A good point was brought up about the lack of political power that black people have in the city. If you don't have money, an organized group of people can get what they want here.
Best example to me is the SF bike coalition. These muthafuckaz are responsible for so much change in the city. 6000 members. That's a lot of votes in a city like this. There is no black lobby in the city. There is no group that represents us to the city. That is why they can push black people out of the point and fillmoe and china town is still china town. We got fake ass black supervisors and organizations working us cause we share skin complexion.
I'm gonna bring it back to bart. I think message boards like this, rappers, promoters, artists, and the like, can organize a community. That is why the fake groups get mad at hip hop artists; because the groups cant reach the kids and they see those kids not fucking with them in the future but instead following the words of a rapper, or worse yet, having an independent mind.
I got to applaud Mess for what he just did with the Uptown/Downtown music he put out, and JT and Quinn have always seemed to be about supporting events and things in the community. Its just about time we start putting stuff together. We only need 6000 18 year olds! 6000 people paying taxes (sales, income, or property). 6000 people and you got a movement in this lil ass city!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Bicycle_Coalition
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition (SFBC) is a California 501(c)(4) nonprofit public benefit corporation established to "transform San Francisco's streets and neighborhoods into more livable and safe places by promoting the bicycle for everyday transportation." Founded in 1970, dormant through much of the 1980s, and re-founded in 1991, the SFBC in 2007 has a dues-paying membership of over 6,000 people and is considered in 2007 to be one of the most influential membership-based advocacy organizations in San Francisco.[1]
In June 2005, the city approved a SFBC-backed proposal to add bike lanes, require commercial developers to provide bike parking, and outfit Muni buses with bike racks. A June 2006 preliminary injunction stopping all physical improvements for bicycles and cyclists was upheld on November 7, 2006, by Superior Court judge Peter Bush pending the completion of a full environmental impact report.[2] The SFBC also supports efforts to improve street maintenance, decrease bicycle theft, and slow the speed of car traffic, as well as events like the annual "Bike to Work Day".
"In the city where gays get more justice than blacks... -San Quinn
