POWER. Why we need it!

Coast Guard Cadet Noose
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/04/coast.guard.nooses/index.html

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=104&sid=1256171

Attack at Deaf University
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/03/deafschool.racial.incident/index.html

College Students Reenacting Jena Six
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/1002071jena1.html

I had the final points I wanted touch for the conclusion of the week ready to go. I wanted to start the immigration discussion, the Christ discussion, and the West Virginia story which I am kind of late on. As I was preparing the information for the blog the above mentioned stories popped up and interrupted my plans. I had to drop a Marvin Think’s on these ASAP, not because it’s more important, but because it follows the discussions we've been having a little more closely. For all of you out their that were waiting for the discussion about two Latino brothers who serve in the military, one of which is missing, while the US is trying to deport their wives, I’ll get to that next week (http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/10/03/military.deportation/index.html & http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/20/national/main2956093.shtml ) . For those they were waiting for the Real Christ v. the Eurocentric Christ discussion (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3958241.stm ), you might have to wait a little longer while I get my research together. The West Virginia piece is coming along and Ill have that ready next week also. So just sit tight because there coming (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWxDfFx17S0 ). I hope the information provided will hold you over until we can deepen the conversation.
I am use to the attacks by the white power structure, and I believe their attacks come as a consequence of certain sectors of the overall white populous understanding their genetic limitations. What concerned me about these particular incidents is the fact that the individuals who engaged in said behavior are adolescents. I don’t believe the average white person is directly tied into this grand plot to maintain the white power structure, but do understand that they both consciously and unconsciously support and understand the system that clearly weights in their favor, and designed to oppress everyone else. What is made clear by these stories is that the younger generation of white people understand and support this system as well. And, they do intend on carrying this philosophy into the future.
I make this point because I believe that certain sectors of our community, believe that American and the Western European thought is changing for the better. Large sectors of our community really believe that if the racist left over’s of Jim Crow, where signs like “No Dog, No Negro, No Mexicans” were acceptable would just die off; we all would be in a better place living in harmony with the “new, more tolerable” white people. (http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/what.htm) Sectors of our community believe that things are getting better because they don’t have to sit at the back of the bus, that people aren’t calling them nigger or boy to their face, or the fact that there is a Black man running for president, they assume everything is all good and looking up. (Many forget that Shirley Chisholm, http://nh.essortment.com/shirleychisholm_ruol.htm , a sister from Brooklyn, NY, ran for president many moons before Barack, Jessie, or Al) These four situations (including the Jenna Six, which also included adolescents) are evidence that the average white person, including their youth, understand very well the hierarchy of this power structure that oppress people all around the world, and are a willing participant in the implementation of the structure. Terror, being one of the many facets used to support the white power system, present in each of the events discussed in this blog. THINGS ARENT GETTING BETTER YA’LL!! In fact in many areas they are getting worst. But, for some reason we fail or decided not to see it.
Many are afraid to say it, but I’m glad those young men in Louisiana whooped that white boys ass!! In the least bit, it shows that our youth are up for the challenge that faces them in the future. The young men out in Jena, although they may not have realized the significance, took a stand against something that was clearly operating with the intent to end their existence. One of their white classmates accosted them with a shotgun, outside of a gas station mini mart. Their position was clear, the young men where fighting for their lives. Something we all should take in to account, and imitate. I am personally proud of their courage to actually stand up and fight back against a system that attacks them everyday. By know means do I advocate senseless violence, but I am a firm believer in defending myself, and I believe every Black person should feel the same.
The college students who reenacted to the Jena Six situation are from the state of Louisiana, where Jena is located. They knew very well the seriousness of the racial tension in the state. Regardless of tension they still decided to not only reenact the Jena Six, but do it in “black face”, record it and post it on Facebook. Somebody needs to go down their and whoop they ass also!! I don’t want to hear an apology, from them. They new very well what they were doing was pure bigotry. A week prior to them making the tape 50,000 people, by some estimates, where in Jena. If it was a matter of simple educating the white people about the situation, it was thoroughly done then.
It’s not about educating them though, it’s about EMPOWERING US. Understanding the power that we hold, and executing our will upon issues that affect our lives. No judge in their right mind (many have proven that they are not in their right mind) would keep a Black man in jail if there were 50,000 people outside demanding his release. Consequently, we saw the release of Mychal Bell from prison. Understand and executing our POWER is an essential step to our liberation.
What’s even crazier than the Jena Six reenactment is the incident at the deaf university. Six white deaf students and one Black student kidnapped a Black student and tagged his body with swastikas and KKK symbols. Even the deaf, understand and are willing to execute the plan designed to keep the white power structure sustained, and keep us oppressed. I’m going to let that sink in for a second… even the DEAF understand in a real way the significance of the white power structure. (Not that the deaf do have the ability to understand) I could spend some time examining what the hell is wrong with the one Black kid involved with the attack, but I’m sure the media is either tying him into the story to water it down, he was scared to death that they where going to do the same to him if he didn’t cooperate or tried to resist, or he just so damn confused that he actively participated in the attack. It really doesn’t matter why he is alleged to be involved, the fact remains that there is a Black child that forever will be mentally scarred. Each time this type of thing happens we all should be mentally scarred!!! The attack on our livelihood is alive a strong, and will continue to do the same until we, among other thing, regain our understanding of POWER.
Not two minutes ago a student of mine who graduated last year, walked into my classroom. I asked why he was here, and he damn near broke down in tears by a situation that transpired on his campus. He attends a university in New England, and yesterday a couple of white boys broke in his room and wrote “Fuck you Nigger, GO HOME!” all over the walls. This situation will never make the news and is happening everyday. I can go into literally hundreds of stories similar to this just from the five years I spent duting my undergraduate study in the mid west. If there is one thing I learned during my undergradute tenure is these white folks understand their position and are playing for keeps. They understand the power structure that holds them up and oppresses everyone else, and are willing to defend it at all cost. We need to understand our power and exercise it. My former student’s parents brought him home, partly because they feared for his safety. As hard as it is for a young Black man to get into college in the first place, he should be coming home because his family fears for his safety. Thing are allowed to happen like this when POWER is stripped from a people.
The term Black Power, didn’t come from no where. It can from Kwame Ture, understanding the significance of power, and applying it to a slogan that was catchy. (http://www.mumia.org/wwwboard/messages/1983.html ) That same spirit needs to be harnessed and displayed regularly or this won’t be the last time we here about so many attacks on or sanity in one day. The white folks have a clear understanding, whether conscious or subconscious, of what they must do to maintain the white power structure. We need to take a note from the brothers in Jena on how to back that down, and display the POWER that we all have with in!! That same POWER that got Mychal Bell out of prison ( http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/27/AR2007092700470.html )!!

PS

Some of you may be aware of a debate that transpired between a good sister down in Tennessee and I. The root of our debate was around an officer that got shot, and paralyzed in the line of duty. I believed that we as a community should do more to help her independent of the police department of Memphis, Tennessee, they clearly have displayed their want to help. Although I have very mixed feeling about officers of color, I still ultimately believe that we should help her out if we can. The police department let her down and we shouldn’t have to go to ABC for help tp fixing her home for wheel chair accessibility. We are perfectly capable of helping this sister out, displaying the POWER that is mentioned above. The sister from Tennessee sent me some info so that we could directly help Danita Marsh out. Let this be a lesson, if you sleep with dogs, you will get fleas! Beyond that jab at the police, it’s up to us to provide the flea control. Danita Marsh needs our help, and we should step up! For all those that may be interested in helping Danita Marsh the information is as follows:

http://www.nashvillescene.com/blog/pitw/archives/00001226.shtml



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