolutely!
Always with the facts Calvin 💯
Calvin, what do you think about these little black girls in the mix at the protests? I agree that kids need to know and understand what's happening...but these BABY girls don't need to be on the frontline, in my opinion.
Also...facts! The kneeling and the BLM on the streets are just to placate the angry masses.
Exactly 💯! Those babies should not be there. Protest are dangerous! And those dangers can adversely affect those children. Children don't always take away what we as adults may want them to learn from a situation.
@@ladybluelotus Yes. I, her dad and school have talked to my seven year old about what's going on, but I will NOT have her down there at the protest. Too much danger. There's much we can do without risking our lives.
Placate and distract! For real...
@@kristineilochi4615 because protest have worked so well in the past. NOT. What worked...the bus boycott. MONEY... agreed...these protests are futile and dangerous...especially for children. People have completely lost all sense of discernment...if they ever had it.
@@kristineilochi4615 true I was explaining to my grandson about protesting in the 60s and talked about how they used to sick dogs on us and he was like " u mean the dogs were sick, Nana," I said "no baby" and then starting playing with him. Let him have his innocence for a minute and I am 55, not 80 lol
Right.. we need policy change, systemic change... none of that posing changes anything
All that this faux symbolism and pandering is doing is showing the world that they understood us the first time.
We knew what were talking about and they knew too. They just didn't want to do anything about it.
@T M-10 AGREED!
That's true isn't it. All I see are political postures, their self-interest driving.
Is like they're ok putting on feathers to dance with the "pow-wow" intertribal song...which is not how you do that one kind of inclusive song (all peoples welcome but is called out to invite).
Looks insulting imo, to play cultural understanding overnight.
I don't know how this African tradition works from which country but if it's not immediately clear to the general public, then how is that where they should jump in? I may be missing something?!
In MPLS the politicians incl a city council member was, at first, so rude and adamant how far and which type of adjustments were within possibility, but changed tune so fast after the people made it real clear... and that's alot of work to have to do, to hold em to each every negotiated item, sustained... If we don't all keep it up just that hard, keep watch, they'll go back to their original position, undo it quiet while distractions run amok for something else.
This is just to secure the essentials in order for long-term changes in time. They know!
The People gotta get through winter first, and the power elites got that factored into their mindset!!! I swear that's why talk is so cheap right now.
I knew it had a connection!...but I found evidence of it specifically mentioned today - their plans are running off Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) tactics tried and tested.... Watch how they'll change faces soon. But true friends will stay true, no matter what!
Progress is changing policies. They can miss me with these symbolisms. There's a lot of work to be done. Good video. New to the channel but very informative.
jamal i was unimpressed. we really need to stop the few black people that are trying to introduce aspects of black culture to caucasians just for a handful of kumbaya kudoses. I also wish black americans would learn african languages, it would look so good on everyone.i just don't understand the resistance and the contempt for those SMDH!
No lies told! Say the things that need to be said and continue to do the things that need to be done! We need progress. Not bandaids on our wounds, but wound care!
Chile I said they looked like the choir during black history month with those kente stoles
CameraemusicTV LLC I was like what in the A Different World special episode is this 🤣
Lady Lex loL bruh! Right?!
😂🤣😂 or them college graduates. They’re just going to work for a white guy.
right looking like a knock of Donald Lawrence and The Tri City Singers
Conversations With The Priestess Sounds of Blackness lol
I like the train metaphor. It's frustrating to see people getting off the train... like yo, we just departed! Keep pushing!
Young man you are quickly becoming my new favorite please keep the logical, factual commentary coming. THANK YOU with much love and respect.
I hope our people are being careful, because how do they really know if these people are really real and genuine. Thank you, Calvin you are hitting the nail on head, because we can't celebrate something that hasn't really even come to fruition.
So true, no more symbolism!!! I feel like if people aren’t talking about reparations for USA descendants of slavery as the end goal, they aren’t having the convo right.
If I don’t hear reparations I get bored of the discussions like... “hear we go. History about to repeat itself in 5.4.3.2...” lol
The video and content we need! 🖤
I know one thing, I never have to go to a theater or a movie house ever again. I've seen enough acting (BAD acting at that, I'm talking daytime soap opera BAD) to last me several lifetimes; in several forms.
I am however, happy to see Black people not just in America, but worldwide, come together and begin to have conversations that lead to understanding and healing. 💖✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿. It's time for the sons and daughters of the earth to do the work, on all levels (education, monetary support, building stronger BLACK families, voting-etc) that will help us build together and heal together.
If there isn't a policy change by law, none of the symbolism mean nothing. In fact it discusses me to watch these performances.
Calvin SHOULD be national newscaster. A future Ed Bradley.
PREACH!!! Right now, everyone is protesting and marching and feeling really good about themselves. WP are suddenly "woke" and experts on racism. We are all impacted by the horrific murder of George Floyd, and I know people mean well, but we need more than meaning well. I just wonder if some of this enthusiasm is not a result of boredom (sheltering in place, unemployment, etc.). If we're not careful, BLM will go down the road of a million other trendy slogans. I may be jaded, but I feel a little deja vu. I grew up in the Civil Rights Era, when it was trendy to be down for the cause. As the saying goes, everyone wants to be Black, until it's time to be Black (when things gets real).
