(Why Other Groups Have A Disdain Against Black People/African People Globally? Environmental Racism In America and BLM Lawsuit)

Emmanuel Barbee
21 min readSep 15, 2022

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Welcome Family to Help Stop The Genocide In American Ghettos Podcast I am your host Emmanuel Barbee. Please hit that thumbs up button and subscribe to our Youtube channel and share this video podcast with your friends ladies and gentlemen. We ask that you do this because we want others to know we’re here. Help make this video go viral by posting this on your Facebook Page, your Instagram Page and your Twitter Page. This video-podcast is available in three forms: Audio, Video and as a Written text in order for us to reach our audience.

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I would like to personally invite everyone on my friends list & everyone in my social groups to our next Facebook Live Event (GRCAM Virtual Conference Theme: Unifying The African American Community & The Black Immigrant Community In America Starting In Chicago) Saturday September 24th@2:00PM-4:00PM American Central Time, 3:00PM Canadian Time, 8:00PM West Africa Time, 9:00PM South Africa Time, 10:00PM East Africa Time and 8:00PM UK Time.

If you would like to be on the panel just send me a message to my Facebook inbox for additional information. If you are unable to participate then please share my Facebook Live event with your friends and leave a public comment about the topic on my Youtube Page and on my Facebook Page this will help get the ball rolling. I don’t plan on doing this another 30 years. My film project is my last attempt to try to do something positive for my racial group in America.

The reason why we are hosting these monthly virtual conferences is to encourage our listeners from around the globe to support our film project. The proceeds from the film will put me in a better position financially to hire qualified Black Middle Class professionals, buy office equipment and purchase property for our Christian business (GRCAI of Chicago) the Grass Roots Community Activist Institute of Chicago. Eventually we will launch our African and Caribbean tours so that we can reconnect the Diaspora with Continental Africans from my African group (GRCAI of Africa). We aim to setup chapters in 10 African nations so that we can host international trade among our people. This will be a win win for our people who are trapped in American ghettos because we can sell our films, art work and music to our brothers and sisters on the continent. In contrast, I will bring the best of the Diaspora with me during our African trips to meet African Entrepreneurs who will sell their products like beauty supplies, art work, foods etc… this will also help improve the African economy because Black Americans as a collective have one trillion dollar spending power.

I want to produce things like films and black businesses I don’t want to be online begging for me I want to exchange something in value. My thing is if I am going to ask for something then I am going to have a product or service behind it. I need everyone on my friends list and everyone in my social groups to please donate to our film project because out of 1,596 people only three people on my Facebook Page have donated to our film project that’s not cool and that’s not fair. This is why it’s taken me so long to get things done because of the lack of support. The financial elites will not fund this type of film.

I am using GoFundMe as a crowdfunding source so that everyone know exactly where the funds are going towards. Once we reach $200,000 then we will work on doing the movie trailer. Our goal is to raise Five Hundred Thousand in order to make a quality Black Empowerment film based on my revised book (The Solution For Black America: Reclaiming, Rebuilding, and Restoring The Urban Ghettos In America) second edition. The title of the film is (Hood Liberator Made In Chicago: The War Against Willie Lynch Begins). The sequel (African Liberator: Battle Against The Colonized Mindset) will be made in South Africa. Without support from the Black Grass Roots and the Global African Family then I am unable to make my films and do my job. The ball is in their hands.

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Today’s topic of discussion is as follows: (Why Other Groups Have A Disdain Against Black People/African People Globally? Environmental Racism In America and BLM Lawsuit)

Our First Topic — Why Other Groups Have A Disdain Against Black People/African People Globally? I came across a TikTok video in my email and thought this would be a good topic for us to discuss on this podcast. I will briefly play the audio version you can watch the video on my Medium Page under show and prove. Many brothers and sisters have asked the same question based on the videos we are now seeing around the globe from how the Chinese treated Africans in China during the beginning of COVID-19 to how Ukrainians treated Africans during the beginning of the war and in America how blacks are treated by law enforcement during the George Floyd incident. The question is why is their among all the nations of the world have a hatred towards Africans & Black People? There are a few individuals among other groups that like Black People but as a collectively that don’t care about us. Black People/African People never colonized anyone, never stole anyone’s land or resources. God bless Africa with the most natural resources on Earth such as Diamonds, Gold, Minerals and Oil. This maid other groups to become jealous of African People. The first group of people to enslaved our ancestors were the Arabs in the East African Slave Trade. Then the Europeans through The Atlantic Slave Trade.

