HOW LONG...WHITE AMERICA ????

Andrew M. Manis is associate professor of history at Macon State College in Georgia and wrote this for an editorial in the Macon Telegraph. "For much of the last forty years, ever since America "fixed" it’s race problem in the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts, we white people have been impatient with African Americans who continued to blame race for their difficulties. Often we have heard whites ask, "When are African Americans finally going to get over it? Now I want to ask: "When are we White Americans going to get over our ridiculous obsession with skin color? Recent reports that "Election Spurs Hundreds' of Race Threats, Crimes" should frighten and infuriate every one of us. Having grown up in "Bombingham," Alabama in the 1960s, I remember overhearing an avalanche of comments about what many white classmates and their parents wanted to do to John and Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King. Eventually, as you may recall, in all three cases, someone decided to do more than "talk the talk." Since our recent presidential election, to our eternal shame we are once again hearing the same reprehensible talk I remember from my boyhood. We white people have controlled political life in the disunited colonies and United States for some 400 years on this continent. Conservative whites have been in power 28 of the last 40 years. Even during the eight Clinton years, conservatives in Congress blocked most of his agenda and pulled him to the right. Yet never in that period did I read any headlines suggesting that anyone was calling for the assassinations of presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan, or either of the Bushes. Criticize them, yes. Call for their impeachment, perhaps. But there were no bounties on their heads. And even when someone did try to kill Ronald Reagan, the perpetrator was non-political mental case who wanted merely to impress Jody Foster. But elect a liberal who happens to be Black and we're back in the sixties again. At this point in our history, we should be proud that we've proven what conservatives are always saying -- that in America anything is possible, EVEN electing a black man as president. But instead we now hear that school children from Maine to California are talking about wanting to "assassinate Obama." Fighting the urge to throw up, I can only ask, "How long?" How long before we white people realize we can't make our nation, much less the whole world, look like us? How long until we white people can - once and for all - get over this hell-conceived preoccupation with skin color? How long until we white people get over the demonic conviction that white skin makes us superior? How long before we white people get over our bitter resentments about being demoted to the status of equality with non-whites? How long before we get over our expectations that we should be at the head of the line merely because of our white skin? How long until we white people end our silence and call out our peers when they share the latest racist jokes in the privacy of our white-only conversations? I believe in free speech, but how long until we white people start making racist loudmouths as socially uncomfortable as we do flag burners? How long until we white people will stop insisting that blacks exercise personal responsibility, build strong families, educate themselves enough to edit the Harvard Law Review, and work hard enough to become President of the United States, only to threaten to assassinate them when they do? How long before we start "living out the true meaning" of our creeds, both civil and religious, that all men and women are created equal and that "red and yellow, black and white" all are precious in God's sight? Until this past November 4, I didn't believe this country would ever elect an African American to the presidency. I still don't believe I'll live long enough to see us white people get over our racism problem. But here's my three-point plan: First, every day that Barack Obama lives in the White House that Black Slaves Built, I'm going to pray that God (and the Secret Service) will protect him and his family from us white people. Second, I'm going to report to the FBI any white person I overhear saying, in seriousness or in jest, anything of a threatening nature about President Obama. Third, I'm going to pray to live long enough to see America surprise the world once again, when white people can "in spirit and in truth" sing of our damnable color prejudice, 'We HAVE overcome.'"

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"!?