I love your food metaphors. We still have to clean the house ,clean the kitchen ,get our guest list and figure out if anybody's allergic to anything. Go to the store , prep the food, fix the food, serve the food and then do the dishes. Then we clean up after everybody leave. Then we can celebrate a job well done.💜 Tangibles!
My dude, you're literally Barret telling everyone that "there ain't no gettin' offa this train were on!" and I'm 100% with you. Nows the time to vote, write senators, continue donating to pay for protesters bail, etc. Keep up the pressure!
I been saying that
Forget the statues what about the
How they are going to train future police... I care about legislation!
Why would they kneel like the murderer? Honestly it's shady and telling.
Feel the same.
‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️ I’ve been saying the same thing. It’s basically, low key, high key saying “WE WILL NOT TAKE OUR KNEE OFF YOUR NECK.”
Thought I was the only one that felt weird and odd about that.
Exactly!!!!!
I agree.. especially when a cop does it.
Exactly! Thought I was,the only one thinking this. What we need is ACTUAL CHANGE. These "acts" unity need to result in ACTION.
AMEN! I have been on this train for over 70 years and one thing that give me hope, This time is that I have never seen this reaction around the world before. I know we got a very long ways to go, But It would really be something that my Great Grandmother was a slave and I live to see the Black man free in America. That would really be a dream come true.
Thank you for eloquently saying what I been trying to say to the people around me. Nothing has really changed yet!!!
These photo ops cause nothing but side eye with me.
Please continue to do what you're doing. Your talks are informed, sincere, and progressive. You are a talented speaker and motivating individual. Thanks for your comments on important subjects.
"My influence is behind me- I get it out the books" 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 I love this Sankofa principle applied here.
"The cake hasn't been made" - facts.
Everyone needs to stay on code. What is needed is longterm convictions, pensions removed,
Permanent policies, laws, legislation for police violence with REAL repercussions in place as a start.
I'm Not going to lie as a black person I thought it's what I wanted so I thought but now that this is actually happening it is the creepiest s*** ever
Literally everything I’ve been thinking and trying to say
David McAtee's death really got me. He was a BBQ restaurant owner who attended a Breonna Taylor protest and was killed by a National Guardsman. They had his dead body in the street for 12 hours!
Your message rings true everyone is celebrating before any changes have happened ! Laws need to be changed now for the black commmunity enough is enough
Thank you for your honesty 💕. I wanted to make a sign with a package of skiddles, a babydoll, a 20 dollar bill and my kids did not want me to they said that people would not get. I do and Anthony with knowledge would. I think these kinds of symbols matter.
Don't listen to your kids make a million of those signs and send me one
Yessssssss! Keep speaking out my brother!!!! ❤️🖤💚✊🏽
You are so right Calvin!. Often times are people get too caught up in mongolism, and many are good with just that. This is the reason why our community is at the same level for so many years. Many of us are so gullible, and take anything they give us as gold. I am originally from Ivory Coast West Africa, and this is an issues there as well. Blacks and Africans believe just about anything the white man shows or tells us.
Exactly it changes the narrative and people partying let’s keep the pressure on
“Cha cha slide” and “feet washed” took me waaaaaaaaayyyyyyy out! 😭 truthfully, thank you for this brilliant analysis
Don’t be anxious. Be active. “Anxiety comes from worry without constructive action.” -Neely Fuller, Jr.
Also, as a hint: At current levels, protest is “whack-a-mole.” Protest without direction, leadership & organization has NO negotiation potential, as Dr. King, Malcolm X, & Frederick Douglass understood. “If there is no struggle, there is no progress,” & “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never has.”
These very current protestors MAY be protesting something, but at the endgame, What do they expect the Outcome(s) to be?? If they aren’t clarifying, they are directly causing confusion. Confusion is useful in controlling, dominating & mistreating people. Law is only the 5th area of human activity in the CounterRacist Code System. They STILL have 8-9 other areas to address, acc to the Code. Have they said “How?” Has anyone else?
You are so right about this. I am sick of seeing celebrities and wannabes who never had anything to say about the movement make sure their participation is noted and posted. Then I think who am I to judge when it took this to get me out to my first rally and March. And I have a son locked up!
We definitely do need to donate if we are not going to actually participate. We had a BLM rally in Utqiagvik, AK where I live. This is the most northern city on the continent. I was so happy to be able to March. But there were no cameras to document it. What did it even mean? I came away happy for the chance to express my rage and was excited to see the others recognize our struggle. They did give a handout with the 5 demands to end police brutality and organizations you can donate to. I am going with The Bail Project. The fight is long way from over.
A lot of laws (like making 911 calling be a hate crime) being passed are also virtue signaling. They could just ENFORCE the laws that EXIST!
You always have the best analogies Calvin. It’s very difficult getting a significant amount of people on the same page on what the ultimate goal should be. I’m a bit disappointed seeing my generation (millennials) have no real idea what racism actually is.
