I definitely think a lot of it is tied to the dismantling of the black middle class, Himu. This is largely a product of dysfunction and a lack of opportunity. At the same time I think hammering victimhood into people's brains from a young age is harmful. This is not an argument against discussing discrimination or racism, both of which still exist and have huge impact on us.
Again, I want to go back to the differences in activism. My mom is old enough to remember the Detroit riots, tanks rolling down the street across from her house, and the Black Panthers. She vividly remembers the breakfast programs, community safety measures, urban farming, and other things the BPs introduced in Detroit and other cities. Or the way black entertainers and athletes were directly involved in helping finance these programs, the same way they directly helped finance MLK, Malcolm X, and the civil rights movement earlier. VS the activism of the last 5-10 years which has next to no real community focus. We went from focusing on our own community to begging white people for Oscars and money. We literally just watched BLM raise millions of dollars, spent it on themselves, and barely dole out anything to actual community programs or groups.
The point being, we now have an activist class that is exclusively focused on white people. And it's largely financed by white people (specifically white women). This gives white liberals the opportunity to absolve their sins by donating to "black causes" that ultimately don't do anything. And it allows a certain class of activists to earn a living while peddling the desired talking points. For all the complaining right wingers do about "woke" shit, deep down they are more comfortable with black people twerking in the face of cops, vs the things black people were doing during the black power movements...
