Economic-power-is-what-the-blackman-needs-to-make-it-count-globally-the-marcus-garvey-story-example
September 7, 2020 | News
ECONOMIC POWER IS WHAT THE BLACKMAN NEEDS TO MAKE IT COUNT GLOBALLY – THE MARCUS GARVEY STORY EXAMPLE
Without a doubt, when it comes to any society and a people becoming relevant across the globe; nothing commands that attention, respect, recognition, and influence on a global scale, more than ‘economy power.’ Not just the economic power as we know it today, but one that seeks to advance a people on equal grounds in consideration to their peculiarities and environment. Throughout history, this is what has made all the difference between nations and societies. Without it, such nations and their people can be tossed around, used, and even abused or enslaved. Economic power is what makes nations like the US and the rest, to command the respect and influence it does for decades now. The lack of this, is what has kept the Black race, and the African continent, in their present deplorable, dependent, and irrelevant status in global affairs.
In other words, one of the major reasons the Black race (be they in Africa, America or any part of the world) are treated the way they are being treated by the developed world, is because they are yet to attain that needed Economic Power that would command such respect, recognition, and relevance on a global scale. And a lot of past and present notable men and women in the Black community across the globe, have noted this undeniable fact, and the need for a paradigm shift and refocus by the Black race in that regard.
In a well-circulated online write up with the subject “Black Lives Will Never Matter Until The Economy Does”, this same issue was reiterated. According to the said piece: “In the wake of George Floyd’s killing by police officers in the United States and the global movement for Black lives, there has been a resounding call to re-examine the relationship between society and state, particularly its use of violence. Yet, a meaningful conversation is lacking in relation to one aspect of this failing social contract – the innate structural violence of our current global economic system.
“A closer look at African-American history provides us an important lead that could help us start this conversation: The life and work of Marcus Garvey. Born to a maid and stoneworker in 1887, Garvey grew up in an impoverished community in rural Jamaica. He first became aware of class and racial prejudice at age of 14 when his white childhood friend revealed that he wasn’t allowed to see him anymore and called him a "racial expletive". He later migrated to Kingston, the island nation’s capit
Without a doubt, when it comes to any society and a people becoming relevant across the globe; nothing commands that attention, respect, recognition, and influence on a global scale, more than ‘economy power.’ Not just the economic power as we know it today, but one that seeks to advance a people on equal grounds in consideration to their peculiarities and environment. Throughout history, this is what has made all the difference between nations and societies. Without it, such nations and their people can be tossed around, used, and even abused or enslaved. Economic power is what makes nations like the US and the rest, to command the respect and influence it does for decades now. The lack of this, is what has kept the Black race, and the African continent, in their present deplorable, dependent, and irrelevant status in global affairs.
In other words, one of the major reasons the Black race (be they in Africa, America or any part of the world) are treated the way they are being treated by the developed world, is because they are yet to attain that needed Economic Power that would command such respect, recognition, and relevance on a global scale. And a lot of past and present notable men and women in the Black community across the globe, have noted this undeniable fact, and the need for a paradigm shift and refocus by the Black race in that regard.
In a well-circulated online write up with the subject “Black Lives Will Never Matter Until The Economy Does”, this same issue was reiterated. According to the said piece: “In the wake of George Floyd’s killing by police officers in the United States and the global movement for Black lives, there has been a resounding call to re-examine the relationship between society and state, particularly its use of violence. Yet, a meaningful conversation is lacking in relation to one aspect of this failing social contract – the innate structural violence of our current global economic system.
“A closer look at African-American history provides us an important lead that could help us start this conversation: The life and work of Marcus Garvey. Born to a maid and stoneworker in 1887, Garvey grew up in an impoverished community in rural Jamaica. He first became aware of class and racial prejudice at age of 14 when his white childhood friend revealed that he wasn’t allowed to see him anymore and called him a "racial expletive". He later migrated to Kingston, the island nation’s capit