WHAT OBAMACARE DOES AND WILL DO FOR US POOR BLACK FOLKS

By now I know most of us Black folks have heard of ObamaCare but you probably say….what the hell is ObamaCare? Well the President has taken on health care reform through a series of health care reform proposals since he was sworn into office. And you still didn’t know?? Thus the name…. "ObamaCare". The President’s major healthcare reform plans can be broken down into two phases; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and The Health Care for America Plan (which we refer to today as ObamaCare). I am a Black man and a private citizen who is very interested in presenting the facts on Obama's health care reform. The Angry Black Man does not have any funding or agenda, I lean toward truth, not a party line. Of course, if you would like to donate to my broke ass…..send in please! The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act The first phase of Obama health care reform began in 2009, which included The Affordable Health Care for America Act; followed by The Patient Protection Act, which ended with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 2010 also known as the "Affordable Care Act" (this is what we should call it). After going through several changes, the "Affordable Care Act" was signed into law by the President on March 23, 2010. This Act reformed certain aspects of the American Health Care system, but there was still more work to do. ObamaCare: The Health Care For America Plan The Next phase of ObamaCare (this is what Obama Care Means as of today... July 2, 2012, is the current Health Care for America Plan. ObamaCare or the Health Care for America Plan is smartly focused on health care funding, reducing the cost of healthcare for us Black folks, increasing coverage, and removing the burden that health care has become on us Black people! In the two years since it's become a law the Affordable Health Care Act, has already made a big difference in our communities. In Connecticut, health insurance companies are now required to provide health insurance for sick Americans. That’s right….sick Americans, which we Black people are, at an alarming rate! No system is perfect, but this shit aims to reform the American medical system towards the favor of the people and away from the monopoly of the medical industry. ObamaCare Update The last memo from the Obama administration, congressional Democrats, and much of the media (that includes me) is that if the Supreme Court struck down all or part of Obamacare, it would place the Court’s legitimacy itself at risk. It did!! After all, 28 state attorneys generals, two District Court Judges and five Circuit Court Judges (including a Bill Clinton friend), numerous out of touch law professors, and 72 percent of the American public believed that Obamacare’s attempt to force every American to buy a specific commercial product is unconstitutional, it would have obviously be an unprecedented act of judicial activism for the Court to agree. News of The Day: Can ObamaCare Save Medicare There was a lot of talk from supporters of Obamacare saying that if Obamacare is not allowed, Medicare may be heading for disaster. Obamacare supporters say Medicare's payment system which handles over 100 million monthly claims is in jeopardy if health care reform does not "fix" this issue. Obama Care: National Health Care For Everyone ObamaCare or Health Care for America is a universal health care reform plan that will grant affordable health insurance to all Americans. This means that Black folks who have the means to pay for private health insurance will still do it, while those who don't make enough will be provided aid. This system of health care will work similar to Medicare and existing employer-provided healthcare plans. Hum!! The aim of Obama Care is not to take away things from people or to give handouts to people who don't deserve it. It is only to provide affordable health insurance to all Americans so they can continue in their pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness without the American Health Insurance companies standing in their way. Obama Care Health Care Reform: Health Care For America Under the Health Care for America Act, every legal resident of the United States of America who is not already covered under Medicare or an employer-provided health care plan will be eligible to purchase coverage through "Health Care for America". Black folks will be presented with the choice between affordable and free health care choices and more expensive private health care choices. It will be up to every Black person to look at the situations of themselves and their families and pick the right health care option for them. What does ObamaCare Cover? ObamaCare Healthcare for America Plan provides complete and comprehensive medical coverage for every damn body. Health care for America when combined with private insurance and current Medicare plans will cover every aspect of necessary healthcare including mental health, child health and woman's health. It will also provide drug coverage and free preventative care and checkups for our children. IN A NUTSHELL Medicaid already covers the poor, WHICH MANY OF US ARE. Many lower income families will now qualify for Medicaid or low cost plans, if you don't already have insurance through your employer (as most Americans do). If you have kids, they can stay on your policy until age 26. You can no longer be dropped from your health insurance if you become ill. You can no longer be denied insurance if you are sick. You will get all of you basic checkups with no copayment. You no longer have to worry about caps in coverage.....so if you get cancer and need chemotherapy, they will cover ALL of your treatments, and not deny your care midway through your chemotherapy. Etc. Damn good shit ain’t it!!!!!!!! When will the law go into effect? Actually, parts of the plan have already gone into effect. For example, new health plans are required to provide free preventative care for services like colonoscopies and mammograms, and young adults are covered by their family's insurance plan until they turn 26. So parts of the plan have already been implemented, but with this ruling, we will see more changes to come. In addition, many of the major changes will happen in 2014. MORE GOOD SHIT!! What are some things to look forward to? We Black folks will see a lower cost of medications and more preventative care coverage. You'll also be able to access the new health insurance exchange programs, which are said to be the healthcare version of online travel companies like Orbitz. Competition among the companies is expected to drive down insurance prices. Other benefits of the plan include more help for our people who can't afford insurance, and insurance companies won't be able to deny people with preexisting conditions coverage. What's this about a fine if I don't get health insurance? If you ain’t covered by insurance by 2014, you need to get it or your ass will be fined. In 2014, uninsured people will face a fine of $95 or one percent of their income, and in 2015, the penalties are even steeper. This fee is meant to encourage younger people in good health to take up insurance, and the money goes towards funding for the older patients and those who AIN’T in good health. Those exempt from this fine includes people make very little income, certain religious groups, and families who pay over eight percent of their income to insurance premiums even after employer contributions and federal subsidies. How will we Black folks fund the new law? In 2013, people who make more than $200,000 have to pay an additional 0.9 percent tax for the Medicare Part A payroll tax, on top of the 1.45 percent they already pay. This will help fund the healthcare changes. Those who make money through investments might have to pay a 3.8 percent tax on what they make on capital gains and dividends. The mandate to buy insurance or pay a fine will also help fund these new efforts. How does this affect insurance companies? In 2014, insurance companies will not be able to exclude or limit coverage to people who have current or past health conditions. In 2014, businesses with more than 50 employees will be required to insure their workers or pay a $2,000 fine per uninsured worker. This places more pressure on your employer, but it doesn't necessarily mean the company will comply. Is this law here to stay? I don’t know…… It will stay in effect for now, but the future of the plan depends on the outcome of the November elections.

AN OPEN LETTER TO YOUNG FATHERS

By now you should know that discipline plays an important part in the life of your children. Do you really? You have to begin to understand that the basic function of that discipline should be administered by you. However, it is that lack of discipline among your children that is creating very serious and lasting problems for everyone in our community. Real problems! You watch news reports daily about little Black children that have been involved in armed robberies, home invasions, burglaries, drug dealing, school violence, and murder. You probably know some active participants, but you just sit. And these young Black children are usually born to young parents, just like you. You are living a real-life horror story and don’t even know it, to which there seems to be no answers. When your baby’s mama tries to get help with her lack of parenting skills, she goes to a social service agency in the neighborhood. In fact, in most of the cases handled by these agencies, your baby’s mama will receive inadequate counseling; and the real victim (your child) is still lacking any real discipline or direction, and in most cases continues to lead that destructive life. Where are you at? You cannot expect social service agencies or any institution that doesn’t have your best interest at heart to fix your problems. The proper training of respect and discipline should start at a very early age by you. You played an active role in your child’s birth and should take a very active part in their moral training. I believe when a Black man shows love, and genuine concern, his children become sensitive, then are better able to discuss the concerns and feelings they may have and don’t understand. As children in the Black community continue to grow and develop, they undergo very confusing periods in their lives that are unique to the Black community. Extreme peer pressure and unfounded suspicions will be a road block to communication with your child. If your children are uncomfortable or reluctant to talk to you about their feelings, they may look for answers elsewhere. You do not want this. Knowing who your children are hanging out with is also one of the most important things in educating them about life. If you know where your children are going to bed at, and whom they are with, it won’t be too difficult to figure out what they are doing. In other words, get familiar with your child’s friends and associates. If their “partners” are the type that attract and stay in trouble, then you should cut the contact altogether. Their peers will probably laugh, and ridicule them, but they will survive. If you let your children live without a good sense of values, their direction is usually uncertain. You young Black fathers have to be the ones to effect change. You have to step up. The media has made a joke of you. You need to love and embrace your children. No one is going to do it for you. It all comes down to perception. What people perceive is what reality is to them. You have to change not only your child’s perception of right and wrong, but you need to change your perception of yourself too. People are waiting for you to mess up. You have let not only the media, but also the government and the world taint the pure essence of you. They have stripped you down to the point where you only believe you can sit at home and make babies. You can be so much more. Call me…317-531-8404, I’ll help.

