Moshe Ovadia’s Post

Today June 19th is Juneteenth (also known as Freedom Day) in the United States of America. Let’s commemorate this day in honor of the enslaved African Americans that had undue influence placed upon them and their ancestors for too many centuries. Let’s honor them for coming out strong willed despite the horrors ensued during enslavement and after Freedom Day. Being in high spirits even after being told they had been in fact free two years prior. This is strength, This is self-determination, This is self-confidence, This is innovatory, This is resilience, This is forgiveness, and This is collective beauty.   To know that my ancestors pushed forward time and time again… betrayal after betrayal is truly INSPIRING in so many ways! And so… Moving forward, I pray may we continue to make strides to uplift our Black communities and show face to our Black strengths, our Black abilities, and our Black purpose(s) here on earth. Even if people don’t want to acknowledge US. Even when obstacles are intentionally placed before, behind, above, and/or around US. Even when we are told our fight will get US nowhere. Remember: We are a special species of humans with an undoubtably unwavering spirit to continue to fight on for our Rights and will continue to teach generations to come to both fight and lead change in fighting for OUR RIGHTS. “You can kill a revolutionary, but you can never kill the revolution.” – Fred Hampton “Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.” – Toni Morrison #BreakingChains #ItIsOurRight #FightOn #ItIsOurDuty #RightfulyUs #Juneteenth #FreedomDay #SelfDetermined #CulturallyStrong #LiveLearnandExplore

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally/internationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. From its Galveston, Texas origin in 1865, the observance of June 19th as the African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United States and beyond. Today Juneteenth commemorates African American freedom and emphasizes education and achievement. It is a day, a week, and in some areas, a month marked with celebrations, guest speakers, picnics and family gatherings. It is a time for reflection and rejoicing. It is a time for assessment, self-improvement and for planning the future. Its growing popularity signifies a level of maturity and dignity in America long over due. In cities across the country, people of all races, nationalities and religions are joining hands to truthfully acknowledge a period in our history that shaped and continues to influence our society today. Sensitized to the conditions and experiences of others, only then can we make significant and lasting improvements in our society. General Order Number 3 One of General Granger’s first orders of business was to read to the people of Texas, General Order Number 3 which began most significantly with: "The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired laborer." General Gordon Granger, June 19th 1865 in Galveston, Texas

IF WE ARE HONEST WITH EACH OTHER AS BLACK PEOPLE If we are honest with each other, we would agree that we are as divided as a so-called race of people as anyone could ever be. The division that exists between us facilitates our oppression. I am of the opinion but for our division as a people, the enemy would not be as successful in doing what they do to us. We have allowed the enemy's poison of feminism to infiltrate us.Doing this has created a divide between us as so-called black men and women. We are a people with a mindset who seeks to garner favor from the enemy be it through silence in the face of fear or in being the eyes and ears in the so-called black community. Once their was a respect that existed between the old and young. We no longer have that to the degree that once existed. Consequently, their is a divide between the the elderly and and our youth. We have bought into the enemy's propaganda that we are a people with a criminal mindset . What is so ironic about this is , we fear each other while it is people of other so-called races who commit some of the most heinous, vicious crimes known to man.We are not our brothers keeper. We do not have community. We have allowed ourselves to again be poisoned by the enemy which has impacted the family structure. If we are honest with each other, it is more what we have allowed to happen to us than what has been done to us. But for our actions today, some of what we are faced with as a people would not exist. We can see this as evidenced by some other so-called races of people. Depsite the difference they my have intra-racially, they come together when it matters like with economics, community and politcs. Finally, if we do not make some changes and quick, we will carry over our sins to the next generation which would be the worse thing we can do. Everything we lack today, the next generation is going to need to fight what they are going to be confronted with. Peace

