To Zarhan:
Cool.
I gave the man blessing, security, guidance, safety
from above and my own personal respect. In return
he continues fabricating lies to disgrace me while
calling me friend and brother. The latest being
I retired from activism. Man don't know me from
a can of paint but paints his lies and goes on
with childish my dog's bigger than your dog chest
thumping.
I really don't care. Ain't most us here been in the
struggle and continue to struggle? SMH. We can easily
tell who's in the struggle by the tone of their posts.
Guys me and his age now need to step back and make
way for the young folks like we pleaded in the 70's
when I was a teenager and he an adult in his 20's.
Our job is presenting a view from the bridge,
guiding youth + 45 and unders only when they ask.
We really don't know their world and digesting
air play Hip-Hop tropes to learn the language
they speak and the values they hold has worn
me out as well as giving me cred for mentoring
and counseling w/o old head preaching a world
and values that no longer exist. It made many
look at me sideways in unbelieving yet approving
awe and acceptance as Unc or Baba
Now onto the pertinents your post deserves.
Politics is corrupt as hell as anyone
in secondary or university student
government well knows.
Omar's too new and isolated to succumb
to political corruptness plus she's had
real immediate life & death personal but
not racial struggle.
In this century Blacks are still playing
indentity (phenotype) politics that failed
to address the downpression of the vast
majority of Blacks suffering more down
pression than ever
• de facto segregated inferior schooling
• summary execution by officers of the law
• housing discrimination
• suspended voting rights
• silly but potentially deadly "while black" incidents
• glass ceilings and unequal salaries
• etc -- fill in the blanks
Blind faith devotion to 'good massa' Dems don't work.
This century the coming decade will find
more and more Blacks dumping worn out civil
rights era phenotype politics & blind faith
in the Democratic party for specific Black,
not generic minority, agenda proven politicians
of whatever stripe.
Politicians who can show Blacks their
track record proves they have Black
would be constituents interests at
heard mind and the only things that
count their action: bills, legislation,
and floor voting record.
When that happens we'll see the rise
of Black lobbyist who could become as
strong as the Gun Lobby or the Israel
Lobby once Blacks overcome political
naivety.
PS
IMO the ES 'Somalis' were yte impersonators
wanting to sow distrust cointell style.
Yes ethnic Somali vs baNtu and other
Somali citizens. When I was a street
vendor thin nose lipless india straight
haired black skinned ethnic Somalis were
out there with the rest of us. None of
us heard that shit like was said on the
old tried true and proven original ES, R.I.P.
Older generation Africans malign Blacks?
Blacks aren't guiltless. Those Kansas/Missouri Blacks hated an Ethiopian girl just because of
her long flowing straight hair.
Like Asante on ESR who hates Africans
but uses an African word for his tag.
Must be a Kansas River midwest thing.
Once, our ASA rented a party room.
The student union couldn't tell
the Black Student Union from us.
When the BSU came into the room
while I was setting up the turntables.
I was like YEAH gonna have a black
unity ball tonight! But the Blacks
tried to take over claiming they
rented the room then insulted us
jungle monkeys "We don't wanna hear
that monkey music." We had to oust
them. We had the receipt they didn't.
We were willing to share but they
wanted it all for their racist selves.
We had music from all over the diaspora.
After that ugly incident a few more
Blacks joined our African Student's
Association.