Everyday Struggle

Hey All,

Febuary 5th WE will be able to make the same statement they made out in South Carolina. Be sure you are playing your part in creating the space neccessary for a libeated future. You can start right from your PC or Mac by signing the petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/obamaqns/petition.html Please forward the link to EVERYONE you know.

Before I get into commentary about Febuary 5th and the tatics of the white power structure, I have a couple of quick comments about the blog in general.

I would like to thank all the folks that have followed the blog over the last six months. Thanks to your loyal following and comments I have been able to expand my audience by leaps and bonds. Consequently, I will be changing the format of the blog slightly. There is a new website created by the Russell Simmons called http://www.globalgrind.com/ . I was approached by the content manager of http://www.globalgrind.com/, to potentially write a weekly blog for there website. I agreed, and will begin posting there the first week of February. When better to start with a new platform than Black History Month? I don’t know what http://www.globalgrind.com/ was thinking when they approached me, but you can guarantee I will turn it upside down over there. For all of you who like the long version of the blog at http://www.marvinthinks.blogspot.com/, I will still be writing them. But, I am sure some of you would also like the read a short 250 word column once a week as well. You can check out Russell Simmons talking about http://www.globalgrind.com/ here at about the 4 minute 20 second mark http://youtube.com/watch?v=tbXC46KNo-I .

In the clip Russell Simmons is trying to convince his brother, Rev. Run, to invest in globalgrind.com. Globalgrind.com has asked and they will receive my services. And, in honor of my introduction to globalgrind.com, I will write a brief synopsis on why Russell Simmons needs to get called out for his investments in the diamond trade in Africa. I think it is a very important issue that affects Black people all around the world. A clear picture of the situation around the diamond industry in Africa, needs to be painted. Why not use my introduction to globalgrind.com as a means to step on my boss’s toes in my first article. LOL Before I move on PLEASE fill out and tell others to fill out the petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/obamaqns/petition.html .

Last week I gave the Uncle Tom award to Bob Johnson with an honorable mention going out to Charlie Rangle. My premise in giving them the award was not based on there support for Hillary Clinton, but for there overt attack on Obama’s Blackness. I thought after the Clinton’s pulled out the “boys” to take care of the racial issue with Obama going into South Carolina they would “chill” in the word of Rep. Rep. Clyburn . Check his comments here http://youtube.com/watch?v=rFe3TgmBCl0 .

Of course the Clinton machine didn’t “chill” and continued there assault on the Blackness of Obama. So in defense of Obama’s Blackness, I will send a couple more shots at the “boys” the Clinton’s send out to say what they politically can’t say. My first shot goes out to a man that I respect a great deal. He is a member of the GREATEST fraternity ever to exist on earth, and a pillar of the Civil Rights Movement. Despite his alliance with greatness I, as a defender of the principles of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., must rebut the comments of Andrew Young. Checkout what he said here http://youtube.com/watch?v=breSVtVYSmo&feature=related . On what plant is a white male, more black than a Black man. Only the extremely confused would make such a ridiculous comment. Only an even more confused individual would make a joke about a white man fornicating with numerous Black women. Especially, given the history of white male slaveholders and the women held hostage on plantations. Young’s comment sits right up there with Toni Morrison comment about Bill being the first Black President. (Toni Morrison has since come out as a supporter of Obama you can read about her endorsement here http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/01/28/614795.aspx )Toni Morrison original comments are in sharp contrast to Alice Walker who has come out in support of Obama. Check out her comments about Obama here http://youtube.com/watch?v=W3-9gq_htUo .

What exactly makes Obama less Black than any other Black male? Because he went to Harvard? Because grew up in various place around the world? Because he spent a number of years in Kansas and Hawaii? Because his father is African? What makes Obama less Black? NOTHING!! What makes Clinton Blacker, because he slept with Black women? Because he cheated on his wife? Because he plays the saxophone? Andrew Young comments are a vivid signal of self hate. The comments from all these gentlemen: Rangle, Johnson, and Young are disgusting and a shameless example of how the white power structure will do anything to maintain it position. It also is an example how some Negros will dance, just because "masa" says so.

The Clinton’s need Negros to attack the character of a Black man, as the try to steal Black votes in South Carolina. They use the men to make the most vicious attacks, then use the women to make the subtle attacks. I love and respect Maya Angelo, but check what she said here http://youtube.com/watch?v=T45O9q_BQKA . In comparison to some of the comments coming from the men this OK, but it is an obvious attempt to coerce Black women to vote for Hillary. The Clinton’s are pulling out all there “big dogs” in an attempt to railroad South Carolina. The Clinton's attempts failed and Barack Obama won South Carolina in a landslipe victory, 2 votes to 1!!!!

The media, in conjunction with the white power structure, is trying to spin these attacks by these Negros as some sort of generational gap in the Black community. I believe this to be a farce, and a blatant attempt by the white power structure to divide the community. I believe the only split in the Black community is between field Negros and house Negros. This fact is seen clear in the opposite positions of Alice Walker and Maya Angelou. You can be any age, sex, height, weight, or complexion, to fall on either side of this phenomenon. Check out what Malcolm X says about this issue in the Black community here http://youtube.com/watch?v=znQe9nUKzvQ&feature=related .

I am not quit ready to call Obama a field Negro, but I do know that Obama is more of a Black man than Bill. For some of these house Negro to get that confused is a sign that some of our leaders need to “respectfully” get out the way. I know some of you will read that and grind your teeth, so let me reiterate the fact that I write now because of the work of many of the people I criticize, including Andrew Young. With that being said, it is my duty, based on the work that they engaged, to continue the progress of our people. You can tastefully disagree with Obama’s politics, I do all the time, but to attack Obama’s Blackness makes a mockery of the “change” that the old guard (not old people) implemented. Belittling Obama’s Blackness in the shadow of a white man is clearly the work of the white power structure and anyone, fraternity member or not, that engages in that type of behavior needs to be called out. I don’t write this based on my own knowledge, but on the knowledge of those before me.

