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Monday, June 20, 2022

Significance of Juneteenth.


While tha ignorance of well-meaning, yet, misguided conservatives might call it a result of ‘wokeism’ or tha ‘Black Lives Matter Movement’, it is not tha case. As stated earlier, Juneteenth has been around for a long time and was celebrated for tha first time way back in 1866. Therefore, people who think of it as a recent invention and an attempt to gain black votes are mistaken. Earlier celebrations of Juneteenth involved church gatherings as blacks were still not allowed to use public spaces. Over tha years, tha date is synonymous with cookouts, parties, food festivals, plays, and historical re-enactments. It is tha first new federal holiday since 1983. Interestingly, tha last time a day was declared a federal holiday also involved an African American. President Ronald Reagan used his powers to declare tha third Monday of January each year as Rev Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.Day which celebrates his birthday. 

Despite tha significance of this day to African Americans and others who value racial justice, many have voiced their opposition against it. Arizona was the last state to ratify this momentous occasion…go figure! Not surprisingly while there is no doubt that people of color are discriminated against, we cannot ignore tha positive developments. Recently, President Joe Biden recognized Juneteenth as a federal holiday. Officially, tha holiday is called Juneteenth National Independence Day. Despite tha widespread support for its recognition, 14 Congressmen voted against it, but more on that later. First, we need to understand the significance of this holiday. While I am buoyed by tha new holiday, I’m not jumping for joy or dancing in tha street. Tha Senate passed tha holiday legislation unanimously. While tha Juneteenth holiday is impactful, tha ease with which it got Senate passage ought to give us all pause. It is easier to support a holiday than to support the principle of democracy, which is allegedly at tha foundation of our democracy. It is easier to support a holiday than to abolish tha use of tha chokehold. 




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Sunday, February 13, 2022

America "Shining City Upon A Hill " History

 


 America History contains three parts:. 

1. Part one:.. Appeal to tha Nation to live up to its great founding principles... 

(A lot of Blood was lost trying to do that)

2. Part two:... Appeal to Ameriklans to rise up and act accordingly in tha noble cause of tha pursuit of #liberty and #justice and Not drink “from tha cup of #bitterness.” 

(A lot of long hours of Sweat many had to encounter )

3. Part three:... Appeal to tha ideals of tha Christian soul of this nation 

( So many eyes of tha injustice crying these Tears of unfairness in front of y'all Christian Souls!)

   
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America has been indoctrinated to believe that this country is on a special mission, ordained by God to civilize tha “heathens” and tha “savages” and spread democracy around tha world. There have been other doctrines and worn yarns spun over the years such as Manifest Destiny, and American Exceptionalism, All of them used to justify or rationalize militarism, colonialism, and oppression. King's great speeches, were popularly known as the “I Have a Dream” speech. It is a speech that must be dusted off and studied in new today because it contains tha very message that our nation sorely needs to hear and digest now What history has taught and continues to teach tha rest of tha world; tha victims of America’s “largesse”, is that this “shining city on a hill” is truly a mirage. “American Internationalism” comes at a very high cost to those it is imposed upon. American or “Jeffersonian – democracy” is not about one-person-one-vote, sovereignty, and self-determination. It’s about unbridled capitalism, the insatiable lust for resources, and tha exploitation of foreign labor and markets. King offered up America as tha solution. He discussed the “magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.” “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.'”A message that has been tragically lost and buried and replaced with great and destructive distortions. Tha heart of that message that day is Appealing to a nation to realize tha dream of its founding fathers. Not to crush it and bury it, as we hear today. The problem is not tha people. Tha most memorable and oft-quoted line of tha “I Have a Dream" Is that four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by tha color of their skin but by the content of their character. What has happened instead? In tha name of racial justice, our race campaigns today are defined by selection and placement based on race, based on the color of skin, and not based on the content of character. He quoted tha prophet Isaiah that “tha crooked places will be made straight … and tha glory of tha Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together Let’s honor This Month by revisiting and taking to heart tha great truths that were spoken on that summer day in Washington, D.C., 1963. Great truths have very sadly been cast to tha side and replaced with the religion of politics and power. Let us see America as he presented it then, as embodying the ideals of a free nation and then we can join hands and sing, the words Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, we are free at last.”A message that has been tragically lost and buried and replaced with great and destructive distortions. This indictment of the woke movement is that America's problem. Tha problem was tha failure of tha nation to live up to tha challenges of its great founding principles. Biblical truths and ideals have been sadly lost to #wokeism, which has for all practical purposes become a religion in itself


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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

B. M.A.D Amerikent

 


