13% OF BLACK MEN VOTED FOR TRUMP….HERE’S WHY

According to exit poll numbers, 13% of the Black men who voted in the Presidential election voted for Donald Trump.

Yeah, I know.

This even surpasses the number of Black male voters who went for both McCain and Romney

I know that too.

Can you explain how that happened? Why would 13% of Black men vote for this man?

Because some niggas are really stupid.

Really? Some niggas are stupid? That’s your explanation?

Yea. There’s really no need for me to expound. 13% of niggas just don’t have the good sense God and Isaac Hayes gave them.

Does this surprise you at all?

That 13% of Black men voted for a man who openly engages and cultivates racists like they’re grass-fed chickens? Yea. But, that 13% of niggas are dumb enough to do that? Nope.

Why not?

Because, generally speaking, 13% of niggas are dumb. If you grabbed a random sampling of 10 niggas, between 1 and 1.3 of them are going to prone to prolonged bouts of dumbassshitness. It’s a science.

Now, I’m aware the 13% of niggas being dumber than a misspelled stop sign sounds brutal. But for comparison’s sake, 21% of men generally are dumb. So there are actually less dumb as the fuck Black men than dumb as the fuck men in general.

Interesting! Why do you think this is?

Niggas just can’t afford to be dumb, which is something we all know, so it’s usually beaten out by tree branches out of love at a young age. Grown-ass dumb-ass Black men end up on World Star or named “Tyga.” Grown-ass dumb-ass White men end up in the fuckin White House!!

So if you happen to meet a grown-ass dumb-ass nigga, know that his stupidity is intentional. Premeditated and calculated. That he’s had decade’s worth of grandmas and teachers and coaches and homies and barbers and lovers desperately trying to iron some sense into his natural Black ass… some even willing to sacrifice their own asses for his… but he was so set on being a dumb motherfucker that it didn’t matter. Know that this nigga tried his damn hardest to be dumb; he studied stupidity; he gave more effort, more blood, sweat, and tears into intellectual fuckshitlery than anything else.

Be afraid of that nigga. Be very afraid.

This is quite fascinating. So, if you don’t mind me asking, how does a grown-ass Black man end up being so damn stupid?

There are myriad possible causes. Some are so obsessed with being close to whiteness… being loved and accepted by white people or constructing himself in the white man’s image (or both) — that it fries their brain cells; effectively turning them into a crumpled pair of white-boy Wrangler jeans. Some are hamstrung by patriarchy, where misogyny is so deeply embedded in their sorry ass psyches that they’re not even aware it’s there. Some treat Christianity like a bottomless Golden Corral buffet; deciding to choose which parts of the Bible they’ll follow and which ones they’ll ignore. Some order all of their reading material from the ads in the back of Smooth Magazine. And some just got really caught up in Pre-Paid Legal in the late 90s.

Add each of these populations together (and control for the overlap) and you have 10 to 13% of niggas.

Thank you for the explanation!

You’re welcome! Any time!

TIME FOR NEW BLACK LEADERSHIP

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.

THE TALK WHITE FOLKS HAVE WITH THEIR CHILDREN ABOUT RACE AND THE RACIST VIEWS THEY INSTILL IN THEIR CHILDREN (THE 9 POINT PLAN)

1.   Avoid concentrations of all Black people not known to you personally.

2.   Stay out of heavily populated Black neighborhoods.

3.   If planning a trip to a beach or amusement park at some date, find out whether it is likely to be swamped with Blacks on that date (neglect of this one will likely get you shot).

4.   Do not attend events likely to draw a lot of Blacks.

5.   If you are at some public event at which the number of Blacks suddenly swells, leave as quickly as possible.

6.   Do not settle in a district or municipality run by Black politicians.

7.   Before voting for a Black politician, scrutinize his/her character much more carefully than you would a white person.

8.   Do not act as a Good Samaritan to Blacks in apparent distress, e.g., on the highway.

9.   If accosted by a strange Black in the street, smile and say something polite but keep moving.”

LEAVE CLARENCE THOMAS’S COON ASS OUT OF “OUR” MUSEUM

I was overjoyed and proud of my people for building the African American History and Culture Museum in Washington. It's long overdue if you ask me. But better late than never I guess. Hum? Anyway, silly me, I told myself that I was going to take a trip up to Washington with one of my female friends, spend the night, hit up a nice restaurant, and spend a couple of days visiting the shiny new museum. Not! What the hell was I thinking? Tickets are sold out until at least March of 2017. Apparently the place is a hit, and getting a ticket is almost as tough as scoring a ticket to see the Cubs play!

