it continues to shape us. & we continue allowing it. in this "progressive era" black culture is as american as apple pie and is more a costume than a uniform for most of us. black radicalism used to demand farmland & the control of sea ports for foreign trade for self-sufficiency...

now we just seem to want more seats at the table of white imperialism while dreaming our increased presence will eventually tip the scales when capitalism (fascism's other tool) is 100% invested in preventing that from happening: