More than 50 years has
passed…..the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Selma, Bull Conner, water hoses, dogs,
lynching’s………..get my point? The start of the modern civil rights era……..all
that.
BUT………………it’s now the time for
real leadership. Old familiar faces in the same places………..it’s time to GO!
Reverends Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton….gotta go. Cornel West, Michael Eric
Dyson, Melissa Harris Perry, Henry Louis Gates, the Black Lives Matter
girls….gotta go. John Conyers, John Lewis…….outa here. Get my point?
NOW……….When Donald Trump asked
us Black people, “What have you got to lose?” his words were met with contempt
from us. But in reality he posed a good ass question. What do we have to show
for years of Democratic votes? Obama bailed out the banks, insurance companies,
pharmaceutical companies, and even Ukraine. But he didn’t rebuild Detroit or
New Orleans, bring jobs to the “inner city”, stand up to police killings, and fight
back like a brother. The water in Flint, Michigan is still poisoned and the
prisons are still full of Black folk. And the band played on…………..
YES……. Republicans have been
the white people’s party for nearly 50 years. Trump just made it more obvious. He
didn’t tell us anything we didn’t already fuckin know. Shit….we don’t have to
be the losers in this election. We need to remember what we’ve achieved in our
history. Half of Black folks didn’t even have the right to vote in the 1960s
yet we made earth shattering progress in a short time. But we must understand
the source of that progress. It came from struggle and a daring to create the
crises that always bring about change. (Real time)
BUT……..Those Black folks that
didn’t give a damn about voting shouldn’t be blamed either. They must have had
a personal introspection that is meaningful and political, or they just didn’t
give a damn. Their lack of enthusiasm speaks to the Democratic Party and Black
mis-leadership incompetence. We gotta stop the personal blame and help one
another in this process as we fight for justice and peace.
WE ARE…………The new face of our
movement will be Facebook, Twitter, and over 150 Black blogs like mine, all
united in an internet alliance. All of the past must be reconciled and put away
for future generations. We will hold Donald J. Trump to account for any lies
that he tells and any attempts to quiet us. (Attempts are already being made)
We will push back on his appeals to white identity politics that are dividing
us daily. We will continue to call out the bullies, bigots, and racist
hypocrites. The policies Trump has proposed represent a challenge to our civic
fabric, liberal values, and world order. And that is the challenge that WE
Bloggers will have to confront unflinchingly in our duty to remain active and
engaged while speaking our conscience. We will not shimmy, shake, or suck up to
those in power. We will remain steadfast in our belief that the difference
between patriotism and nationalism is at the heart of Black exceptionalism.
REALLY………I was honestly going
to stop writing and blogging if Hillary Clinton won. The passion for making my
thoughts known every night was really getting to me, but Führer Trump Cheeto
winning Tuesday and becoming our 45th President made me realize that I have to
stick around just a little longer.
After all, typing at times
might be just as good as fighting.ter all, typing at times might be just as good as fighting.
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