tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44876506966297066102024-03-05T15:20:42.780-08:00Brother Hassan's Blog!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08366952683176456297noreply@blogger.comBlogger77125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487650696629706610.post-80020433248978938122017-12-08T08:16:00.002-08:002017-12-08T08:16:54.542-08:00My Talk With Death...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrJdSol87weReDUc34S928tcMSRJP29i9oLjefGMU-ORgVBWWGGyK1hC8WJ5DUKAV66kI6y59k7LV8hM-XVYy6Fbaw3y3tY-ibA-2bYegeI6_hSOUEc8f9C21NHcyJDypj9yDbJtqZbU/s1600/400591_458079134278286_580115753_n.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibrJdSol87weReDUc34S928tcMSRJP29i9oLjefGMU-ORgVBWWGGyK1hC8WJ5DUKAV66kI6y59k7LV8hM-XVYy6Fbaw3y3tY-ibA-2bYegeI6_hSOUEc8f9C21NHcyJDypj9yDbJtqZbU/s320/400591_458079134278286_580115753_n.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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Hey guys....<br />
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I just got off the phone with my Mother earlier this morning...<br />
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She told me that, "I haven't been 100% honest about what the doctor told me when I visited him last week...I need you to come by and do more things that I physically can't do right now..."<br />
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She never went into details about that cryptic statement.<br />
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More to the point, I never asked.<br />
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Why, Hassan?<br />
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Please take a look at this picture.<br />
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I took this picture on April 3rd, 2013.<br />
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Looks like a normal "selfie", right?<br />
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I was broke and couldn't find my bus card that morning.<br />
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My Mother called me at roughly 6am and told me she was having a "small" heart attack.<br />
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WTF is a "small" heart attack?<br />
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Growing up, my mother was physically indomitable to me.<br />
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Only 5'2", she scared me in ways it would take hours and pages to describe.<br />
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She was invincible.<br />
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On April 3rd 2013, I entered her hospital room and looked at her.<br />
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She looked....MORTAL.<br />
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Weak.<br />
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It was at that point that I finally realized, at age 39, that I could wake up and she would no longer be here.<br />
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I was mad at Death.<br />
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From 1998-2000, I lost 11 friends and associates to HIV/AIDS related complications.<br />
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It seemed like everybody I attached myself to DIED.<br />
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When I was 19, I lost the man I called my true "brother", Aaron, to suicide.<br />
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I WAS PISSED AF AT DEATH.<br />
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On April 3rd, perhaps because of my maturity at age 39, I made peace with the concept of mortality.<br />
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ALL OF US WILL DIE.<br />
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So when my Mother made that cryptic comment, I didn't press her on it.<br />
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I will push to keep her alive as long as possible.<br />
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I no longer fear Death, however.<br />
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Death is neither Good , nor Evil.<br />
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IT JUST IS.<br />
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Now look at the picture above, again.<br />
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Can you see the pain?<br />
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Can you see.....?<br />
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It was literally when I WALKED three miles from the hospital back to my apartment.<br />
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After walking three miles to get there.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08366952683176456297noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487650696629706610.post-19424895688703257922017-03-25T12:52:00.001-07:002017-03-25T12:52:05.767-07:00HEY BILL MAHER: GUESS WHO'S THE WORLD'S #1 TERRORIST?WHITE MEN!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey guys...<br />
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I was watching "Real Time with Bill Maher" last night, as usual, and near the end of the program, Bill began riffing on Muslims being "terrorists"...he's ranted before, and each time more and more anger swelled up in me over his arrogance and hypocrisy.<br />
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Let me state clearly that I like Maher. This dragging will be done with no hard feelings in tow.<br />
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Dear Bill,<br />
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Hi, it's me, Hassan! Remember last night when you said Muslims were the biggest terrorists in the world today? You weren't reading the "Billboard Hot 100" of world terrorists correctly. you see, the group that has held the number one spot and gone unchallenged in the last five hundred (500)years is a group that you ought to be intimately familiar with, as you are part of them...that group, is white men.<br />
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WHAT!?!?!?!<br />
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No, this isn't some racist rant from some "<em>pseudo militant"</em> gay black dude.<br />