I Do not advocate violence but I do advocate self-defense, getting tha attention of tha people who need
to change this system and bring about a radical, revolutionary change in a language that tha murderous oppressors understand. Now with that said, "CONSIDERING WHAT AMERIKlAN HAS DONE TO BLACK PEOPLE, WE HAVE BEEN OVERLY TOLERANT" which is TRU All over this country fires have been raging. From Minneapolis to San Jose, Atlanta to Texas, Washington DC, and others. Tha misdirected angers People who are angry (and afraid) and simply don’t know what to do. People who see three police officers are still not charged and walking free. People who realize even now tha coroner in Minneapolis is helping pave tha way for tha murderer to cut a deal. People, black and white, who are standing together because they have had enough of tha Eric Garners, tha Sandra Bland, tha Philando Castiles, tha Ahmad Aubreys, tha George Floyds, and a host of others black, all dead. Then we have to see a young black CNN reporter on the air doing his job get handcuffed and taken away for no reason while CNN was broadcasting. AMERICKLAN ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!
B M.A.D people program we have a president who wants to turn back tha clock so wake tha fuck up and realize what is happening. And if you think you have “arrived” because you have a nice house, a nice car, a nice salary, wear a suit and people smile and talk with you, wake up because you are in a delusional coma. People smile but plot behind the smile... I know not all people or all cops But too many! For decades people have marched peacefully, protested in an orderly manner, hosted candlelight vigils, and practically begged Ameriklan. And what happened? So to tell people about peace and patience while tha racism knee is on tha neck of  Amerikents.  it's Ironically they still expect us to roll over and let it continue. 

In 2020 armed militia with assault weapons stormed tha capital of Michigan, not once but twice over being asked to shelter in place 

And in Virginia, armed militias threatened to storm tha state capital to stand against gun reform
So why weren’t they called thugs, domestic terrorists by this joke of a president, arrested, held down til dead, hunted down in neighborhoods and shot?
 {I will give you one guess. plz comment below} 
They carried tha same type of weapons used in almost all of tha active shooter killings done by people who looked like them. But tha news media didn’t lose its mind and tha country didn’t go into a mass panic. Why not? We have seen too many bad people and cops get away with murder when they did it. We need stronger solutions than ( Maybe) Cause maybe that is what we should have done we should have just gone home and been quiet our ancestors could not vote. Maybe we should have just stayed in Massa’s ole barn and not caused any trouble. Maybe we should have just gone to tha back of the bus and shut up. Tha Hell with that and you know it. Maybe someone should tell Ameriklan that has been in battle after battle, war after war, including tha one waged against tha African American community. Maybe someone should tell tha racists who chased Aubrey through tha streets and killed Floyd. Or maybe those who think like slaves should go back in tha barn and put the chains back on while tha rest of us fight for real freedom. As Ameriklan burns, is Amerikents learning anything? Freedom for all kinds of communities will happen and you cannot kill it with bullets, tanks, flashbangs, racism, rubber bullets, or bean bags because tha desire for freedom burns far too brightly in tha hearts of the people. Ameriklan change your ways. And if you can’t, "maybe we should have more of tha teachings of Malcolm X than those of Dr. King...


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Monday, July 30, 2018

Ame-Ri-Kent Violence

Tha lie of supremacy governs Ame-Ri-Kent society in implicit and explicit ways, but it also lives in tha minds of too many Native people. This cruel fact allows supremacy to show up in places where people are absent, and fuels tha need some people to feel to measure their intellect and success against Ame-Ri-Kent standards. This is a sickness many of us won’t be cured of. Too often tha desire to be viewed as different causes fissures between individuals and community. Tha lies told about people can harm other races, but they cripple tha people who believe them. I understand wanting to rise above tha negative stereotypes and imagery associated with this thing call lyfe. It’s stressful carrying around psychological baggage someone else packed for you. I’ve lived and worked in predominantly environments for tha majority of my lyfe. Tha temptation to succumb to tha trap of acceptance is as real as tha air we breathe. No one’s ever overtly asked me to distance myself from tha Ame-Ri-Kent community, but I’ve been in situations where tha opportunity to slide into tha “different than tha others” category has been extended.

These opportunities take tha form of water cooler discussions about racial hot topics and/or other existential questions about Ame-Ri-Kent in Ame-Ri-Klan. You may consciously or unconsciously be asked to center feelings about race at a time of suffering. Almost 5 years after tha death of Trayvon Martin Ame-Ri-Kent community should be united in saying Lives Matter Period, but too many professional have retreated to the political and economic safe space... All of tha educational, political, and economic distinctions people have created to distinguish ourselves from Ame-Ri-Kent community are imaginary. They have gravitas in our heads and maybe among our contemporaries, but they purchase very little in a society that stigmatizes skin color of any hue. Denigrating Ame-Ri-Kent in exchange for Ame-Ri-Klan acceptance isn’t a viable solution to Ame-Ri-Klan’s race problem. Denial can’t insulate you from racial profiling and discrimination. No level of self-aggrandizement can make someone who’s never accepted you accept you. Racism functions with or without consent.

