The news doesn't tell you what to think, it tells you what to think about. This distinction is important because if we go by what we see on photos and mainstream media, it looks like the police are killing Black people more than White people all the time. However, the reality is that 3 times as many as White people are "shoot to kill" victims by police, but we NEVER SEE WHITE PEOPLE murdered in cold blood by cops. With 64% of the population in America being White and 13% being Black, why wouldn't they also show the White police murders on the news? And when they do show victims such as Ma'khia Bryant or George Floyd, they show them as violent and angry people that deserve to be killed, while White people are just having issues with their mental health.
First, we must understand how the Black body has always been a commodity in White America. Whether we are picking cotton or making a touchdown, it's always been money for Whiteness. That's the fabric of American culture. Next, we must understand how Black trauma still equals in entertainment for White Supremacy, and to turn it around we must create a whole new structure instead of fighting with the existing one. Let's talk about it.
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[5:49] Do not diminish your brilliance and drain your energy by fighting with the haters. Dr. Venus is focused on engaging in constructive conservations and creating a safe space. You aren't their emotional puppet.
[6:58] 64% of the population in America are White People, while 13% are Black. More White people are killed by the police than Blacks, so why does the TV only show the Black bodies, and never the White ones?
[8:28] If you ever want to have a conversation with someone that doesn't agree with you, read what they are reading. It's important to understand where their information comes from. Ignore the tone, get the knowledge.
[11:12] If you aren't educating yourself, you will be stuck in a power dynamic that keeps you in bondage. Here in Dr. Venus's tribe, we are truth-tellers. We think, we strategize, and we win.
[12:23] There's often no progress without struggle, but we are built for this historical moment. Yes, it's heartbreaking and exhausting sometimes to see the laws they are trying to pass in terms of protesting and voter suppression, but do not get discouraged by the pain. If it wasn't working, we wouldn't have this resistance.
[16:31] When White Men who murder are in the news, it's positioned as a mental breakdown, and they are given empathy and understanding, but the statistics show that police are also killing a high number of poor White people too.
[18:47] Dr. Venus walks it back to explain why. In the early 1900s-1950s, lynching was a norm in North America. The term "picnic" was even coined by White people picking a Black Man or Woman out to get lynched and watching it as a form of entertainment. Since Black people don't own the media and it's predominantly run by White older men, White Supremacy still shows this entertainment in a subversive way that makes it just seem like everyday news. Black trauma sells. It sells views, streams, and it sells because it feeds into the metanarrative of White superiority and the power it has over the Black body. White Supremacy believes they can do whatever they want to our bodies, whether it's slave work or sexual exploitation, Black bodies are treated as though they are just a commodity. They view us as disposable. If it was a White cop on a White Man's neck, it wouldn't get any coverage because they protect Whiteness.
[27:48] The images of Blacks in the news have trained the world to see us as dangerous and savage, so we get no empathy. Since 64% of America is White, that means they are catering to their needs and monetizing their entertainment. Also, they have an implicit bias in how they see themselves, and they don't want to see their own kind be treated the way that Blacks are.
[30:41] We are positioned to turn our pain into their profit. So, what is the answer? We need to control our own media channels and create our own highways, which is exactly what Dr. Venus is doing with her new app and her mission to birth 100 Black Women Billionaires. We need to create our own media channels so we are in control of our own image and not stuck in a model built to keep us "less than" and dead.
[39:11] Until police are held accountable, they will keep killing White and Black people. We have to do our part and elect people into office that have our interest in place and also badger the Senate until they pass the right laws.
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