THE ANGRY BLACK MAN: 10/01/2012

Thursday, October 11

Stacey Dash… "Clueless" Aunt Jemimah!

I didn’t watch Single Ladies so I honestly can't say I've heard much from/about Stacey Dash since she starred in the 90's silly hit movie Clueless. Recently, Dash, who I believe is somewhat between jobs at the moment, endorsed Mitt Romney, starting all kinds of shit! And by "shit", I mean the Conservatives have found yet one more Black person to elevate as "ostracized by other Blacks for having the nerve to vote against a Black President". Hum? Dash told clueless talk show host Piers Morgan she "was shocked, saddened," by the ferocious attacks she received on Twitter after voicing her support for Mitt Romney. The "Clueless" actress, who voted for Barack Obama in 2008, said she supported Romney "because of the state of the country, and I want the next four years to be different." "I believe him. I watched him, the Governor and his wife, on 'Meet the Press,'" she explained. "They spoke to me, they seemed authentic and genuine." Damn!! Dash also echoed Martin Luther King, Jr. in her support of Romney, saying: "I chose him not by the color of his skin but the content of his character." Ouch!! Seriously, Fox News dedicated probably a half dozen segments praising Dash for her "bravery in the face of interracial hatred". I'll give Dash one thing and one thing only: she didn't lapse into the typical Black Conservative victimology bit. She admitted she was an Obama supporter in 08', but isn't now. No mention that Romney's "better for the Black community" than Obama, or that Obama and the Democrats "take Black voters for granted". No self-loathing here. Good for you, Stacey. On the flipside, her reasons for supporting Romney weren't really all that substantive. If you think Obama hasn't done that great a job, but can't point out any reasons why Romney would be better other than "I trust him", your opinion's kinda irrelevant. And while Dash didn't play the "woe is me" victim role, she did seem delighted that she got a phone call of support from Paul Ryan. Because we know Paul Ryan loves the sistas and whatnot. So don't be shocked to see Dash at some campaign event with Romney before all is said and done. You'd have to be truly clueless to not see that one coming. Dash would also have to be clueless to think Conservatives suddenly elevating her to folk hero status actually give a shit about her for any reason other than advancing their own self interests. Seriously, if they can't name a single one of your career accomplishments other than a 20 year old movie you co-starred in, they're probably just using you. Question: Do Stacey Dash's reasons for joining Team Romney make any sense? Does her justification sound any better/worse than your typical low information "celebrity"!?

A LIL BIT ABOUT ME

Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Phillip Norton. I 'm a 63 year old Black blooded writer/visual activist/urban street missionary with four outstanding adult sons. I was raised in a house, but I'm field certified. America is the place of my birth, but I consider myself a citizen of the world. I’m the editor and founder of The Angry Black Man. I, as a righteously angry Black man growing up in the Gary, Indiana urban experience have witnessed many events in my life from a very unique point of view, one that is almost impossible to express through the so called mainstream media that will never showcase a talent who doesn't echo their spiritually twisted and hypocritical perceptions of Black reality.

As an outspoken Black writer/artist, it is very difficult to express myself fully when the medium that publishes my work has the final say in the finished product, most often literally robbing it of its intended impact and message! My writing has been featured by The Indianapolis Recorder, Salon, Huffington Post Black Voices, Chicago Defender, Blackagendareport, and Mother Jones. My work has also been referenced by FOX NEWS, MSNBC, the Rush Limbaugh Show, as well as online magazines and publications such as The Atlantic Buzzfeed, Earhustle 411, AMPS Magazine, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. But I know all too well from experience that it is next to impossible to gain any lucrative acknowledgement from the very oppressors to whom I target in my work. I attempt to enlighten the ignorant and break the mental chains put on us through an educational system that never will activate the dormant greatness that exists in our mighty Black souls.

Read on and let the much-needed detoxification, cleansing and reprogramming begin. My talents are spiritually given and do not belong to me, so I have a responsibility with all I have been exposed to in this life to enlighten others in my own unique way to the lessons that I have learned.

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FRED HAMPTON “POLITICAL PRISONER” VIDEO

CLICK ON PHOTO TO SEE VIDEO. On December 4th, 1969, Chicago police raided Fred Hampton’s apartment and shot and killed him in his bed. He was just twenty-one years old. Black Panther leader Mark Clark was also killed in the raid. While authorities claimed the Panthers had opened fire on the police who were there to serve a search warrant for weapons, evidence later emerged that told a very different story: that the FBI, the Cook County state’s attorney’s office and the Chicago police conspired to assassinate Fred Hampton.