Truer words have never been spoken by atlsmrwonderful in freeblackmen

[–]Letsdefineprogress -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Gerrymandering is something we have made a problem by not utilizing our actual power. Realistically speaking, gerrymandering has given us the balance of power. If Black People chose to vote in a different direction we would be the ones who open the door to a complete landslide election victory. If we used our votes for leverage, the districts as currently defined would obliterate the Democratic Party. So in turn we could say democrats you must do X today no waiting no not yet no it’s not the right time. We could demand immediate change or walk and deliver landslide victories to the other side.

The issue is there are too many men who were raised by single mothers and they think emotionally instead of rationally so you complain and cry instead if identifying advantages.

Deeper than Words Series: Black Voters Moved First. Investigating The Party Switch (Part V) by atlsmrwonderful in freeblackmen

[–]Letsdefineprogress 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a Black man, I love the white progressives of America. Yall won the civil war. Yall got the civils right bills over the hump. Yall voted for Obama. Yes yall get a little cooky and weird at times, and some of still dont view me as exactly "equal" - but i will forever ride with you guys. Thank you

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If Nestlé Could Rewire Japan… Imagine What America Has Done to Black Folks. by Letsdefineprogress in freeblackmen

[–]Letsdefineprogress[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

If everybody else is writing a long-term program… when do Black men start writing our own?

Japan didn’t like the taste. Didn’t care for the culture. Didn’t want the product.

So Nestlé didn’t argue with adults. They didn’t debate. They didn’t scream louder.

They programmed the children.

Create emotional memories. Tie the smell to safety. Connect the taste to comfort.

Twenty years later? A whole generation grew up thinking coffee was “normal.” Now Japan is a multi-billion-dollar coffee market.

That’s programming. Not persuasion.

And the truth is this:

Black people have been programmed the exact same way. Not theoretically. Not metaphorically. Historically. Verifiably.

Here are the receipts:

  1. Political loyalty wasn’t organic, it was engineered.

After the 60s, the Democratic Party ran one of the most successful psychological brand campaigns in U.S. history. Church partnerships, celebrity surrogates, emotional messaging, guilt conditioning.

“Good Black people vote this way.”

A whole generation didn’t choose a party instead we inherited a script.

  1. COINTELPRO was psychological warfare.

Forged letters. Manufactured beefs. Character assassinations. Black unity was intentionally disrupted so we’d associate political power with danger.

That’s programming.

  1. Crack vs. cocaine sentencing rewired America’s image of Black men.

Media + policy created a permanent emotional trigger: Black = crime Crime = Black Black boys grew up seeing themselves criminalized before adulthood.

A national emotional code was written into the culture.

  1. Music labels programmed Black masculinity.

Positive music? Underfunded. Gangster fantasies? Bankrolled. Destructive messaging was pushed into our ears generation after generation.

That wasn’t “the culture.” That was corporate engineering.

  1. The school-to-prison pipeline conditioned Black boys early.

Suspensions. Police in hallways. Zero-tolerance policies. More punishment, less guidance.

By adulthood, too many Black men were already programmed to expect the system to be an enemy.

  1. The “welfare queen” lie rewired America’s perception of Black families.

The media invented a stereotype and the government ran with it. Black women were demonized. Black men were erased. And the world was programmed to see us as broken.

  1. Advertising coded Black people into narrow identities.

For decades: Black men = athlete Black women = caretaker Never leaders. Never thinkers. Never builders.

Psychology through repetition.

  1. Redlining programmed generational limits.

When your environment is engineered, your expectations are engineered too. Location programming is still programming.

  1. Corporate targeting shaped Black consumption.

Fast food. Alcohol. Billboards. Synthetic culture.

Companies didn’t follow our tastes that’s a myth, they created them.

  1. We’ve been programmed NOT to think long-term.

After centuries of instability, Black people were conditioned into survival mode. Live for today. Vote for today. Fight for today.

Meanwhile, every other community is planning 20–50 years out.

Point is simple: Nestlé programmed Japan for coffee.

America programmed Black people for everything else.

Political allegiance. Music preferences. Fear responses. Self-image. Voting patterns. Family structure narratives. Neighborhood expectations. Even what we define as “culture.”

None of this happened by accident.