Let's Play A Game!

Spoiler Alert: I'll Never Win

Every time I start feeling like a complete failure, I circle back and read this past post as a reminder that, this ain’t entirely my fault. I needed to read this today. I’ve actually needed to read it for the past four decades because, wtf is this?

My life is my responsibility. I own that.

With that said, a lotta folks had a head start by about 400 years…

And with that, let’s play a game!

The following statement is from a top tier speech by Kimberly Jones - author of How We Can Win: Race, History and Changing the Money Game That’s Rigged.

“Let’s say I wanted to play Monopoly with you.

And for 400 rounds of playing Monopoly, I didn't allow you to have any money. I didn't allow you to have anything on the board.

I didn't allow for you to have anything.

And then we played another 50 rounds of Monopoly and everything that you gained and you earned while you were playing that round of Monopoly was taken from you.

That was Tulsa. That was Rosewood.

Those are places where we built Black economic wealth, where we were self-sufficient, where we owned our stores, where we owned our property and they burned them to the ground.

That’s 450 years. So for 400 rounds of Monopoly, you don't get to play at all.

Not only do you not get to play, you have to play on behalf of the person that you're playing against. You have to play and make money and earn wealth for them, and then you have to turn it over to them.

For 50 years you finally get a little bit and you're allowed to play. And every time that they don't like the way that you're playing or that you're catching up or that you're doing something to be self-sufficient, they burn your game. They burn your cards, they burn your monopoly money.

And then finally, they allow you to play. And they say, okay, now you catch up.

Now at this point, the only way you're gonna catch up in the game is that the person shares the wealth. Correct?

But what if every time you share the wealth, then there's psychological warfare against you. For example, saying you’re an equal opportunity hire.

So if I played 400 rounds of Monopoly with you, and I had to play and give you every dime that I made, and then for 50 years every time that I played, if you didn't like what I did, you got to burn it to the ground.

How can you win? You can't win.

The game is fixed.”

-Kimberly Jones

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But I just need to “work harder.” Sure, babe.

I desperately have to get out of this country if I ever want to improve the quality of my life. Listen, I don’t know much. However, I’m clear that I will never know peace or thrive here.

Mexico 2024. That’s the Vision.

Because this? This ain’t it.

Liberation to all who are oppressed by the violence of capitalism and heartless leaders who value money over humanity.

I hope you feel cared for and supported today.

With you in solidarity.

~Robin

#PovertySucks