LEAVE LEBRON ALONE!!

Like many little boys coming of age in the ’50s and ’60s, I had an love affair with Westerns and cowboy culture. Actually, “had” is the wrong word. “Stagecoach” is still one of my favorite movies, and it wouldn’t be uncommon to come in the crib and catch me in the middle of a “Gunsmoke” marathon. And, also like many little boys infatuated with Westerns, I wanted to be a cowboy. Since there weren’t many five year old Black cowboys in the late 50s, and early 60’s, I pretended as best as I could; funny lil cowboy hat and holsters with plastic guns in em whenever and wherever I could. (I think I tried to wear em to school) But, these memories produce an uneasy contradiction for me. While I value the memories of walking up and down Wright Street, pretending to be a cowboy, I feel a certain way about the fact that, by playing “Cowboys and Indians” a game where the lil kids in the neighborhood pretended to be cowboys chasing down and killing Indians, and by rooting against the Indians in many of the shows I watched, I was playing for the wrong team. As a kid I didn’t realize this, but as I grew older and learned about some of the things that really happened in the wild wild west, and to the American Indians, I grew angry at the fact that American culture had denigrated the Indians and that I happily took part in that denigration. I imagine the folks still reading this are probably wondering how exactly am I gonna to tie LeBron James into this story about me! A few of you all may even already be upset at the thought that I’d dare compare LeBron’s plight to that of the American Indian. If you are one of these folks, chill. It ain’t that serious. What is serious though is the fact that, like me rooting against the Indians, I believe that those passionately rooting for LeBron to fail will be on the wrong side of history. Twenty years from now, I have no doubt that even the most zealous members of the anti-LeBron fan club will be thinking to themselves “Wait…why was I rooting so hard against this dude?” Being on the wrong side of history don’t necessarily mean that these people are rooting against a person who will eventually become a champion. Whether the Heat beat the Thunder in the Finals or not has no bearing on my argument. My point is that in time, history will show that today’s popular narrative…..”LeBron represents everything wrong with sports/celebrity culture”, was false, and we were fools to believe it. His situation has created a kind of a paradox where people are rooting against what they feel he represents, while at the same time, rooting for others who show the same exact same qualities! Damn!! For instance, I watched game seven of the Eastern Conference finals at a sports bar here in Indianapolis. Maybe 90% of the people there were clearly rooting for the Celtics. The hated Boston Celtics. A team that won a championship a year after three of the twenty best players in the league decided to play together there. Dammit….let me repeat myself: These were the Boston Celtics. I was in Indianapolis. If you’re familiar with sports at all, you know that Indianapolis and Boston now have a fierce rivalry, despite Larry Legend. They’re becoming about as close to a modern day version of the Hatfield’s and the McCoy’s as you’re going to get. Yet, despite the years of hate between these cities, the majority of the fans in this bar were rooting for the Celtics, just so that LeBron would lose. Believe that shit?? They could have given two shits and a fuck about K.G. and Rondo and Ray and Doc. One of the bartenders was so anti-LeBron that if Paul Pierce sent him a text saying “Man, your daughter got some good pussy.” he probably would have replied back “Beat LeBron and you can fuck my wife too!” Now, saying that it’s wrong to root against LeBron don’t mean that you have to root for his ass. You don’t have to be a fan of him or his game. And, if you’re a fan of Kevin Durant and the Oklahoma Thunder, you obviously want LeBron and the Heat to lose because you want your team to win. The wrongness comes when a plot or story makes you want a person to fail, regardless of who would benefit from that failure. Also, fans of the “OKC represents everything right with sports” bullshit, listen the fuck up. The funny thing about sports storylines is that they tend to be completely random and usually false. Ten years ago, Kobe Bryant was advertised as the “anti-Iverson,” the picture of what’s right with sports and how to play the right way….and you see what happened to him. After Kobe’s twinkling star fell, LeBron became the Anti-Kobe, the one who played the right way and respected the game the way it should be respected…and you see what happened to his ass. Today, Kevin Durant is the new golden boy, the anti-LeBron, the one who does and says all the right things and doesn’t even have any noticeable tattoos. I’m not suggesting that Durant will be found to be the opposite of what the story currently says. But, like with the Cowboys and the Indians, maybe the difference between who’s “good” and “bad” isn’t as clear as we want to believe.

THE NEW BLACK PANTHERS....NEW NUTS ON THE BLOCK!