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<em> Nah, homie.</em> <br />
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Just spitting facts.<br />
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For arguments sake, I will only use reference sources from white men themselves on not only their historical brutality, but their current debauchery. You can look up the details. I will begin by noting the obvious: White men built a GLOBAL system designed for the promulgation, advancement, and propagandizing of a lie: The myth of white supremacy. In all areas of people activity, people that looked like you, Bill, went into every known area of the world and slaughtered, raped, pillaged, stolen resources, dehumanized, devalued, degraded the non white occupants of that area under the banner of erroneous concepts like "Manifest destiny"(some bullshit that proclaimed that it was your God given right as white folks to steal shit), and now, after five long brutal centuries of the most cruel, inhumane treatment ever rendered in the history of the world, you, as a white male, have the nerve to proclaim someone else holds your people's crown as a terrorist.<br />
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As someone who fancies himself a progressive, I'm sure you are aware of the cliff notes version of all this...whether it was the Maori people of New Zealand, the indigenous people of North America, South America, Central America, Asia, or Africa, white folks systematically robbed, stole, and plundered the planet, terrorizing every non white person in their path. White men perfected sadistic, disgusting, cruel and wicked methods to establish and maintain control over their captives. <br />
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Trivia time!<br />
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What part of Earth are white people "indigenous" or native to?<br />
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Did you guess Europe?<br />
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NOPE.<br />
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They were not even the first people there.<br />
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Didn't know that, huh? There was a group of Africans now known as the Grimaldi, who arrived in Europe between 40 and 50,000 years ago, and through the process of speciation (evolution of distinct species due to environmental and other factors), essentially, for lack of a better term, "became" white. The climate of Europe wasn't conducive to heavy melanin and coarse hair, so as humans do, they adapted...<br />
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(I could go into Yacub's History here, but y'all ain't ready for that).<br />
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In fact, you guys aren't really native to any part of the planet Earth if you want to be technical... After the Moors civilized you guys, having conquered Europe all the way up to the gates of Vienna, you engaged in a very bitter and vicious series of wars called the Crusades with them. You defeated the Moors eventually, and this is when your reign of unprecedented terrorism begins.<br />
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White "nationalists" like Steve Bannon and Donald Trump want to relive the Crusades.<br />
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<em><strong>Terrorism</strong></em>. <br />
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Perfect word choice.<br />
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According to all of your own historians, white men set sail around the Earth, never to be subjugated again, and began a race to conquer the darker people of the world. White men <em><strong>exterminated</strong></em> the Tazmanians in Australia, The Maori in New Zealand, and the Carib Indians. To this moment, all of the wealth whites enjoy on a relative basis, and the myriad of other privileges afforded in a system of white supremacy, was accumulated on the backs of non white people. It would take a true terrorist to do that. Every Western nation on Earth today is built upon either the overt, or in most cases covert display of white supremacy.<br />
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Muslims don't hold a candle to white men. Whether they be the Founding Fathers, or the rank and file white Christian male...white Jewish male...or white "atheist" male, white men unite upon only one major principle. White supremacy.<br />
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Notice I haven't even begun on what white men did to black folks yet???<br />
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Now I know you are a "liberal" and that means you want me to believe that it's just those right wing white folks that uphold such beliefs.<br />
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Malcolm X warned us clearly about the white liberal.<br />
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So Bill.....my suspicion is that anyone who has the nerve and audacity to set a course of action antithetical to white control and subjugation, will get the "terrorist" label placed on them.<br />
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I have no love for "ISIS" or any of those other groups. This is merely a note to remind you that, especially a wealthy white male, you have no space calling anyone else a terrorist, given the debauchery your ilk have heaped on mankind.<br />
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(Note: Don't assume for a second that the white woman gets a pass...she is the right hand to white men in the system of white supremacy, and gives no care about picking race over gender or any other factor. Don't be deceived...I just don't feel like typing a whole book on her and him.)<br />
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I'll be watching next Friday though Bill!<br />
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(Keep it cute though)<br />
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Brother HassanAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08366952683176456297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487650696629706610.post-80215710304418878262017-02-22T16:01:00.002-08:002017-03-31T09:16:08.905-07:00SOLD OUT: GOING TO DIGITAL ONLY!
