Slavery and racism has affected the black community greatly and has created major obstacles for blacks. The Atlantic Slave trade has stripped Africans from their culture and forced blacks “into a new radicalized identity in a brutal and dehumanizing process of enslavement”. Black Nationalism is completely against slavery, and the diaspora as well as the capitalist system that oppresses blacks. Black Nationalism is a belief system that “supports the establishment of black controlled institutions to meet the political, social, educational, economic, and spiritual needs of black people, independent of nonblacks” along with the “celebration of African ancestry and territorial separatism essential components of black nationalism”. The BPP also promoted black cultural pride, and beliefs were heavily influenced by the ideology of Black Nationalism.īlack Nationalism is a belief system that stems from the history of the Atlantic slave trade, slavery and capitalism.
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In the Ten Point Platform they make demands for “political freedom, black control of black communities, full employment, and an end to white economic exploitation, better housing, better education, health services, fair trials, exemption of black men from military service, and an end to police brutality”. The BPP outlined a Ten Point Platform which called for “the political autonomy of all black communities”. For many years prior to the BPP’s existence civil rights movements and organizations approached the racial inequalities with a nonviolent approach however the BPP believed that violence was the only way to eliminate racism and black oppression. Members of the BPP typically wore black leather jackets with black berets while carrying shotguns. The BPP rebellious attitude demonstrated that they would fight and die for what they believed in. Their objective was to protect the black communities from police brutality, which was very high during the time. As former members of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Newton and Seale were influenced by the black nationalistic ideas of Malcolm X and decided to form the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense.
The year of 1966 in Oakland, California the Black Panther Party was formed by student of Merritt College, Huey P. What makes the BPP so revolutionary is their forceful and rebellious approach to eliminating racism and black oppression. The Black Panther Party (BPP) was the first organization to challenge and pose a threat to the U.S. The Black Panther Party is known as one of, if not the greatest, African American political party to emerge during the 1960’s. Tupac’s persona and lyrical content proves he is heavily influenced by the Black Panther Party and Black Nationalism, through his childhood upbringing and lyrical content. Although Tupac is greatly known for his thug-life image, Tupac and his legacy are much deeper. His thug image is often imitated in association with a bandana tied on the one’s head, a thug life tattoo across the stomach, and gangster behavior. Tupac is acknowledged as one of hip-hop’ greatest rappers to date! Infamous for his thug image and reputation Tupac’s legacy still lives on years beyond his death and this is evident though his influence on pop culture.
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