Hey America, hold that applause for your "good person" participation trophy. We ain't here for a pat on the back while Black bodies keep falling like dominoes under the banner of injustice. The confetti from your performative allyship is choking out the cries for change. Every time another video erupts with the horror of a Black life extinguished by systemic racism, the echo of "how much longer?" reverberates through our souls. It's a soul-crushing symphony of trauma, a collective grief shared by millions who watch the same story on repeat with different names and zip codes. Enough is enough. We're done mourning, done holding our breath, done hoping your next step towards "progress" won't be another misstep into the abyss. We need action, not apathy. We need accountability, not hollow apologies. We need a system that stops crushing the melanin out of humanity. So, America, put down the trophy and pick up the tools. Unlearn the biases, dismantle the discriminatory policies, amplify the voices silenced for too long. Let's stop performing allyship and start practicing anti-racism. Every individual must become a protagonist in this story, not a bystander hoping for a happy ending that feels increasingly like a dystopian nightmare. #BlackLivesMatter #DismantleSystemicRacism #NoMoreExcuses #PerformativeAction #Antiracism #AmplifyBlackVoices #JusticeNotJustUs #ReimagineAmerica# BreakTheCycle

"If you want to live a good life, either you fight for it or you expect somebody else to. I believe very strongly today that people in America, Europe, Britain, the rest of The West are going to have to get serious very fast...." This clip is questionable and might anger some. But, perhaps unwittingly, the last sentence makes a crucial point. Source: https://t.ly/9zEJ4 To continue: ."........And we should prepare for that and encourage them, not they've got to break out of the thing they are in...... The age of grievance will be over with an age of heroism and courage and we should encourage that And if these other people who want to hold us all back and want to make us talk about things that are so banal and boring like ****** ***-*** and I'm feeling ***-*****, no, I don't have time for you. Get out of the way. 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞'𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬" "Life's too serious" is the point. Identity politics is dissolving into chaos of an indefinite number of identities based on anything but being human. Systematic dissection of humanity is reducing society to warring factions about which group is on top of a pyramid of abstractions of purity, desert and goodness. And which are on the bottom, with corresponding impurity, unjustified fortune and bad character. In effect, some babies are born criminal The unpleasant implication is that it is also about which groups have the right, defined by characteristics individuals can't change, to tax others. It is as if we learned nothing from the mid-C20 ideological war Democracy, albeit flawed, is to be replaced by a hierarchy dictated by self-entitled Utopians, intent on mental conformity. Those responsible for inventing new identities of oppressors and oppressed are already exempt. But there's a risk of chaos and ridicule The original flag was very clever, using a device of Tudor propaganda seen in the Rainbow Portrait of Queen Elizabeth 1. Transferring it to a flag that often trumps the Union Jack was a stroke of genius, but the plan is coming unstuck. 'We are better than others' attitudes of nationalism are behind identity flags. They are the fatal flaw wrecking the original genius of the Rainbow Flag From a simple design, Wikipedia now lists over 35 'Pride Flags'. Common humanity needs no flag, society is divided as if dissection of a living thing can make life better. Respect for human life is essential. It should vary, depending on individuals, character and circumstances, not by reference to abstractions relying on the deceit they have the moral agency that is unique to individuals. Utopians remove moral agency from people and accord it to abstractions We're reduced to categories on a hierarchy from goodness to incurable sin (oppressed to oppressor). Where's the humanity? But it seems likely it will collapse like a house of cards. We have yet to realise the price of Utopianism and the potentially lethal idea that abstractions can have agency Pic: Валя Беляев Wikipedia Creative Commons

An important fact to note: As people of colour we don't wake up or born aspiring to fight against inequality and racism. Activism is not just another career path for a black child. We are forced into this existential fight by circumstances we are born into. We absolutely do not find pleasure in continuously fighting against racism and schooling white people about humanity. If you see us speak out please spare a thought for our mental health. Do understand that we too would like to worry about advancing black communities beyond the mere existential issues. As a result of more than 500 years of oppression (at the hands of..you know who), we have so much community issues to resolve. Akenisixolele shame kade sinivika left right and centre. We just want to live in dignity and thrive without having to continuously justify our existence kulomhlaba. We have tried everything including learning your languages, acquiring your education and even moving to you communities just so that you can finally accept that we too are human. The end... ps: This week I will go back to my data corner but always keep in mind that I carry with me my blackness and my desire for a free and just world in every space you invite me to. #blackness #existentialcrisis #lifeofblackfolks #poc #melon #falestina #racists #fusegani #nonke

Part II of my series on Why Celebrate the #AmericanRevolution has now been published. You can get it here: https://lnkd.in/edMhX9AC

