I believe that there are three kinds of black people
-Those who seek integration (about 10-20%)
-Those who seek freedom (about 5-10%)
-Those who think that integration and freedom are the same thing (about 75- 85%)
Which type of black person are you, and why? And if you are not black, which kind of black person do you think we should be and why? I, for one, am the one who wants freedom (“...go back to Africa!” Yea, I’ve herd that before.) and I don’t see why that makes me an “angry black man” or someone who has got a chip on his shoulder. “Well, why is your Avatar call Black Rage?” Go look up “rage.” It doesn’t only refer to a violent anger. Although it could... but I digress.
Does freedom equal integration? Does being an American make us free? Am I wrong to want to continue the dream? Not the dream of Dr. King but the dream of Kunta Kente: For those who don’t know, Kunta Kente was the Great Ancestor of Alex Halley. The first of his family tree to be brought to this continent called America. He wasn’t an immigrant; our ancestors were not immigrants (“You blacks sold yourselves...” Yea, I herd that one too.) When we watched Roots, Kunta was the one that represented our unknown family tree. He had dreams of freedom and not integration. All of our freedom fighters like Nat Turner or Gabriel Prosser and Jim Brown wanted freedom for us. But now, all we can do is vote the Democratic ticket. This doesn’t mean that I hate white people. But there are some of them that will take this personal and start saying stuff like “Well, what if we stop giving your people jobs, what would you do then?” And that statement alone proves that there is no true “equality” in integration. It’s just equality getting a job at a business that you or your people don’t control. Equality in getting a job in a government that neither you nor your people control and if you don’t play along then you will be out of a job. That is not equality. “What about Condoleezza Rice?” ....I just thought I’d throw that one in : )
When we try and be equal in someone else’s society, That society sets the standards that we must become equal too. I respectfully suggest that this is not what I want. This is black people forever trying to play catchup in a country that is deliberately trying to leave us behind. Those black people who wish to be seen as equal... white people will never see the black people in America as equal until we are free and doing for our own people. They may see Ophra as equal. They may see Bill Cosby or Condoleezza Rice or Colon Powell as equal but the masses of Black people... I don’t think so. So I believe in Freedom. What say you?
2006-12-13
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