Well, let us look at Hegelian Dialect.. A thesis and anti-thesis process.. More commonly seen in the problem, reaction, solution, paradigm.. And in this case, you have pointed out a problem you have with GARVEYS AFRICA perspective.. In pointing this out, you are invoking a reaction from the brother. Which has been to double down and further explain the stance.. And then you have used this reaction to justify your preconceived 'solution' and chastise ones that dont fully agree.. And then when you contextualize the conversation and see that the 'problem' rose out of particular verbage and not the sentiment, we see what is at play here..
And further.. When has GARVEYS AFRICA used racial identity or heritage as a justification for violence or superiority? Again, you are focusing on vernacular instead of message and sentiment.. Saying Black supremacy might be a little confusing on a surface level, but as you say you are an elder, you should have long been acquainted with such and seen what this is about.. Which is not racial domination as in White supremacy, but a call for Black peoples to have supremacy of their own movements.. But its much easier to be offended at the verbage and right the whole thing off than it is to be objective with inquisitive intention..
As you say, you are a historian.. So then why do you seemingly ignore the historical oppression and violence from white colonialists? As an elder, you have seen the 'civil rights' era, right? How then can you justify slamming a one who is SILL working for a similar cause? Calling him all sorts of things simply because he is coming to Ras Tafari from a completely different set of circumstances than your own?
Racial harmony and a oneness with ALL of creation is at the core within this trod.. But it is not the reality of the situation we find ourselves in.. And we must work through this reality to achieve such things.. Meaning that people must first become harmonious within themselves before trying to harmonize with the rest of the world.. Individually and collectively.. Black people have been beaten into hating Blackness and into a loss of identity.. So they must break free from this oppression and re-harmonize BEFORE focussing on everyone else.. The UNTIL..
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