A Call to Arms...
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BLACK QUEEN: KNOW YOUR TERRAIN
Queen,
The first lesson in the Queenly Art of Political Warfare is to fully understand your territories. You must learn how to fully master each one of these holdings in order to effectively rule your kingdom. Today, I will teach you of only one: the Territory of Communications.
Communications is the only tool used to establish your reputation. And a Queen’s ability to generate cooperation, build allies, and lead her people is in direct proportion to the strength of her reputation. -- Ujuzi
COMMUNICATIONS (THE MEDIA)
Black women must immediately understand how overwhelmingly critical communications are to the overall success of any political strategy. All strategists know that if you allow your opposition to define your reputation, your intentions, or your agenda to the people, then you have already lost the battle.
Black women in America do not fully realize or understand this principle, and for that reason, we have very few allies today. There is a picture of us in the mind of bankers, politicians, city planners, employers, governors, and teachers, and it’s not pretty. Many of these people are at best, indifferent to the collective pain that black women experience.
According to the established rules of The Art of Political Warfare, the very first move for us should be to establish a positive general perception of black women. (Notice that people want us to back off from the word 'positive' and replace it with an 'accurate' perception of us... however, they never seem to want to make that petty distinction when white men inaccurately portray themselves as the owners and saviors of the world.)
Strategists like Colin Powell will tell you that in all wars, the first objective of the military is to utterly destroy the opposition’s communications, by fair means or foul. For example, in Iraq, before even one soldier laid a pinky toe on foreign soil, the Air Force flew over the country and bombed every satellite dish, radio tower, radio station and television studio in sight.
Notice that Condoleeza Rice did not tip-toe to the Afghani studio executives, to politely request that they show ‘positive’ images of soldiers, to give Afghanis a ‘balanced view of America’.
When you take control of the communication of your image, likeness and reputation,
* Your enemies can not use the power of influence to create even more enemies against you.
* Your enemies can not interfere with your ability to create powerful alliances
Rest here: http://blackwomenvote.blogspot.com/2008/01/black-queen-know-your-terrain.html
BLACK QUEEN: KNOW YOUR TERRAIN
Queen,
The first lesson in the Queenly Art of Political Warfare is to fully understand your territories. You must learn how to fully master each one of these holdings in order to effectively rule your kingdom. Today, I will teach you of only one: the Territory of Communications.
Communications is the only tool used to establish your reputation. And a Queen’s ability to generate cooperation, build allies, and lead her people is in direct proportion to the strength of her reputation. -- Ujuzi
COMMUNICATIONS (THE MEDIA)
Black women must immediately understand how overwhelmingly critical communications are to the overall success of any political strategy. All strategists know that if you allow your opposition to define your reputation, your intentions, or your agenda to the people, then you have already lost the battle.
Black women in America do not fully realize or understand this principle, and for that reason, we have very few allies today. There is a picture of us in the mind of bankers, politicians, city planners, employers, governors, and teachers, and it’s not pretty. Many of these people are at best, indifferent to the collective pain that black women experience.
According to the established rules of The Art of Political Warfare, the very first move for us should be to establish a positive general perception of black women. (Notice that people want us to back off from the word 'positive' and replace it with an 'accurate' perception of us... however, they never seem to want to make that petty distinction when white men inaccurately portray themselves as the owners and saviors of the world.)
Strategists like Colin Powell will tell you that in all wars, the first objective of the military is to utterly destroy the opposition’s communications, by fair means or foul. For example, in Iraq, before even one soldier laid a pinky toe on foreign soil, the Air Force flew over the country and bombed every satellite dish, radio tower, radio station and television studio in sight.
Notice that Condoleeza Rice did not tip-toe to the Afghani studio executives, to politely request that they show ‘positive’ images of soldiers, to give Afghanis a ‘balanced view of America’.
When you take control of the communication of your image, likeness and reputation,
* Your enemies can not use the power of influence to create even more enemies against you.
* Your enemies can not interfere with your ability to create powerful alliances
Rest here: http://blackwomenvote.blogspot.com/2008/01/black-queen-know-your-terrain.html