You are always with the facts 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯👍🏿
Well spoken, articulate and spot on as usual.
“If I have to convince someone that my life matters before engaging, we are not going to enter negotiations. We are going to fight.
I don’t desire nor need my oppressor to see me as equal.”
-Carlos Henriquez-
Overly Verbose, yet You are very GOOD at Covering All Bases of your Subject matter. CHOICES MATTER & YOUR VOICE MATTERS! THANK U FOR DOING YOUR HOMEWORK & BEING ABLE TO CLEARLY ARTICULATE ALL ASPECTS TO LEAVE NO STONE UPTURNED! TIP OF THE HAT, YOUNG BRO!
we never saw the demand check -list
Hey Calvin just dropping by to show some love
Though I agree that symbols are meaningless, I do so enjoy seeing them bow to us.
“ Keep your eyes on the price”
Right! We tooo quick to forgive and loosing focus on the goal
The cake analogy is spot on.
Ready to work towards something. Thank you, Calvin
I have been waiting to hear from you :)
Ecclesiastes 8:9 “All of this I have seen, and applied my heart to every work that has been done under the sun, during the time THAT MAN HAS DOMINATED MAN TO HIS HARM”. -Psalms 37:10-11 “Just a little while longer, and the wicked will be no more; You will look at where they were, And they will not be there. But the meek will possess the earth, And they will find exquisite delight in the abundance of peace.”
Stay safe!
Definitely need to get that TRAIN analogy out to more people!!!
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾💯💯💯💯 “the work is not done!!”-Calvin Micheals
You hit the hammer on the nail! Thank you bro for always dropping gems of valid points! Time after time, we see these patterns in which many get fooled by the symbols of African American progress only to find out that we are in the same place that we were before. Symbols are expressions of progress that are only for a moment, not tangible gains. Symbols DO NOT reflect our position in American society. We're getting lot of pseudo support and we cannot forget where we are. You are truly one of my favorite CZcams bro. Best of luck!
It's not over yet brothers and sisters, we STILL got work to do ✊✊✊✊✊! ALL HANDS ON DECK to eradicate these injustices burdening our people!
You are exactly my mood right now. The fight is FAR FAR from over!
You are so right 😂🤣 watching them senators trying to get up of them knees 🤭👀🤪
Very well said thanks for pointing that out Mr Calvin Michael ... I nominate you for President God Bless You ... keep up the awesome work.🥰
You are speaking nothing but FACTS and TRUTH. Don't get distracted people!
This video was perfect. I’ve been trying to explain this to so many people who just don’t get it
I can't get off the train, untill we release from these chains....simple and plain......💯
Calvin as a new subscriber i totally agree with you. But as a 61 year old African-American, i have seen a lot - your right stay the course. What your seeing is the push forward all thought many may join our journey we all will successfully move in the direction we want to be. If you know what i mean.
Your videos are among the best on youtube because you always find a unique angle with substance.
Excellent commentary young warrior!!!! We are a long, long way from what we need accomplished. We are very much in war mode, no soldier celebrates anything until total victory is won. We cannot afford to be distracted or deceived by symbolism with no substance. I love that you have and are allowing books, especially our history influence you. This is how we learn who we are to help propel us for. You’re right, Iet’s make the cake first! By the way, your train analogy was solid!!!
With Brilliance such as Yours, I Can Remain HOPEFUL AND DILIGENT. I was BORN the Year of EMETTE TILL.
Yes, the work is not done.
You are you. Thank you for being authentic. I love the train analogy. So much clarity, so easy to understand. The underprivileged are not allowed to get off the train. So real and so sad.
Yes! We need to maintain some level of sobriety in order to ride that metaphorical train to it's destination. Thank you for sharing this wisdom.
Thank you for calling out this foolishness.
I cannot believe it took me so long to discover there were genuine commentators out here like you who know how to deconstruct the narrative? I appreciate your voice so much❣️ When I saw the Kente mess I did not know what I was feeling and bam, you put it in words. Keep the videos coming❣️ Much love and appreciation from 🇿🇼
You are on point fam. Keep the 🔥
I’ve seen so many feet being wash. No! What we need is real policy change! It’s so refreshing to know that I’m not the only one who’s been feeling like this and who can see through the bs! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Calvin thank you for your commentary and commitment to keeping the real issues at the forefront. It's so easy to see the symbolism and forget the bigger picture at hand. We haven't won anything yet. What about policy changes or reparations!
Yessss! We can't be satisfied with changing the look of Aunt Jemimah. We need real progress.
Thank you!!!..this is what I'm saying.
This country was founded on symbolism. Excellent points & concise as usual. Thanks as always!
Excellent piece. People have been attacking me because I've been saying this exact same thing - don't fall for this bullshit. But I'm told I'm negative and we have to start somewhere...
Style vs Substance.
You KILT this video!!! Right out the gate, BRILLIANT! (And hilarious, too, low key lol.)👏🏿💫
Keep up the good work and addressing the undercurrent of placating and symbolism without change that is happening!