As I said yesterday, the New Black Panther Party is a ridiculous motley crew of uninformed brothers who has nothing essential to offer the Black community or anybody. You probably say... why am I talking about them if they’re so insignificant? I am because white folks in the media and society at large are using their ignorance as a reflection of the feelings of the Black community. Our Black community! Somewhere out there I’m sure there are a few idiots who have watched Sean Hannity’s hyper-racist program, and come to the conclusion that the Black community is interested in killin white folks with lottsa bloodshed! Somewhere out there, there are quite a few people who have this same opinion, and this is all the support a racist mind needs. Walk with me….well guess what? Some of us Black folk actually like white people; and no, some of us are as interested in a race war as we are in putting a fuckin bone in our noses. But you know there are always bad apples in every bunch, and the New Black Panther Party happens to be just that bad apple. I said it, and this is coming from a real original Black Panther dammit! Yesterday I listened to the audio recording of their telephone conference call that’s rollin around the internet. And I gotta be honest, instead of being disgusted about the hate vomited, I laughed at first. Not that I thought the shit was funny, but what I found to be really silly, was these fuckin idiots using modern technology to pretty much snitch on themselves. Hummm... you can’t talk about killing people on the phone…shit, who needs the Feds to bring you down when all you have to do is conduct a conference call with a few fellow dumb ass, disenfranchised, shit talking, fake revolutionaries who are scared to squeeze the Charmin, even if Mr. Whipple left town. Yeah, who needs the fuckin FBI or CIA when there are the good ol racist folks over at FOX NEWS to expose your not-so-good intentions? Seriously, haven’t these damn idiots learned anything from our painful past? Ol cross-dressin J. Edgar Hoover would’ve loved to have had it this easy. One other thing; Huey P. Newton is rollin and jerkin in his grave right now. For those of you uninformed Negroes who aren’t aware of just who Newton was, he was only one of the most significant figures in the Black Power movement of the 60’s and 70’s. Naw, let me make it right…. Black history period! More specifically, he is one of the original founding members of the Black Panther Party, which has no connection what so ever to the New Black Panther Party. The original Black Panthers were never a group of angry young militants full of fury toward the white establishment. My original Black Panthers operated on love for Black people, our people, not hatred of white people. This post should hopefully set the record straight for white folks misguided by the media on this issue. More importantly, it’s my hope that this message is loud and crystal fuckin clear to our Black youth especially. The impressionable minds of Black youth, like all rebellious kids with a thirst for nostalgia, can and are easily manipulated when one uses words like revolution to advance an agenda. Listen to me…the New Black Panther Party ain’t any different than the Gangster Disciples, Bloods, Crips, Latin Kings, etc. Hell, just like lil kids, they’re thirsty for attention, and they’re unproductive as hell! Their hyper-energy and efforts would have a more positive impact on the Black community at large if they channeled it into more positive shit! There’s enough killing in our community as it is, damn! The last thing we need are more killers in our community inflicting their will, anger, and pain, on others. We Black people are much better than this folks. Anyone with just a tiny bit of common sense can see that the New Black Panther Party and their circus of clowns are nothing but a distraction from the real goal, which is justice for Trayvon Martin. Ain’t nothing gonna be gained by the hate-filled racist oratory bullshit comin from the NBPP – enough is enough.

AN OPEN LETTER TO CLARENCE THOMAS ON THE EVE OF THE HEALTHCARE DEBATE

Clarence:
It is no surprise that you remain in denial...

We don’t hate your ass because of your opinions. We hate you because you have the power to wield your twisted opinions as weapons of oppression upon millions of Black people. We hate you for your vicious right wing legal actions. We see you as star player on a deadly team full of racists. You have the right to your opinions. But you have no right to expect us to accept your abuses in silence. You have disgraced Black people and the liberal legacy of Thurgood Marshall. You have reversed women’s workplace rights by decades. You have increased the torture of prisoners. You have murdered affirmative action. We do not object to your vision. Your uncle-tommin ass just don’t have one. You are blinded by your role as poster boy for racist Republican’s like your mentor and master George Bush. Because your vision is dictated by those who control you, you see yourself as they do. Yep. We see you as you actually are. A Tom!! We look at you and we see a man who attended Yale because of affirmative action. We look at you and we see an inept and duffus administrator who destroyed the EEOC. We see an incompetent dumb ass, inexperienced lawyer who was proven to be unqualified for a seat on any Court, let alone the Supreme Court. We see a closet freak and sexual harasser of Black women exclusively. We see that you lied about Anita Hill, yet you respect white women enough to marry one. We see that you openly vilified your poor sister as a welfare queen. We see that you neglected your kin folk while you chased white coeds at Yale. We see a man who is an intimate friend of Rush Limbaugh. Rush “fuckin” Limbaugh! We look at you and we see a Supreme Nigger and a legendary right wing slave. I studied your professional record and you deserve to be hated. Traitors and tyrants are always hated. Secretly, you are disrespected by your Tea Party buddies even more than you are resented by us, the ones you have betrayed. This letter is written so our people have more clarity about your ass. Your opinions are the least of our concerns. Your individual actions continue to lead to our collective demise. We fear your toxic spirit and your lethal pen. Fuck you, how dare you ask us to move on as you persist in attacking Black people! For the record, we will move on only when you and your Republican puppeteers have done the same.

