Notable Links: 5-25/13

“Our silence speaks volumes about you.”

Our silence isn’t consent and this is something privileged people really need to learn. Just because someone hasn’t called your arse out doesn’t mean your arse isn’t showing. Consider that our silence isn’t a sign that you haven’t done anything wrong but that you have put us in a painful, difficult position where we do not feel we can speak. Consider our silence not a sign that you’re not being an arsehole but that you – you as a person – are someone we don’t feel safe enough to call out. That you – you as a person – are someone who we don’t think will listen to us. That you are someone we have resigned ourselves to.

Off With His Head

I didn’t like what Abrams did with the Romulans in the first movie and I downright loathe what he’s done with the Klingons in the second.  Seriously, y’all…the fail…it burns.  This was The Worst portrayal of Klingons I’ve ever seen and unfortunately, I’ll never be able burn the images from my memory.

Rapper Being Held on $1 Million Bail for Making a ‘Terrorist’ Themed Song

No matter what this kid has said we’ve heard and seen images that are far more ‘politically charged’. For example shortly after 9-11, with the Patriot Act on the books and the term enemy combatant defined, we had artist like Paris do an entire album called ‘Sonic Jihad’ smashing on President George Bush and his Post-9-11 policies.. Who could forget this infamous album cover of a plane flying into the white house..That’s just for starters..

How the Obama Administration Talks To Black America

At the most basic level, there’s nothing any more wrong with aspiring to be a rapper than there is with aspiring to be a painter, or an actor, or a sculptor. Hip-hop has produced some of the most penetrating art of our time, and inspired much more. My path to this space began with me aspiring to be rapper. Hip-hop taught me to love literature. I am not alone. Perhaps you should not aspire to be a rapper because it generally does not provide a stable income. By that standard you should not aspire to be a writer, either.

Guest Post: A Hero Ain’t Nothin But a Sandwich

by Lavern Merriweather

For the past week, the entire country has been gripped by the harrowing and incredible story of three grown woman who were kidnapped when they were just teen girls by a man named Ariel Castro. Now, finding himself at the center of the story is a man by the name of Charles Ramsey, a neighbor of Castro who lived close by and heard the screams of one of his victims Gloria DeJesus. Mr. Ramsay states that when the young woman cried out to him, he approached the home then proceeded to kick the door in providing a way for Ms. DeJesus to get free, and thus, call the police. That Ended the nightmarish ten year ordeal she suffered along with Michelle Knight and Amanda Berry who was impregnated by Castro and gave birth to a baby girl.

Now, ordinarily any time a person in this country commits such a heroic act as Mr. Ramsay, they are lauded and are given special treatment. However Mr. Ramsay is black and therefore not considered by the high minded Negro crowd to be sophisticated enough. Many of them, along with many white male assholes in the media, have seen fit to either chastise Mr. Ramsay since he seems in their mind “too ghetto” or rehash a long ago past incident of domestic violence. Obviously, a lot of white males – especially ones in the media – are such complacently racist bitches that even when a black male does the right thing they will still find an excuse to denigrate him.

One of the investigators in the case even went so far as to remark decidedly that the victim who bore Castro a child is the true hero of the story. He might as well have said there is no way in hell I’m giving any credit to that lowly little colored boy. That has become a popular consensus with white people in the media; we hold our racism so dear that even a black man who bravely put himself in harm’s way to save three strangers won’t change our minds.

Let’s remember here that Mr. Ramsay aided this young woman without any full understanding of the situation or how much danger he could have potentially put himself in. There could have easily been another person like Castro himself in that house with a weapon to harm Mr. Ramsay. When he entered, still he went in totally blind. That to me is the true mark of a hero, not that I’m knocking police or firefighters who rush to rescue others from trouble, but helping someone when you have no idea what could await you is going above and beyond the call.

Not so, according to the racists of the American media which would pretty much describe all of those pricks. And don’t get me started on the black women’s blogs who have seen fit to use this as another opportunity to whine – yet again – that a black man can’t wait to be the knight in shining armor for a white female. So what was he supposed to have done, screw these bitches because they ain’t black? They are on their own as far as we’re concerned?

