The brothers discuss Ice Cube (O'Shea Jackson) leaping into Black political leadership at the last minute with his Contract with Black America. Many people have focused on some fairly amateurish media maneuvers Cube made in relation to the professional liars at the trump campaign. But to do so is to take some needed focus off of something more deeply concerning: Cube's obvious embrace of both Black capitalism and an anti-PanAfricanist movement for reparations called the ADOS movement. After meeting with Cube and explaining how trump is an existential threat to her and others working for Black lives, Alicia Garza of Black Lives Matter said, "ain’t no movement on an agenda without a movement. justice isn't a business transaction.." Regardless of what side one comes down on, this whole situation has many lessons for us to learn, including lessons about the importance of consulting with those who have already been doing the work, the timing of when we meet with our enemies, and how we enter the field of Black leadership.
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