I asked an elder original Black Panther: "Imagine we win, what's the endgame for you? Imagine you no longer needed to focus on 'the struggle'--what would a future for your grandchildren look like here in Detroit?"
After a deep pause and expressing appreciation, he answered with something both visceral and achievable:
"I look at it in the micro and day to day wins as inspiration--for me, it's being able to create room to let my grandchildren envision and create their own future."
That's it. A textbook revolutionary simply wants his grandchildren to be able to envision and create their own futures without hassle. Unfettered by the hindrances of racism and other dimensions of economic oppression which, when we really look at it, get in the way of almost everyone we know and their ability to live a life that embraces dreams in a way that can trust in kinder futures.
Imagine we win, what's the endgame for you?
Imagine you no longer needed to focus on "the struggle"--what would a future for your grandchildren look like in your community?
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