Random Thought #11: A continuation of Random Thought #7 "I Don't Get Outraged Anymore"

Here's the link for "Random Thought # 7..."  For reference

You know something?  Lately, I've been seeing a huge influx of "Look at what White people are doing now? Look at it. It's enraging!" posts.  I get it. Yes. It's enraging. BUT this seems to be the default pattern of behavior. We can't change their behavior. We can't make them act like human beings. It's the job of White allies to check their own people and use their privilege to do right by us (That's assuming they actually exist in the first place). We can't do that for them, because to the racists, we're just a bunch of niggers, and we'll only be that.  That's why they always go for the "educate us" angle. They know they won't listen to anything we say because we are not valid in their eyes. We should know that too.

We really have to create our own everything. Because they don't care about us. Any move we make, they'll have something extra to do or say, so why hover over them like that? Why worry about how they selectively censor our music and achievements? They've been doing that for years.

They're just running interference. That's it. That has been their whole goal the entire time. That's what they live to do. It is their only aim, and entire existence. They do it until they're successful at their goal. That's why they're scared. That's why they watch us so hard and worry about everything and anything we do.

We have to keep learning history, and spreading positivity and knowledge with each other. We have to keep building our own establishments, our own infrastructure, our own EVERYTHING, and we can't imitate them when we do it either. Otherwise, we're just going in circles.

We can't rely on them to keep up the infrastructure and government of cities and towns (Flint, Ferguson, Baltimore, etc) because they'll prove to you why they can't have nice things time and time again. They'll never be satisfied.

On That Beyonce Video Called "Formation":

So people are going wild over Beyonce's video, and some are not enthused. I see why people are excited: They're excited because she showed people that its okay to accept themselves (complete with big nose and natural hair) regardless of respectability politics. She addressed the gossip around her and her family. She said there is nothing wrong with being from the South, and Black at the same time.  The imagery in the video got people so riled up, it was enough to cause people to want to boycott the Superbowl.

You'd probably think I'm going to tell the boycotters to GET THE FUCK OUTTA HERE With That Mess, but I'm not.  In fact, I don't think I even need to tell you why because if you've been following my blog, you already know why. Be that as it may...

I can definitely support what she's saying. But Red Lobster gets no love because they don't actually cook their food. They use microwaves to heat it up, and you could buy the biscuit mix at the grocery store (which is not the point of this discussion, so I'll stop being petty). 

BUT just because people are buzzing around her song doesn't mean they are distracted. They're just happy to see all of that Blackness for one night. Sure, the Superbowl in general is not really my cup of tea, but her performance was what people like myself wanted to see, and since I don't care for sports, I went straight for the performance, no commercials, no fluff, and I clicked the play button. 

And it was glorious! Here's why:

Who knows how  many Black women she will get to finally accept themselves all the way? She might even get women to stop getting plastic surgery in order to conform to Eurocentric beauty standards.

Plastic surgeons will see a dip in their profits, and they could quite possibly end up with zero Black customers. Black modeling agencies and photographers will pop up and will showcase Black features in all their entirety. Its only a matter of time when we see no more 'strange lighting' that almost always needs an 'explanation'.  This could be the end of Black makeup tutorials where the makeup is several shades lighter than the actual complexion of the woman. 

Black people with "Jackson 5 nostrils" will no longer feel some kind of way about having a wide nose.  How many little Black girls and boys will see the clean version of her video and will feel comfortable with their Black features, because we all have that one family member or 6 that has something crazy to say about Black features as if they never saw a mirror in their entire lives? I'm talking about:

• That one relative who claims they're light skinned when they're complexion is looking like a Hershey's Special Dark Chocolate bar. Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with dark complexions, nor is there anything wrong with light complexioned Black people, or dark chocolate. I'm just calling out those fake light skin-ded folks who always have something extra to say about different Black skin tones (you know who you are).
• That one relative who tells you your baby came out light, or that your baby has 'that good hair' as if that's a badge of honor.

