The action by the Lancaster New Era newspaper is unjustified
and unconscionable. The Maafa and slavery are atrocities and abominations. Not
only were people kidnapped and brutalized. People experience rape, murder,
abuse, other forms of human degradation, and other unspeakable crimes which I
can’t even type here. Therefore, the newspaper ought to know better than to
compare any modern flight experience to the wicked brutality that black
Africans have suffered in slave ships. Too many people want to not only
sanitize slavery, but to minimize how evil it was. We also have to know that
black people rebelled too. Black people rebelled against the Maafa in Africa,
in the slave ships, in the Americas, and in other places of the world. Black
people fought back against oppressors constantly. We have to know about this
history. We have to know about Charles Deslondes (who lead the 1811 slave
rebellion), about Cinque (who was involved in fighting for freedom in Amistad),
about Sam Sharpe, about Harriet Tubman, about Celia, about Gaspar Yanga, about Toussaint,
and about other heroes. The courage, the strength, the resiliency, and the
persistent of our ancestors should never be forgotten. White racism is a true
scourge and it must be condemned and any injustice ought to be oppressed
concretely. Our struggle for justice and freedom is sacrosanct. We certainly
need revolutionary change in order for us to be free. That is monumental truism
that I wholeheartedly accept in my mind, body, and spirit as a black man. The
mainstream media in the West is controlled heavily by less than 10 media
conglomerates. So, the media showing distortion, misinformation, propaganda,
etc. about human beings, especially about black people is common knowledge. The
mainstream media (which serves the interests of the ruling class. Operation
Mockingbird was a CIA PROGRAM whose goal was to allow the CIA to infiltrate the
media in general) will not readily show courageous black slavery revolts or
many black people making huge accomplishments in society presently. Much of the
mainstream media got it wrong on information relating to the 2003 Iraq War.
That is why alternative voices and alternative black media are necessary, so
our real story, our real history, and our real culture is readily known among
our communities worldwide (since we are global people. There are black people
living in Brazil, America, Europe, Asia, Africa, etc.).
There has been the talk about ISIS. The House voted to
support airstrikes in Syria. ISIS evolved from al-Qaeda and the policies of
Western imperialism. The President said that he wants to destroy ISIS
completely. He also wants the President Bashar Assad to end his rule of Syria,
but many terrorists are fighting Assad too. Many in Congress want to go along
with a policy to destroy one state in Syria when the Syrian government is no
direct threat to America. ISIS wants a caliphate within the borders of Syria
and Iraq. They want to battle America. The White House is trying to build up a
new coalition that is willing to fight ISIS. Many of the coalition member
nations were co-conspirators with America in giving birth to ISIS either
directly or indirectly. ISIS has received a lot of funding from people from
Saudi Arabia including Qatar for example. Members of the coalition include
Britain, France, other European nations, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Kuwait,
the United Arab Emirates, etc. Qatar is out of the coalition, but the West
loves its oil resources. Qatar worked with NATO to send funds to bomb Libya,
which was no threat to America either. The West sent money, guns, and mercenaries
to help the Libyan jihadists to defeat Gaddafi, so a new government can exist.
Now, Libya is having a civil war (which is also a proxy war between Saudi
Arabia and its friends and Qatar). So, this situation in the Middle East deals
with wars within wars and regime changes. Saudi Arabia is not readily backing
the Muslim Brotherhood like Qatar has done. ISIS is an Islamic fundamentalist
terrorist group. The West wants a regime change in Syria. A raft of prominent
liberal Democrats voted “yes,” including Xavier Becerra of California, John
Conyers of Michigan, Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz
of Florida, chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Many ISIS fighters
were trained and army by the CIA, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia as a means for them
to be allowed to try to overthrow the Assad regime since 2011. The President
said that U.S. ground troops will not be in Syria. He wants Iraqi and Kurdish
ground forces to do the fighting. Meanwhile, the well-connected Washington Post
columnist David Ignatius, a frequent mouthpiece for high-level leaks from the
military-intelligence apparatus, wrote a commentary Wednesday under the
headline, “U.S. boots are already on the ground against the Islamic State.” He
cited Title 50 of the US Code, regulating the activities of the CIA, which
allows the president to send US Special Operations forces on military actions
under CIA direction, as in the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 “Let’s be
honest,” Ignatius wrote. “US boots are already on the ground, and more are
coming. The question is whether Obama will decide to say so publicly, or remain
in his preferred role as covert commander in chief.” U.S. military operations
like bombs around Baghdad continue. The Iraqi ground forces are fighting in Anbar
province with U.S. air support. There has been fighting in Ramadi, Fallujah,
and Haditha.
This new ebola epidemic is horrible. Before, ebola mostly
spread and is contained. This time, the ebola virus is spreading much more
quickly into many West African nations. It has killed much more people and it
could spread into Europe or America in a serious level. Therefore, I do believe
that something must be done. African nations have to collaborate more in
developing infrastructure and other services to help our Brothers and our
Sisters. Americans can help, but the U.S. should reject imperialistic designs.
