The Black American Party advances the producer class of the Black American community — through ownership, enterprise, constitutional principle, and economic solidarity. What is good for Black Americans is good for all Americans.
A party that cannot say precisely who it represents will end up representing whoever funds it.
The Black American Party represents Foundational Black Americans - the descendants of those whose labor, genius and sacrifice built this nation. That is a lineage, not a complexion and not a passport stamp.
Defining it precisely is not exclusion for its own sake. It is what makes a constituency countable, and a constituency that cannot be counted cannot be bargained for. Every effective political bloc in this country knows exactly who it is.
We accept all of our people. Colourism, so-called mixed-race status, who someone married, which region they come from, how much money they have - none of these are grounds for exclusion, and organisations that manufacture such divisions are doing someone else's work.
The producer class is a description of what a person does, not a certificate of authenticity. A janitor who is raising his children and saving is a producer. So is a surgeon. Neither is more Black than the other.
Specific, checkable commitments rather than sentiment. A platform in writing. Tools that work now. And the willingness to say things our own people do not want to hear, because a party that only flatters its base is a fan club.
A constituency deserves to be led toward something, not merely counted at election time and thanked.
Foundational Black Americans - the descendants of those whose labor, genius and sacrifice built this nation. A lineage rather than a complexion.
No. Colourism, mixed heritage, intermarriage, region and income are not grounds for exclusion; the party treats organisations that manufacture such divisions as working against the community.
Three different things get called betrayal, and confusing them wrecks movements.
Every people that intends to lead maintains institutions that produce leaders.
Societies are steered deliberately. The only question is by whom and toward what.
Survival was the achievement of every previous generation. It cannot be the ambition of this one.
Analogies to other groups' experiences break down, and the breakage matters politically.
The hardest chapter to write, and the one most needed.
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