That goes triple for the high minded crowd like fellow blogger Jay Anderson aka Average Bro. Apparently, Mr. Fancy Ass feels that if you are a black person who doesn’t have absolute correct command of the English language, seven college degrees and a big house in the suburbs, then you aren’t fit to exist on this planet. Never mind that he actually got off his ass unlike many other black people, or just people period, and put himself in harm’s way to assist another. And I don’t think it’s cool if he did do what he was accused of in 2003, but frankly, what the FUCK does that have to do with the price of a cup of hot chocolate in Alaska? Nothing, except that it gives a chance for the bigots and the bougies to completely ignore the heroic contributions of a African American male because he doesn’t fit their narrative of a real hero.

You see, in America heroes are supposed to look like Matt Damon, Channing Tatum or Bradley Cooper, not a dark-skinned Y chromosome goofball with a cap backwards that wears semi baggy pants and speaks mostly in slang. The high minded hating and racists’ bunch are also very oblivious to the fact that Mr. Ramsay has been extremely humble throughout this whole ordeal. He refused any of the reward money and even stated that he isn’t the only one who is a hero in all of this. I’m assuming by that, he means the young girls who were held prisoner for so long.

Don’t sell yourself so short sir.

Mr. Ramsay deserves praise at this point, not condemnation. If people are so fucking eager to direct their energy to a loser that would NEVER qualify as a hero by anyone’s standards, then look no further than worthless dumbass and fool Jamie Rohrs. For those of you not in the know, Rohrs is the lowlife little coward who left his girlfriend, her daughter and his infant son alone at the Colorado movie theater during the shooting rampage of scumbag James Holmes. Granted, I appreciate that Rohrs has been getting a tremendous amount of criticism on the message boards and in the press and rightfully so. But, there are some people who actually have the utter nerve to try and defend this putz. Please, how the fuck are you going to ‘lose’ an infant that was asleep in your arms? He didn’t lose anything that night but his manhood and the right to even call himself a man or a father. Rohrs has since admitted that he put his son on the ground to be potentially trampled to death because he feared the baby’s crying would attract the gunman to his direction. And who says there are no good dads left in the world? Probably anyone who has met this piece of shit. Not only did he leave his family comprised of children who couldn’t protect themselves, but he didn’t return until his girlfriend called him, hopefully to chew his sorry ass out.

Now, for those trying to make excuses for this fuckwad, don’t bother. Don’t even. Getting out of a chaotic, deadly situation while ignoring your own family’ safety is one thing but to grab his keys and start his car then book it is a new kind of pathetic. While there were actual real men in attendance saving the lives of loved ones, this asswipe was busy playing George Constanza from “Seinfeld”, or as Jerry put it, old ladies and kids are expendable because you needed to save only your own pussy ass skin. Sounds about right.

What sucks for me is that the black teen male named Jarrell Brooks who did help Rohrs’ family is not getting any attention at all, especially when you take into account that he took a bullet in the leg for his efforts. Some folks on the message boards have mentioned Mr. Brooks but the media of course has remained silent. We are only visible to them apparently when they can talk shit about us, certainly not to speak of in glowing terms, even when getting shot in the leg or busting down a door not knowing what could possibly be on the other side of it.

Not to mention making the ultimate sacrifice like guard Stephen T. Jones did when an elderly Nazi supporter shot up a Holocaust museum in Virginia. Mr. Jones valiantly put himself in the path of the shooter and died while others were able to get away unharmed. His was the only life lost that day. So naturally the racist-as-all-get-out media felt it wasn’t the least bit necessary to spend one minute on him or his story.

How much cash money you want to bet that if the races were reversed it would be a vastly different tale? Hell yeah, it would! Those bitches would have told us what was his favorite color, what kind of car he drove, and what year he graduated high school had he been white. But since he wasn’t, so like Mr. Ramsay and young Mr. Brooks, he gets short shrift in the pursuit of the latest salacious headline, or some Negro celebrity they can vilify every waking moment.

You will notice that I used the term Mr. for all the heroes and not for the zeroes. That’s because they don’t deserve it they don’t qualify as human beings let alone men. However to Mr. Ramsay, Mr. Brooks, and Mr. Jones take a bow because you have earned it. You all more than qualify as a hero in my book. Bravo!