In order for the community to move toward a liberated future we need to continue our discussion about our future as a people, and let the people decide the direction we should go. The vote in South Carolina is a sign of the direction the Black community wants to go. A wise man once said the white folks are the cause of our oppression; WE need to be the cause of our liberation. The good people of South Carolina made it completely clear the direction they want to go. Obama may not be the key to liberation completely, but one thing I know for sure is that the LIBERATION that I speak WILL NOT be found in the hands of the Clinton’s and the white power structure.

On to more madness. Another major issue I had this week comes as a consequence of Huckabee saying that he agreed with the fact that South Carolina uses the confederate flag as there state flag. Watch the clip here http://youtube.com/watch?v=DvENHC1pX_8 It is impossibly illogical for anyone to defend the confederate flag, that is not CLEARLY racist. The confederate flag represents an insurrection by section of the United States which in short was designed to overthrow the United States government. The confederate south in many ways is similar to the current position of Al-Qaeda. Not from a religious point of view but in the effect that they are/were both dedicated to the overthrow of the US government.

On top of the flag representing a terrorist organization in side of the United States, the flag represents hate and extreme in justice in the mind of Black people in this country. Why make mention to confederate flag at all, if you were seriously concerned about issues that affect the Black community? He wasn’t asked a question, he interjected his opinion, because he understands quite well the “code words” that we discussed in New Day same Ole Song the last article written on http://www.marvinthinks.blogspot.com/ . (This same reality will be pointed on again when I discuss Bill Clinton) I don’t think anyone was confused about the position Huckabee takes as it relates to the Black community.

Moving on to a “friend” of the Black community Bill Clinton. He is often held in high esteem by the Black community and is campaigning very hard for his wife Hillary Clinton. After writing the article last week about Bill I got some backlash from you Clinton supporters, past and present. You guys mentioned his voting record and all the great things he did for the Black community while he was President. I agree, and even made mention to his relationship with the Black community in my last article. Although he did allow for 2 million Black people to die in Rwanda under his watch and he did create stiffer laws that where and have been used to incarcerate Black/Latino males at an alarming rate, no one is perfect...right? I also understand the President has a lot of hard decisions to make, and is not going to hit a homerun all the time…right? I also don’t think it is a coincidence that our elected officials tend to strike out a lot when it concerns Black people all around the world. With that being said I understand in the overall spectrum of his Presidency, one could make the argument, without sounding completely ridiculous, that he did right by the Black populous that helped get him elected…right? This in no way is a reflection of my feeling on the democratic process as a whole, as it relates to Black/Brown people. I believe we should use the democratic process as a means to a liberated end, not in an effort to create a bigger crumb for us to feed.

With that out the way I can get to why I brought up Bill Clinton in the first place. Last week there was so much controversy around Hillary’s comments about LBJ vs. MLK that everyone would be watching the Democrat debate, and the various MLK events that where going on all around the county. At a televised MLK event Mr. Bill fell asleep. Check the video here http://youtube.com/watch?v=BpEckWHSvXk . If the fist clip isn’t clear enough check this one out http://youtube.com/watch?v=HYpbBWhwcMk&feature=related . What type of respect does this show. How can anyone of you Clinton supporters see this and still hold the Clinton’s in the same regard, especially after all the racial rhetoric that he and his “boys” put out last week. After his wife gets stomped in South Carolina Bill then compared Obama to Jesse Jackson. Check the clip and the commentary here http://youtube.com/watch?v=te6RmXTlhY4 . This goes right back to those code words we discussed earlier. The reporter didn’t even ask him about Jesse Jackson, he like Huckabee, just decided to throw in there own answers. Which in turn contribute to the white power structures attack of Obama. Hillary then has the nerve tell Obama to stop calling Bill racist check the clip here http://youtube.com/watch?v=te6RmXTlhY4 . Why shouldn’t anyone call out someone who is clearly engaging in racist behavior? Is is impossible for Bill to be engaging racist rhetoric? Checkout Obama’s response here http://youtube.com/watch?v=te6RmXTlhY4 . It isn’t a revolutionary answer, but he does talk about differences in “frame of reference” which is code of me that some white folks just don’t get it. There world view is completely different from mine, and that it doesn’t make sense to try to convert these folks regardless of how “down” you believe them to be.

The Clinton are clearly showing their allegiance to the white power structure. There mission is to de rail any momentum Obama will have going into the February 5th primaries. It is clear that they can’t compete with Obama as it relates to politics, so they will resort to race. This is not an uncanny characteristic of the white power structure. We as Black and Brown people need to realize the righteousness in our vote, and understand that the rightness of our existence is the ground in which we politically stand. This terrifies the white power structure (NOT all white people) to its core, and that the attack that we have witnessed is just the start of the attack that we will see. The attack on Obama is nothing more than a reflection of attack that we have seen our entire existence in the Western world. It is up to us to make sure that our history guide or steps toward a liberated future.

Marvo


PS

Don’t forget to visit http://www.petitiononline.com/obamaqns/petition.html in order to sign the petition to get Barack Obama to come out to Queens, New York. You should sign even if you aren't from Queens. Southeast Queens has the largest Black/Latino voting block in the state. This area has all the potential in the world to shave off some of Clinton's delegates that she will win in New York. Since New York is not a winner take all the delegates state, EVERY VOTE COUNTS. Lets help Queens, NY make the difference in New York.

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