• That one relative who tries to give you tips or tricks to prevent that baby's nose from getting too wide, or has to help you not get 'too dark' when you're busy being a kid in the summer. 

I can't help but respect Beyonce for clapping back at people like those since they are responsible for passing down and or fostering anti-Blackness in Black families. Getting at them was long overdue, and let's face it. Those of us who have clapped back at their own family members who say stuff like that are still looked at kind of funny. Maybe its wishful thinking on my own part but if a famous person busts back at them in a different format and it reaches them then it could be possible they won't have shit else to say since somebody else is saying what you've been trying to say all along.

On the other hand, I see why people are not enthused as well. That money her and her husband earns comes from mainstream media. That's the same media that won't endorse Black artists for real. But that's okay. We learned the Oscars aren't for us, and they won't ever be. We learned the Grammy's aren't for us either, nor is any award given to people at the discretion of gatekeepers who are out of touch with the audience, or the people doing the creating (I'll give you a hint. Those gatekeepers ain't us.).

And donating to Black Lives Matter was a bad move on their part because that establishment isn't doing anything for the people in Ferguson. In fact, the last thing they did was endorse Hillary Clinton, whose husband is responsible for the same high incarceration rate Blacks are more susceptible to being on the wrong end of. That same high incarceration rate is what kept the government of Ferguson and other St. Louis municipalities shaking down the citizens. The fact that Clinton stood her arrogant ass up in a Black church in Missouri so she could tell the people "All Lives Matter" will not be swept under the rug any time soon with me.  Black Lives Matter also created "Campaign Zero" which is supposed to be a "blueprint" to hold police accountable (which had already been attempted during the unrest in several cities across America, most notably, Ferguson and Baltimore, even though it has become common knowledge that one must be able to trust the officials in power in order for accountability to take place, and it had become painfully clear that Ferguson's government is completely rotten to the core, right up through the entire state of Missouri. 

That's why I can't fault people for being mad at them for donating to DeRay and Company like that either. Yes, Jay Z and Beyonce are in the music industry, but she did use her platform for positive Blackness as well as clean up the gossip for their family. They also bailed out the kid in Baltimore who was being held for five hundred thousand dollars as well as some Ferguson protesters with no thanks to Talib Kweli after he raised $112,600 through the Ferguson Defense Fund through Indegogo even though $35,000 was donated to MORE, which left $77,600 unaccounted for. He went on to say, 

“We gave $35,000. That still leaves a lot of money. So you all know what happened with the rest of the money, we gave $3,800 to Fellowship Of Reconciliation. We’re in the process of funding several youth organizations on the ground. We’re going to vote on the rest of the funds very shortly.” 

I may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but after subtracting $3,800 from $77,600, that still leaves $73,800.  That's still a lot of money. Where did it go? Hmmm.

That being said, I don't consider  myself a longtime fan of Beyonce's music like that. I don't even own any of her albums, and I haven't listened to her music since Destiny's Child.  But she did what she was supposed to do with Formation. No mainstream Black artist has even dared to bring up what she brought up, especially on nationwide television during a time where the most people would be watching the same event. That takes some serious ovaries.

At the very least, in Beyonce's defense, you can't win for losing and vice versa.  Just ask Cam Newton. The media did him so wrong, and people still showed him love. There was no mention about Cam being a bad team player on my feed unless it was people going to bat for him. Men and women went to bat for Cam, but Beyonce was a whole different story. The women were there for her, but men... not so much. I fake wonder why that is. Anyway, that's another topic for a different time. 

She still slayed though. 

Flint Water Crisis, Ferguson and What They Have In Common (I'm late, I know)

There seems to be several things in common with this water crisis: The local government in St. Joseph, LA was given six million dollars to fix their infrastructure so the people would have clean water. Since that hasn't been fixed, the money was supposed to have been frozen, just before an internal audit was supposed to take place, and it is now under federal investigation. 