Whiteness Hurts White People

The following is based upon and a response to Kartina Richardson’s Salon article “How can white Americans be free?”

Many of my posts address what it means to be a person of color (POC), specifically a black person, in America, a land dominated by whites for a few centuries. Over the years, a few of my posts have been declared racist by a handful of racist trolls. I’ve learned quickly that to put white people and their racism on the spot will invite anger from whites and POC who think ‘white’. Most responses are filled with any and all things wrong with black people. Some will include the inevitable statistics ploy as white people need raw numbers to tell them how bad the black race is. 

Since I’ve been a blogger, I’ve learned a few things about America and about white people. Among them were the following:

-White people hate it when you call them out on their racism.

-America is a heavily racist nation.

-Whites are addicted to “feeling good” especially when they put nonwhites down.

I also learned that as screwed up as many POC are because of whiteness, white people are screwed up themselves due to whiteness. How so?

Well, we need to understand that whiteness has become the default, a standard by which it is the objective that is set against everything outside its views and definitions. The white man’s view of the world is considered the default. The white man’s definitions on the world and how it works are the default. Anything and everything else has been reduced as insignificant. Lesser than. Inferior. Wrong. And that’s the way it goes.

Simultaneously, this default setting of whiteness also prevents white people of learning and accepting anything outside of their “worlds”. Instead, they tend to assert their whiteness onto others, permission granted or not. They feel the need to tell POC how they are “wrong” and why even if facts are staring them dead in the face. They end up insulting the POC and will put up a shield to deflect their venting back unto them to keep from looking ignorant and rotten. White people will get upset, but will get over it quickly without taking anything worthwhile from that experience while the POC are frustrated and stressed because the white people refuse to “get it”.

At the same time,whites will side with whiteness, right or wrong, beneficial or harmful. Even if it will screw them in the end, they will still side with whiteness over anything else, even if it could help them.

The mindset of whiteness keeps white people feeling like shining examples of moral values despite their psychopathic and sociopahtic behaviors. They can not – will not recognize their own moral flaws, past and present. They will continue sinning without any regard for others because whiteness tells them they are “basically good”. Conversely, whiteness will identify non-whiteness as the opposite, anything that must be controlled or “civilized” or put down immediately. Whites with this mindset will not see it as anything other than a positive motive no matter how much it destroys others. In fact even challenging whiteness is seen as a sin worse than murder itself.

Whiteness defines that is “normal” in today’s world. Whiteness is normal while anything else is abnormal, including discussing race. Race is considered a problem only POC deal with and must fix. Whiteness keeps the notion that it – in fact – is the center of racism, the reason why POC deal with so much on a daily basis. It removes any truth and responsibility for (most) white people to actively and effectively examine, cease and prevent personal and systematic racism, not to mention reveal that fact white people benefit the most from racism.

As such, white liberals believe they are progressive non-racist, but they tend to fall into the trap by reinforcing it. White conservatives, on the other hand, embrace whiteness -including its racism – as their identity.

Whiteness is filtered into the minds of POC every day to the point where they reject their identity. And the same thing happens to white people in America. Most whites in America have rejected their origins in order to be simply white. Richardson describes her experiences:

White people frequently ask me what my ethnicity is. I like to ask them back and they preface their answer with a sheepish expression, “Oh, I’m just regular white” they say, or “Oh, just plain boring white.” They don’t believe they have an ethnicity because The Default has erased European ethnicity to absorb people of European descent (and a few lucky Middle Easterners) into Whiteness.

The default of whiteness can make it complicated for white people to embrace their ethnicity let alone make them realize that they are ethnic themselves. Most liberal white people believe they are “regular”. They do not admit or realize they have privileges over other groups due to their white skin. To acknowledge their whiteness is – to them – racist. Yet, everything else is categorized based on color and ethncity (African or black American, Native American, Asian American and so on). White Americans are not called ‘white Americans’. Instead, they are simply called ‘Americans’.

