Martin Luther King Day, National Day of Service, The Presidential Inauguration of President Barack Obama’s 2nd Term. A meaningful day to say the least.
A man died for something he believed in and years later that belief is becoming a reality. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a hero to our people because he took a stand against an establishment that ruled unjust, that murdered, raped, and enslaved millions of Africans for monetary gain and never gave back a dime. He is a hero because he did not use a weapon or wealth to lead the people, but he used his voice and his heart (the most effective tools that are seldom used today). He is a hero because he died fighting, died standing up for the greater good, and unless you were there, you can only imagine what it would be like to actually hear MLK speak.
President Obama‘s 2nd Inauguration, My President is still Black.
Obama’s 1st election finally gave us a modern day hero. A Black President that uses his voice and his heart (and occasional drone planes & assassin teams) to move his agenda forward. We can be proud of this man, and I believe MLK would too. This country has become “more racist” and “less racist” at the same time. Times are “more” racist because now the “racist” hiding place in rural or corporate america is shrinking forcing them to come out and be more vocal about their views & ideologies, even undercover “racists” are forced to come out in these times. “Less” racist because the “racist ideology” from the pioneering members of some of these old racist movements are actually dying from old age along with their hateful teachings.
We haven’t made it to the promised land yet but we are CLOSER. There is a lot of work to be done but we are CLOSER. I believe we should all strive to be a hero like MLK, find something to believe in, fight against the unjust, and use your voice and your heart, your 2 strongest and most valuable tools. There are still racist tragedies that occur everyday, let’s not forget, there are still neighborhoods and ghettos across america that are completely unaffected by these dreams, and the residents of these areas are only trying to survive, let’s not forget. but only together can we complete the job MLK set out to finish over 40 years ago. Only Together Now. It will be hard work but it will happen.
Let’s turn this Day of Service into a Year of Service.
Privacy drives racist philosophy! Open communication speeds the death of behind the hood racism!
The guilty answer to racism is give it to em (reparations)! Assuage & remove away their argument for the sake of time and let’s just move on. The feeling is that reparations came as follows, in no particular order: we brought you here kicking n screaming, we feed you with public assistance, we freed you, we let you sharecrop, we let you into our schools to gain access too, we let you drink water from the very same water fountain, we let you read, we’ve re-affirmatively acted in your favor in so many different ways, what more do you want? A cookie? A blacke president, what? A non-taxable issued payment in a capitalistic free enterprise environment where even foreigners or immigrants may now flourish given all the various components and opportunities. Opportunities that came about for everyone all because of what we did to the world’s most celebrated & favored victims, the blacke man! Who of course, prefers to call themselves, “my nigga”. Yet we of course stand corrected and must reflect them of their own wrong. We do not dare correct them of their own misgivings, not at this stage. They undermine and distance themselves from who they truly were for who they currently are, each and every time they use it amongst one another. They anti-defame tbe word Negro and prefer “my nigga”, all because it sounds cool. Why not “my ninjas”? They’re dressed in all black and are just as cool. They even motivated the Marines to create special op forces in memory of em (ninjas) and call them leather necks & Navy Seals.
Their answer to reparation summed up as heard in jest just the other day (some fiction added for emphasis):
At least we brought you here, didn’t we, or did we not? Otherwise you would be struggling with yourself and not just struggling with who you are. We gave you a Bible to stand on & now you are the most holiest of people! You can’t even go a day without thanking god as well as guess who wrote that book that you cherish? You know the ones you pick names out of that you prefer to call yourself, when not using “my nigga”?
Reparations, huh? You should be so lucky. Times have changed, so get in where yo ass fit in hip hopper. In the immortal words of one of your own, “forwards ever & backwards never”. Row, row, row your boat. Martin said it best, but the truth is this ”Life Is But A Dream”.
-Benny Blanco Baybe-
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