Flint had to have been given money to fix theirs. 4 million was supposed to have been invested in a new water plant in Detroit.

In Ferguson, and nearby municipalities (yes... that's a different issue, but bear with me), there were complaints regarding over policing, and multiplying fines to the point where there are more warrants issued than people. 

In Bridgeton MO, there is a poorly attended landfill that has radiation so high that if a person were to take a sample of soil 6 inches below the surface, the radiation levels are off the charts. The people in the area don't drink the water. There is noticeable steam coming off of the soil. People can't sell their houses. Audits in Missouri were to be taken place before all of this was discovered, but after the death of ‪#‎MikeBrown‬, the auditor turned up dead. 

One of his findings was twenty eight city officials were caught embezzling money in Jefferson City, MO.

I strongly believe that any injustice or reason why things are the way they are in these areas is because of fraud, embezzlement and possible racketeering. 

So my question is.... Which officials will turn up dead, get transferred to different positions or different states/counties/municipalities, etc? Every time somebody steps down/transferrs/retires, etc there is a reason for it. I suspect they were involved in some sort of illegal activities and they want to cover it up by playing retirement, transfer, etc.

Population Control, Abortion, Planned Parenthood, etc

Disclaimer:

Okay, I know I'm about to come off as a Pro Life conspiracy nut waiting with baited breath outside of your neighborhood clinic to call a woman a hoeish heathen in so many words with the title I chose for this blog entry, but please hear me out because it's not even like that, I promise.

That being said,

In our beloved woke community, there is much buzz regarding Planned Parenthood and the use of abortion to commit genocide against our people. Many people are very upset about the fact that a woman, a BLACK woman would want to deny the life of her future Black baby whose going to have a Black life in a Black neighborhood, and go on to make Black babies in their distant future. The very act of destroying that Black baby is genocide because Black women are supposed to make sure they don't have a baby they can't take care of. They are supposed to not have sex until the right man comes along. They are not supposed to have one night stands, they are not supposed to have any recreational sex at all. They're supposed to keep their legs closed and their eyes open, in which to find herself a king. A Black king, especially if he is woke because that will earn her the rightful spot at the the highest tier on the Hierarchy of  Blackness Scale © . 

Well, I'm here to say one thing. It's one thing to abort a baby for the sake of aborting one, but if we want to talk about how planned parenthood is a scheme to commit genocide to our people, then we must talk about protection. Yes. You heard that right. One must wrap it up if they don't want any unwanted babies. The man  must protect himself from bringing unwanted babies into this world. Unbeknownst to a lot of people, Planned Parenthood offers birth control as well, and if she wants to use planned parenthood in order to get birth control, then that's her businesses. But if a person is anti-Planned Parenthood, then one must take the necessary precautions in order to avoid this establishment like the plague:

This means making sure you don't help bring any unwanted people into this world, because in the end YOU will be helping to raise a child, be it through DCFS or through co-parenting, or both. 

This means going to your local drugstore and purchasing some condoms with spermicide on them, and spermicide for the woman to use as well.

This means respecting the woman's decision when she says no. 

This means it is not solely on the woman to make sure a man can  control himself enough to where he doesn't get anybody pregnant, which is entirely up to his discretion simply because a woman can not own a man's penis, nor can she take responsibility for it or the man attached to it. That is his job and nobody else should have that task put upon them. No woman can make him insert his member inside her no matter how enticing she may be.* 


You must view it like this: All of your seeds have the potential to be a future king or queen. Therefore, you must be careful with your seeds, and you must make sure that young seed has what they need to flourish, There are so many unwanted children who were born out of circumstances that no child could grow up in. That needs to stop.  Control your seeds, and you control your population the way you would like it to be controlled.  And this can be done without the help of corporations with ulterior motives. 

To make a long story short, stop walking away from your children. Control your population by raising the little kings and queens you bring into this world. Give those babies what they need to survive. Love them. Breathe life into them. Don't let the only life you bring into their world be the sperm you used to impregnate her.  He who effectively controls their population can control their world. Period.


