TODAY I WAS WATCHING THE DOCUMENTARY, ON NATIVE SOIL AND IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT WHAT WILL A BLACK MAN DO AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES? WELL I HOPE THIS ENTRY IS NOT TAKIN OFFENSIVE CAUSE I FEEL US AS AMERICANS ESPECIALLY BLACK FOLKS NEED TO REEVALUATE THEMSELVES AND THINK ABOUT WHAT A BROTHER CAN DO FOR THIS COUNTRY. BEFORE WE ELECT ANY BLACK OFFICIAL WHY DON'T WE LOOK AT THEIR RESUME ON CIVIL RIGHTS, EDUCATION, HOMELESSNESS, DRUGS, RACIAL INHUMANITY, AND THEIR OPINIONS ON THE IRAQ WAR, THE 9/11 AND KATRINA VICTIMS.
TAKE A LONG, LONG LOOK AT US CAUSE WE AS WHAT I'VE BEEN CALLING MYSELF "AFRO AMERICAN" SINCE WE DON'T REALIZE THAT WE NEVER BEEN TO AFRICA NOR WE HAVEN'T SEEN MASSACRES THAT PLAQUE OUR MOTHER COUNTRY FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS AND THINK WHY THEY HAVE MORE SAY SO IN GOVERNMENT THAT US IN OUR GOVERNMENT.
I HONESTLY FEEL THAT WE US BLACK AMERICANS HAVE THE NERVE TO SAY VOTING FOR OBAMA IS GONNA CHANGE THIS WORLD IN TIME. WHAT ABOUT DR. KING'S DREAM WHICH IS A JOKE TO ME CAUSE WE AREN'T LIVING NOTHING OF OUR ANCESTOR'S STRUGGLE FOR EQUALITY AND BEIN EQUAL TO OUR FELLOW MAN. MY KIDS ARE BEIN TAUGHT ABOUT BULLSHIT THAT'S NOT GONNA PERTAIN TO THEIR FUTURE. DR. KING AND MALCOLM X HAD SIMILAR VALUES BUT OPPOSITE STYLES THAT HELP STRENGTHEN THIS COUNTRY TO WHERE IT IS TODAY. PERSONALLY I'M AN EXAMPLE OF A CULTURAL DIFFERENCES OF MY ANCESTORS' TEACHINGS. I WAS RAISED IN THE SOUTH (NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH HAMPTON ROADS, VA) AND I WAS TAUGHT TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER NO MATTER WHAT THE SITUATION BECAUSE OF MY LOVE FOR GOD AND WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS BUT NOW THAT SAME FAMILY NOW HATES ME BECAUSE I MARRIED OUT OF MY RACE AND THEY SAY MY GRANDMOTHER IS TURNING OVER IN HER GRAVE. REMEMBER THIS IS THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WAS WATCHING OR PARTICIPATING THE STRUGGLES WHEN DR. KING WAS ACTIVE IN RALEIGH ARE A BACK IN THE 60s.
WHEN I MOVE BACK TO D.C. MY FATHER'S MOTHER WAS CHEROKEE INDIAN AND WHITE WHO TAUGHT ME MORE ABOUT SELF THAT MY FAKE ASS COUNTRY FAMILY. MY FAMILY IN D.C. PARTICIPATED IN THE MARCH ON WASHINGTON WHICH WAS IMPORTANT TO ME FOR I STOOD ON THOSE SAME GROUNDS WHEN OVER 3 DECADES LATER I PARTICIPATED IN THE MILLION MAN MARCH WHICH WAS TO HELP STRENGTHEN OUR ABILITY TO HELP THE BLACK MAN. SO I HAVE A STRONG OPINION ABOUT THIS ELECTION WHAT BLACK FOLKS ARE REALLY TRYIN TO SAY AND I FEEL WE ARE STILL BLIND TO THE FACTS AND THE REAL QUESTION IS DO WE AS A BLACK COMMUNITY OR AS A NATION FOR A BLACK MAN TO TAKE THIS COUNTRYTO THE NEXT LEVEL.
IT'S TRULY AMAZING THE KU KLUX KLAN AND OTHER RACIAL GROUPS ENDORSES OBAMA AND TAKE A MINUTE AND THINK PEOPLE!?
COURTESY.....joyce's Dream Publishing.......Copyright 2008
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