Sincerely,
Angry Black Man

BLACK FOLKS PLAN A........WE THE PEOPLE

PLAN A….WE have one of us in the White House, and WE thought that WE wouldn’t have to beg and pander to the white man anymore, WE thought that our Obama would have our backs, that WE had arrived, that no more racism would exist, that WE would now get our message out, that Black communities would finally get what WE had coming, that jobs would be abundant, that WE would have more government money for our inner-city programs, that hope is here, and change is coming………….every single one of us Black folks, no matter what your status in life, is responsible for PLAN A. No matter your religious beliefs, or education level, you've played a part in our arrival at this precise point in time. PLAN A. It's ain’t too late to fix it or refine PLAN A, but it'll require one hell of a change in our entire fabric, and thought process. Our problems first started with the Black career politicians that live in our communities, and their continuous driving of the democratic process deep within our minds. Some are former attorneys with a deep insight into how this racist system works. They’ve spent years pimping the process, whether in school, or in practice. And most of all, these people know how to stay in office once elected. They've built their careers, sometimes from humble beginnings, and somewhere along the way, lost touch with not only themselves, but those of us in the Black community that brought them to power. Money and power amplifies your inner being, and Black politicians are no different. It’s an incredibly long road, and WE have to working faster and faster, and get there in as short a time as possible, and it simply has to start at home, with our children. It starts by teaching our children a modern set of new core values - from truth and reason, to financial responsibility, to understanding that all things are still possible in this country. Work and play with your kids - encourage them to dream and create, be bold with those new ideas. Encourage them to try. Let them fail, even if the result is blood. WE must lead by example, as parents, friends, and citizens of the Black community. WE must start living every single day with integrity, kindness, passion, and financial precision. Reach within, and bring forward the absolute best in your life, and believe enough in yourself to leave the rest behind. WE can influence the future by embracing the fact that WE have to stop building our future based on our painful past. Our very painful past! Black people need to start associating only with people that provide a positive influence, and provide guidance to those of us in need. Sometimes it's a conversation, though likely it's by example. If you take nothing else from this post, just remember this: WE have the power to change everything in our lives, every minute, of every day, and that my friends, is truly "Our Black American Dream." PLAN B is us