Whites with racial pride, who mostly side with conservative values, often juxtapose it with their hatred for nonwhites, non-Christians and non-heterosexuals. White pride is usually associated with Southern or Nazi pride, both have bloody and violent histories. Yet, this overt racism is embraced by a segment population of white people who believe they are dying off the face of the Earth. They can not cope with the fact that the world is diverse, and they have a hard time knowing that those of white European descent are the true minority.

But whiteness keeps them from opening up to possibilities. They prefer to stay in their own collective and hate the rest of the world. A white world to them is like a dream come true.

The article in which this post is based upon asks, “How can white Americans be free?” Can they be free? Do they want to be free? Do they even know that they are lost?

POC have told white people what’s wrong countless times. Each time we are told how incorrect we are. Thus, racism and white supremacy continues to this very day. Some people would conclude that white people are unaware of the damage whiteness has caused. Some would argue that they do know, but don’t care. After all, telling a group of people something so obvious, you would think they would know by now. That is not the case. So, you have to conclude that they could care less.

Yet, I suspect that they are blind to what whiteness is doing to themselves. It keeps them in a constant struggle for peace and relevancy. It prevents them from advancing their humanity. Maybe one day, they will realize their self-implosion happening around them, but right now, they seem fine with it. And that is part of the problem.

Notable Links: 5-17/13

Oakland Youth Speak Truth to Power at NAACP Leadership Conference

Youth in the Oakland community had the opportunity at the “OAKLAND NAACP Youth Leadership Conference” to ask adults the tough questions about what is happening in their community.

This was not only a stage for youth inquiry, but it was also a space for youth voice to be amplified and heard.

Charges Dropped Against 16 Year-Old Kiera Wilmot For Science Experiment Gone Wrong

A few weeks ago we told you about Kiera Wilmot; a 16 year-old Florida high school student facing felony charges for a science experiment gone wrong on school grounds.

According to MSNBC News, the charges against Wilmot have officially been dropped.

Wilmot – widely considered an outstanding student with a clean record – was facing up to 5 years in prison.

To All Afraid of the ‘Ghetto’

I cannot count the number of times I have heard comments equating majority poor black neighborhoods (“ghettos”) with exponential violence this week. Most, however, do not understand the clear problems with these statements. While the majority of these comments are from my classmates at the University of Chicago, a school that actively others the surrounding black neighborhoods, discourages students from entering into these spaces and seems to have a culture that nurtures blatant racism, this sentiments represents one of the larger American populace. I would like to take this time to highlight how our country’s exclusive association of violence with the “ghetto” often ignores violence in other perceived “safe” spaces. It is important to note that my usage of the word “ghetto” is solely to represent it’s vernacular usage.

IQ and the Nativist Movement: Richwine’s Report

The academic and policy worlds have been roiled by last week’s announcement that a Heritage Foundation study on the cost of immigration reform was co-authored by Jason Richwine, who wrote a dissertation on the purported low IQ of immigrants. It beyond belief that, in the year 2013, there are still some that want to posit that there is a genetic basis for race. Even more surprisingly, these arguments come endorsed with a seal of approval by some of the nation’s top universities, like Harvard in this case. As an alumnus of the Kennedy School and a scholar of race and Hispanic identity, I feel obliged to provide a response.

They’re All Like That

The following is based upon the Tumblr post, “in response to the “nigga” meme.

If there is so much as the tiniest hint of discussing white racism in any way by nonwhites, you will inevitably be confronted by whites telling you why you’re the one who’s wrong and racist in a sad attempt to argue against your point while proving it at the same time. Crime statistics are ‘cited’ or manipulated to prove an incorrect point. Articles and news reports are thrown in your face to prove your race’s recumbent drive for violence. And it is all served with a possible side dish of the tasteless “I’m not racist” crap as if it is to expunge their douchery.

Most of the time, the point they want to get across is that people of color (POC) racism is just as bad or worse than white racism, hands down. Any report of black-on-white crime salutes the notion of a hate crime. Any white person not accepted to the college or career position automatically assumed to be the result of affirmative action. To many whites out there, it’s hard being a white person. The POC are taking over.

Racism is based on the notion that nonwhites are the same. They are monoliths with no individuality. Thus, they are all to be treated the same way, very poorly.