*If she does, then that's rape and it should be dealt with accordingly, ESPECIALLY if a potential child becomes the product of said incident.

Taking Back Martin Luther King Jr's Legacy

Every time January 18th comes around, I often wonder what kind of Black shaming articles will surface, and to what degree will they be spread throughout the internet.

Now to the majority, this will be another year where we endure the money draped gossip spread against us through a person many of us have revered.
This year is different. I am compelled to discuss how we were effective in taking back his legacy.

During the aftermath surrounding Mike Brown's shooting in Ferguson, we endured people using MLK's legacy from people trying to shame us into behaving how they thought we should behave. If a person wasn't careful in recognizing this pattern, one would believe that would have been the point of celebrating Martin Luther King's legacy to the point where white nationalists have gone so far as to buy a domain geared solely for the demonization of Martin Luther King and his legacy.  Even after the website in question had been outed as an illegitimate source, they will still take their time trying to defame him.  But not anymore. During the unrest in Ferguson,  so many people clapped back with his quote "A riot is the language of the unheard" to the point where articles like this one was created, claiming that his image has been corrupted by social media.

Even though his legacy is still undergoing attempts at being tarnished by those who are anti Black, it has become evident that people are still neglecting the reasons why he had to protest in the first place. 

This lead me to believe the same people who decry the corruption of his legacy by social media are the same ones who failed to recognize the cause of the violence in Ferguson. 

These are the same people who believe the turbulence happened out of the clear blue. These are the same people who thought everything was fine until "they" brought up race. 

These are the same people who view themselves and people who look like them as innocent and could do no wrong.  

These are the same people who glossed over the violence of White people during Martin Luther King's peaceful protests.  

Long story short, if the documented violence of the state and the violence of White people past and present didn't exist, Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, and many other noted Black activists would not have needed to protest because the issues would have been non existent. 

And the Ferguson unrest would have not happened because the environment there, and many other places in the United States would not have taken place. 

And that is what Martin Luther King really meant when he said that non violence would be the greatest weapon of the Negro. Because all of the violence that White people had inflicted upon them past and present would be glaringly strong. And it is strong, but many of us haven't been looking at it from a different angle due to justified anger and frustration of the whole thing.  (Please remember I'm not saying roll over and take that violence that has been given to us.I'm just saying they'll never be able to use his legacy against us again because the evidence regarding White violence is all there.)

After seeing this and making all of the pieces of the past fit with the present, I came to this conclusion:

Martin Luther King to anti Black people is like Jesus for conservative politicians. They like the idea of him, but don't actually advocate for the things he actually said or taught and would more than likely hate the actual person.

That being said, Happy Martin Luther King day. Take this time to celebrate any way you see fit. And also, please remember to financially boycott that day, and re-divert your dollars to Black owned businesses. 

And remember. Watch this video and pay special attention to what Martin Luther King says at the 3:15 mark. Aside from Martin Luther King dressing 'properly' and being non violent, this is why it won't keep you from getting arrested or murdered. I see you, RZA.

Random Thought #10 On Film, Soundtracks, and Black Music

Every so often, I'll watch a movie. And when I watch a movie as a music fan in general, I have to hear the soundtracks. For me, a great soundtrack could make or break a movie.  As predicted, a bad soundtrack, could really piss me off and make me become highly uninterested in a movie or show no matter how good it might be.

For example, Check out this trailer for The Interview:

This trailer is laced with Black music, and so is the entire movie. But the context of the songs is so very wrong. What does EnVogue's "Free Your Mind" have to do with anything in the movie? I saw this film and all I came away with was, what does Syl Johnson's "Is It Because I'm Black" have to do with the main characters walking up to the fortress?  That song is a very heavy song that was done unjustly by inserting it into a movie that falls into a comedy genre.  This had some great potential, but all of the misplacement of Black music, and the fake Black slang was a huge turnoff for me. I had to give it one star in hopes nothing like that would show up in my Netflix feed ever again. 

