REAL TALK from KB: I saw a commercial this morning…some kids
in the commercial were saying the pledge of allegiance. I flashed on my own
child hood and thought to myself about how I was subtly brainwashed.
I pledge allegiance
to the flag of the United States of America; ok that part is not so bad.
And to the republic
for which it stands….ok so now I’m starting to waiver… A republic (from
Latin: res publica) is a form of government or country in which power resides
in elected individuals representing the citizen body and government leaders
exercise power according to the rule of law. Seriously, who represents me when
everyone seems to out for self or lobbying and catering to special interest
groups? Why are Blacks hated and vilified all over the U.S? …and you would
think that such an elite group of powerful minds would come up with another
word besides “nigger” after all they had since 1865 to come up with something.
One nation under God…ok,
now I’m not even going to stand around and participate in such blasphemy…Sunday
morning between 10 and 11 are the most segregated hours in America. I once
heard of a Pastor saying that your church should look like a busy day in a
supermarket….but that is NOT the case. I moved from segregated NY to ultra-segregated,
ultra-conservative Central Valley Calif………I grew strong and bold hearing the N
word….nigger is the steel in my spine, the fire in my eye and need be the power
behind my fists!
Indivisible - I refuse to drink this Kool Aid…..we are a
people divided and we, every last one of us are wrapped in cause. Blacks want
equality and white won’t acknowledge and release their privilege as if a
balance would somehow be the end of the world…..keep it real it would be the
end of their world…no matter how “enlightened” or well-meaning you may be…until
you are willing to release what you KNOW
you have there will be some level of dissent.
With liberty and
justice for all………..ok, really?!!! Now this just got down right comical….Back
in the day Black people were lynched just for being Black with priors of being
Black. Now, since there’s justice for all we’re being “lynched” for fitting the
profile, walking while black, driving while black and routine traffic stops….
I guess I’m now supposed to sing and do a full on minstrel
show to My Country tis of thee?
We cannot be satisfied
as long as the negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one.
We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their
self-hood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating: "For Whites
Only." We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi
cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote.
No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until "justice
rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream."
In a sense we've come
to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic
wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of
Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was
to fall heir. This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as
white men, would be guaranteed the "unalienable Rights" of
"Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." It is obvious today
that America has defaulted on this promissory note, insofar as her citizens of
color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has
given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked
"insufficient funds."
But
we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe
that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this
nation. And so, we've come to cash this check, a check that will give us upon
demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. - MLK
How ya livin’ ?
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