So I was thinking about the museum and all of its early success, when I read the following article about one of my least favorite people on this earth.

"The National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. only has one reference to Clarence Thomas: that of Anita Hill testifying against him in his confirmation hearings.

But a petition launched from the StandUnited website is looking to change that, calling for Thomas’ inclusion in the museum as part of African-American history. The petition is called “Director for Smithsonian Museum of African-American Culture and History, Lonnie Bunch III: Don’t Overlook African American Leaders like Justice Clarence Thomas” and was launched on October 6. Already, it has gotten about 8,000 signatures.

“Justice Thomas is the longest-serving African American Supreme Court Justice in our nation’s history,” Angela Morabito, who is the senior campaign manager of the website, told CNSNews.com. “StandUnited users are commenting on the petition about how they want to see Smithsonian embrace history, instead of selectively editing it.”

“Justice Thomas has a uniquely American story, in all its complexity – he grew up in the segregated South, and is now the second most powerful African American man in government,” Morabito continued. “Petition signers think he deserves credit for his extraordinary contributions to American government and constitutional scholarship.”

What the FUCK???? You have got to be kidding my ass!! As Whitney used to say to Bobby: "Hell. To. The. Motherfuckin. No.!!!!" First of all, this House Negro was traded from the Negro race years ago. We disowned this Negro, and everything that his coonin ass stands for. White folks can embrace him if they want to, and that's fine, but put him in your own fuckin museum. I suspect that he would prefer to be there with you in the first place. 

WHEN TRUMP LOSES, WATCH OUT FOR YOUR SUPPOSED WHITE FRIENDS

One scary story about Donald Trump and his deplorable supporters, is the chance a racial apocalypse if he loses. Where does all the white rage go when Donald Trump loses? Damn!! His newly riled-up, racist supporters may not go gently into that good night. Trump’s base is so goddamn scary because it’s not so much made up of people with shared policy ideas, it’s more of an army filled with angry white folks who’ve been hungry for emancipation from political correctness and DIVERSITY (Niggers & Mexicans)! The reason Trump’s campaign events sell out . . . is because Trump and his campaign rallies offer the racist attendees something no other candidate does: an uncut taste of good ol’ fashioned Bigotry. Racism has been around some 500 years, and during that time we Black folk have learned a lot about them “good ol boys.” Not all of em are racists. And for those who are racists, their views may not lead to threatening actions. When Black folks and whites work on jobs where cooperation is a matter of life and death, like the military or on a construction site, people, no matter their beliefs, tend to find a way to get along. Hum?

THE TRUMP EFFECT, OUR CHILDREN ARE BEING CONTAMINATED: Some schoolteachers are finding an alarming level of fear and anxiety among Black and Hispanic children which in turn is inflaming racial and ethnic tensions in the classroom. Many teachers have noted an increase in bullying, harassment and intimidation of Black, Hispanic, and Muslim students whose races, religions or nationalities have been Trump’s verbal targets on the campaign trail. So, all of a sudden, white kids have a newfound hate for Black and brown children? They’ve been hearing Trump’s racist and misogynist speech for a little over a year. They’ve been living with their parents much longer. For centuries, so-called populists like asshole Trump have tried to create and perpetuate racial divisions for their own political and economic gain. Divide and conquer the working class by making whites feel superior to Black people……..even as Trump picks the pockets of both groups. Then blame each for the other’s failure. Neat ain’t it? It’s not hard to see that the ripping-off of America’s middle class has been underway for at least 50 years. Many are understandably angry, although too often at the wrong motherfuckin villain. And unless Black and white working-class people come together and stop falling for these political con games, that nightmare will continue. Plain & simple!!

