Nwk_NJ t1_jb0vbwh wrote on March 5, 2023 at 4:09 PM

Reply to comment by surrealchemist in Newark Afterschool Program Uses Lens Of Black History To Empower Youth by madsheb

Damn. I just saw the empowerment aspect and jumped the gun. It's a shame so much of this conversation is convoluted and intertwined these days. Tacit racism and misinformation is ok if it comes under the guise of different things than traditional right wing tropes.

surrealchemist t1_jb0w4uv wrote on March 5, 2023 at 4:16 PM

Yeah its a shame. After they made that deal with a made up country I'm more skeptical than I was before. Black empowerment and teaching people history is a good thing, but easy to fall down the path of ignoring reality. Programs like the Black Panthers used to do feeding kids breakfast and that kind of thing has more positive impact I think. This city has a history of people taking advantage of people's situation and their position of power, and I guess its not gone away.

Nwk_NJ t1_jb0xha3 wrote on March 5, 2023 at 4:26 PM

Well said.