We are All Marcus Garvey!
From http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/cb13-ff02.html
43.9
million
The number of blacks, either
alone or in combination with one or more other races, on July 1, 2011, up 1.6
percent from the census on April 1, 2010.
Source:Population Estimates <http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb12-90.html>
Source:Population Estimates <http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb12-90.html>
77.4
million
The projected black
population of the United
States (including those of more than one
race) for July 1, 2060. On that date, according to the projection, blacks would
constitute 18.4 percent of the nation's total population.
Source: Population projections <http://www.census.gov/population/projections/data/national/2012/summarytables.html>
Source: Population projections <http://www.census.gov/population/projections/data/national/2012/summarytables.html>
NYC August 2013
Commonly
referred to as Marcus Garvey’s month in NYC august is truly an exciting
time. Throughout the month events and
programs are being organized and actualized.
These events illustrate the power of the Afrikan to be self sufficient
and quite forceful in determining our reality.
As an interesting contrast to the poverty, ignorance and confusion our
people are afflicted with, these events provide a ray of hope. More than that, it provides another stone in
which the future Pan Afrikan nation will be built.
Garvey
was truly a man before his time. His
ideas were so radical they were sensible; so extreme they were reasonable. His militaristic stance made the ruling class
(I.e. white supremacists) and Afrikans in rehabilitation nervous yet
hopeful. The U.N.I.A was and is exactly
what we need. More specifically the
ideology and infrastructure offered was and is the remedy for the Black nation.
Imagine
if we all embodied the same nationalistic, organizational spirit and will to
take control of our individual and collective destiny, Brain power is not
lacking. A concerted effort to analyze and reach a consensus about what our
collective reality is the problem. For
centuries the world has had European minds at the forefront of
development. The results have been less
than encouraging. Rampant corruption,
poverty, sickness and cataclysmic climate change are just a few of the issues
we face now. We must self affirm and
self determine how we wish to run our existence or we will continue to be
exploited by the savage ones.
So
learn from Garvey family. Instead of
seeking to buy into the celebrity leader model, where the chance for success is
a crap shoot at best, be practical. By
focusing on providing the goods and services needed to cope, compete and
otherwise live in this world now and moving forward, you can be a star in your
own right. Money is there to be
made. In fact many trades such as
carpentry, plumbing, computer engineering, and graphic design offer highly
lucrative careers. “Based on its present configuration, the full configuration
of an Afrikan American economic system requires that it undergoes a number of
phases. The first phase is the establishment of a broad base retail and service
outlets…” –Amos Wilson Truer words have never been said.
The
more businesses we open amongst our selves combined with a fundamental change
of our attitudes regarding our worth as human beings, the better off we will
be. We Afrikans have enormous gifts and
a storied history; we need only develop and channel our power.
Garvey
learned the power of media earlier. He then tried his hand at business
achieving varied results. Unfortunate
infiltration by he savage ones derailed his projects, but not his ideas! So,
study those ideas and engineer them.
Creation and control is the key to our future existence.
Peace
Help build the People’s survival
Program @
NAC - Building: Room
W.138th Street
Info: Bro Jamarr 718-802-8142
marndsp@yahoo.com