HOW TRUMP TOOK CONTROL OF HATE

Donald Trump may be the last hope for a President who would be good for white people. Huh ya say? Trump is the first Presidential candidate from a major party ever to earn his support because he’s talking about policies that would slow the deficit of white people. That’s something that’s very important to me and to all racially conscious Black folk. The success of the racist Trump campaign just proves that his views resonate with millions. His supporters might not be ready for the Ku Klux Klan yet,  but as anti-white hatred escalates, they surely will. The cheetoed one didn’t become the object of white nationalist affection simply because his positions reflect their core concerns. Right Wing-Extremists made him their chosen candidate and now hail him as "Emperor Trump" because he has AMPED UP their RACIST message on social media—and, perhaps most importantly, has damn near broken his neck to avoid distancing himself from the racist right. With the exception of David Duke, Trump has not disavowed one single endorsement from the dozens of neo-Nazis, Klansmen, white nationalists, and militia supporters who have backed him. Trump, along with his family members, staffers, and silly ass surrogates, has instead provided an unprecedented platform for the ideas and rhetoric of far-right extremists, extending their reach exponentially. And when challenged on it by the weak ass press, Trump has stalled, looked duffus, acted ignorant, or deflected—but has never specifically rejected any of these other extremists or their ideas. Wonder why? Trump’s stance has thrilled and emboldened hate groups far more than people think. Moreover, Trump's openness and welcoming of these hate groups into mainstream American politics will have long-lasting consequences regardless of the election outcome. Those right-wing fringe talk radio shows and dozens of posts on influential hate sites tells me that what has largely been portrayed by the media as Trump "gaffes" has instead been understood by far-right extremists as a love for Emperor Trump! The racist right-wing zeal for Trump went crazy after his decision in August to hire a new campaign boss, Stephen Bannon, the former publisher of Breitbart News, and an over the top racist, big-time booster, and far-right rhetoric king. Trump's racist campaign tricks—from calls for us Black protesters to be "roughed up" to the circulation of racist, anti-Muslim, and anti-Semitic literature—is proof for them that white nationalism has not only arrived, but has found a champion in Donald Trump, major-party nominee for president of the United States.

HEY MELANIA.........YOUR ASSHOLE HUSBAND IS NO BOY!!

I wonder how many of you married dudes out there could tell your wife that you did some inappropriate shit because some dude half your age was "egging" you on. I’m willing to guess not that many. Of course not many of you happen to have millions (yea Donald, millions; not billions) of dollars laying around, either. I was listening to some of Melania Trump's interview with CNN, and you have to kind of feel sorry for her non English speakin ass. She actually blamed her husband's misogynist and sexist behavior on a man half his age. Hum……..Which begs the serious question: If Donald Trump can be so easily be influenced by a lightweight bullshit entertainer, how the hell can he stand up to world leaders with much more influence and gravitas? Donald wasn't there during the interview, so you have to wonder what his people were thinking. Hillary stood right by Bubba's side as fucked everybody in Washington in the nineties. It's ironic that Trump's wife is now doing the very thing that they accuse Hillary of doing: Standing by her man, while Stevie Wonder can see what's really going on.  Melania said some other interesting shit to say as well:

Melania Trump is suggesting that, as First Lady, she could be interested in leading an effort to combat bullying and negativity on social media.

Mrs. Trump…. whose racist husband frequently uses social media to attack opponents - said Monday on CNN that she was worried about its impact on children. WTF!!! She said she is concerned that her 10-year-old son Barron would be exposed to tough talk on Twitter and other social media platforms. Donald Trump, of course, is frequently fightin mad on Twitter. Just earlier Monday, he took to the social media platform to unleash attacks on both sides of the aisle, targeting both Democratic Hillary Clinton and House Speaker (Eddie Munster) Paul Ryan and claiming the "dishonest" media was conspiring against him. Ok Melania, so as First Lady you won’t take on poverty, education, healthcare, world hunger or adult illiteracy. Your issue will be bullying on social media? Well, for starters, you might want to holla at that motherfucker lying next to you!!

