In his survey of Boston slave for-sale ads in the 1700s, Robert E. Desrochers describes a Boston Gazette story of 1733 recounting “the story of a slave woman in Salem, who ... enacted what appears to have been an African-inspired graveside reincarnation ritual. ‘Determined to go into her own Country, as she call’d it,” the woman ‘took a Bottle of Rum & two Biskets ... into the Burying Place ... where she dug a hole & and cover’d em” before taking her own life with a knife.”
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In his survey of Boston slave for-sale ads in the 1700s, Robert E. Desrochers describes a Boston Gazette story of 1733 recounting “the story of a slave woman in Salem, who ... enacted what appears to have been an African-inspired graveside reincarnation ritual. ‘Determined to go into her own Country, as she call’d it,” the woman ‘took a Bottle of Rum & two Biskets ... into the Burying Place ... where she dug a hole & and cover’d em” before taking her own life with a knife.”
Bconx Alert
"The release of the Fed’s latest Survey of Consumer Finances, a triennial assessment of American financial trends, reveals that a focus on policy through a racial lens could come none too soon. The report found that, as a group, people of color held roughly 16 cents for every $1 held by whites in 2007. For Hispanics, the figure was 12 cents. For blacks, a dime*. And those figures were crunched before the collapse of the economy. Advocates fear that the gap probably widened since then because, while fewer minorities than whites own their homes, minority homeowners tend to have a higher percentage of their wealth wrapped up in their homes.
Similarly, blacks and Hispanics have fewer credit cards, but tend to drive up higher debts per card. As a result, said Jose Garcia, associate director for research and policy at Demos, a liberal policy group, “more of [minorities'] income goes to pay debt, and less goes to buy assets.” (article).
So, when a raging fever burns,
We shift from side to side by turns;
And 'tis a poor relief we gain
To change the place, but keep the pain.
~ Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs
*Remember the Grand Master Flash 'NYNY' lyrics?
On 42nd Street, lookin for some action
Women standing on the corner selling satisfaction
One young punk just leaning on the fence
Tryin' to make a dollar out of fifteen cents
Really is a prankster, tried to be a gangster
Real big wheel when a gun is in his hands
Just did a stick-up, just got picked up
One dead punk, killed by the man.
...everything ain't always what it seems...
...but'm down by law, & know my way around.
Similarly, blacks and Hispanics have fewer credit cards, but tend to drive up higher debts per card. As a result, said Jose Garcia, associate director for research and policy at Demos, a liberal policy group, “more of [minorities'] income goes to pay debt, and less goes to buy assets.” (article).
So, when a raging fever burns,
We shift from side to side by turns;
And 'tis a poor relief we gain
To change the place, but keep the pain.
~ Isaac Watts, Hymns and Spiritual Songs
*Remember the Grand Master Flash 'NYNY' lyrics?
On 42nd Street, lookin for some action
Women standing on the corner selling satisfaction
One young punk just leaning on the fence
Tryin' to make a dollar out of fifteen cents
Really is a prankster, tried to be a gangster
Real big wheel when a gun is in his hands
Just did a stick-up, just got picked up
One dead punk, killed by the man.
...everything ain't always what it seems...
...but'm down by law, & know my way around.
Bconx alert: Black Folks Ruutz
Both maps above show the same segment of the southern United States, and demonstrate a similar pattern. Yet each describes a wholly other era and a completely different process. Top is cotton production process 148 years ago. Botton is the McCain/Obama election data for Black folks. Fascinating. ...made a similar comparison in Bconx presentations a few years ago called black dots & 'nigger hill' the former name of Boston's Beacon Hill (click on picture below). Word, this is an excellent 'cotton pickin' Bconx example.
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