It was White Supremacist from European nations that colonized the world. They stole land and resources from Aboriginal Australians in Australia. They stole land and resources from the Natives in Brazil. They stole land and resources from the Natives in North America. They colonized the Caribbean, Africa and India. If you read the book Confessions of an Economic Hit Man it explains how the Financial Elites destabilized Latin America. Yet people from these other groups who were also victims of White Supremacist prefer to join with them against us. For example, Latinos love the people who colonized their land and help keep the current conditions their homeland is facing. When they are allowed to come over to America they have an issue with Black People. This is because the White Supremacist Financial elites control all of the resources in North America and through mainstream media they are able to promote this lie to the world that Black People are lazy. When in fact it was our ancestors who built America because the Financial Elites were to lazy to built it themselves.

I found an article from National Geographic Archaeologist have confirmed that Lucy found in Africa is the oldest Homosapien in the world. I provide my source on my Medium Page under show and prove. From a Spiritual perspective in the book of John Chapter 15 verse 18 through 27 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. I’m gonna stop here you are more than welcome to read the rest.

Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

In the book of Genesis chapter 15 verses 13 through 14 And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

In the book of Deuteronomy chapter 28 verse 68 And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

In the book of Ezekiel chapter 34 verses 11 through 16 For thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.

I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God. I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment.

This is talking about the Black American experience no other group was enslaved in America and was forced over here in ships. I don’t give President Abraham Lincoln credit for freeing our ancestors it was Jesus/Yeshua who intervene.

In the book of Romans Chapter 1 verse 28 through 29 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers.

My creator has given me a solution to solve our social problems in America but for 30 years Black America has rejected my vision and plan this is why I wrote my revised book in order to generate capital so that I can hire qualified Black Middle Class professionals to assist me in making this Christian business effective and successful for years to come but my book is barely selling. I have my virtual store selling items in order to generate capital to get this Christian business up and running in Chicago yet again I have little to no support from the people I am trying to serve Black People. I am not getting push back from White People all of the push back is from Black People. Why is GRCAI of Chicago needed? Because since 2001, over four thousand people have been murdered in Chicago alone. That’s more then American soldiers who are murdered in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Our youth call it Chiraq a term for certain Chicago neighborhoods which are particularly violent. The term comes from a combination of the city Chicago and the country Iraq.

Chicago was given this nickname because of all of the murders and violence that occur in Chicago in comparison with the war in Iraq. Walking the streets of Black Chicago is like walking in Iraq with all the murders, robbery, gangbanging, and acts of urban violence every weekend. This ain’t nothing to be proud of. You can relocate to any major city in America you will find the same problems Drugs, Guns, Gangs, Poverty and Crime.

When I say I offer something that no black leader has in America and that is a solution to solve all of social problems in America a majority of Black People reject my claim we know Black America needs all the help it can get but ignoring the issues is not going to solve our problems it make matters worse. Since Black America has rejected my vision and plan for the past 30 years my Christian business will be membership base. My message to Black Millennials and Generation Z this organization is for you but I need your help to build it. First line of business we have to separate ourselves from Off Code Negroes, Con Artist, Degenerates, Pedophiles and Urban Terrorist within our community. In GRCAI of Chicago we will raise the standard in Black America and offer 21st Century solutions to solve black issues as mentioned in my revised book. Once we get this Christian business established in Chicago I would need my members to be my ears if anyone is putting out lies about me or our business just let me know so that I can take legal action against them for slander. I gave 30 years of my life trying to build something constructive for the black community my reputation is on the line. GRCAI of Chicago is not just a new business endeavor it’s also a new system promoting a Kingdom economy.