Folks are right that Africom and other entities have all been about expanding
Western hegemony in Africa not liberating African peoples in a revolutionary
fashion. That is true. So, the U.S. must be specific that their funding is used
to help people (via civilian personnel) not colonize people. What matters is
how we treat ourselves and how we understand our own worth and value as black
human beings. I believe in the Golden Rule, but I reject self-hatred and
discrimination. Only a racist and an ignorant person will ignore the great
accomplishments and contributions that black people have made in the four
corners of the Earth. I have read stories of many black children with massive
IQs, black people working on green solutions, and many black engineers
contributing their talents to the betterment of society. I do care about my own
people and our people have fought against injustice irrespective of the
expectations of white society. My black people fought slavery, unjust labor
practices, imperialism, and other evils back then. Black people continue to
fight for freedom today as exemplified by the courageousness of the Brothers
and Sisters of Ferguson. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was not naive about
injustice or racism. Many people want to sanitize Dr. King as an excuse for
them to promote post-racial rhetoric. The truth is that Dr. King by the late
1960's was increasingly radical because he saw how the injustice of the war of
Vietnam was tied to the plight of black people in America. He understood that
black people need economic justice not just laws changed in order for true
liberation to occur. Also, I am not ungrateful of the sacrifices of Dr. King
and other Brothers plus Sisters who fought the good fight. Erica is not
ungrateful of the great sacrifices of our people too. We are both grateful of
heroes like Ella Baker, Harriet Tubman, Malcolm X, and others who not only
spoke up, but did action in defense of black people.
Many defenders of Ray Rice’s sick actions say that he was
wrong, BUT. The problem with that erroneous thinking is that there should be no
BUT in the conversation. The conversation should be that Ray Rice was wrong
PERIOD. Also, Ray Rice is a trained boxer as well, so he knows how to inflict
pain to human beings in a specifically brutal fashion. His fiancée was
unconscious by his punch, which is totally unjustifiable. The NFL has dropped
the ball in this situation. This situation not just involves the NFL and the
rest of the sports world. Domestic violence is an epidemic among all corridors
of society. The NFL seems to express reaction to these terrible events by public pressure instead of reacting
out of true sincerity. Any form of domestic violence is antithetical to true
humane TREATMENT. The culture of violence has existed in America from the
events of Columbus’ travels, the Maafa and to domestic violence. One of the
greatest points from one article from another site is how racism and misogyny are linked. You can easily
witness how the vicious racists are misogynists and how black women suffer both
misogyny and racism. As Sister Trojan Pam has written, it is not about being
anti-men, but it is about being pro-justice. In order for us to be truly free,
we have to not only defeat racism, but misogyny as well. We have to discuss
issues honestly and form strategies. Adrian Peterson’s actions are wrong. The
mistreatment of a black child via a tree branch (causing blood, bleeding, bruising,
cuts, etc.) in that fashion is a throwback to how our black ancestors were
whipped by racist whites in America centuries ago. The brutal mistreatment of
children has no place in any society. Now, children should have discipline.
Children need it, especially in our generation. We just don’t need abuse. We
have to treat Brothers and Sisters as human beings not as adversities. We have
to be more wise, control our anger (in the sense of not SHOWING anger at each
other in an evil fashion, but be inspired to make a difference in the world. We
should express indignant anger at oppression), and use constructive solutions.
Physical, sexual, emotional, and other forms of abuse against people should be
called out, exposed, and opposed without question. Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice
must be held accountable for their actions. It is a total shame that Judge Mark
Fuller (who is a white man) could have his record cleaned after he has
committed domestic violence against a woman. He should not be a judge at all.
Not to mention that those in Hollywood, those in the government, those in the
corporate world, etc. have a long history of abuse against innocent human
beings as well. For example, the Tuskegee Experiment, Operation Phoenix,
extrajudicial killings of black people, etc. are all examples of this horrendous
wicked abuse committed by the system of white supremacy. Racists will exploit
the injustices of abuse and domestic violence as a means for them to scapegoat
all black people. The death of the unarmed Brother Michael Brown involved him
being shot by at least six bullets was wrong. It is an example of abuse plus
murder by a police officer. At the final ANALYSIS, we should not only fight
white racism, but we have to improve our own communities too. Domestic violence
(no matter who does it) is wrong.
The PBS documentary series entitled, “The Roosevelts: An
Intimate History” chronicles the lives of Theodore Roosevelt, his niece Eleanor,
and her husband and distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The truth is
known about Theodore Roosevelt. Many people call him a progressive, but he was
not progressive in terms of foreign policy or on racial matters. He said that
nine out of ten Native Americans must be good when they are dead. Real American
history must be discussed. Part of real American history is about how the
descendants of the Mayflower were involved in the genocide of indigenous
peoples of North Americans. Many of the earliest American Presidents like
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison earned their wealth via
slaveholding. Other Presidents submitted to slave holding interests or
protected them. The Roosevelt family had a long history. Theodore Roosevelt’s
mother was pro-confederate. Her father sold slaves in order to pay for her
wedding to Theodore Roosevelt Sr. She actively campaigned against her husband’s
plan to enlist in the Union army while smuggling aid to confederate soldiers’
relatives. We see that Theodore Roosevelt was involved in the Span-American
war, which was an effort to end the Spanish Empire in Cuba, but it caused Cuba
to be once a vassal of the United States. Also, the U.S. forced the Philippines
and Puerto Rico to be American territories.
In fact, from 1901 to 1911, the United States killed more than 250,000
people in the Philippines. The Philippines became independent by a huge amount
of resistance to Western occupation. Panama was a Colombian territory until
President Roosevelt encouraged a revolt. Later, Panama became a new,
independent nation and the construction of the Panama Canal came about more
swiftly. First as Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1898 and then as vice
president and president, Roosevelt made clear that he lusted for death on a
mass scale. “I should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs
one,” Roosevelt opined. He said that war stimulated “spiritual renewal” and
[emphasis mine] “the clear instinct for racial selfishness.” He defended the
imperial project in the Philippines by declaring Filipinos “Chinese half-b___s”
and surmised that the bloodshed was “the most glorious war in our nation’s
history.” Theodore Roosevelt also said that he wanted white people to make more
babies, so that they could conquer the people of color in the world. We know
how George Washington took teeth form other human beings (or black slaves, who
suffered excruciating experiences). We don’t need hero worship of white
supremacists, slave traders, and imperialists at all.
By Timothy
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