I can never forget reading an excerpt from Marcus Garvey. He said (paraphrasing) that the white man does not want "negroes" mixing with his race. Essentially, he asserted that if whites did not give Africans there own land, government and educational system, this country would forever be rationally torn. For what it's worth, this is why Garvey, as extreme as it may sound, liked the Klu Klux Klan. The one thing they had in common is they did not agree with both races integrating. Skipping forward to 2009, Garvey was right on the money with his prediction.
Racism in America is ramped these days and Obama becoming president only has exacerbated the situation. The truth is, alot of whites still view themselves as the superior race. How many rednecks across America were pissed when Obama got elected? Moreover, how many Republicans and Conservatives? Don't even try to guess that number. Why were they pissed? Because many of them inherently feel that a "black" man has no place in the oval office. Point Blank, Period. Why do they feel this way? Well, because they feel like this is their country.
I heard a old white lady in a town hall meeting cry out in desperation, "I don't know what this country has become, but I want my country back." I mean dang grandma, is Barak holding the U.S. for ransom?
Where am I going with this? Well, because of racist ideals that I believe many whites have, American will always be torn racially. Lincoln made an attempt to send us back. It didn't work, but he was on to something in his supreme ignorance (search my blog and learn why I despise Abe). And truth be told, there isn't enough integration in the world that can cure the ignorant mindset that many whites hold deep in the bosom of their heart.
Okay, so some might say Sia, this is Jim Crow talk. Times have changed. A black man is President for God's sake-isn't that enough? I would respond no. Don't try to use that as your excuse. But please believe now whites have the ultimate excuse to bail America out of the racist country it is (Barak being elected). Oh yes yall, my soul knows better.
My children go to schools everyday that promote whites being the founder of nearly everything. This is merely lies, but when you think you are the superior race, you have to sell it. It's not enough just to say it. And lets face it, the Indians were considered to be savages, just as they viewed us.
Now, let me clear it up. I know good white people. My neighbors for instance are great people. I mean, truly good hearted people, so I don't support the notion that all white people are bad. I think that kind of mentality is just as dangerous as the white's racist views towards blacks.
The only thing that can fix America's racist tendencies is love and a firm spirit of equality in action, which all humans possess the will to invoke. But usually, racist whites let their own ego prohibit these innate qualities from rising to their conscious. Because of this, a dirty game of mental slavery has been induced by the elect few that still enjoy watching the struggle of the black man, woman and child. They manipulate the economy, our (America) educational and our justice system to make sure that those who have been blessed with melanin encounter all the pot holes in life.
"We declare that the teaching in any school by alien teachers to our boys and girls, that the alien race is superior to the Negro race, is an insult to the Negro people of the world."
-Marcus Garvey
Now, perhaps no "hero" can neutralize this problem that has embedded itself in the very soil that we stand on. I tell my brothers and sisters every chance I get-don't get it twisted-not much has changed except how racism is being conveyed by whites. Yet another opportunity to wake up and smell the Sanka.
P.S.-Sia says it would do you good to listen to Sean Hannity vs. Khalid Muhammad.
No comments:
Post a Comment