Let me be frank. Let this be a true start towards my own personal fight against my own racism. I sort of tend to disregard colored folks my own self as I am a colored person myself. I believe we are very racists towards white or black. and the term racism goes for being awed by white and a feeling of disregard for the black people. but to be exact we are racists towards every people and even within one's own people, we disregard some and we tend to awed by some. I know that asians are number minded and tend to disregard emotions or matters of heart. I think black people have struggled under disregard so long they end up sometimes surging up wrong against some issues. For example, the statue of General Lee being taken down, I cannot agree with, neither can I agree with Gone with the Wind should be forbidden for its racist contents. If so, who and what isn't. We are all racist towards each other. I think this is a wrong approach to finding self esteem and race esteem. But then what is the right approach? Will you all think deeper? What do you think would be a good standpoint for each individual regardless of the race they belong to to discuss and face each other's race in a truly equal and fair and just way? I met white people who were ashamed to be white under such attacks of criticism prominent for their race. This is wrong. Just because someone is beguiling to other race does not make them a true good person neither. If you cannot point out what is bad about a person or a race in general, how is that equal? Isn't that another kind of oppression? this tension of oppressing and being oppressed may be a fine line. then how do we go about it? we all need to think on this. Why is america that is so free on capitalism has begun to be so oppressed in the terms of speech? Violence has found way. Now non violence is suppressing true freedom and is another kind of oppression. then what is the true way? Let's all think about it. First you need to face the facts. Just because you say everyone is equal does not automatically shift the world into a world where everyone feels and is appreciated. If you are forced to say and admit only the good? what kind of lie is that? that is not being good, that is being deceiving or being deceived. It is a lie to be exact. where is the truth? What can we read from the acts of Jesus? Not just keeping commandments and going to heaven is important. are we focused on caring for God and reducing pain in this world that He created? or are we more intent on getting into good heaven just like we want to get into a good college? let us all think.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH Descendants of American Slaves Ministerial Alliance (Business Proposal) Offered by American Slaves, Inc. (ASI) Usually, when America has a problem, the task of correcting the problem is assigned to whichever cabinet member, politician or entity that is being paid to correct similar or related problems. Why has no one corrected America’s racial discrimination problem? It has been ongoing forever and, directly or indirectly, every American is affected or touched by racial discrimination. After spending billions of dollars dealing with racial discrimination in one form or another, our government has achieved no favorable results. Why aren’t politicians, lawmakers, activists and campaigners held accountable for this disgraceful oversight? Racial discrimination has become so commonplace, it is unrecognizable and obviously assumed to be nonexistent. To eradicate racial ignorance, which is presumed to be nonexistent, our first job is to prove racial discrimination actually exist. That means the raw truth surrounding slavery must be spoken out loud. And that presents a communication problem. Whites would have to say the “s” word, slave and that is worse than saying the “n” word, nigger. Whites would be branded as bigots for speaking the raw, uncooked truth of slavery. They therefore resort to speaking untruths and telling overcooked lies, so they can blend in and be accepted expressively and politically. African American leaders are ashamed that they are American slaves. To keep from being recognized as descendants of American slaves, they speak untruths and tell lies when they claim they are African Americans. Fear of speaking the words American slaves and shame from being descendants of American slaves prevents leaders, white and black, from discussing the negative aftereffects of slavery openly, intelligently and truthfully. www.Slaves-USA.com

Unpopular opinion: I don’t feel proud to be American today. Seeing a lot of “happy 4th of July” and “patriotism is not patriarchy” type quotes. I’m not sure how anyone could be proud to be American right now let alone call themselves a DEI advocate but not acknowledge the past and current wrongdoings towards Black, Indigenous, and Arab people. The U.S. government has contributed to so much death and despair, especially in recent months. I don’t believe today is a happy day. I won’t be sporting red white and blue. I’m not sure how anyone could feel proud to be from a country that has allowed millions of people to remain in poverty. That continues to uplift the uber wealthy and fail to support low-income people. That has funded mass killings throughout history. That has expected Black and brown people to lay brick hand by hand to build this country only to be treated as less than. I don’t feel proud to be American today. I feel deeply ashamed. Our government and our people have so much work to do. I can’t wait to see how many DEI advocates remain silent on this one. It’s easy to post on LinkedIn about inclusion. But are you practicing what you preach? #blacklinkedin #linkedin #linkedincommunity #4thofJuly #holiday #america #unitedstates #racism #prejudice #classism #wealth #wealthinequality #bipoc #history