We can continue to wait for the Financial Elites those at the top to finally have a change of heart and share some of the wealth or we can do the best we can to create GRCAI of Chicago and create our own industries where black people dominate that would be Sports, Music, Hair Care and Entertainment. Through GRCAI of Chicago it would give us that Ethno-Aggregation. Ethno-Aggregation is defined as the voluntary concentration of individuals and their resources around their ethnic or language commonalities for the purpose of improving their economic and political competitiveness. At this time the only space where I’m able to be as great as I believe I can be is when I’m doing this podcast with you all.

On this podcast we talk about solving black issues. These discussions are not about complaining about the government, politicians nor about White People this is a spiritual battle on every level. I am called to break the Willie Lynch Legacy among Black Americans. Entrepreneurship will give us our freedom I am here to encourage GRCAM members worldwide to embrace group economics and tap into the Spirit of God and watch our situation change around the globe.

My film project is my last attempt to try to do something positive for my racial group in America. I am reaching out to the Black Grass Roots and to the Global African Family, our Black Immigrant Community here in America specifically here in the Chicago Land area. I also encourage our non-black sympathizer to help patronize our film project I don’t want to be doing this another 30 years. Please leave a public comment on my Facebook Page and on my Youtube Page about the topic. Most of all share this podcast with your friends this will help get the ball rolling.

Our Second Topic — Environmental Racism In America. Jackson, Mississippi is suffering a water crisis after major flooding damaged its water treatment plant. The mayor said the state never invested in the water infrastructure of the city leaving it vulnerable. We are faced with yet another water crisis this time it’s in Jackson, Mississippi a majority black city the last place where we had a water crisis was in Flint Michigan. Back then the Obama Administration did not do anything for local residents in Flint Michigan. Obama could have used his executive powers to fix the issue but he didn’t. The Biden Administration has been writing blink checks in the billions for Ukraine. The question is where’s the billions of dollars to fix the water treatment in Jackson, Mississippi? Tens of thousands of Jackson residents remain without clean water some advocates say that the situation stems from years of environmental racism I would go a step farther and call it environmental warfare. These White Supremacist Financial Elites who are waging war against Black People all the time whether it’s Environmental, Educational, Medical.

As long as Black People remain in the United States of America as a collective we will continue to be treated as forth and fifth class citizens. My question to my listeners name the city or town where a water crisis happens in the White community? The Financial Elites built neighborhoods over dumping grounds where chemicals can cause cancer. For example, in Louisiana there’s a neighborhood called Cancer Alley which was built close to Petro Chemical Plants. Be warn if you see homes next to a refinery don’t live there. We have to discuss the sabotage that’s happening with us in this country and what we can do about it. According to the U.S. Census 80% of Jackson residents are black. So you have a black city but the state is ignoring the equal distribution of funds when it comes to infrastructure but they make sure those white cities and towns are taken care of. As long as black people remain in America then we are at the mercy of the Financial Elites. Unfortunately many of our people have not accepted who the Financial Elites really are. In America Black Communities are considered sacrificed communities because they are not deemed to be important that’s the standard of operation in America. Go ahead anyone who is listening challenge my statement call in on the show or leave a public comment in the comment section on Youtube or Facebook and explain how we’re not at the mercy of the White Supremacist Financial Elites when they control everything in American society.

The Jackson Water Crisis should be the top conversation about how the black community are de-prioritized when it comes to ensuring infrastructure planning in the black community. Infrastructure is a State and Federal Government issue that’s why Jackson residents pay taxes to the IRS to fix those sorts of things. I really hate how these financial elites treat our brothers and sisters in America. America don’t mind black people’s living conditions like poor people who live in third world nations. I found a video clip from CBS Mornings entitled “Jackson residents told to shower with their mouths closed as water crisis persists.” You can watch the full video on my Medium Page under show and prove. When you see something like this just know it’s not accidental it’s by design. I found another article this time from the Hill entitled “Water crisis in Jackson, Miss., raises concerns about environmental racism.” Notice you’re looking at a situation where water can be weaponized. For example, Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, Flint Michigan and now Jackson Mississippi. The prophecy which I have been telling my group members for more than 20 years is starting to come to pass. I explain to my members that the Financial Elites will use a South African model when they will no longer be the majority by 2050.

