This new venture I stumbled on surrounds the ingredients of Instagram. I am always striving to do different things on SFM. This controversial piece is kind of like my Twitter Tweets of The Week. I cruise around Twitter and talk about many
random things trending but this time it will be with post from Instagram. Don't forget to click on the links in purple to listen to the audio. Enjoy!
random things trending but this time it will be with post from Instagram. Don't forget to click on the links in purple to listen to the audio. Enjoy!
This kind of hypocrisy is flaming hot in simply, erroneous! Brother Ken Cuccinelli, did you forget that the First Lady of the United States of America is also a foreign woman? Melania Trump was born in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. So this particular Instagram post articulates perhaps there are European men and women who fear America will be less European and more inclusive of a rainbow of color. I don’t think America had a problem with Europeans who were migrating into the USA. There are plenty-many white folks who were not born here as Americans but they are American citizens now. Are you feeling well Ken, because you sound crazy bro! What about your bloodline Ken?
Shawn Carter proclaims it is time for some action! I surmise you can still rock with Kaepernick and kick it with Jay-Z at the same time. Yes, No? Jay-Z was presented with the opportunity to be the first black man to own a piece of the NFL. We have to delve further to investigate this matter before we go up and down with the judgment calls. The NFL smells kind of bad when it comes to racial equality in my opinion! I shall unravel and tackle that subject at a later date. Folks are in an uproar over this deal as the Root points out! How do you feel about the this?
Since 2016 Kaepernick has used his voice as a platform against the pain and resistance of true liberation for all American citizens. We all have a right to our opinions. You do not have any right to change the narrative. I understand some of you lust for it! His stance is, and has always been against racial injustice. If you haven't experienced racial injustice, you don't have the authority to judge it until you've walked in the shoes of those who do encounter it daily. Watch the video as it demonstrates all the people Kaepernick is standing up for. He is brave to do it! There are others who can open up their mouths but they choose to remain silent. I often wonder why many church folks (black and white) are so quiet on the issues of oppression?
"Remember when white, Christian conservatives were screaming all day about how terrorists were invading to attack anyone who doesn’t conform to their beliefs? Well they were warning us about themselves." This Instagram post and comment quote came from kung_truth_fu.
PART 1
This could have been a fatal Emmett Till episode. This situation is irritating but I am not surprised. A twenty year old black man was driving up to a restaurant as he was looking over in the direction of the restaurant he also glanced at a white woman. She felt some kind of way so she called the police. The white woman said the black man was looking at her suspiciously. Yes, she did! White men look at me all the time. They even stare. People of all backgrounds look and stare. It is rude but folks do it. The woman called the police and yes, the police force did come to her rescue. Cops surrounded the black man like he was some kind of criminal. Police officers do have to check things out when they are called on. If it is bogus, then they leave. It is not illegal to look at folks. I surmise in that part of Michigan it is. This was such a waste of time. The brother was just trying to get something to eat. If a black woman or any other non-white woman tried that, I can guarantee you, it would not go down like it did in this video. Please watch it.
Is this making our America great, again! Historically and even in this present day, black men have been demonized as a threat to the dominant society since they were birthed out of their mother's wombs. "When They See Us" we are not given the benefit of the doubt. This is a taste of what black men have to go through in 2019 and on a daily basis. So in Royal Oaks Michigan, you better not look at a white woman. If you do, you might be bordered by police officers in Royal Oaks. I am sure the woman was well aware of what she was doing. She probably wanted the young man to get arrested. This is wrong! White women have always been held to the highest standard of beauty and protection in everything. Check out how the owner of the restaurant called the police out for their implicit bias. She (white woman) stayed right by the young man's side to ensure he would be okay. Kudos to the woman that was filming it. They never even bothered to question the woman.
Is this making our America great, again! Historically and even in this present day, black men have been demonized as a threat to the dominant society since they were birthed out of their mother's wombs. "When They See Us" we are not given the benefit of the doubt. This is a taste of what black men have to go through in 2019 and on a daily basis. So in Royal Oaks Michigan, you better not look at a white woman. If you do, you might be bordered by police officers in Royal Oaks. I am sure the woman was well aware of what she was doing. She probably wanted the young man to get arrested. This is wrong! White women have always been held to the highest standard of beauty and protection in everything. Check out how the owner of the restaurant called the police out for their implicit bias. She (white woman) stayed right by the young man's side to ensure he would be okay. Kudos to the woman that was filming it. They never even bothered to question the woman.
PART 2
This is part two of the twenty year old black man being questioned after a white woman called the police on him in light of her stating he was looking at her suspiciously. Listen to the words of Dr. Martin Luther King. King's words are so poignantly stated and relevant to this situation. Will this ever end? No! As sure as the inception of new generations, we will always have to fight against this kind of racism.
ABUSED AND SCORNED THOUGH WE MAY BE, OUR DESTINY IS TIED UP WITH AMERICA’S DESTINY. BEFORE THE PILGRIMS LANDED AT
PLYMOUTH, WE WERE HERE. BEFORE THE PEN OF JEFFERSON ETCHED THE MAJESTIC WORDS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ACROSS THE PAGES OF HISTORY, WE WERE HERE. FOR MORE THAN TWO CENTURIES OUR FOREBEARS LABORED IN THIS COUNTRY WITHOUT WAGES; THEY MADE COTTON KING; THEY BUILT THE HOMES OF THEIR MASTERS WHILE SUFFERING GROSS INJUSTICES AND SHAMEFUL HUMILIATION—AND YET OUT OF A BOTTOMLESS VITALITY THEY CONTINUED TO THRIVE AND DEVELOP. IF THE INEXPRESSIBLE CRUELTIES OF SLAVERY COULD NOT STOP US, THE OPPOSITION WE NOW FACE WILL SURELY FAIL. WE WILL WIN OUR FREEDOM BECAUSE THE SACRED HERITAGE OF OUR NATION AND THE ETERNAL WILL OF GOD ARE EMBODIED IN OUR ECHOING DEMANDS.