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hi guys!!!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for helping me get out the last few hundred copies of <strong><em>"When The Lights Go Out: The Truth About Black Male Prison Sexuality" </em></strong>as I prepare for my next release, <strong><em>"The New Minstrel Show: Coonery and Buffoonery in 21st Century Black Entertainment"</em></strong> later this year...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm not going to get any more copies printed in hardback or paperback, as I'm preparing for the new book release and need ALL coins ready for that print job....lol
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While the media often paints a picture of a U.S prison system which thrives with rehabilitation and convict reform, many of those who have been inside report a dismal and shocking reality of sexual exploitation, homophobia and disease. Having experienced the dark side of the U.S criminal justice system first-hand, Hassan Hartley exposes the truth in his book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT: The Truth About Black Male Prison Sexuality.</span></i><em><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></em><br />
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="line-height: 115%;">The Chicago native was sentenced to three years in a Virginian prison. However, Hartley’s journey of self-correction was coupled with a deep personal study of black men around him. Noticing that many were at different levels in the self-awareness of their own sexuality, the seeds of his book were sewn.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="line-height: 115%;">“</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="line-height: 115%;">This book is a study into the human sexuality, and sexual identity politics of black men in American prisons. It examines the cultural, moral, and social implications of sexual behavior in prisons due to millions of black men being trafficked in and out of the criminal justice system each year” Says Hartley, who has spent the last six years researching incarcerated black men at prisons all over the United States.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wassup guys!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So....I've been listening to author/radio host/documentary filmmaker Tariq Nasheed for about 4 years now. I grew to respect his insight on many issues related to the black collective, and found his programs both entertaining and informative. I overlooked his reference to some folks as "moist", as I have been known myself to refer to heterosexual black men and women as "breeders" on more than one occasion(72% of black children born out of wedlock...breeders seemed apt). In a broadcast of his weekly Sunday Ustream show on December 18, 2016, Tariq began, for lack of a better phrase, a "rant", directly equating black gay men who assert themselves as "masculine", with child molesters.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You read that last sentence correctly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I didn't want to misquote Nasheed or "take him out of context", so the entire clip from the beginning of his rant to the end is posted above. I will begin quoting him at the 1:55 mark of the clip, to delineate clearly what the outrage was that I experienced when I heard this disgusting, false and bigoted commentary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">"...Yea the dude was like, 'Just because you're gay don't-you don't mean you're not masculine'...and you know what that sounds like? THAT'S CHILD MOLESTER TALK. When people start saying THAT, THAT'S child molester talk. that's what motherfuckers say to little kids that they're trying TO TURN OUT...."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I could not type any more of that disgusting garbage without literally cringing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">the entire rant is, again, posted above for all to view for yourselves.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Where do I begin....? Nasheed asserts that when black gay men assert they also can be masculine, that the mere notion that there is ANYTHING similar to heterosexual black "manhood" is and should be a danger sign to ALL heterosexuals that this same gender loving man is predatory and wants to molest your children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">WOW.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This level of ignorance could not go without a response. So I took to Twitter and voiced my displeasure over his deplorable and despicable commentary:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Notice that I tagged Tariq in the post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's not uncommon for me. See, whatever I have to say about a person, I DO NOT care if they see it or hear about it, because I can defend my position with TRUTH. I wasn't "trolling", I was genuinely and deeply offended by his brazenly stupid comments. I have been out of the closet since December 1994, a time when it was much more unspoken and taboo to be same gender loving in the black community than it is now. I am, and we as same gender loving people are a part of the black community and experience, whether the bigots like it or not. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please note that I am using the term "bigot", rather than "homophobic". One of the games that the "conscious" black community loves to play is a word game. They dissect the word "homophobia" and center on the "phobia" part, to which they always reply, "I'm not scared of (gays)!" (insert expletive or slur in place of gay). To pinpoint his ignorance and not allow these Negroes to deflect and change the narrative, call them what they are: anti gay "bigots". Honestly though, being that Tariq was a critically acclaimed filmmaker and NY Times best selling author, I didn't expect him to respond to my tweet. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nor did I expect him to respond within three minutes of my posting it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here was his first response:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">LOL....wait, what???</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I leveled a serious charge at the guy, and his only response was to not only avoid the comment, but suggest that I want his "attention"?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Does his attention come with $$$? Because if not, go kill yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Being that now I would have to behave as the "adult" in the discussion, I clarified my statement and remained firm.</span></div>