My goal isn’t to deflect or silence meaningful criticism of our community. I’ve intentionally avoided personally attacking my colleagues who willfully engage in this one-sided violence against poor and less educated Ame-Ri-Kent. Tha Ame-Ri-Klan community loses when our intellectuals and pseudointellectuals act like mixtape rappers. I don’t want anyone physically harmed for their beliefs; likewise, I don’t want people building and maintaining platforms on the back of people suffering. You can’t love people you constantly distance yourself from. As an Ame-Ri-Kent, we should welcome a variety of economic and political ideas into tha conversation, but not if those ideas are focused on obfuscating tha realities people face. One sure fire way to avoid being labeled an “Uncle Tom” is to support our people in public: especially when It’s not tha politically expedient thing to do






Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Black History Month A.K.A American History




Actress and political commentator Stacey Dash recently ruffled feathers by saying she didn’t think Black History Month nor ethnic television networks were necessary. Okay I think it would have better Ms Dash if you would have said it like this for years, I’ve suggested re-branding Black History Month as, American History Month. This suggestion isn’t an escape from Blackness, as some on both sides of the aisle felt. It’s a recognition that our community is interwoven into every strand of tha national fabric. I would observe American History Month by acting upon its central premise, which is: Black history is American history and American history is Black history.



For all our inescapable uniqueness, our experience always leads to one inescapable conclusion we are also universal.

This dynamic of uniqueness and unlversality is especially evident in a recurring-sometimes riotous-role involving criminal justice reform. American History Month would be a perfect stage to advocate the union of brothers and badges. Its 28 days in February could promote overlooked concern about violent crime shared by cops and Black male concerned citizens. It could highlight athletic leagues, school resource officers, police/community councils, and institutions like tha Los Angeles Police Department charter school, which close tha gap between police and Black men. Inner city supporters of law enforcement like ” Detroit Bat-man ” Walter Gildersleeve and New Orleans’ Brother Al Mims would be featured as further proof that brothers and badges can work together. That’s how I would celebrate Black History Month AKA American History Month. When it all said and done as for me I salute Ms StaceyDash for raised this overdue issue. Questioning segregation era practices in a time of fairly broad desegregation recognizes our universality, without ignoring the challenges of uniqueness.

Happy American History Month 2016! If anybody has tha right to call themselves American, it’s Black folks!

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Inspiration to freedom fighters


So many brave African Americans have fought against rampant injustice in this world. Their voices are tha reason today’s youth can demand equality. They saw tha injustice and they were motivated to speak out. Because of their dedication to making tha world a better place, tha world can continue to grow in equality. They made a difference, and are an inspiration to freedom fighters the world over. Here are few of my Favorite 

Marcus Garvey

was a Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator who was a staunch proponent of the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL).[3] He founded the Black Star Line, which promoted the return of the African diaspora to their ancestral lands.

Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman is best known for the Underground Railroad. She was a strong-willed woman who put her lyfe at risk to help others gain freedom from slavery. For tha U.S. Army, she worked as a general cook, nurse, and cleaner. She was hired as a spy and in 1862 she went to South Carolina to help slaves gain their freedom. She was amazing, strong, and caring. She lived a full life and died at the age of 93 as a free woman.

Malcolm X

 was an American Muslim minister and a human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans; detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence. He has been called one of the greatest and most influential African Americans in history


Maya Angelou

was an American author, poet, and civil rights activist. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books of poetry, and was credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. 


Martin Luther King Jr.

MLK Jr. is most famous for his powerful “I Have a Dream” speech. From tha mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968 he was a civil rights activist and “charismatic leader of tha civil rights movement and Baptist minister who campaigned against segregation and for justice,” reports Raab Collection (coincidentally the best place to buy and sell letters from historical figures and signed documents). he was honored with a national holiday, public building commemorations, and many schools named for him, as well as many memorials. MLK Jr. will always be remembered. I prefer to remember him as tha man in mirror he made america look at it's self 


Sojourner Truth

Born in New York circa 1797, Sojourner Truth was the self-given name, from 1843 onward, of Isabella Baumfree, an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist. Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom in 1826. Her best-known speech on racial inequalities, "Ain't I a Woman?" was delivered extemporaneously in 1851 at the Ohio Women's Rights Convention.

Nelson Mandela

was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black chief executive, and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid through tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation. Politically an African nationalist and democratic socialist, he served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997. Internationally, Mandela was Secretary General of the Non-Aligned Movement from 1998 to 1999.

Ella Baker

Born in 1903 in Norfolk, Virginia, Ella Baker became involved in political activism in the 1930s. She organized the Young Negroes Cooperative League in New York City, and later became a national director for the NAACP. In 1957, Baker joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, whose first president was Martin Luther King, Jr. She also worked with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to support civil rights activism on college campuses. Baker died in New York City in 1986.

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