HEY SISTERS…. LAZZY ASS NIGGA’S…FROM PULL-UPS TO DEPENDS

Some Black men I know live in an imaginary world where they produce nothing in their lives, and are a burden and a liability to everyone….they just keep makin the diaper companies rich! The only thing they’ve done in life is keep the diapers that they’ve worn all their lives full of shit. In my lifetime I’ve never really gotten along with lazy ass niggas and can spot them instantly. Hell, I‘ll even say that its some deep seeded shit inside of me that naturally resents them. But it goes both ways because I’ve never known a lazy ass nigga who has ever liked me either, and I’m fuckin overjoyed at this fact, because most lazy ass niggas get along together pretty damn well until you seem to be getting close to their personal source of nutrition (the gullible woman-enabler) and then there’s a problem. Lazy ass niggas were created by their mothers who cater to them like they’re a damn king! Lazy ass niggas usually come from single parent homes which were headed by their mothers and they have become the replacement emotional husband, being allowed to have his way as long as he stayed to be an emotional crutch for his mother. Whew! This mother would rather give her son all of her money and resources because he would never leave her or hurt her like his father did. The lazy ass nigga’s first relationship was with his mother in a twisted ass way. Theirs is an intense relationship that looks like a full-fledged relationship-dysfunctional at its best! This weird ass upbringing is what laid the foundation for the lazy ass nigga to be the lazy ass nigga that he is today! Why? Because this lazy ass nigga expects every woman to cater to him like his mother did and will compare them to his mother at every chance. This kind of shit will drive the lazy ass nigga’s girlfriend crazy because he unconsciously talks about his mother at every turn. And while most women love a man who loves his mother, they don’t want to compete with his mother for his affection. Ouch!! Which is damn near impossible to do so don’t even waste your damn time in trying. It would be easier to climb Mount Everest wearing some six inch stiletto heels, booty shorts, an orange thong and nothing else than ever thinking that you could make a balanced relationship with a lazy ass nigga work. Balanced? In his warped ass mind that wouldn’t be fair because it’s all about him! If the lazy ass nigga’s mother is still alive, notice how he will use her home as his base of operations to skip the responsibility of being a man or the commitment of having his own crib. He will tell you his sorry ass story of how his old or sickly mother needs him there but if he was a real man then he would take care of his mother while still having his own crib! If the lazy ass nigga’s mother has passed away, he will search night and day for a woman who could replace her and can never be attracted to a woman who demands things a real man can produce! Lazy ass nigga’s never want to be in a position of commitment or responsibility and never really have in their lives. Their in and out employment record and crazy relationship history is a fact to this. Lazy ass nigga’s are masters of manipulation. Never underestimate a lazy ass nigga! Trust me. But it’s hard as hell not to underestimate their asses because they really never let you see how intelligent they really are. Believe me, it’s so many lazy ass nigga’s walkin the streets, and its motherfuckin scary how successful they’ve been, using the fine art of manipulation on your kind unknowing heart. The scheming, calculating lazy ass nigga only operates in one gear, and that’s fast-forward. This is why it’s not a problem to have a few escape routes….usually several willing women who believe all of the lies. While he’s with you, the lazy ass nigga is secretly settin up his next escape route because in his warped mind the well will always run dry at some point and he must always be ready to jump ship. You say how does this motherfucker find so many Black women to get caught up in his web? It’s so easy! This is the age of the IPhone, and the lazy ass nigga regardless of all else, must, I mean must keep a stable cell phone or even better yet a smart-phone. This is where he does his best work. He will be even more connected to that phone than he is to you! This is how he makes the new hook-ups that will be one day be his new life after you. Trust me; it’s not about if this will happen, but when! If you notice, lazy ass nigga’s always seem to find a hard working responsible sister that can be his bottom bitch. Now allow me to apologize for using such a profane statement but this is an education into a mentality that you ain’t gonna get nowhere else. Only with the Angry Black Man!! I gotta briefly explain what a bottom bitch is because in actuality that in itself is a topic for an entirely new and separate blog within itself. And actually, the lazy ass nigga don’t really want a bottom bitch, but he wants you to think that you are, and this is part of his setup in his hustle of your life. Sit back, close your eyes and open your motherfuckin mind up a bit for this one, and if you don’t understand me completely at this point then I’m gonna ask you to trust me until I can explain the total bottom bitch spectacle…….a bottom bitch is that woman who is the pimps most trusted woman in his stable of ho’s. She knows more about him and is the closest person to him and will never cross him. She knows he does what he wants but he let’s her know everything because the bottom bitch has been with him the longest out of all the women in his stable. Hell, she’ll even recruit new ho’s and be the eyes and ears of the pimp when he ain’t around. She basically runs shit, and it’s a position in the stable of ho’s that has the most respect, power and is feared because the bottom line is that what she says goes. She has this much power with the pimp. Now back to the lazy ass nigga. He understands the human psyche like no other; his very survival truly depends on his ability to instinctively make crucial decisions based on his gut feeling. Sisters, if you as hard working women believe that this type of man holds you up as the one, then you will fall right into place in order to be manipulated for his purposes! The lazy ass nigga could never get away with some of the shit that he pulls off without the power that you so easily and foolishly handed to him! But do understand, when I referred to the lazy ass nigga as amazing, I wasn’t praising him for being the ass-hole that he is, but what he has boldly accomplished in the art of manipulation is amazing in a motherfuckin wicked ass way! But like I said before, I can’t stand these types of brothers! So know that the very reason that the lazy ass nigga has chosen you to be his current enabler is because you passed the test as a gullible ass dumb woman who thought she was smart and he made you feel smarter than you really were! Hum to that!! The lazy ass nigga found you and tested you from day one! Usually the lazy ass nigga, when he found you, was on his way out of a relationship or in one already that had a whole lot of drama. He presented that shit to you in a way that made it the woman’s fault so that he can come out on top looking like a great prospect of a brother if only he had a good woman. Gotcha!…….and sisters ain’t it amazin how you, in the deepest corner of your mind have chosen to be that good woman that this lazy ass nigga needs to unlock the greatness that is hidden deep within his mind but in your mind can see so clearly? Do you think that this is all? Hell no, no damn way! In order to be a target of a lazy ass nigga you must have a healthy dose of low self esteem! This is like being a kid at the candy store, because this is what will allow his presence to walk right into your mind, body, and soul and allow him to take control of your entire life! You have now become his damn puppet and don’t even realize that the thoughts that you’re thinking most of the time didn’t even come from you! You have been possessed! You know what…..the majority of lazy ass nigga’s do their best manipulative, sneaky work in our Black Churches because it’s there where he will find the most dense collection of Black women with issues who will always fall for a man who walks through those doors armed with the Holy Bible shouting praise the Lord! It’s a hotbed of potential lazy ass nigga enablers who will fall all over themselves to get at this new man of God if he chooses to repackage himself in this manner. Now I gotta tell you this, sex with the lazy ass nigga is almost always on a supernatural level. Yea, supernatural shit!! When he makes love to you, in your mind its unique, special, fire, and outta this world that has to be real but in reality is only a well-acted performance that has worked on so many foolish women before you. What you don’t understand is that he has grown his sex game down to an exact science and that you are lying down with a hard core cold assassin of the heart! He doesn’t care about you in this intense and intimate way, he will just as easily do all of those hot ass freaky things that he did to you to someone else at the drop of a dime if he can get something out of her too! Let’s be real, usually that lazy ass nigga puts it down like no other brother! You never ever had a man go down on you so good and so completely thorough like he knew every spot to taste, every fold to devour and every nerve ending to chew! Damn! He has proven to you without a shadow of a motherfuckin doubt that he is the freakiest nigga walkin the face of the earth and you have made up your mind that you are not letting this good thing go no matter what! But what you fail to realize is that while you are freaked out at his ability to eat pussy with intensity, he is probably doing somebody else or maybe many others. You might actually be a fine ass, extremely attractive Black woman, but don’t feel like it deep down inside. Your looks probably intimidate a whole lot of brothers out here, but the lazy ass nigga looks past your looks and sees a sister with a lack of confidence because he can play on this and get to your bank account for himself even faster! Shit, he will make you feel like the most beautiful woman to ever walk the face of the earth; while really not caring what the fuck you look like because it’s what you have or what you can do for him that has attracted him to you. The lazy ass nigga will seem to fill in all of the empty spots in your life like a thunderstorm coming down on dry land that was in a drought for years. In your mind he is the answer to all of you problems and he is the one that you have been waiting for. And while it may seem too good to be true, it is! You will be hooked on this lazy ass nigga’s presence in your life, and like a meth head that is hooked from that first hit of methamphetamine, you will be searching for that first high that he gave you even as you know that he is always unemployed, always cheats, and even whips your ass as you continue to love this lazy ass nigga. All the while in your addiction to the lazy ass nigga, you are subsidizing his cheatin ass lifestyle with the condiments that have come from the sweat of your brow. While you are at work, he is driving your late payment car around town with the other women who believe that he is the one who is runnin thangs and paying the bills in your relationship. The nigga will even claim that your money that you kindly shared with him is really his! He will do all kinds of shit for those other woman. One thing that many of my Sisters need to understand is that while a lazy ass nigga will say all of the right shit to appeal to your ambitions, he cannot produce one bit of proof to show that he has lived a principled life. I could go on and on about the phenomenon of the lazy ass nigga because their ways have been well observed over the years by me…….but fear not! I’m givin you the “Angry Black Man” proactive remedy to keeping you free of any lazy ass niggas from worming their way into your life. All men want to have their own space and if they seem as though they don’t then this is the first indication of a serious personality deficiency and flaw! Avoid these motherfuckers like the plague and don’t even fool yourself into considering helping this fool. Lazy ass nigga’s will sniff out a woman’s weaknesses and sore spots from day one. You must hold true to your convictions of being a strong Black woman who will not be used no matter how much you crave the tension releasing pleasures that this man can possibly give. Yes, it is so sad that it has come to this in the dating world in 2012, but there is just too damn much at stake here as far as the resources that you have painstakingly built up over the years and the sweet heavenly love that you have for that worthy Black man! A lazy ass nigga can’t ever earn a good woman’s love because the love of a good woman cannot be compromised, hustled away, tricked or schemed on. Don’t be fooled!