Try and say how white people are all alike. Say how they’re all racist. They all have a problem with POC. They all have privileges. In no time you will get checked by whites. You will get called a racist.

To top it off, you don’t have to call whites anything to get them to dislike your people. But someone will do something that will live up to the white man’s expectations like an armed robbery, a bombing or even work. That one person sets off the alarm to tells the white male that that individual is typical, a representative for his or her whole group. And if that white male has power, something will be done, and you will likely not like it.

Let’s look at it this way. What would happen if you believed that all whites are like that? Nothing. But if you say it to a white Christian, person. The worse that would happen are hurt feelings. They would feel offended, pissed off and sad. For the most part, that’s it!

Now, what would happen if white people thought that all blacks are stupid thugs and criminals, all Latinos are invading this country illegally and stealing American jobs, all Native Americans are unruly savages, all Asians are weak, also stealing American jobs and threaten America’s prosperity and all Muslims and Arabs are terrorists? Here are some summaries of what has happened thus far:

Native Americans were, and still are considered, savages. In the past they were enslaved, assaulted, raped (which still occurs today) and even massacred. In time the remaining tribes were forced off their land into government sanctioned reservations with little or nothing. Today, their plight is largely ignored and even reverted into a self-induced problem, “Their poverty is their own fault.” Sadly, the assault on their lands continue due to government, corporate and individual racism, and the assault on their identity continues in popular media and sports avenues. 

African Americans has had the distinction of being slaves to serve white people. Then they were criminalized, mythologized as less-intelligent brutes, and are not worthy of any respect. It still continues in the 21st Century. Black people are seen as a broken monolith of laziness, violence and stupidity in American society. One or a few blacks are representatives of the entire 40 million population. The black community – as it’s called – is under the watchful eye of white America. One wrong move by one individual African American could send repercussions throughout the black community, and it has happened many times already. There are millions of blacks in prison today, millions are under or unemployed, many of us are killed yearly, and society doesn’t give a damn.

Latin Americans are always suspected as being in this nation illegally or being a part of a drug dealing cartel or street gang. Even if they have a job, they are still accused as criminals, stealing jobs from hard-working Americans as they are seen as collectively lazy. But the main issue today is whether they belong in this nation or not. If they are in this country “illegally” or is suspected as such, then they must be deported. The less Latinos in this nation, the better. 

Asians have been depicted as “sneaky” in American society. Today, they are regarded as mostly weak and vulnerable. Asians are bullied because of those images. Some have even been murdered or have committed suicide. They are stereotyped as being highly intelligent, but lacking any guts. And even intelligence is seen as a bad thing in American society, if you’re not white. As such, people will try to use Asians or run them over.

After any attack on American soil that involves bombs, explosives or extreme violence of any kind is assumed to be enacted by Muslim or Arab terrorists, even if it turns out to be a white guy in some cases. Measures are taken to keep watch over Muslim and Arab communities in America. Those communities become suspect. Anyone that appears “suspicious” is detained, questioned (severely), waterboarded and even deported. The most extreme possible retaliation could involve a war with suspect Arab/Muslim nations.

There are hundreds, possibly thousands of examples of white racism against POC. Too many of them are victims of white racism whether it is interpersonal or institutional. It is because those with the power in society, largely white males, see POC as groups of 2-dimentional paper cut-outs with no soul or humanity.

Yet, none of that matters. It doesn’t compare to the feelings of white people.

Guest Post: Crabs In a Barrel

by Lavern Merriweather

Over 20 years, ago there was a very big brouhaha when Clarence Thomas was picked by then president George H. Bush to be a new justice on the Supreme Court to fill in for the outgoing now late Thurgood Marshall. There were already many on the left, and in the media who didn’t like that choice. So, it was quite a Godsend for them when a woman by the name of Anita Hill stepped forward and accused the soon-to-be judge of sexual harassment. So, they took that ball and ran with it like possessed psychos overly eager to find any excuse to rip Mr. Thomas a new one, and they seemed to have found it in spades. But what still gets me to this day it’s not just the reaction of white people on the left. It’s also how many black people were acting, particularly black women.