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<strong><em><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now anyone who knows me, knows that I could tear the skin off of this thin skinned heterosexual butch queen and drag his ass to the gates of Hell verbally...</span></em></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">...clearly if he is too weak in his defense of his own "truth", then I will destroy this jackass with ease.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">....but I respected the guy....I bought Hidden Colors 1,2,3,and 4, and have even shown them in my classes to my students.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">SO......</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Maybe he didn't know what I was talking about SPECIFICALLY.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So I showed him.....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Well now is the moment of truth.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I posted his own words IN FRONT OF THE WORLD back to him, so he cannot continue to deny that he made these appalling comments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I even told him where in the clip to begin....LOL....</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">That made the <em><strong>thin skinned heterosexual butch queen</strong></em> Tariq Nasheed <strong><em>furious.</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I stayed gracious, fully aware that what Tariq wants is to bait you into an angry response so that he can paint you as the "troll".</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So....Tariq Nasheed goes on and on and on in this clip to call heterosexual black men "real niggas", suggest that black gay men get preferential treatment in corporate America (although he has NEVER worked in a Fortune 500 company to know this), and that we, black same gender loving men, are AGENTS OF WHITE SUPREMACY HELL BENT ON DESTROYING THE BLACK COMMUNITY.</span></div>
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Well it's been a while since I've blogged, with school and home and lots going on in my personal life...over the last several months I've gotten dozens of emails and requests from people who heard of my first book, "<i><b>When the Lights Go Out: THE TRUTH ABOUT BLACK MALE PRISON SEXUALITY"</b></i> and if they could get it in Amazon...as some of you may know, I'm not the biggest fan of their slow payment practices...but because you guys have asked for it, I've decided to re-activate my seller account and now the book is for sale on Amazon!</div>
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While the media often paints a picture of a U.S prison system which thrives with rehabilitation and convict reform, many of those who have been inside report a dismal and shocking reality of sexual exploitation, homophobia and disease. Having experienced the dark side of the U.S criminal justice system first-hand, Hassan Hartley exposes the truth in his new book; <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT: The Truth About Black Male Prison Sexuality.</span></i></div>
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Just wanted to let you guys know that my first "fiction" project, a story I've been working on for a while, will be out this spring in April 2016..it is entitled, <strong><em></em></strong><br />
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The story starts with a tragic act of 19 police precincts being bombed <em>simultaneously</em> in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Baltimore and Newark, New Jersey. The most heinous act of domestic terrorism on American soil since the horror of 9/11, the nation is at a heightened period of racial and civil unrest. Tensions have been mounting with every murder of black young men and women in the United States by local police and law enforcement....<br />
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The marching, and praying, and tweeting, and arguing have not led to an absolution to this crisis.<br />
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The nation is at a boiling point of anger and polarization. Traditional leadership such as Rev. Al Sharpton, Rev. Jesse Jackson and others, have no credibility with the angry masses. The police have become a law unto themselves, constantly circling the wagons, insulating themselves in an "us vs. them" mentality that sees black youth, particularly black young men, as their preeminent threat. This leads to the rise of a man named Jacob Davidson, a former Navy Seal and military hero, who now works in the inner city of Newark to curb violence among his people. He witnesses his child and nephew gunned down in the street by two Newark police officers, and is now determined to lead the charge against police brutality and white supremacy. The media begins to sensationalize the unrest with constant coverage, often skewing the facts and turning the legitimate aspirations of the suffering masses into something of a joke.<br />
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"Terrorism is often like beauty....it is in the eye of the beholder" says Jacob, now the leader of the Vanguard Party for Resurrection of Truth and Justice, an outfit seen by many as "radical" and "subversive" by some, and standard bearers of truth and righteousness to others....<br />
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"We are tired of standing by while our boys are slaughtered in the streets, murdered by despicable two legged dogs with uniforms and badges. Your 'We Shall Overcome' bullshit has distracted us for way too long. The police in America have declared war on black people. It is time we fought back, and fight back to win.." shouts Jacob, a man whose military training and expertise make him particularly dangerous when radicalizing people to his cause.<br />
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This book was inspired by obvious recent events in our nation. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08366952683176456297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487650696629706610.post-61555519198616374302015-11-26T14:59:00.001-08:002015-11-28T09:06:39.841-08:002015: UPS,DOWNS,AND GETTING TO HAPPY!!!<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="paypal">
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I haven't blogged in a while as I've been in the process of moving, working out regularly again, laying off the sauce(alcohol),and growing a new layer of comfort in my own skin.<br />
