Rational Black Thought Ep. 304 | Power Is Not Given. It Is Organized
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For too long, Black political progress has been measured by access. How many Black politicians hold office. How many Black executives sit in boardrooms. How often our concerns show up on the national agenda.
Here is the problem with that measure. Access without leverage is participation without control.
A seat at the table is not the same as the power to decide what happens at that table. We have spent generations proving we deserve the seat. We have spent far less time organizing the strength that makes the seat matter.
That is what this episode is about. Not access. Not representation as an end in itself. Power. Real power. The kind you organize, not the kind you are granted.
Intro:
Quote of the Week: Stokely Carmichael
Unmasking the News:
Democracy Watch: The Federal Government's Attempt to Control the ElectorateWhen Government Attacks the Remedy for RacismWhen Spiritual Authority Becomes Institutional ProtectionGood News: Black Intellectual Power and Cultural AchievementStrategies for Black Power: Building Independent Political Infrastructure
Reflections and Call to Action:
Closing/Outro:
Power Concedes Nothing without a Demand...
