tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post4753924605216541723..comments2024-03-20T06:44:28.606-05:00Comments on TransGriot: Do Marginalized People Need to Turn the Other Cheek?Monica Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20389448.post-9341777160427242542012-02-09T11:09:49.530-06:002012-02-09T11:09:49.530-06:00I recently watched Black Power Mix Tape and I thou...I recently watched Black Power Mix Tape and I thought it did a great job of hammering home that "militant" can mean "I will defend myself against violence" which then looks like violence to the oppressors who are expecting marginalized people to roll over and take it. <br /><br />"You ask me, you know, whether I approve of violence [...] I grew up in Birmingham, Alabama. Some very, very good friends of mine were killed by bombs, bombs that were planted by racists. [...] when the bombing occurred, [...] after that, in my neighborhood, all the men organized themselves into an armed patrol. They had to take their guns and patrol our community every night, because they did not want that to happen again. I mean, that’s why when someone asks me about violence, I just — I just find it incredible, because what it means is that the person who’s asking that question has absolutely no idea what black people have gone through, what black people have experienced in this country, since the time the first black person was kidnapped from the shores of Africa." - Angela DavisSLGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14363950638364010601noreply@blogger.com