Monday, August 3, 2009

The Officer, The Professor, The Unrest......

As I sit here brainstorming. The Hypocrisy that Blacks have endured and currently against. Officer Crowley and Henry Louis Gates Jr. comes to mind, the "teachable moment" shows that despite our achievements in life we still lack the respect of our peers. To be detained by the authorities at your own residents after going through the motions is "stupidity" which caused an uproar across the country to the point that President Obama defuses by calling a conference to resolve these difference over beer... I have to agree with this gesture of human nature, that if more indulged in such rituals maybe this can be a more peaceful place to live.... As though, Ignorance is bliss that Officer Barrett of the Boston PD displays in an attempt to spark more flame by sending out the derogatory email about Henry Gates entailing to the momentous "Beer Summit"...no peace, no respect in 2009. This leads me to the "Unrest" of Emmitt Till as some may be aware the Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Il was latest on blast due to the discovery of the coffin that Till was buried in 1955 was hidden in a shed beneath "trash" appalling.... Furthermore, arose speculation that the casket may have also been used to bury others. The glass casket that needs to be immortalize in a museum buried under trash... Till was 14 when he was horridly murder by white men of the infamous Jim Crow era for whistling at a white woman in Mississippi while visiting relatives. The massacre of the young Chicago native aided the ignited Civil Rights movement. I remember my grandfather telling the story of that moment as he is a native of Mississippi having to endure the Hypocrisy of Willie Lynch, Jim Crow not being able to have an education. How we as Blacks with more opportunity to receive knowledge and we choose to do dumb things.. We need to wake up and smell the more advanced prejudice the "mental wars" the mind is a terrible thing to waste............ The Hypocrisy is us...... Most get enraged when Imus used the term "nappy headed ho's"... Yet, Too Short makes reference of the similar term its cool.. Now don't get me wrong I'm a Too Short fan... Look at the one in the mirror and ask yourself "What Can I do???" We must divert this Hypocrisy just because Obama is the Prez doesn't me we get a "Pass".. Its says change is inevitable by application of oneself to another and so on..... The walkers, talkers and, the achievers its for the taking.... We can overstand by sticking with the plan.... Not the prefabricated plan of big booty women, big flashy jewelry, bmw or benz... That's a limit.....We have no limits like Master P song "We No Limit Soldiers" like MLK, Malcolm, Medgar, Marcus to name a few we are still stuck in societies His-story lets move on from this mental entrapment We need more educators to aid in nurturing and growth of our future the Babies.........to be continued......

1 comment:

BAH said...

This poster posits a point ... we can easily miss


I wonder what went on over that glass of beer. Was it like the bar ... or the car ... was it like the sack ... or the pit out back. Did these men laugh ... loud and deep ... or did they mumble the meanings while other weep. There on the lawn of the Whitehouse was a photo opp for the ages. But I doubt it changed anything ... not even the participant's minds. And if that didn't occur what chance is there that the Country will change it's mind.