GUNS, COPS, AND THE HOOD

When I was growing up my mother and father taught me to respect the law and police officers because they had a dangerous job and they were there to protect us and our interests. Pretty much that was the mindset of everyone in my community back in Tarrytown (Gary, Indiana) as a preteen back in the mid sixties, but as time went on, the climate changed as I became more politically informed, and the police became part-time occupiers of our communities. I couldn’t understand how was it that the agency that you were supposed to call when something bad happened was the very organization that we young warriors despised deeply with an intensity that bordered on hate. Hate. Whenever an organization has an “us verses them” mentality, it can’t help but spread onto the streets where those who are classified as “them” begin to feel the same way. Back when I was in junior high at Tolleston High School in Gary, Indiana, there was a police officer that was stationed at the community office at Patcher Park in Tarrytown, his name I could never forget, it was Mr. White, and he lived in Tarrytown. He was so friendly and explained things to us in a simplistic manner. He was firm, but he believed we could be anything we wanted in life. We were in amazement at the realities that he shared with our young minds. Whenever we would see him in the streets, we would bend over backwards to speak to him. “Hello Mr. White!” He would always say hello. He spoke to us and made us realize that he was a normal man who had a job to do, a very demanding job that could cost an officer their life. But we children were no threat back in those days, all we wanted to do was to get good grades in school, play ball, and play more ball. Life was so simple back then…….the difference between us then, when we were kids, and the kids nowadays is that we wouldn’t dare do anything that would bring shame and disgrace to our parents and family name. Today, it seems as though many of our Black youth are trying to do just that! Children now are growing up faster, not in a physical sense per se’, well, let me correct that; they are getting developed faster. Maybe from the hormone laced meat and dairy products? Some of these young teenage girls are definitely not prepared emotionally for the adult scenarios that their premature bodies are introducing them to, but that’s another blog now isn’t it? But yes, they are growing up faster and they are realizing that all cops aren’t the “Officer White” of my glorious upbringing. It works both ways though, because kids these days have juvenile rap sheets that would make career criminals flinch with embarrassment! Young girls brag about their special abilities in mastering certain acts that bring them lots of money from men who could be their grandfathers. Young boys barely out of middle school fathering children themselves and becoming street hardened criminals long before they graduate high school. Many welcome the hood “rights of passage” of manhood by getting into the lower level drug trade and few get a chance to ever enjoy becoming the legal age of twenty-one because of their early funerals. So imagine what the police have to go through when they must deal with youngsters who are unfortunate because of their dreadful circumstances, and the bleak environment that breeds them to be the criminals of tomorrow in a hopeless economy and oftentimes a hopeless world from their personal point of view. They don’t grow up with respect for the law; they embrace a strong distaste for it. And while my generation would try to live in harmony with the police officers of my day, it is a cultural expectancy today to sneer publicly at any law enforcement officer, even if you had absolutely no reason to do so. It’s not popular to be the “Po-Po” anymore. It used to be a common thing to hear a young man say that he wanted to be a police officer when he grew up, now you hardly hear any young men say this. And young Black men? Don’t waste your time; you’ll probably have a better chance of finding a naked Barack Obama taking a leisurely stroll down at the mall. This is how drastic our culture has changed toward law enforcement. Now granted, the dirty cops are becoming more and more of a common fixture in the Black neighborhoods, and I can stretch my imagination a bit to say that I can understand an occasional heavy handed “off the record” tactic that may have to be employed by the cops when the situation calls for it because I know what’s out there. I feel that both sides are being fooled badly. On the one hand, you have these bad ass wayward kids from broken homes that usually have no father present in their life to guide them along the correct path, and when you do what kind of example is it? How can a child have a strong desire to learn and grow when their father is on the corner bumming nickels for a beer or blatantly bed hopping with every woman in sight? Imagine the resentment that is manifested from within as these youngsters get older? I’ve noticed in my personal/professional life that I get mixed reactions on how I carry myself when in close proximity to many of these wayward young men. Many times while I’m out and about, having already cultivated a friendly and sometimes not so friendly dialogue with them, I have found that the young men who have no strong father figure at home will react to me in either one of two ways. They will embrace who I am and grow to open up and confide in me as a surrogate father or they will reject me on sight because of the resentment built up over the years from knowing that they didn’t have a father figure in their lives. I would not attempt to explain away everything in my statements as every situation is completely different. We as Black men carry a lot of our frustrations hidden and brewing below the surface like a pressure cooker waiting to blow. We just don’t talk about what stresses us until it’s too late. We have feelings behind the strong visuals and athletic strut that captures the attention of all who drink in our awe inspiring and sometimes intimidating presence. But truth be told for many of us, that’s all we have, sorry to spill that secret brothers, it’s not all of us, but way too many. This world can be frightening for anyone, I mean anyone, because as fast as its evolving, it seems like as soon as you learn the rules to this life and settle into a somewhat stable existence, some evil power comes along to rip you out of your comfort zone and change the rules forcing you to start all over again. Think it’s easy? This is the norm in the everyday life of the Black man. Not every Black man, but too many of us. It’s not an excuse. Not at all! I am merely painting a colorful picture with my words to bring you into a mindset that you may not have been privy to or may have misunderstood. The uncertainty can be a bitch! Why do you think that so many of us are dropping dead from heart attacks while at the same time appearing to be the perfect picture of health? Don’t let the good looks fool you…….as usual, I’ve strayed far from my intended direction but allow me to bring it back into focus. The bottom line is that many of our Black youth have been programmed with the wrong agenda, the wrong data, and the hijacked culture that I often speak of. The video games make murder and death fair. The disconnect created from broken families only amplifies this isolated condition. The lack of the barest of necessities in such a materialistic world is nothing short of an embarrassment. Opportunities are there, but for some it appears that they are further away than they really are. With no one around who thinks positive to encourage them, they succumb to the mentality of doom. STD’s are alive and well, but that’s not enough to dissuade our kids from experimenting with each other, as illicit sex has not only become a casual recreation, but it has also become a means of yielding a false sense of power to bring a rush of superiority for a short time to the powerless. Wow….slow down Phil! You hear how our young Black men speak to each other in public, “When I finally laid this dick to that bitch, she couldn’t help but call me daddy and give me that check every week because she know that she don’t want to lose this!” How can our young men become men when the only men that they are around speak like that? So here they are, frustrated, misinformed, non-motivated, morally bankrupt, pissed off at the world, unemployed, hopeless with no plan, and no dream or goals to strive for, living in what can only be described as a pre-hell. Now here comes a cop with an attitude telling these young brothers on the corner that they have to move it along or else. This is no reason to shoot an officer of the law, but when these confrontations are an almost daily happening, it doesn’t take long for an opinion to get formed on who is not the most well like person in the hood. You see, from what I’ve observed, there may be no place for these young men to go. The police may reminisce about their younger days in little league baseball, hockey practice or the trips out of state over the summer with their family. But there is nothing like that in the hood except the basketball court where bullets usually fly on a regular basis and where drugs can be purchased with ease as well as the companionship of a crack whore. Damn, did I say that? The tensions are always building. Not all of the time but with so many factors involved, is it a wonder that it isn’t too hard for these young men to take out their frustrations on an authority figure with a gun? We need more “Mr. Whites” in the world today don’t we? My words weren’t meant to excuse anyone for breaking the law, or bringing harm to a law enforcement officer. It was shared to ponder the many factors that bring a person to the point where they do not care about pulling the trigger of a gun on another human being. Until we see ourselves collectively as proud Black folk, no matter what the pedigree, political affiliation, lifestyle preference, background or financial portfolio, look for it to happen time and time again! Is this the type of world that we deserve to live in?

