White Power vs. Black Empowerment

There has been a lot of talk in the media lately about Trinity United Church, Pastor Wright's church and the church that Barack Obama has attended for many years. In much of the media it is being labeled a "black separatist" church. I have looked all through their website, watched videos on Youtube of church events. Hmmm, no real inclination of separatism. Just because a lot of white folks are scared to go to places that have a predominately black presence does not mean that they are separatists it means that thewhite folks that choose not to patronize are the separatists.

The church, as goes their motto, is unapologetically black. Although white folks want to pretend that because blacks now have equal rights under the law that racism is officially over and does not exist in any shape or form any more and that centuries of past institutionalized racism has had no lasting affect on American society. In fact, any black person who dares to speak on racism themselves are the true racists. We are not allowed to be pro-black because in the white man's mind black pride is equated to white pride. And we all know what white pride leads to. However, there is a significant difference between a historically dominant group showing pride as opposed to an oppressed group. The oppressed group is playing catch up and showing pride in themselves despite the fact that they are led to believe that they are less than nothing. It's mostly an inward thing, to uplift the individual and the community as a whole. When the dominant group promotes their pride it has more to do with the group(s) they are oppressing and has nothing to do with bettering themselves.

Any group that espouse white power or pride are undoubtedly racist & separatist. I challenge any reader to find a self-professed white power group that allows members of other ethnicities or even willingly works with them on any level. Now, let us look at some of the most racialist of black groups. Let's take the Nation of God's and Earths for example. Now, this group believes that the black man is god and that the white man is a devilish creature bred by an evil black scientist. This group of all groups actually has bonafide white members. They have worked with white people that they consider friends. Their motto is that they are "...not pro-black or anti-white but pro-righteousness and anti-devilishment." With all that said, this group has some of the most racist ideology of any black group I have ever heard yet somehow they still remain non-hate and non-separatist. That's the difference between black power and white power.