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I don't know who needs to hear this, but whenever white folks take their foots off our damn necks for long enough, YOU HEAR PLENTY OF DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT in the "African-American" community.

Hell, even under extreme duress, you'll hear PLENTY of thought-diversity if you listen:
I might say "Don't shoot me, asshole." Another might say "Why are you shooting at me?" Still another might opine: "If you shoot me, you best not miss."

Even among Blacks who reach the same conclusion that we ought not die, the intellectual journey is DIFFERENT FOR ALL OF US.
I'd LOVE to trace these different intellectual threads back to specific countries of origin, different cultural cauldrons that produced their own distinct ways for dealing with torture and death.

I CAN'T, CAUSE MOTHERFUCKERS DIDN'T KEEP GREAT RECORDS OF WHERE THEY STOLE US FROM.
"Black people have no permanent friends, no permanent enemies, just permanent interests." You know who said that? Bill Clay Sr.

His son, Lacy Clay, just LOST a primary to (wait for it) a BLACK PERSON, with different views.
Voting for Republicans is not the only measure of political diversity within a community.

Again, JUST IN CASE ANYBODY NEEDS THAT LESSON TONIGHT.
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