By Enigma E
The Bourgeois media is blood thirsty and totally one sided. “If it leads it bleeds” is the motto they subscribe to. They barely come to Black neighborhoods to report on the positive things happening, they only show up after somebody got shot, then deem our neighborhoods as “troubled”.
They use menacing mug shots when it’s black folks accused of a crime, but whenever it’s a white terrorist that has shot up a bunch of innocent people, his mug shot is nowhere to be found and/or he is deemed a victim of mental health problems.
None of the main news stations was around when the Black owned businesses “Jazz Daiquiris” and “Chicken & Watermelon” on S. Claiborne gave out bikes, school supplies, Christmas gifts, health care screenings, a summer youth program, all for free for the kids and families in the neighborhood. But those same news stations were all over those Black-owned businesses once there was a tragic violent shooting. It goes to show just what they think about the Black community. It’s either they are covering crimes that’s happening or politicians talking about how they’re going to solve the crime problem. Black life doesn’t matter to the elitist press, their purpose is to oppress and control narratives.
To quote Doughboy from Boyz-N-Da-Hood, “Either they don’t know, don’t show or don’t care about what’s going on in the hood”.
This is by design. The television and radio stations spew the talking points of the two monopoly political parties in this country, that’s all funded by the ruling class. It’s troubling because most oppressed people in New Orleans just go along with the programmed talking points.
The problem of perception comes into play, because of the fact that other groups that never interact with economically poor neighborhoods deem us as unworthy of a good quality of life. That misconception occurs because the elitist media attacks poor communities and sell-out politicians enact laws or cut programs that cause an even deeper oppression in the community.
We as the working class need to keep communicating with one another, actually speaking and spending time in community, not just on the internet. This is the way we kill off the false narratives the media spews as an attempt to keep the people from uniting. As Brother Malcolm once said, “If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” Not this newspaper though. We say All Power to the people and continue to Educate! Agitate! and Organize!