Have we left the plantation?

The raising of this question could seem blasphemous to most. The notion that we still reside on the brutal plantations that relegated black life to misery and exploitation is difficult to accept. However, the reality of plantation life was the dominance of white supremacy, the ability to define the aspirations and goals of the African American community this was the true nature of plantation life. So the question of whether or not this reality has truly changed is imperative to examine. Are African American still laborers simply building up white institutions? More so, if we are simply workers building up the institutions of others, what happens when our labor becomes expendable? White control of black livelihood is the essence of plantation life. The inability for Africans Americans to recognize the limited control they have over their lives and their utter dependence on the white power structure is reminiscent of the House Negro that continually believed that his interest would forever be met by the benevolent White Master. The question is, how is thinking liberated? More importantly, our ancestors were forced to accept exploitative relationships with whites. However, we seem all too quick to accept this exploitative contract as long as we can enjoy some of the spoils off the Master’s table. I thought the goal was to escape the plantation not to simply find more comfortable living quarters. Sadly, it seems that plantation life is all that most desire to know.