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- Ganeshk (talk) 00:38, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Re: Black People
Please sign your comments, and do not create unnecessary subsections. Remember that it is easier to follow the discussion if you keep your comments brief and not fragmented by subsections. --Ezeu 06:03, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Black supremacy
Hey. I'm only just now realizing you're also one of the editors of Black people. (I generally don't pay attention to tags.)
IMO, good move on deleting the hip-hop section entirely, something I was setting the stage for with the "[citation needed]" notation and the qualifying language about the contorting of the Ice Cube's "black mastery" phrase to some sort of black supremacist call to arms (utterly ridiculous). The entire section is simply another product of CoYep's twisting of the material. He repeatedly has obliterated references to black supremacist dogma as part of a framework of liberation theologies for socio-political advancement among the oppressed. The material I wrote about the roots of Rastafari among the dispossessed and margialized Jamaican poor was obliterated, as well, the material about the similar work of the NOI. While by no means lengthy, in both cases, it served to place both movements in the context of black overcoming, black advancement -- hence, the connection with liberation theology. I haven't haven't taken the time to resurrect the material, but I will one of these days -- unless someone else takes the iniative and writes something else. :p
Despite our current disagreements -- and there likely will be many more -- I'm glad you're here. While I no longer try to recruit people to Wikipedia (I don't have sufficient faith in it), I recognize that the more people we have raising similar concerns as you and I have, who bring certain knowledge sets, certain perspectives to the project, the better. As much as I hate it, Wikipedia has become too big to ignore. I refuse to let these people continue to spread lies disparaging us and our Ancestors. Peace. deeceevoice 19:32, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
I see there's a new editor (likely a sockpuppet) reverting the article to the skewed, POV version. I'm not going to risk another 3RR violation block after getting caught in a thoroughly bogus one a few days ago. You may want to take a look. deeceevoice 16:40, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
