I’m
sorry, excuse me, but when determining precisely “how”
White folks here in America “feel” about Black people,
I’d have to contend that White people surely appear-to, have
the appearance/air of being, give the impression of being, look, show
signs of, come across as, strike someone as actually harboring “blind
hatred” towards Black people.
The
elevation of Klansmen n’ Nazis into the White House solidifies
the notion.
Of
course I could quantify the statement: “Why do most White
folks, not all, but unquestionably most White folks hate, not
all, but most Black people?” Nonetheless, generally
speaking, at the end of the day - the antagonism sure seems
obvious and widespread. The overt disdain, disrespect, scorn,
disgust, malice and uncontrollable resentment White people seemingly
maintain for Black folks is undeniable. Here, let me tell it like it
really is; Any 12th grade US History class will attest-to and
verify this indelible, deep-rooted hate.
Look,
I’ve been Black all my life, I’ve got tons of
Black family, friends and co-workers - and to a soul there’s a
common ubiquitous thought; the White race’s contemptuousness,
the idea we Black folks are collectively/individually unworthy of any
form of consideration or respect is obvious and apparent. This
sub-par guesstimation is “alive n’ well,” and
appears a perception so stubbornly maintained over the decades, that
one has to ponder, as a Black person; “What in the hell did
we do to these White people to warrant such blind hatred?”
One
would conclude Black folks imprisoned and enslaved White folks. One
would surmise Black folks waged genocide against Whites. One might
gather, based solely on today’s obvious White hatred that Black
people stripped them of their culture, diabolically and deliberately
castrated the family unit, beat and murdered White folks on a whim .
. . on a goddamn whim I say. One would reckon Black men raped
White women - to the point we created a whole complete race of
people . . . but alas we didn’t. White men did a-l-l this,
and more.
Rape,
murder, oppression and exploitation - listening to Trump’s
White America one would logically conclude Black Americans are
guilty, guilty . . . “guilty” I scream of these
assorted atrocities. However we aren’t. Instead it's the
other-way-around. White folks mistreated Black folks in a multitude
of well-chronicled ways, yet based on the hate we see and feel - one
can only assume the opposite.
Why
do most White people seem to have some bitter grudge against Black
folks? What list of grievances do they have? Why do they have such
ill-will and a deep-seeded desire to “punish” Black
people - even toddlers and the elderly? Why do we see White male
cops attack and assault Black women? What have Black women done to
White men? Why was former First Lady Michelle Obama plagued with
constant comments and attacks questioning her femininity and
womanhood. Her obvious beauty denied by White people the endless
comparisons to apes n’ monkeys?
And
beyond “why,” “how” can most, White folks
ignore their primitive bigoted ways and pretend-to-be blind to what
is transparent to rest of the world? Well, because they don’t
give-a-damn what a colorized America or a world-of-color have
to say about their lack-of civility and humanity. Today’’s
half-mad White man and their women folk are far, far . . . far above
reproach, and most critical - they lack a conscience. This
void enables Trump to do as he’s doing - declaring war on the
world as we speak.
A
thought; can White America, as a whole, let’s say “culturally
speaking” also suffer from the vast array of conflicting
psychotic ailments which clearly plague Lord Trump? Might it be, as
a group, as WASP culture most White folks suffer from an inherent
feeling of inferiority, which they mask with amplified notions
of grandiose superiority . . . uhmmmm. No shit. While deeming Black
people, and for that matter most non-White peoples as inferior and
unequal to White folks?
Whatever
their psychological/physical and emotional issues, we can all agree
the American landscape has been transformed overnight into a
combustible, flammable and incendiary scene; These descriptive
terms both graphically and dramatically illustrate the current
turbulent climate gripping the country. The “feel,” the
“flavor” and the tempestuous “texture” of
these once alleged- to-be United States of America is volatile if not
unquestionably unstable. Instead of addressing the stormy climate I
want to understand its source - which is, “why do White people
hate Black people?” Isn’t that the real, nitty-gritty
issue facing America, if not the entire globe?