SLIPPIN INTO DARKNESS

They've become the subject of dozens of films - those lazy ass young Black men and boys who spend most of their time playing video games, smoking Kush, and refusing to get a job. Hey, you know and I know it’s a very unsettling trend. Black America is now producing a generation of 'lost boys' who lack the drive to go to school, get a job, respect their elders, and end up languishing on the street corners, and their mommas couch in the living room. Talk about stuck in adolescence! Damn! They are struggling with not feeling passionate about anything. Committing to any damn thing is a waste of time to them. They're almost saying it's cool to be rude, stupid, dumb, oafish, destructive, and not very productive. It’s an epidemic. I've spoken with many boys in Grades 1 to 5 here in Indianapolis, and they've told me that school is a stupid waste of time. Wow! When I ask them why, they say, "I don’t like reading," or "because I wouldn't sit still," or "on account of I drew a picture of me shooting my daddy.” Real stuff people! Part of the problem is that our young Black boys feel bored at school, and about the only thing momma can do is encourage them to set themselves small, achievable goals. I said small…This means they take on small challenges to begin with, then; maybe they will see that happiness comes from a sense that you're making progress toward goals. Hum? You young Black mothers and sometimes fathers have to understand that parenting is not about being best friends with your son. Black parents coddle these wayward souls too much, and spare the rod too often. They coddle them. They lie for them. They co-sign for them. Parents cover for their kids, even when their kids are dead wrong. And that's where the problems come in. These young Black mothers always say they want to give their kids more than what they had. But sometimes more is not always better. Hell, teachers quit because they can't teach these bad ass kids. Police officers that patrol the streets damn near have to be a child psychologist. We've dropped the ball, me included. One thing we had when I was a kid was respect for our elders. No matter what we did, we respected our elders, and we told the truth, or tried (smile at that). Black parenting has now become warfare. I mean guerrilla warfare! It's adult versus kid, old school versus young, wise versus naive. Who wins the battle many times boils down to who's the craziest, who scares whom, who waves the white flag first, or in some instances, who dies first. When I say I want to kill kids, you know what I mean. I don't have to explain. I just say what frustrated Black parents want to say, but can't. That's all right. I'm the bad guy. I'll be the bad guy. Remember, I am the Angry Black Man! I got my ass whooped, not whipped, every day when I was growing up. I was disciplined not so much for being disrespectful, but for doing crazy things around the house. Sometimes I got two or three in one day, some from my sisters. I got whipped so much that I became immune to the pain. I cried my ass off, but I could take the pain. Mothers, get in your sons ear. Always ask them about their day. And always make them look in your eyes. They might think it’s hard and cold, but….oh well. Be a fan of the truth. Tell it like it is! Young Black men should have control of their lives by the age of 25. By then they should have came to the realization that there ain’t anything in the streets for them but death! The one thing that missing fathers teach their sons, that they don’t even know that they teach them, is that the sons don’t want to be like them. Now that’s real talk…..meanwhile, did you know that we now have grandmothers who are 33, and have more drama in their lives than their grandkids……..another story for another day.