The point of White Flight was to collapse economy’s. I found another great article from Vox entitled “How Jackson, Mississippi, ran out of water.” I encourage my listeners to go to my Medium Page and scroll down to show and prove to read the full article. The Biden Administration has found billion of dollars for Illegal Latino Immigrants but nothing for our group remember this black voters during the November elections. In South Africa when the White Supremacist Financial Elites were forced out of government they stripped everything of value they wanted black people to deal with a huge mess. On this podcast we don’t sugarcoat nothing we keep it 100. The White Supremacist Financial Elites are weaponizing our essential resources in order to kill us off this ain’t a joke ladies and gentlemen. It’s a continual cycle whether it’s 1906 Atlanta, 1917 Elaine Arkansas, 1923 Rose Wood. Recognize racial wars are not always fought with guns I always told my group members economics is how you wage war effectively.

One of the things I find to be problematic is we have a lot of black people who have a large platform they continue to bully black people into thinking that voting will solve our issues. These politicians know black people don’t understand politics. In order to execute an agenda you need a plan that serve your interest. Secondly you have to have competent people from the soil to advocate our agenda. The White Supremacist Financial Elites impose candidates that are in their pockets who will favor their agenda. We constantly have Manchurian candidates propped up and presented to us and to represent us. The agenda does not come the political class it comes from the soil which is the Black Grass Roots.

The saddest thing about all of this is Mississippi has the most black elected officials than in any other state. This proves we cannot continue depending on these black career politicians. We have all these black politicians in office yet as a collective our conditions have not improve. Truth be told they don’t want to serve they just want to line their pockets. If the White Supremacist Financial Elites can take back Mississippi without using Gentrification or Imminent Domain then they have set a template for running black people out of cities in the 21st Century. Brothers and Sisters pay close attention what we’re up against. Making sure our brothers and sisters are good means we are ready to apply the principles from my revised book and push a permanent solution which means that we will begin working together with other like minded Black People & African People so that we all can survive. Please leave a public comment on my Facebook Page and on my Youtube Page about the topic. Most of all share this podcast with your friends this will help get the ball rolling.

Our Third Topic — BLM Lawsuit. There’s a lawsuit filed against Black Lives Matter by 10 of it’s local chapters as a result of financial shinanigans. When you have activist movements that don’t represent black people. A lot of black people left
Black Lives Matter a while ago. Many brothers and sisters was not comfortable with the BLM agenda. We did an extensive episode about two or three years ago where we analysis the Black Lives Matter website. On their they were promoting LGBT agenda but I did not see anything representing straight black men or anything about the black family. Before I go any further my question to my listeners do you believe that Black Lives Matter? I believe that Black Lives Matter when a black person is murdered by a Rogue Cop. I also believe that Black Lives Matter when a black person is murdered by Urban Terrorist. I think it’s important to start here because the term is universal.

All three of the founders are part of the LGBT community. I believe once the donations start pouring in then things started to change. First they split into The Global Network Foundation which managed all of the donations for Black Lives Matter. Basically they were capitalizing off the death of black people who were murdered by law enforcement. During the George Floyd protest Black Lives Matter was able to raise 90 million dollars yet none of that money went into the black community. Black People in America get politically pimped on a regular basis. We have these political overseers they don’t serve the interest of black people they sell black people out to politicians. For example, Rev. Jesse Jackson would talk with Democratic candidates and negotiate political favors in exchange to deliver votes on election day. When I seen what Black Lives Matter was doing I felt they were crossing the line. I believe this lawsuit was filed by people who were pissed off they did all the work marching and bring public attention to these issues. I think that the people who were doing all of the work should have a voice about where the funds should and should not go.