DEAR WHITE PEOPLE

This shit is important because it can give you white folks another glimpse of the mindset of some of us Black folk in the African American community. Especially as it relates to your hero… Donald J Trump.  
I know it’s been a good long while since we had an honest and open conversation. I can’t say that I speak for every one of my peeps, because we don’t all agree…just as we all know not every white person thinks or believes the same. But before the shit goes too much further and get too much worse, we need to talk dammit!! Seriously talk. Not at each other, not about each other from another room, but to each other. Yep!
First: Let’s get to brass tacks about this Trump dude.
He says he wants to make things better for all of us, which would be nice. However his track record is a bit fucked up. He once did some nice shit for Jesse Jackson. Okay, that’s cool. But he was also president of his father’s company when they were deliberately trying to get us BLACK people from living in their buildings. Yeah, sure motherfuckers, that was a long time ago. In the meantime there was the Central Park Five incident, when he called for the death penalty to be used on five innocent Black teenagers accused of a really brutal rape. That one still kinda fucks with me. He desegregated his exclusive Mar-a-Lago Club, but the truth ain’t that he did that for the benefit of us brothers and sisters and Jews who had been excluded from other clubs. He only did it to get back at the Palm Beach society, which looked down its nose at his punk ass! For a lot of longtime residents, Cheeto Trump’s decision to set up camp here was bad enough. That was in 1985, when Drumpf paid about $7 million for the 128-room Mar-a-Lago mansion, built 70 years ago by crazy cereal heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post. Over the years, Ms. Post's party schedule had placed the estate smack dab middle in the center of Palm Beach social circles. By the time she died in 1973, it was a local institution.

 

Mr. Trump arrived well-known, though not necessarily well thought of. He brought with him a reputation as a real-estate developer accustomed to battling local residents. In the early 1990s, Drumpf found himself stuck in a costly divorce just as the real-estate markets began to slide. He talked shit openly about the $3 million a year in maintenance costs that the estate was costing him. He proposed subdividing the 17-acre property into smaller lots for residential development. Hummmmmmm………That set the stage for Drumpf’s first big battle with the Palm Beach leaders. The town, which years earlier had approved a subdivision proposal for the site from another developer, rejected Mr. Trump's plan, setting the stage for him to sue for $50 million. He dropped the suit when an idea emerged to turn the crib into a private club. The town council agreed to that shit, but placed restrictions on the club, such as allowing no more than 500 members. In the spring of 1995, the Mar-a-Lago Club officially opened, and is now charging $75,000 for membership, plus annual dues. 75,000……75,000……75,000

So here’s the shit: Mar-a-Lago wasn’t even a real club before Drumpf’s arrival, it was a private residence. It was a crib. Trump needed to make some cash real fast, so he tried to make it into 17 separate residential properties he could sell or lease, which the city council rejected. That’s when he decided to make it a private club with a $75,000 annual membership fee, like some of other local clubs.  Most of those clubs were segregated, his new club was not, and he used that fact as a way to cry that he was being discriminated against by the city. Whoa!!

After the council refused to lift the restrictions, Drumpf filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Palm Beach, saying that the town was discriminating against Mar-a-Lago, in part because it is open to Jews and African-Americans. The suit seeks $100 million in damages. Even the Anti-Defamation League in New York, which in a 1994 battle forced Palm Beach's Sailfish Club to open up its membership, was concerned that Drumpf was using the charge of anti-Semitism for his own monied ends. The league's national director, Abraham Foxman, met with Drumpf soon after to let out his concerns. According to Mr. Foxman, Drumpf agreed to modify his claims to allege only that the town council has treated Mar-a-Lago unfairly, compared with other clubs in town.

So just to set the motherfuckin record straight: He was in fact trying to get a better deal out of the Palm Beach City Council for his club, not doing anyone else a favor. However since then, generally speaking, he really hasn’t done anything else for us Black people. Not really. Not at all! But now he says he’s our only hope. Now he says only he can make things better for us. And he starts out by saying things have never been worse for us, “ever ever ever.” Do you understand why that’s not a comforting appeal? If not, I’ll let Don Lemon explain it for me. Thoughts?