A lot of black folks reveled at the chance to join white people in vilifying a black male. Not to say that race was the only reason for their criticism, but I do feel personally that it was the main one. And since so many other blacks didn’t like Mr. Thomas either, they saw nothing wrong with jumping on the white led media bandwagon even after most of the white feminists leading the attack have proven to be downright blatantly hypocritical as well as just flat out racist.

Let’s not kid ourselves here. It’s NOT a coincidence that the man they later defended was white. Although, some of those on the left said that the only reason the right wing media went after former president Bill Clinton after his accusations was merely playing tit for tat. Maybe, to those of us who know better, it was calling out a very racist liberal elite. You can’t tell me that Mr. Thomas’ race was never a factor to the predominantly white feminists on their supposed crusade to make sexual harassment in the workplace a national issue, especially when have gone out of their way to ignore that same behavior when it’s alleged in white males.

They were very silent when blowhard and king of fake noise rhetoric Bill O’Reilly had a harassment lawsuit filed by a female ex-producer or when former governor of California Ah-nuld was free and loose with his groping hands for the past three decades. It was the same thing I saw with one-time pizza place owner and former candidate for office Herman Cain. Black people were in a big, fucking hurry to denounce him for being the world’s biggest pervert without ever once taking a step back and questioning why white folks were so quiet about white males accused of the same thing, and why they – themselves – never say a bad word against white males either. The worst offenders were some black women.

The same females who whine about ‘Becky’ not giving a shit about women of color seemed to have actually bought the notion that this ONE time white woman were showing anything not equaling condescension. One woman even had the nerve to tell me on another website that just because their motives were less than altruistic, it didn’t really changed anything. That is a complete and utter crock of shit.

First of all, white feminists carrying Anita Hill around on their shoulders motives weren’t the least bit altruistic. I have said it before and I will say it again. They didn’t give a rat’s ass about Ms. Hill. She was nothing to them but a pawn. If you can’t trust the messenger then you damn sure can’t trust their message, nor can you take them seriously if they are so outright selective in who they persecute.

Like a certain TV producer by the name of Linda Bloodworth Thomason, one of the main voices calling for Clarence Thomas to be hung by his jockstrap upside down on the nearest tree. Not only did little Ms. Thomason’s attitude completely change when her good buddy Bill was accused of several bad acts with women, but she got very haughty and defensive when those on the right called her out on her bullshit. And rightfully so.

Same thing with notoriously racist and arrogant head of the largest feminist group in the country Gloria Steinem. This is a woman, who bent over backwards, sideways and did front end flips to defend to the death dirty old man Clinton. That is a far cry from the song that she was singing when this was Clarence Thomas. She had him tried, sentenced and convicted before the gavel was even slammed.

Now, for those of you who want to harp on Mr. Thomas’s views on affirmative action or anything else that has absolutely nothing to do with the white feminazis crucifying him without a shred of evidence. Any time you have an accusation such as this, it will always be her word against his. No exceptions. So, who are the white feminists brigade to say who is or isn’t truly guilty, and why should I agree when they have proven themselves to be racially biased as all get out?

Sexual harassment is only one example of how many whites in America will call themselves bringing attention to an issue, and yet single out black men exclusively all with the very willing approval and even aid of black folks ready to throw any fellow Negro under the bus that white people tell us is unacceptable. At this point, I don’t know or frankly even care if Mr. Thomas did it or not. What I do care about, however, is how happily blacks will engage white people in tearing down another black person. And not at one time ever complaining that their position changes the minute the race does this is why it confuses me to no end when I hear black people in the media say one word about racism. Don’t celebrate a pattern of behavior you freely welcome and cooperate with every chance you get, and then, bitch about it later. Most of the time, I can’t figure out why we even whine at all about racism the way we carry on by continuing to align ourselves with racist white people.

Guest Post: CSI Miami and Absolving

by Lavern Merriweather

Every time I see the CBS show “CSI Miami” episode entitled ‘Whacked’, I’m reminded of those white people who piss and moan that the white European slave traders who stole black people from Africa had help from other Africans. The reason why it reminds me of that show is because in the episode, guest star Eric Roberts plays a serial killer whose lawyer wants a new trial because he found out that killer had an accomplice which causes the character of lead detective Horatio Cane played by David Caruso to say that just because he had help doesn’t absolve him of what he did.