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. EXCERPT
LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL (1963)
ABUSED AND SCORNED THOUGH WE MAY BE, OUR DESTINY IS TIED UP WITH AMERICA’S DESTINY. BEFORE THE PILGRIMS LANDED AT
PLYMOUTH, WE WERE HERE. BEFORE THE PEN OF JEFFERSON ETCHED THE MAJESTIC WORDS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ACROSS THE PAGES OF HISTORY, WE WERE HERE. FOR MORE THAN TWO CENTURIES OUR FOREBEARS LABORED IN THIS COUNTRY WITHOUT WAGES; THEY MADE COTTON KING; THEY BUILT THE HOMES OF THEIR MASTERS WHILE SUFFERING GROSS INJUSTICES AND SHAMEFUL HUMILIATION—AND YET OUT OF A BOTTOMLESS VITALITY THEY CONTINUED TO THRIVE AND DEVELOP. IF THE INEXPRESSIBLE CRUELTIES OF SLAVERY COULD NOT STOP US, THE OPPOSITION WE NOW FACE WILL SURELY FAIL. WE WILL WIN OUR FREEDOM BECAUSE THE SACRED HERITAGE OF OUR NATION AND THE ETERNAL WILL OF GOD ARE EMBODIED IN OUR ECHOING DEMANDS.
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. EXCERPT
LETTER FROM BIRMINGHAM JAIL (1963)
This black man did not want to put his hands down. As a black man you already know why. He appeared to be making the officers feel afraid by his tone but you will understand why as you watch the video. How many times have you heard officers state they feared for their lives. You know what comes next. It is hard to say you feared for your life with your hands all the way up in the air. No other men have to go through this but black and brown men. In light of that, this is why the young man did not want to place his hands down. Can you really blame him? White men do not go through this at all. I've seen white men talk crazy to police officers and nothing happens. I have seen videos of white folks stealing police cars and fighting officers. They are still ALIVE. So, do black people have equal protection of the law? Also, yes, for the record you should respect authority. I am not saying not to. Please keep your "stop resisting arrest" crap to yourself. Did you not just hear me state white men resist all the time and nothing happens to them. Why are white and black people handled very differently when it comes to certain police officers? Tell me why that is? I'll wait...waiting...um still waiting!
This is an original Instagram post from the rapper TI who is also known as troubleman31. What TI is communicating to black men and the world is rather unfortunate but true. I will just leave a quote by William Edward Burghardt on this one.
THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO IS THE HISTORY OF THIS STRIFE, —THIS LONGING TO ATTAIN SELF-CONSCIOUS MANHOOD, TO MERGE HIS DOUBLE SELF INTO A BETTER AND TRUER SELF. IN THIS MERGING HE WISHES NEITHER OF THE OLDER SELVES TO BE LOST. HE WOULD NOT AFRICANIZE AMERICA, FOR AMERICA HAS TOO MUCH TO TEACH THE WORLD AND AFRICA. HE WOULD NOT BLEACH HIS NEGRO SOUL IN A FLOOD OF WHITE AMERICANISM, FOR HE KNOWS THE NEGRO BLOOD HAS A MESSAGE FOR THE WORLD. HE SIMPLY WISHES TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR A MAN TO BE BOTH A NEGRO AND AN AMERICAN, WITHOUT BEING CURSED AND SPIT UPON BY HIS FELLOWS, WITHOUT HAVING THE DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY CLOSED ROUGHLY IN HIS FACE.
WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDT DU BOIS EXCERPT
THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLKS
THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN NEGRO IS THE HISTORY OF THIS STRIFE, —THIS LONGING TO ATTAIN SELF-CONSCIOUS MANHOOD, TO MERGE HIS DOUBLE SELF INTO A BETTER AND TRUER SELF. IN THIS MERGING HE WISHES NEITHER OF THE OLDER SELVES TO BE LOST. HE WOULD NOT AFRICANIZE AMERICA, FOR AMERICA HAS TOO MUCH TO TEACH THE WORLD AND AFRICA. HE WOULD NOT BLEACH HIS NEGRO SOUL IN A FLOOD OF WHITE AMERICANISM, FOR HE KNOWS THE NEGRO BLOOD HAS A MESSAGE FOR THE WORLD. HE SIMPLY WISHES TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR A MAN TO BE BOTH A NEGRO AND AN AMERICAN, WITHOUT BEING CURSED AND SPIT UPON BY HIS FELLOWS, WITHOUT HAVING THE DOORS OF OPPORTUNITY CLOSED ROUGHLY IN HIS FACE.
WILLIAM EDWARD BURGHARDT DU BOIS EXCERPT
THE SOULS OF BLACK FOLKS
On a lighter note, this was truly a piece of our American humanity we all aspire to emulate. This lady surprised this woman at her job. Despite a lot of hate in our world, I promise you there are still good people in this world of all races and creeds. Evil never wins against good. Always remember that!
