No Fear of a Black planet

“Black culture” stays “vibrant” despite endless chavving by whites and (sometimes self-) parody on MTV. Black culture, seemingly assimilated into mature capitalism, remains defiant because of still-prevalent discrimination – like the offensive “urban” tag indicative of conservative forces keeping communities based in big cities. Black culture, despite constantly being inscribed in monolithic terms, remains diverse, mostly refusing to adhere to type. And Black culture still pushes the sense of a one world one-ness, despite the barriers. Within this polycultural transcendence of basic materialism lies the potential greatest revolutionary force of mankind, a kinesis that finally could spark the shifts that the world so badly needs if it is not going to eat itself within the space of a few generations.


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