The title is a line taken from an old hip hop song by Brand
Nubian….it seems to befit my topic of conversation this morning….indulge me if
you will.
My NY state of mind and my proud Black ancestry taught me
how to deal with racism. Yeah, there are a few select individuals that push for
the well-deserved old school, hella –gully, NY ass whoopin’ but when you dole
it out you’ve essentially given the racist more ammo and possibly opened
yourself up to criminal charges.
Let me get to the point of my title choice and then tie it
in with my opening statement and hopefully school you on a few things. There
are so many of us that get all geared up and go into war ill-equipped to deal
with an entity that holds a position of power; hence the title. There are too
many people in the battle driven by passion. You cannot fight every battle. Not
that passion is a bad thing but it must be guided (let’s just say that the
passionate people are infantry) There must be military intelligence to
understand the enemy and to develop a strategy to deal with them…let your brain
be the Commanding Officer. The only effective way to deal with a racist is to
kill them with intellect (racism is rooted in ignorance and irrational fear)
Now here is what is really funny….think about all the old black
and white movies on celluloid. The majority of racial films tended to depict people
of color as either sassy or ignorant; totally antagonistic to the “power” which
caused them great distress. A stereotype perpetuated to present day. What a
beautiful tool to utilize; the racist power structure gave away their position!
Indifference and apathy toward them irritates them (because not only do they we
should care about them and all their privilege… they are driven by their narcissism.) Are you starting to see the movie history in
a modern day context? Let your intellect be the Nemesis to Narcissus.
We’ll stop feeding their cause when we get out “ish”
together. This means working as a collective and cohesive unit – we may not
agree on everything but the majority of cultures of color are rooted in
collective thinking and a cooperative effort for advancement…so why have we
abandoned this thinking?
Stop raging and bloodying your knuckles and start using your
intellect…..in the words of Parliament Funkadelic “free your mind and your ass will follow”
How ya livin’ ?
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