BINGO! That comment right there should be a required answer to any and all white people that bitch about the aid given to white slave traders. He makes an excellent point, just because someone assisted you doesn’t let you off the hook for the part that you played in the situation in the first damn place, something that many white people in this country will do every chance they get. Either that, or they will break an arm patting themselves on the back because some white people were allies of black people throughout time to change racist laws.

As I have said before, I’m not giving my 8 year-old child a standing ovation for cleaning up grape juice that they spilled all over the floor. You are supposed to clean up the messes that you make just as you are supposed to correct your mistakes. Yet, try telling that to many white people who keep dredging up the same old tired lame excuses like the one about not being responsible for what their ancestors did. Granted that’s true, except they insist on continuing the mindset and behavior from 150 years ago.

I would use an example, but there are so freaking many I don’t know which one to choose from. The one that seems to get under white folks’ skin the most is James Byrd. He was a black man who lived in Jasper, Texas several years back that was falsely befriended by some white males at a bar there. Then, he was lured out to their truck where he was savagely beaten then lashed to the back of their truck with chains and dragged to his death down a country road. To the point where his head was almost decapitated. Still, with that sick, sadistic, heinous crime there are many whites who will claim that not only is racism a thing of the past but that it all started with other black people in Africa. And the bullshit truck keeps right on rolling!

I have even heard a number of dumbasses on websites say that slavery was never an idea constructed by Europeans until they saw it being practiced in the countries of the Dark Continent. I can’t even begin to imagine how someone can be so unbelievably arrogant and full of shit as to flat out refuse to acknowledge their own violence or brutality and so perfectly content to always preach to others what you would never practice yourself. There’s such as a little thing called accountability or responsibility, something that is impossible to accomplish if you continuously live in your bullshit world of complete and utter denial.

Those Africans who aided white people were NOT the ones who committed countless decades of lynchings nor did they create Jim Crow laws or deny black folks basic fundamental rights like the one to vote and make it hard to get jobs, go to better schools, get fair housing, harass innocent citizens with a Gestapo police force. They are not at fault for separate bathrooms and lunch counters and drinking fountains. It wasn’t because of other Africans that there was a need for National Guard troops to protect the first 8 black students at a Little Rock, Arkansas high school, also James Marshall the first black student at the University of Memphis.

That was because of bigoted white assholes, the same ones who produce the offspring that now want to claim, ‘not only were our folks not really even that bad but that we ourselves would never continue the pattern of their hate filled behavior.’ Right, and I still believe to this day that some fairy lady flies around at midnight handing out free coins to little kids who put a lost tooth under their pillow.

I could very easily go there with those stupid Negroes who also like to aid white people. Only in this case, it’s their being totally unwilling to face their current or past wrongs [cough LL Cool J cough]. However, that’s not what this post is about. It’s about saying one thing and doing another. It’s about a group of people so in love with their own decadence and arrogance that they can happily go through life oblivious to all the pain, anguish and misery they heap upon others. That’s the attitude of a bully. It was so important at the time to treat someone else like shit but remind them some years later and well, they just can’t remember. How convenient yet when it comes to bully racists, those who are their daily targets don’t get that luxury. So, don’t harp to me how you can’t be held accountable because people that looked like me assisted you.

No bullshit rhetoric you try to spin will ever change the part you played in the slave trade. And the part you continue to play to this day in making the lives of those you consider inferior as difficult as humanly possible. All while you hold up your hands and shrug saying ‘hey it wasn’t me’. Well, it has to be somebody still making racism happen.

I recall a comment by late night host and Scottish comedian/actor Craig Ferguson one night when he told a story about the Queen of England. After the story, he made a snide quip about her which caused the audience to voice their disapproval and Mr. Ferguson responded by saying ‘Oh, for 300 hundred years we’ve been oppressing ourselves’ then he repeated himself.

Talk about taking the words right out of my mouth! Cheers to Mr. Ferguson for putting things in their proper perspective and in such a distinct matter that his words make complete sense. To the point where they can’t be disputed, especially by those folks who live for their denial.