THE RENT A NEGRO PLACEMENT AGENCY

 The Rent a Negro placement agency will start gettin a helluva lotta calls from the Trump campaign starting today! They will no doubt need some Negro faces for the ample camera shots that will focus on the campaign as he starts to give all of his victory speeches. If the Rent a Negro agency depended on Hillary or Bernie they would fuckin go broke, because Negroes are going to show up at their rallies free of charge. Trump still can't convince me, or most of us with a brain that he is not a poisonous racist…. or at least trying to play to em….so the perfect Negro placement will be particularly important for his ass. This is the dude who had the Secret Service kick out approximately 30 Black kids from a campaign rally before it even started, is just proof that Trump is a racist. And by the way, the Secret Service is for the protection of the principle, not for ruffing up the coloreds. As I watched Super Tuesday returns on television, and the Trump strategy to clean up with the racist good ole boys and gals seemed to work.  The networks called Georgia and some other Southern states real fuckin early, so if you people in America with a conscience thought that Trump letting his Klan flag fly would hurt him, you are very wrong. Hillary's Black wall strategy seems to be working as well. Those Southern Negroes are coming out for her big time. (Memo to Bernie: You can't campaign with Niggas such as Cornel West and expect to beat Hillary among Black folks. In case you didn't notice, those folks hate Obama almost as much as Republicans do, and sadly for them, Black folks still love President Obama.) Bernie should have paid me for my advice. I could have saved him a lot of wasted resources. 

BOY, I SURE MISS GEORGE JACKSON……………..``BLOOD IN MY EYE’’

I many times have drawn from George Jackson in my posts/articles, but no amount of lil citations or lonely articles can do his political contribution real justice. His knowledge is critical in our current period of a never-ending war waged all over the world against us Black folk. He always drew on the best of Malcolm X in his blistering critiques of the bankrupt left and Black opportunists that would become our Black misleadership class.

 But perhaps the greatest gift Jackson gave to me personally was his deep knowledge of strategy and organization. Throughout “Blood in My Eye” you can find entire sections dedicated to urban guerrilla warfare (much needed right now) and political organization. Jackson came to the conclusion that a revolutionary movement required three elements: an above ground organization that carries out political work, an independent media, and an underground organization committed to creating crises for the establishment. Hum……..Tea Party!

He went further and emphasized the necessity of ideology and demands. DEMANDS!!

According to brother George, without either, those attracted to the struggle for justice will merely become "Amerikans" again after each demonstration, protest, or political activity. For Jackson, the revolutionary task was to develop soldiers for freedom, while "Amerikans" are at any given moment subject to performing duties as soldiers for the racist American Empire. Get it? Hum…………………………….

Jackson's organizational skills and revolutionary ideology inspired the mutinous prison movement of the 60's and 70's. When Jackson was murdered, the majority of Attica prisoners fasted in tribute to his life. (Majority) A week later, they conducted a heroic rebellion for dignity behind the walls, and later state sanctioned massacred. (Assassinated) For you youngsters this is popularly known as the Attica Rebellion. That was then, this is motherfuckin now. Most Black folk who live in America have never heard of George Jackson. His work has been continually repressed by imperialism along with the ideas that his struggle represented.

Current conditions in America certainly reflect much of what Jackson wrote in his essay "After the Revolution Has Failed." In this chapter, Jackson concludes that a combination of reform and repression set back the revolutionary struggle. This same analysis remains important today. Rapid technological changes, austerity, stop and frisk, mass police surveillance, and the killing of unarmed Black men have taken their toll on Black folk’s consciousness. These are but a few changes that arose in concert with the growth of a labor and Black misleadership class to blunt the revolutionary consciousness of oppressed people in America.

As developments such as Black Lives Matter continue to form an identity under the conditions of 21st century racism, a return to the works of George Jackson will give us a critical lesson on the importance of political consciousness in the fight for a new world. As Jackson notes, “We are faced with the task of a raising a positive mobilization of revolutionary consciousness in a mass that has ‘gone through’ a contra-positive, authoritarian process.” DAMN!!!

Did yawl know that brother George’s corpse was thrown on top of 99 books that he kept in his cell directly after his assassination? His deep knowledge of history and theory helped him forge the first theoretical framework of the Mass Black Incarceration State. Jackson also made critical contributions to revolutionary strategy in his analysis of guerrilla warfare and political organization. One of his most important contributions to the struggle today is the work he put in to build unity among the oppressed and clarity on the character of the oppressor state. Although much has changed since his death, racist actions by the right have become more common and acute. We must introduce revolutionaries such as George Jackson in any conversation about building a radical movement in this time so that more like him can develop in the flesh. GEORGE JACKSON’S LIFE TRULY MATTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WAS I RIGHT ABOUT OBAMA?

