Open letter of an unapology
Open letter of an unapology from DJN
With Steve Monacelli, we blocked each other due to the constancy of the dogpiling on his part. DJN uses this platform to push ad campaigns so that small Black businesses appear at the forefront of everyone’s cell phone when they use social media in Dallas. When we do that, we do not force anyone to align with every single one of our perspectives. What a stupid and corny allegation: AstroTurf ... when those kinds of people shrug their shoulders as the wealth gap widens for Black families everywhere.
They do not contribute to Black wealth; they readily recuse themselves from the ugly sight of Black-on-Black crime(even though they rig the policies that put us in this position in the first place) and magically show up when a police brutality story pops up on the news to sow dissent and compel our people who are facing setbacks to rise and protest against society. At the same time, they film it and tell the rest of the world how terrible our lives are with first-class tickets to protest after protest and no investment in the Black community. He(and many others like him) have financial excess, educational access, power, and leverage. He did not do a damn thing to prop up small and struggling Black-owned businesses in Dallas or even Texas. Instead of investing in Black-owned companies, inclusion, and equity, he and his ilk stoke the concept of victimhood and that existential dread of Black people being trapped under some ideological divide. He wants to play “culture war journalist” when our people are on the front lines bearing the brunt of the consequence. He calls himself an investigative journalist when he is a classist operative that seeks to redline Black people into political subservience.
Regarding what I do for DJN, I boost Black-owned businesses to strengthen the Black business class, promote school choice and highlight the importance of safe streets for Black families. These are all worthwhile talking points and narratives; we should discuss them daily. Look over the posts on this page; no extremist content condones extremism, including harassment, bullying, or dogpiling, and no calls for any violence or breaking of Federal or State laws. This also covers people’s lifestyles, orientations, and political ideologies. Politically we are independent and vote on who best serves our immediate necessities concerning myself, my family, and my culture. We are not here to tell you who to vote for. We can explain why we support or choose not to support a candidate or decry an institution we deem unfair.
As per funding, my boss is Black, and when it comes to people like the one you posted...he is wealthy, and his mother and father bought him his condo in Highland Park; he likes to foment socialist dissent while being raised on a silver spoon. His parents own a yacht and several properties, which they use to leverage his lifestyle as a wealthy white sociopolitical operative; he gets off on #MajorDrama #AllMoneyIsRacist. So what. Learn to make the best out of it like our ancestors have done for generations. If you trace every dollar this SDS MF has been privileged with, it morphs into the same shit. I cannot afford to align myself with victimhood and the vicious bigotry or low expectations.
So we disqualify any and all wealthy grown-ass trust fund children who like to dictate where and when we get to eat from and how we raise up Black-owned businesses. They do not get to decide who, what, or which platforms get to operate based on their sense of virtue. Do you really think they(or anyone else) should own a patent on who gets to practice activism? Look into it: The only thing we hurt was rich white people’s feelings...we made some people uncomfortable with PR stunts. Big deal. No one was injured, no property damage, no loss of life, and nobody was held up from going to work.
Lastly: If whatever I expressed to you bothers you or makes you feel any kind of way, then you can go and put your time and energy into what is of value to you. We love our family and friends in Dallas. We love our business relations in Dallas. We owe nary an explanation nor apology to anyone because we fight disparity and we boost Black owned businesses. Peace