White
men gone mad, if not apeshit insane, because they no longer have
absolute power. They want that “audacious” power back,
and, are willing to do anything, even “make a deal with
the flame-haired devil” himself - in order to make America
White again.
First.
last and foremost let’s establish this lone fact - that in
America, most White people unquestionably and undeniably struggle
with the idea Black people are human. It all starts there;
screw “equal” to Whites in our maker's eye. No, just the
straightforward thought that Blacks are fully, completely and
totally “human” is debatable as far as, dig this -
millions and millions, and yes millions of White people are
concerned. Now note; this isn’t a guesstimate on my part.
Simply refer back to the day the first Black foot hit the sand -
Willie Lynch's disciples treated us like animals, like
quasi/semi human property worth roughly 3/5ths a human. This
miscalculation of our humanity has deep-seated racist roots in New
World history. Apparently defining and designating Black folks as as
. . . . partially human is what White folks are “comfortable”
with.
And
I’d like to inquire of anyone - when n’ where this
Neanderthalic mentality change? When did White folks decide Black
people were . . . people? I’d argue, for millions of them,
never.
So
yes, when did White folks evolve to the “enlightened”
point that they concluded Blacks could “sleep” in the
same hotel, “eat” in the same cafe, “look” a
White person in the eye? When did White folks become “OK”
with integrated schools and interracial dating? When did White folks
embrace the idea of Blacks camping at the same campground in National
Parks, shopping at the same store or being buried beside a dead White
person (ain't that a bitch) anyway, was it 1965, 1980, 1999? Or maybe
in 2008 when this nation’s voting class elected a watered down
diluted intercontinental negro to govern White Man’s Land.
Or, has any form of “cultural reformation” ever taken
place within White American culture? Have most White folks attained
some advanced level of sophistication and acquired wisdom,or is
Donald Trump representative and reflective of their inner cave people
?
Might
it be, can it be White folks have never really embraced such
broadminded civilized sentiments of inclusion, equality and
diversity - but have instead simply tolerated Black people
because we wouldn’t/couldn’t go back to mother Africa?
Unlike Jews or Indians, there‘re far too many of us to merely
intern, massacre or exterminate, far too-many to march-off to the
ovens and gas chambers, well at least until these 21st cetury Nazi’s
came along that was the mindset.
Let’s
not tap-dance or wobble-baby-wobble around the matter at-hand.
I
well understand my people show the battle scars of inhumane
treatment; we show the cultural impact of Slavery/Jim Crow,
Separate and Highly Unequal, i.e., we reflect American
Apartheid. And yet we persevere. We display the adverse effects
of being born into harm's way, against all odds. And yet we
continue on. We display the unfortunate effects of centuries of
societal isolation and exclusion from mainstream society and all the
benefits of a free and open America. Strategically and quite
deliberately pitted against one-another, slitting each other’s
throats, blowing one another's brains out . . . over the goddamn
crumbs off the White man’s table, while disaffected and
disconnected White folks pretend to be simply detached spectators and
innocent bystanders who‘ve not a flippin’ thing to do
with our pitiful predicament. They majestically marvel at our
brutality and barbarism. And yet we persist. We’ve been
abandoned and betrayed by the Constitution, the Declaration
of Independence and the Bill of Rights. And yet we rise.
Lady liberty turned a cold shoulder and deaf ear to our plight. And
yet . . . Here we stand, refusing to go quietly into the night.
Trump
and his millions of deplorable minions, “Despicable Them,”
they adhere-to and abide-by these myopic, narrow -ass minded
beliefs; “I am not my brother’s keeper” nor
are we “all in this together. ” I got mine, ‘F’
you!” “Everyman for himself!” Get the picture?
“Women
and children first” Mofo please!
Before
I turn the light off, dig this; they don’t hate Black folks
because they think we’re inferior, they hate us because they
know we’re their equal . . . if not a few-more inches;
for we’ve endured, survived and now many thrive - despite the
White man’s petty persecution, oppression, maltreatment,
ill-treatment, mistreatment, abuse, discrimination, harassment,
hounding, intimidation and bullying . . . White folks know that, and
that fact alone makes their hair stand-on-end.
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