Another instance is the Deadpool trailers. Here's the first one

Here's the second one:

What does Salt N Peppa's "Shoop" have to do with the trailer? Does he sex somebody down in the movie?  In this case, I 'd have to see the movie to find out, but I suspect it doesn't fit in the entire movie. That placement of Shoop really turned me off. 

It's like the people who use Black music in their movies have no concept of context. It's like they go, "Dude! Here is a really cool Black song to put riiiight here! It'll be, like sooo awesome!"  Except with The Interview, they decided to create something of a White Blaxploitation film sprinkled with horrible slang.  It's like they don't really know anybody whose Black for real, and they had no Black writers, but somebody told them to "Black it up and make it feel more, ummm urban, ya know? Kay, thanks guys!" And a lot of the films have just one Black person in them. I don't remember if there were any Black faces in The Interview, and I probably won't see Deadpool because I'm an asshole like that when it comes to soundtracks. 

All I ask is for some accurate context for the placement of Black music in these films, especially if the show has no Black people in them and has Black music recklessly strewn throughout the entire thing. 

Am I asking too much?  Knowing the history of this sort of thing, I probably am. This is another reason why we should hold on to our own and not be so quick to "sell" them our stuff, because this is exactly why they can't have nice things. 

****Update: So I checked out Deadpool, and Shoop fits because of the relationship he has with his woman. I won't spoil it for you, but you'll get why they put it there if you go see it. 

On Gossip and Money

I wanted to write about something from a different angle.  I decided I'd tackle gossip and money and how it relates to racism. See, everybody in America comes in contact with  some form of media everyday be it TV, social media, magazine, advertisement,etc.  We have an idea of the purpose of media and how it works. We know the mainstream media outlets can be very bad, especially if you're Black in America. Black people  know the media is racist, but we don't really understand what the point of racism is and how it affects us, and why. I've gone in extensively on the blog regarding supremacy and how it's tied to respectability politics. Now I'm going to tie it in with gossip and money.

Take a look at this story, and watch the video.

This video has over two million views. I won't lie. I watched it too. But I noticed two things about videos like this:  The first thing is the fact that many people will see this and say disparaging things about her because of her presentation. Some people will turn her into a joke.  In fact,this could be why the video has over two million views in the first place. I used to see videos like these and get mad because they serve as joke material for people who express anti black sentiments. Then a light came on and I figured the following:

The people running all forms of mainstream American media are like children on the playground when it comes to Black people. It's like little kids pointing and laughing while huddled around a crude drawing of a penis. The crude penis drawing (which is represented by what they think Black people are) gets televised.   If you include money, then this is what the masses will get to see. And that's what gets them laughing.That's why things like that video become highly publicized "stories" . It's the same reason why videos designed to highlight so called 'negative characteristics' in Black people are just gossip dipped in money. That is their main focus. It could also explain why any time a Black person is put in the media for all to see, there will always be racist comments for viewing purposes at the end of the article or video.

This is also the same reason why WorldStarHipHop exists. The person who created it knew what the people want to see, and they wanted to monetize it. And unfortunately, a lot of Black people bought into it (there's that supremacy again!).

But the second thing I noticed was that the effect of this video is also the exact opposite of the first:
The woman in the video speaks like she's cool with everybody and anybody. She isn't afraid to be herself. So many people are afraid to be themselves, and that's why respectability politics exist. I can respect her for her candid-ness.  I can respect anybody who can present themselves as they are regardless of who is in front of them. 

So I'm glad I got to see the video. It gave me a chance to write this blog and shine some unpredictable light on mainstream American media and what they're trying to do. 

So if you're tired of negative images of Black people in the media, our only choice is to change our perspective so it doesn't match theirs, question mainstream media's motives, create and/or support our own media outlets designed to mold our own great narrative as a people, and keep it moving.