Say it one more time & I’ll whoop you.

Say it one more time & I’ll whoop you.

If one more person says Barack Obama is not really “African-American” I will without a doubt and without a nanosecond of hesitation rip their lips off. This is a loaded statement if there ever was one. It brings to mind so many implications. First, what is an African-American? I’ll tell you: It’s a completely imprecise moniker for a displaced and dispossessed people. Descendants of slaves. No names. No traceable ancestry. No country. No language. No cultural ties. Everything African-Americans have in terms of culture is self-created or apart of indiscernible genetic memory that can barely be verified. This term was created because some leader of the 80s thought it would inspire pride or self-worth. It really is an arbitrary and inaccurate name. The best label for the descendants of slaves in America is Black. Why black? Because, that is the quality for which all judgments derives: the color of the skin, the shape of the nose, the texture of the hair, the thickness of the lips, and the shape of the body. Other groups (e.g., ethnic Latins, but racially Black or Africans) who do not self-identify with the Black people of America distance themselves from the politics and demonization of Black people, but bear the burden of the darkness of their skin and get treated as such. Obama is Black definitely. Visually without the knowledge of his specific lineage he will suffer the same slights, judgments, and hate as a man or woman born in Alabama or Mississippi or Kentucky who are descendants of the enslaved.

This ridiculous comment also calls to mind: is this a dis to “real” African-Americans? Are we to gather from this statement that he is better because he is not burdened with the point-of-view of “real” African-Americans. He is not tainted with an “African-American” agenda. I don’t really care if he is “African-American” or what. So what if is not saddle with being nameless in America. So what he is not the son of a sharecropper. So what if he is not the son of a single mother with no education. Along with a host of other insane, stereotypical cultural references we saddle every leader that looks like him. He is young and has had the benefit of the “struggle” of the ancestors—alive and past on. Isn’t it time the torch was passed baby boomers? (and you know how much I hate them)

He is a brilliant man. He is a thoughtful man. He is a courageous man. He is an insightful man. He can change America. He will inspire the higher nature of Americans. He will inspire Americans to do what is difficult but right. He will encourage Americans to do what is hard but good. He will restore the nobility, humility, and dignity to the office of the President.

Uh, can you tell I like him?

Valentine’s Day

Nothing but a Hallmark holiday. Corporate greed exploiting our most ardent desire of being loved…of having love…of being the object of affection. To be adored above anyone else and everyone else. It’s a very manipulative “holiday.” Hallmark tried to start another one called “Sweetest Day” but luckily no one was buying it. (literally or figuratively). Inundated with calculating advertisements to buy candy, flowers, jewelry, lingerie, and other items deemed worthy of this ridiculous holiday. On top of these constant manipulations, people are constant reminded of how unworthy they are if they don’t have a love or they are not the object of desire. Shame, embarrassment, bitterness all seep into the day because you are reminded of your supposed worthlessness. This is such a bogus holiday. It only contributes to our deluded and unrealistic views of marriage. It fuels a billion dollar beauty industry and helps sell hair products, make-up, perfume, and tons of other junk

Of course, everything I said above is BS, cuz I got RED ROSES witches!!!!! Ha, how you like me now?

Anonymity

I hate this word. Anonymity on the web is the single worse thing about the internet. People can flame and move on. People can spout hate and move on. People can spew misogyny and move on. No accountability. No serious confrontation. No debate. No fear. Actually more cowardice than anything. If you have something to say sign yo’ name. Don’t be a punk. If you hate black folks and think they should go back to the field or just die--don’t be an anonymous sissy prick, sign yo’ name. If you hate women and think they should go back to the kitchen--don’t be an anonymous a-hole, sign yo’ name. If you think Christians are in favor with God and the rest of the 5 billion people on earth will burn in eternal hellfire--don’t be a anonymous wimp, sign yo’ name. If you think all illegal immigrants are parasites on the good ol’ U. S of A—don’t be an anonymous nancyboy, sign yo’ name. There are too many of you out there who write pages and pages of garbage and then sign it “anonymous.” What the hell? You are weak. You are worthless. You are stain on the dirty dishrag of the America. I’m sick of it. Don’t flame someone (happens on those inane “forum” threads on certain news sites) and then don’t have the cajones to but your name with your words.