So that’s my first Angry Black Man question, and I know it’s a lot of ground to cover, but how do you feel things have worked out since then, both with the economy and with this President? That was a huge turning point, that moment in 2008, and my own feeling is that we didn’t turn. Hum? No, the thing is he posed as a progressive and turned out to be a counterfeit brother. We ended up with a Wall Street President, a drone President, a national security President. The torturers go free. The Wall Street executives go free. The war crimes in the Middle East, especially in Gaza, the war criminals go free.

And yet, you know, he acted as if he was both a progressive and as if he was concerned about the issues of serious injustice and inequality and it turned out that he’s just another neoliberal centrist with a slick smile, a tan suit, and nice rhetorical flair. Damn!!

And that’s a very sad moment in the history of the country because we are—we’re an empire in decline. Our Black culture is in increasing decay. Our inner-city school systems are in deep trouble. Our political system is dysfunctional. Our leaders are more and more bought off with legalized bribery and normalized corruption in Congress and too much of our personal life. You would think that we needed somebody……. A transformational President who could revive some democratic spirit and democratic possibility…That’s exactly what everyone was saying at the time, especially us Black folk. That’s right. That’s true. It was like, “We finally got somebody who can help us poor folk.” And he posed as if he was a kind of an Abe Lincoln. Hum? Yeah. That’s what everyone was saying, especially us Black folk.

And we ended up with a motherfuckin brown-faced Bill Clinton. Another opportunist…. Another neoliberal opportunist! It’s like, “Oh, no, don’t tell me that!” I tell you this, because I got hit hard years ago, but everywhere I go now, it’s “Brother Norton, I see what you were saying. Brother Norton, you were right. Angry Black Man, your language was harsh and it was difficult to take, but you turned out to be absolutely right.” And, of course with Ferguson, you get it reconfirmed even among the people within his own circle now, you see. It’s a sad thing. It’s like you’re looking for John Coltrane and you get Kenny G in brown skin.

My persistent, consistent, constant and piercing criticism of President Obama is, for the most part, painfully true. Even Obama’s most loyal and devoted supporters know that my analysis is factual and true.

I was really wrong about one thing. Obama never campaigned as a true progressive. Ending poverty was not a top priority during his campaigns. He never campaigned as a Black activist. He never promised to be a strong advocate for us Black folk. In fact, his rise to national prominence was based on his out-of-touch post-racial rhetoric about one America during the 2004 Democratic National Convention.

No one should be surprised when the Obama Administration and its silly parrots constantly repeat the silly motto that “he is not just the President of Black America.” You will never ever hear any other group of people embracing and repeating such a self-defeating and pathetic slogan. Imagine the Jews saying Obama is not just the President of Jewish America. Imagine the LGBT community saying that Obama is not just the President of gay America. Imagine the Hispanic community saying that Obama is not just the President of immigrant America. Imagine white feminists saying Obama is not just the President of women. Those groups would never spout such bullshit.

Unlike our Black community, those groups do not surrender. They do not accept symbols over silly ass substance. They vigorously push their agenda. Unfortunately, we Black folks are pacified by symbols and gestures. We are so drunk with Obama-aide and infatuated with the concept of a Black President that many of us have lost our complete motherfuckin minds and our principles. Besides, no one should be surprised by Obama’s stance on the recent crisis in Israel and Gaza. Obama never campaigned as a friend of the Palestinian people. Like all of the clowns before him, Obama bowed down before the altars of AIPAC and Israel. During his first and second campaigns, Obama laced up his shoes and tap danced for em like Bojangles. Damn!!

A majority of Black folks avoid that truth by contrasting Obama and his past election opponents Mitt Romney and John McCain. Clearly, I think Obama was the better choice in those elections. That is why I voted for him. Unfortunately, both parties are owned by Wall Street and AIPAC. In this two party corporate dictatorship we call America, true progressive candidates and parties are not viable alternatives. Too often, they just can't get elected. They don’t have the money and resources to compete with the Democrats and the Republicans on a national level. They don’t receive the same level of media attention as the corporate parties. Until those changes, we are forced to settle for people like Barack Obama. Do not be mad at me, its just a painful truth, and to tell you the truth..........shit ain’t getting any better!!!!!!!