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In May of this year, I went to get a physical at my doctor. With full clothes on,plus boots, I weighed 188 lbs...(subtract seven pounds for clothes and I was 181..)..my skin was badly discolored around my cheeks, and two doctors diagnosed me with vitiligo,the same skin disorder as Michael Jackson...wasn't feeling good about myself at all, despite having friends and loved ones loving me...<br />
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I decided to work out again. At my biggest, I was a strong 235 lbs, benching well over 400 lbs, and feeling DAMN near invincible. I stopped working out four years ago. Got bored. I began drinking a "nightcap"(which,for me,was a 24 ounce glass of pure vodka straight before bed...)<br />
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Well, both me and my guy love vodka, and shit this was no problem for him...the alcohol, combined with not eating or lifting, ravaged my body slowly. The 181lbs. in May was the smallest I'd been in 11 years. Enough was enough.<br />
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I didn't know where it would lead, after four years, no weights,no diet to speak of,and drinking more than I'd ever done in life. On June 1st,I started lifting again. I began eating six small meals a day. As a promise to my guy, I would lay off the firewater on a daily basis, and only drink socially...(this was a trick on his part, because he knows I rarely go out)...from June 1st until late July, I didn't go near a scale. Too depressing after I was so small just weeks before.<br />
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July 28th rolled around. I was 215 lbs. Muscle memory kicked in when I began working out regularly again. It was like my body craved the nutrients I was missing. My skin was less discolored and healthy looking again. My mojo was back!!!! I could sleep without alcohol, and was growing faster than I had when I was in my late 20's....<br />
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The old-scratch that-new Hassan was BACK!!<br />
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At age 41, I was tired of trying to look a certain way to remain "relevant"(I laughed as I typed that... pop culture has us all caught up in the hype of looking youthful and strong). That was my problem before. I was lifting to get a nice body to attract people to me..the frustration set in when all I would meet were people who were interested in me sexually.<br />
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I wanted to take a few minutes to blog about a Youtube clip I recently came across by a woman who calls herself "LovelyTi"....she blogs several times a day and is based in Los Angeles California. This particular blog deals with a woman's claims that she, after being diagnosed as HIV positive, has willfully and deliberately slept with "hundreds" of men and engaged in unprotected sex. The woman's constant refrain was, "<strong><em>I'm undetectable! I'm undetectable</em></strong>!!!!!". <br />
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The woman appears to be on drugs or mentally unstable, or perhaps both. Whatever the situation is with this woman, "LovelyTi" chose to opine on the subject, and below is the Youtube clip of her "rant" about the issue:<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Af_-xOQN2jw">HIV POSITIVE WOMAN CLAIMS TO HAVE SLEPT WITH HUNDREDS OF MEN BUT SAYS SHE IS UNDETECTABLE!</a><br />
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In the clip, LovelyTi, a woman I follow on Youtube and whose opinion and insight on a great many things I do respect, begins to spew some of the most ignorant, ass backwards misinformation about HIV/AIDS I have heard since I joined the fight back in the late 1990's against HIV/AIDS....<br />
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Some facts first:<br />
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1). When an HIV positive person is declared by their physician to be "undetectable", it means that based on the blood work done to monitor the amount of virus in their blood, (called "viral load"), that it is so low that it poses little to no harm in the person's body. This does NOT mean the person is "cured" of the virus. One must remain vigilant and adhere to the medications prescribed by their doctor in order to maintain that status. Magic Johnson, for example, has stated on several occasions that he is "undetectable".<br />
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2).Any human being, regardless of their health or STD status, that recklessly has unprotected sex with hundreds of persons is a danger to themselves and society. This should go without saying.<br />
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3) Heterosexuals like LovelyTi, who live in a bubble that essentially believes that HIV/AIDS is primarily a "gay" disease, spew ignorance such as "I don't know what the hell UNDETECTABLE HIV is...sounds like bullshit to me!" out of fear and lack of education. She cannot help her rank stupidity and the arrogance with which she boasts about it on the above clip. We must educate, not condemn.<br />
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It speaks to a deeper code of silence within the black community...particularly black women, who spew out media driven talking points about the virus, homosexuality, etc, without understanding that there are FACTS here-scientifically established facts-that must be brought to the light if we are to truly educate our community. I was disgusted at how this woman, who has a platform wherein thousands of people watch her and listen to her on a daily basis, could be so reckless with her approach to this topic. It makes me question everything else she speaks on. <br />
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Black people tend to speak about "truth" only when it vibes with what I refer to as their "emotional narrative"...if a set of facts validates their opinion, then it is "truth"...if it doesn't then it is "bullshit" and they go right on comfortable in their ignorance UNTIL A WHITE MALE AUTHORITY FIGURE TELLS THEM DIFFERENTLY.<br />
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Pull it together, Miss Ti, girl.<br />
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We're watching.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08366952683176456297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487650696629706610.post-69090654060853213882015-09-03T09:01:00.000-07:002015-09-03T09:06:00.478-07:00FACEBOOK: ENGINE OF WHITE SUPREMACY....?Hey guys!
