MONDAY
i think ima use this week to start playing with this
paradigms of struggle idea
start laying out the concepts that will inform my newsite
red flannel mojo: paradigms of struggle
there will be new paradigms of struggle in the 21st century
im talking about looking past the old paradigms of what african american struggle entail
and trying to figure out what the new paradigms will be
the only thing certain that they will be entirely new rifts designed to meet the demands
of this moment in our historical destiny
something i dont think we have yet imagined, i expect too that the web will play its part
but only a part - the criteria of success is movement on the ground - empowering black communities
on all levels
just how will the movement manifest itself under current conditions
folks still stuck on old paradigms but you dont win battles that way
you got to come up with something new, something that aint been seen before
specially when you in contention with powers much greater than you are
old rifts like a black political party, integration and/or seperatism, black power, panafricanism, black economics, cultural nationalism, none of them alone are sufficient to transform this condition we have found ourselves in, they have all been tried extensively - we have to try something new - something thoroughly integrated with the dynamics of the times
ive been working with this concept of empowerment but im not exactly pushing my own agenda at the moment, im throwing the floor open for discussion
first let me lay out the board
what factors have to be taken into consideration to encompass contemporary struggle
four threads of contemporary struggle
social, political, economic and cultural
understand how they most effectively interplay
got to understand blackfolks social conditions and aspirations
understand the temper of the american public
understand that of the world
and eventually the cosmos
got to put the african american condition
in context of the worldwide black condition
(global positioning is a prerequisite of contemporary power)
sectors and agendas
the african american sectors (players)
politically, socially, economically, culturally
class sectors
elites and counterelites
middle class
working class
struggling class
game sectors
community activists
politicians
businessfolk and entreprenuers
teachers and academics
professional classes
artists and intellectuals
labor
then once i get a feel for the board
lay out agendas for contemporary players
(thats the way the hoodoo man play, i got to know the board
before i make my moves - when i move i got to be working the roots
of this thing and the only way to find the roots is to work the board)
so then i try to identify the most influential african american players in the
various categories and why - what makes them effective
what are the strengths and weaknesses of their game
what exactly are they doing and why
how do they see the game
this is where the interviews come in, start interviewing players
see where they fit on the board
of destiny
(most african americas players share allegiance
with other power bases, identify influences)
games and countergames
got to make strategic speculations on allies and
opposing agendas
(point being to encompass their games in the sheer comprehensiveness of my own)
then layout the influential dynamics
layout the traditional avenues of african american struggle
how do they manifest at the moment
what are likely scenarios
what are optimal scenarios
what would be preferable for african americans
tribally (afroamerica)
domestically (america)
internationally (the world)
cosmically (the future)
agendas and counteragendas
other agendas and how they influence the african american agendas
and so forth along these lines
to point of maybe understanding how african american empowerment strategies playing out
and in defining them perhaps even influence them
and so immersing myself in the flow as to enable predictions
perhaps to prophecy
i know, i know
its rough, im just putting it up now, these my first thoughts, i will work on it this week
i feel like tackling something with a little substance this week
love and struggle
rickydoc trickmaster
wouldbe prophet of the hoodoo way
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