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MOST IF NOT ALL WARS ARE FOUGHT OVER RESOURCES...REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE LEADERS LIE AND SAY...
In the case of Mexican and Black folks (particularly on the West Coast) there are enough resources to go around...if a particular group wasn't consuming the majority of the resources and their clones here and in other countries were not buying up the land and resources in the global market...So the Black and Mexican have to fight over what is left..that is the above point of the previous poster..but anyone who truly studies knows these things..What is not as well known is that the enemies of our people (regardless of economic status) know that our young men and women are gonna do like all young men and women do...'look for what is theirs or their inheritance in the surrounding land or community'..This is where Black Leadership failed miserably with their pro integration loving selves...They said to our people again and again ..work with us and in the system..and took their positions and asinine awards; and left our youth to struggle for the crumbs...left over. While the adults cower and hope and pray; the youth have to live in the mess of 'never enough'..unless of course it the priviledged ones of our communities children...The mexican males and Black males who struggle in the streets got more balls than most black leadership ever had singing and prayin, "we shall overcome."

copperwudi

Male, 32, Newark, NJ

"If you keep those in fenced area with no food they will starve. Once starvation sits in you can throw an a small peice of meat and those dogs will kill each other over that small peice. All loyalty is out the window when it comes down to self preservation because most of emotionally can't cope with dying. We will turn on each other quickly so it's impossible to unite people against a common enemy until you get some resources so they can eat and thrive. The enemy knows this so they hoard rescources and secretly ignite tensions over how unfair rescources are distributed. Blacks scream unfair and Mecixans scream unfair and both drown each other out and thus began fighting. They are also fighting each other and Blacks even more because we have less common culture than Hispanics and a longer history of infighting and self hatred."

This is where you make valid points of how outside observers use the desperation of a group to manipulate them. People of any background will react to
show morens of desperation. I say that educating people about the problems of greed and envy will help prevent some of the problems discussed.
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But you won't acknowledge at all that an inside group is assisting that outside group with our oppression. Black people unwillingliness to see treachery is how betrayal happens again and again to them.

I'm a warrior...I am master of combative arts! When I go into the ring or a challenge I may or may not be the best physical fighter but I find a way to win by using my mind. Deception is the highest skill in combat and fighting any war. Those who think all attacks will come at them head on or plain as day will not make it to the higher level of warriors. You have to be aware of deception and all people should be aware of betrayal. You have to keep your enemies close and your friends even closer. We can't put leaders in our community as far of at not being capable of betraying us because this is foolishness.

Some Blacks will side with Whites or Mexicans or any of our enemies if the price is right and sometimes because they are scared. I've seen this over and over again throughout life so I'm sharing that wisdom with you young people. Be aware of betrayal and don't rule out deception because no one really knows how wicked a heart can be.

copperwudi

Male, 32, Newark, NJ

I certainly acknowledge that traitors exist within our communities. It is a harsh reality that we all need to understand. Unity cannot only be based on skin color although systematic oppression is primarily based on targeting skin color. Spirituality, education, work ethic and philosophy must be the common grounds that keep people together.

There will always be traitors. People always have to be wary of the people within their ranks. However, paranoia will not help.

It's not paranoia to enlighten people to what their eyes don't want to see. It's hard taking a look at one's ownself including those close to you and see them for what they are. Traitors and spys count people not wanting to believe what lies right in front of them.

kingxango

Male, 42, Seattle, WA

It's not paranoia to enlighten people to what their eyes don't want to see. It's hard taking a look at one's ownself including those close to you and see them for what they are. Traitors and spys count people not wanting to believe what lies right in front of them.

Well, it will take a balanced approach to gradually uplift a community socially and economically. One would have to balance a moral message with moral discipline. People would have to be keenly aware of the external forces that work against them as well as the internal forces that work against them in communities. These are just the basic things that would be necessary for uplifting people as a whole.

While a focus on internal threats are important, efforts to create sustained progress is more important. Part of this would include creating and maintaining educational standards. Part of the improvement would be maintaining a universal moral code. These measures would have to involve places of worship that are already functioning. The moral code would very likely be a combination of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. I believe that an interfaith acceptance will be the only way to make moral progress right now.