The Bond Report - October 2009

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The Bond Report		In Fierce Pursuit of True Freedom Vol V - Number 3: October 2009
OCTOBER: A SEASON OF ACTION EDITION
================ Our mission is total psychological and economic freedom for people of Afrikan descent. You can also "FORWARD" The Bond Report to friends and others of like mind. ================ "Our people have to be made to see that any time you take your dollar out of your community and spend it in a community where you don’t live, the community where you live will get poorer and poorer, and the community where you spend your money will get richer and richer." - Malcolm X
In this issue: • October: A Season of Action • Shopping While Black • NAMD 8th Annual "Buy Black" • Stimulus Dollars Set to Rollout • African American Sues Chris Rock • "Blackface" Video by JasiriX • Uncovering Indoctrinated Racism • Our Sponsors • On Your Radio & In Cyberspace • Get NORMBOND Speak/Consult • Mumia Abu Jamal: Commentary • Website Links We Like • Contact Us		WELCOME! On October 16, 1995, I and millions of other Black men participated in the Million Man March. It was an historic day. A great day. It was without question the largest gathering of Black men to ever assemble in the US and probably the world. Those of us in attendance took a pledge to “love our brother as we love ourself.” Today some would have us believe we’re living in a “post-racial society.” We have a Black president. We have Black billionaires, millionaires. We have black cards and black cars. But have we changed our condition as a people from where we were on the eve of the Civil War? Economically the answer is no. Blacks today, own even less than we collectively owned in 1864. Health disparities? We lead the nation in health challenges and have the largest percentage of “uninsured.” Social justice? We’re still sentenced disproportionately and receive longer sentences for the same crimes. And psychologically? Have we learned to “love our brother (sister) as we love ourselves?” P.S. Did you see any 14th anniversary coverage of the MMM in the mainstream media?
NAMD 8th ANNUAL "BUY BLACK" features the Empowerment Experiment Black consumer spending is projected to reach $1.2 trillion by 2012. There has never been a more urgent time for the Black community to begin to implement strategies that will result in re-circulating a larger percentage of these dollars to Black-owned businesses and the Black community. NAMD Philadelphia will be hosting its 8th Annual Buy-Black Holiday Shopping Expo on Saturday, December 12th 2009. The "family friendly" event will welcome the Empowerment Experiment to the City of Brotherly Love. In January 2009, the Anderson family pledged to live off of Black-owned businesses for one year. This unprecedented public commitment has sparked a movement. Without developing and implementing new solutions, the Black community is headed to a future of being a permanent economic underclass in America. To learn more about the Empowerment Experiment or to participate in the NAMD Philadelphia event:		SHOPPING WHILE BLACK? Racial profiling in stores is so prevalent that researchers have given it a name -- Shopping While Black. When it happens, Black shoppers are made to feel both unwelcome and under suspicion. If you had a front row seat to this kind of racism, would you take action? ABC New' "What Would You Do?" set up the largest hidden camera operation in teh show's history in New York City's Soho neighborhood at the chic clothing boutique Unpomela. It was practically the only store the show could find willing to experiment with something so controversial. In a 2007 Gallup survey, 47 percent of Black people surveyed said they are not treated equally by retailers. More than one-quarter of those surveyed felt they were targeted because of their race while shopping within the the last 30 days.
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YES! NORMBOND SPEAKS & CONSULTS. CLICK FOR DETAILS		AFRICAN-AMERICAN FILMMAKER SUES CHRIS ROCK OVER GOOD HAIR
NEED A SPEAKER? CONTACT US!		The lawsuit will move forward in the case of Regina Kimbell v Chris Rock. Although a Los Angeles judge denied an injunction to halt the release of Rock's "Good Hair" the legal proceedings are far from over. Kimbell, producer of the film "My Nappy Roots," alleges that Rock did not tell her that he had a deal with HBO to produce a film about Black hair when he asked to see her film. In court papers, her claim is supported by her co-producer who was present at the screening where Rock has admitted he saw her film. On October 5, Kimbell filed a $5 million copyright infringement lawsuit. Kimbell's idea for the movie began in 2002 when her daughter Brighton, then 16-years-old, wrote an essay, which served as the starting point conceptually of a five-minute film, mentored by her mother. As a result, over the years the award -winning film evolved from an essay, to a short film, and now a feature length film. The feature-length is a definitive documentary that examines the legacy of Black hair care through cultural, societal, and political issues in the African American community over time. An extended "My NappyRoots" trailer is available on YouTube For more information click
THE DOW SAYS WOW: THE PEOPLE SAY OWWW! By Mumia Abu Jamal (with audio) The recent rise of the Dow Jones Industrial Average which recently hit 10,000 points was a time of "pop champagne" corks and celebrations on Wall Street. If you listened hard enough, you could hear strains of "we're in the money, we're in the money" wafting through Wall Street air.		LINKS WE LIKE • www.allAfrica.com • www.thesullivanfoundation.org • www.mathaba.net • www.black1st.com • www.blackpagesmobile.com • www.madisonavenueproject.com ======================================= NEW VIDEO from JasiriX - "Blackface" - Proving while he needs to be "your favorite rapper" Pittsburgh, PA based MC JasiriX has release his latest video "Blackface." He creatively tackles the issue of racism in a supposedly "post racial" society, highlighted by the recent high profile incidents of blackface. The video was produced by Diesel and directed by Paradise the Architect of X-Clan. Click here to watch
PA STIMULUS DOLLARS SET TO ROLL OUT "Some of the people getting funds haven't done inclusive outreach in 25 years, so why expect it now?" Norm Bond Are you feeling stimulated? Are you getting any of the "green money?" Have you seen any advertising in your favorite media telling you how to get the training for weatherization? In Pennsylvania $125 million in federal monies is about to quietly hit the market. It seems a lot of the usual suspects will be riding the gravy train - and they're not African-American. ================ CONTACT US		OUR SPONSORS ((PLEASE SUPPORT)
UNCOVERING INDOCTRINATED RACISM By Ezrah Aharone July 2nd, 2009 marked 45 years since President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act to initiate equality. This anniversary coincides with the recent Senate Resolution "Apologizing for the Enslavement and Racial Segregation of African-Americans," which expressed America's "recommitment to the principle that all people are created equal." While these gestures appear impressive as political theory, in actuality, "Created Equal" on paper differs from "Created Equal" in practice. Since Lincoln's paperwork freed us in 1865 and Johnson's paperwork dubbed us equal in 1964, it's accurate to conclude that freedom and equality are not politically identical. And although "paper equality" traces to the Declaration of Independence in 1776, disparities cited in the Urban League's State of Black America 2009, verify that racial equality is still a dream yet deferred. But if all people are "Created Equal" why then has equality been a drip, drip, drip process for us?"
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