I kept hearing the marchers say there’s a lack of transparency. Then their are questions about these 5 million dollar homes. I ran across an article from the Hill entitled “Black Lives Matter exec accused of stealing $10M in lawsuit” You can read the full article I have posted it on my Medium Page under show and prove. Black suffering is a multi-billion dollar commodity. What’s unfortunately about Black Lives Matter is that there’s not an agreement on what the proper use of those funds should be. Most charities isn’t effective there’s a documentary I saw a while back called Poverty Inc. Poverty Inc discuss how all this money being raised by using poor African nations as a video prop meaning some European missionary would take pictures of a poor African family with kids who are starving. They promote these images and content around the globe and they make lots of money. Many people send donations to these organizations that’s putting up a front. Many of these charities don’t give the money to the people in the pictures. They are using black suffering as a way to fuel their own economy.

Black People are watching these Liberal Elites handle black people the same way they handle saving Whales. Whales are not involved in the decision making nor does whales earn any funds raised by the charity. Many people are in the hood doing the real work like negotiating gang truce or doing urban gardening but you are unable to get funded because these Liberal Elites are collecting money on your behalf. If all you learned from me as a solution for black people are Democrats or Republicans then you’re not too smart. Over here we demand tangibles for either political party for our votes. We also focus on models of freedom and self-sufficiency.

There’s a point where what I call a black line. The black line is where you say we’re not willing to cross that line because that would undermine your integrity. If you don’t have leverage or control in your organization then the White Supremacist Financial Elites will push you around. Black Lives Matter was basically a black version of the LGBT movement. In GRCAI of Chicago we will teach our members and students how to be aware of economic warfare in a racist capitalist society. We have thousands of black college graduates with degrees yet many of them fail to build anything for the black community. Over here we study Black Wall Street people like O.W. Gurley. How did he started self-sustainable business when he had no capital? Today we have millionaire rappers yet they are not building anything for the black community as a collective.

In sum, the Black Lives Matter Movement unfortunately, came off to me as a movement funded by White Liberals to utilize black trauma as a way to fund White Liberal ideology. Our movement is going to come from the Black Grass Roots and the Global African Family that’s our base. Non-black sympathizer are welcome to patronize our film project but when it’s time to get GRCAI of Chicago up and running then it’s Black People and African People who are responsible to build it and to own it. Please leave a public comment on my Facebook Page and on my Youtube Page about the topic. Most of all share this podcast with your friends this will help get the ball rolling.

Show and Prove

TikTok video

https://www.tiktok.com/@oldschool_diva/video/7127783038573874475?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1&lang=en&q=oldschool_diva&t=1663038820237

Arab Slave Trade

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Ocean_slave_trade

https://www.history.com/news/dna-study-finds-aboriginal-australians-worlds-oldest-civilization#:~:text=Stories-,DNA%20Study%20Finds%20Aboriginal%20Australians%20World's%20Oldest%20Civilization,are%20the%20world's%20oldest%20civilization.

Lucy

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/lucy-discovered-africa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_(Australopithecus)

O.W. Gurley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O.W._Gurley

TikTok video about Jackson Mississippi Water Crisis

https://www.tiktok.com/@ajplus/video/7138901196797971758?is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7138901196797971758

Living in a city with no water: ‘This is unbearable’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/09/03/jackson-mississippi-water-crisis/

Jackson residents told to shower with their mouths closed as water crisis persists

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jackson-mississippi-water-crisis-national-guard-called/

Water crisis in Jackson, Miss., raises concerns about environmental racism

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3625822-water-crisis-in-jackson-miss-raises-concerns-about-environmental-racism/

How Jackson, Mississippi, ran out of water

https://www.vox.com/2022/8/31/23329604/jackson-mississippi-water-crisis

Water crisis in Jackson, Miss., raises concerns about environmental racism

https://www.itshortnews.com/news/water-crisis-in-jackson-miss-raises-concerns-about-environmental-racism/

Black Lives Matter exec accused of stealing $10M in lawsuit

https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/3629589-black-lives-matter-exec-accused-of-stealing-10m-in-lawsuit/

AP Exclusive: Black Lives Matter opens up about its finances

https://apnews.com/article/black-lives-matter-90-million-finances-8a80cad199f54c0c4b9e74283d27366fDemetra Kaye from African Diaspora News Channel reports on

Black Lives Matter situation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9rrhy4TjCs

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Emmanuel Barbee

I am a professional blogger, blogtalkradio host, an upcoming social entrepreneur and a new urban author.