I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Using pieces of what others say, will have someone sounding as if they're all over the place at times. If the talking point sounds good, they'll jump on it to monetize it, and if they don't realize someone else's opposing outlook sounds good they'll end up sounding like a hypocrite.
So keep flourishing and beware, one person isn't all knowing, but history offers truth with irrefutable facts. If you're the type to just take something that sounds good because you can monetize it, you do a disservice if the topic is deeper. There are serpents on their job to do the devil's bidding to pick any and everything we do apart, so we have to come as concrete as possible and deeper than surface level. If you found truth in something someone said, give that Brotha or Sista their props and expound in a way that makes it your own. You have the ability to think, so add to it.
Now with that said, I wanted to create this post because of the recent Essence Fest BS that occurred. It's been a consistent slick progression to weed out Black Americans. Essence Fest hit a wall in 2025 and it's undeniable. Know that once it was sold to non-FBA, we had to treat it was non-FBA and move on to create and support something FBA-owned. FBA never took that approach to piss on other groups because we made something, that's why so many people eat off of the things we make but they fight like hell if even one of us appears to borrow from something that culturally aligns with them. So it's okay to eat off our table, but it's time to fight for every crumb if its their table, even if kickbacks would occur. Look at what happened with Michael B. Jordan.
Cultural events and the desire to take over are two different things. We've even seen this when it comes to Juneteenth and people trying to disrespectfully engulf our history with their own, we saw it with Black History Month too, which is why I prefer that Freedmen have our own month. That got me thinking about what prisoners do when they check paperwork. We're already looking at people and questioning their background, and I've been doing that for quite some time now. Prisoners look at paperwork for a number of reasons to know how a person moved to end up in there, to know who's who and all that.
There are people trying to create these lil arguments acting like what they're actually doing. We aren't working for the betterment of everyone else without a single fruit to bare for ourselves. Only a fool would do that, and a number of people expect us to live like that. You already know that's how a number of these GOD Damned politicians move, which is why a number of us go so hard in the paint against them because they operate against us. FBA needs FBA support, so if you're FBA/Black American/Freedmen/Black Native or however you identify as a Black American Freedmen with a deep lineage here, pivot. Don't get on bandwagons about how we should support Costco and others, see what you can back that's FBA. Your dollars, your views. The more we have when it comes to resources, the more we can do. That's why more FBA Brothas & Sistas should be all the way active when it comes to slipping in to grab those jobs that illegals were eating off of. If you're homeless, and you need to get on your feet, why wait? Sleeping on a couch or in a car? Jump on that money.
Construction jobs, housekeeping, waste management. It's people turning their nose up to housekeeping in a nice cool building with hotel rooms. You can make decent money without working on a grill or out in the hot sun, and if you land a management position, you're looking at over $30 at a number of these jobs. Don't sleep on these job slots because that's money you can stack and save. Tuck money, spend wisely, live below your means to get in position, don't mess with off-code churches, tithe in the community which can impact FBA businesses. Waste management men who collect the trash can get almost $150K a year. You know what that can do for your life? Shid, think about it and if you come across a job that you know could put somebody else on their feet from the community, if it won't hurt you to share the link then share that sh*t. It's not that hard, especially if it's somebody that looked out for you before. I don't like when someone has people looking out for them and riding for them but they don't have the decency to even say thank you or look out. That's the type of people who doesn't believe in synergy, that's why some teams fail. They'll have the best player in the league and will fail because the team doesn't work together and there's no I in team. What do you want for the future? Do you want to be f*cked up and a** out or are you willing to fight to help with our progression?
None of this has anything to do with attacking anyone else, but some of them will see this as an attack. For these individuals, I don't give a damn how they feel. We have the right to provide ourselves with self-care. So that's how we have to move because the past and the present has revealed the truth that it won't get better until we as FBA/Black American Freedmen make a shift. Even the slight pivot we've made has already shaken up this country, could you imagine if we start spending more money with FBA businesses and even focusing more on FBA content creators? The growth will be undeniable. We get enough neglect as it is from the outside, we can't have boycotts from within and expect to reach the next level. And yes, I keep on mentioning these pastors out here. Understand that these people know the mayor, they know politicians, and they know the chief of police. How many of these pastors speak out on our behalf? Look at how these politicians are able to get the police in their city to stand down when it comes to these illegals. They can't put in a word for the people dumping tithes and love offerings on them on a weekly basis? Giving much needed resources on a weekly basis? So we have to make it make sense, and if it's a waste of money to tithe in these churches who are working with the enemy, we're better off blessing people in the community who are hurting, donating to FBA grassroots that really move in the streets to make an positive impact, and also supporting FBA businesses. Even if you hit up an FBA BBQ shack with tithes to feed struggling families in the community. The Sista over Moor Threads on the Emancipation Media channel on Youtube, hipped me to the fact that FBA created house parties to help struggling Brothas and Sistas with rent. I remember something like that back in the day and people selling plates, but that term came from FBA. We knew how to make money move in impactful ways, and we still can without anyone else's permission.
