Sunday, December 17, 2017

Dictatorial patriotism, and Fear of whites in the flag!



Seeing young Black athletes, on their knees during the patriotic tributes to the myths of the U.S., makes me feel strong pride buffered by the flaw of Black thinking and fortitude: the collective fear of white people. I can't loose myself into the role of a spectator where most live, and not feel the pattern embedded in the consciousness of money (paper) over principal struggling. These young athletes are not made with the strength of struggle their ancestors had at their age, nor were they steered to be protectors, or taught the fine art of being impeccable aligned with the essentials that support the indifference of a warrior that connects him to the essentials a man needs to be one of knowledge, of power!

No, these young men are the product of hard work in the American way of indifference to the inconsistencies of their existence, as citizens of a global power. They are over forty years after the NFL made sure civil disobedience was forbidden in their contracts. Being subjugated to conformity wasn't enough. These young men broke through the barrier that stipulation created because they are Black men in a position to realize they are product in their industry, and the pride of their people, and niggers in the society they make their living. It is a lot of pressure being in that friction and according to the laws of physics holding themselves in compliance with the fine print of a signed contract.

What does that mean to men in these positions at the top of their 'game'?

If they have the spiritual integrity of a comedian, like Dave Chappell, they are using a tool of Black intelligentsia hard to grasp by common thought processes embraced by those in the muddle of the mundane. Well, a large percentage of professional Black athletes come from the ghetto, and some who don't believe in ghetto creeds. It matters. The stories governing lives and action are the forces that come to play when issues of this magnitude are the redirection of evil towards men because of a belief in racial superiority that refuses to subjugate itself to the scrutiny of truths that hold decency and fairness in place.

If a thing is worth dying for, an ideal is worth shaping in the chambers of one's heart. If the lives of one's grandchildren are worth the taking of a stand along the length of ancestral lines isn't the re-examination of one's belief a man's duty to his ancestors and his spiritual responsibility to his people and their generations to follow? - Gregory E. Woods, Keeper of Stories Oct. 29, 2017 

Old woman in her regalia.



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