White Power Structures are ruthless. The level of diabolic thinking is staggering when you start to really deal with how America is set up to oppress everybody that is not a White Male land-owning body. The infrastructure was built based on slavery, and we must understand the invisible oppression that comes with what it means to be American. To get out, we must first get in and contend with different strategies for surviving White supremacy by seeing the matrix of the structure, and then coming together to strategize and outsmart it.
America is built on capitalism, not fairness. In business we use models that work, so by using their model, we can infiltrate. This week, Dr. Venus talks about how the infrastructure of America is designed to keep us oppressed, and RADICAL but DOABLE ways to leverage our power now so we can see real change in as soon as the next 3-5 years.
Key Takeaways:
[3:22] There is an invisible infrastructure built into America that when you challenge it, it sounds like you are challenging America. It's so invisible that you end up fighting the burning cross, not the infrastructure that supplies the wood, gasoline, and matches.
[4:50] It's great that Biden is talking about infrastructure, but as Black Women, we are never taught how to win. We are only taught how to protest.
[6:07] Dr. Venus is here for all the petitions and marching, but just doing that is ineffective.
How does she know? Because it's not really changing anything. We are participating in a system where it only looks like we can have change. Coming from our emotions is valid, but not enough. If you want to be effective at anything, you have to learn the game you are playing.
[9:10] It became clear to Dr. Venus what was really needed to make lasting change, and she can see the infrastructure clearly. It's almost like The Matrix, where you have to immerse yourself to really understand all the connections and see the bigger patterns.
[11:35] There was a window of time where Black people were winning after Emancipation. There were Black people in Congress, but the Constitution has clauses where anyone can be free except prisoners. We're fighting the effect of this same infrastructure instead of creating our own.
[13:55] If you fight people on your terms but on their turf, you are going to lose. If you fight people on their turf with their tools and weapons, you can win.
[16:01] You can play the capitalism game by creating a product that a group loves, funding it yourself, and turning it into a business model that can be seen as having future earning potential. You own it and you build out all the systems. Much like Jay-Z encouraged Beyonce to fund her music video and have complete control, you hold the power when you are the one cutting the checks.
[18:33] Slavery was the new technology of the 1700s and 1800s. All of this was infrastructure that was built in, and to change it you don't fight it, but you pimp out their stuff and use it for your own good.
[19:43] White Supremacy is arrogant and doesn't really believe Black Men and Women, especially poor ones, can know enough to change the system. Their arrogance of privilege is our protection.
[21:39] The movement doesn't have to be everyone, it just has to be enough people to create a tipping point. When you are committed to a vision larger than yourself, you can inspire others to also see themselves as leaders in the mission.
[26:18] As Black women, we set the tone. We can infiltrate the infrastructure as soon as in the next 3-5 years. Technology now speeds up the process and we can do it faster than ever before, but it takes effort and alignment.
[31:20] We have power when we are together. When we are apart, we are not strong.
[33:53] Whoever writes the check writes the rules, and you need to write the check. That's how you infiltrate. Dr. Venus will be marching with you in the streets as well, but it's also important to embrace our power and commit to the greater good.
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