Lately, I have noticed that quite a few of my Facebook friends have been receiving harsh penalties for relatively minor offenses (pictures of themselves in swimwear at the beach that were not revealing, reacting to racist comments, or speaking out in general about serious political issues) while white FB members can seemingly get away with use of the N word, calling people "faggots", and many other derogatory epithets and names.<br />
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Recently, documentary filmmaker and New York Times best selling author Tariq Nasheed experienced this backlash on his own page-twice in one day. Listen to the audio clip below for his account of what happened:<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw6-LA7WI-0">TARIQ NASHEED: RACISM DENIERS</a><br />
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What gives, Facebook? Have you hired moderators that are race soldiers of white supremacy? Odd that you would be so discriminatory given that your "founder" is a member of an ethno-religious group (Jewish)that tells its stories of hate against them all the time. I have personally reported many white supremacists and bigots of all strata, only to have FB say that "it doesn't violate our rules" to be so hateful against blacks and others.
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Studies have shown that people of color use FB disproportionally more than their white counterparts. You would be wise to remember this Facebook, lest you find this charge spread all over social media and outlets around the world with just a click of a button. At that point, a "like" won't be enough.
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08366952683176456297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487650696629706610.post-41596717450331400032014-08-26T19:17:00.000-07:002014-08-30T11:09:57.474-07:00AN OPEN LETTER TO IYANLA VANZANT REGARDING FERGUSON!!!!!!!!!!!<span class="userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">Dear Iyanla Vanzant,<br /> <br />
May God be pleased with you, and your loved ones, and I pray you
receive this in a positive but strong spirit, and not one of
defensiveness and umbrage.<br /> <br /> "Justice" is a principle of fair
dealing. It has legal, ethical, and real time aspects to it. Justice
also balances the human mind. When human beings feel deprived of
justice, their frustra<span class="text_exposed_show">tion, anger and
fear grows within that mind. The greater the injustice, the greater the
imbalance. To blame those deprived of justice for reacting to IN-justice
in ways not deemed "appropriate" by civil society, is morally
disingenuous. The key to solving the problem is to discover the root of
their oppression, deal with it, remove it or contain it, and then-but
ONLY then-can a spirit of PEACE begin to develop......<br /> <br /> ...When
protesters say, "No Justice, No Peace", what they are saying is,
"without that principle of fair dealing, there will be no rest....no
ease...." to scold the victim for reacting to his oppression,only
appears that you want to PACIFY HIM OR HER, not bring peace.<br /> <br />
Iyanla, not once have you had a show spotlighting "black on black crime"
on your "Fix My Life" series. We here in Chicago have NEVER seen you
come in the hood with your rhetoric, talking about "Fix my life"...you
are playing up to the whites and non blacks in your audience by shifting
blame to "black on black crime". Saddening.<br /> <br /> Please stop
preaching about "black on black crime" UNLESS AND UNTIL you, like many of us in as
many ways as we can try to quell this malady,roll your sleeves up and
spotlight THAT on your show, to "interrupt the pattern..." Then have seats. You look
hypocritical by droning on about that issue without ANY action on your
part. You are supposed to be an ELDER. Yet your argument is out of
order.<br /> <br /><br /><b><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Tighten up, Mama.</span></i></b><br /> <br /> When the possibility that
white police officers may be threatened arises, here you come with your
cameras, <b><i>trolling</i></b> for ratings, trying to pacify the victim and mollify
the predators. I was HIGHLY disappointed at what you presented tonight. I
think that you bit off far more than you can chew, and some things need
time before cameras and psychobabble come into the picture.<br /> <br />
Were you sent there to "interrupt the pattern", or pacify the
"Negroes"??? The flowery rhetoric you preach is nothing new to me. I was
raised under many Afrocentric men and women, and pastors, Imams,
etc....please be careful that your heart is clear and pure, because it
can come across as a new age, evangelical "performance" for your show
and for your boss, Oprah Winfrey.<br /> <br /> God bless,<br /> <br /> Love,<br /> <br /> Hassan Hartley</span></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08366952683176456297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487650696629706610.post-19122625868475852242014-03-18T14:04:00.001-07:002014-03-18T14:16:08.715-07:00HELP ME UNDERSTAND THIS PETTINESS!!!!!!!!!!!Hey guys....<br />
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department on January 2013. I was unaware that I was charged a sales tax
of $1.40 from which Florida International University is exempt as a
public state university. As a result, I received the
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Hey guys!<br />
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This is the initial concept for the book cover of my new book, "THE NEW MINSTREL SHOW: Coonery and Buffoonery in 21st Century Black Entertainment"......I initially wanted actual pictures of people like some of Tyler Perry's characters, Nene Leakes, Lil Wayne, etc....but there would be legal issues in so doing.<br />
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In this book, I will focus on the <span class="o50n5" id="o50n5_15">ratchet</span>, <span class="o50n5" id="o50n5_9">ignorant</span>,(or as some folks say,"<i>ignant</i>"),
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I was booted out of a Facebook travel group dedicated to "international travel".<br />
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LOLOLOL!!!!<br />
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You will never, ever guess why.<br />
A black female posted an article reposted from a blog by Cory Alexander Haywood listed below:<br />
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http://www.eurweb.com/2013/11/the-black-hat-hey-sisters-feel-free-to-pursue-white-men-they-dont-want-you-anyway/<br />
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In this travel group on Facebook,(Nomad-ness Travel) the black women who read this article did not deconstruct it with logic, see it for what it was(a conversation piece wherein generalizations are used to get black men and women to discussing "interracial" relationships, an already incendiary topic), they went on the attack.<br />
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Personal insults, vitriol, anger, viciousness were the order of the day as the response to this ONE black man's blog. The level of viciousness is never higher than when black women are criticized, no matter the topic. Black males can be thrown under the bus with frequency and regularity akin to rush hour in a major city when it comes to topics related to us.<br />
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Are black women so above reproach that they cannot even withstand ANY critique, whether justified or not????<br />
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When I asked several of the black women who were launching personal attacks against the guy to give a cogent, coherent argument in response without emotion to his blog, they turned their sights on me personally.<br />
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It got nasty.<br />
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One woman, who was nearly 275lbs. with a haircut no longer than mine, began attempting to call me an "internet troll" <br />
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I fired back with statistics about 80% of black women being classified as "obese" and going in on her personally to show her that if you want to get personal, you PICKED THE RIGHT DUDE TO TRY IT WITH.<br />
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She backed off slowly with every wig snatching read I shot her way. Some other gal named Kia Richards tried to back her up and was even more vicious. I asked her if she was a bitch(are you a bitch?I don't recall saying anything to you and yet you called me a "loser", Fag" and other names in my inbox)...., and she immediately retreated after that, when I asked her if she was a bitch and pointed out she was named after the cheapest car on the market, but wants me to treat her like a queen. After one of the admins, a woman with a penis who identified itself as Jason Francis, deleted me, I began putting dots together...<br />
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Most of the negative customer service I see in person happens occurs when black women are the cashiers.<br />
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Nasty, rude, overbearing, mean, aggressive, bossy, shrill behavior that has no place in a customer service context.<br />
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Obviously all black women are not like this, but my need to preface my critique with such remarks shows how vitriolic and illogical the ones that are can be.<br />
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Let's face it: The black community is a matriarchy, and there are far too many black women who feel that blistering attacks on black men with whom they disagree on ANYTHING is "cute" and acceptable. Ask for logic and with each response, they devolve five years until kindergarten viciousness is their norm. When Iyanla Vanzant said black women were "out of order" months ago, even she was attacked with hatred by her own sisters.<br />
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Whether I agree or disagree with even a word of dude's article, my merely asking for logic got me attacked as if I were him so let's have at it. Black women use black men as verbal punching bags in these incendiary debates, yet the minute a brother fights back, far too many play "victim" and act as though they did nothing wrong.<br />
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I'm sick of nasty, rude, shrill, disrespectful sisters in customer service positions thinking that they can treat black male patrons like dirt, but if a white male comes in( and I have witnessed this) and calls them a bitch, they have the classic Negro Bed Wench look of hurt and rejection in their eyes, as if their master did not validate them.<br />
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BLACK WOMEN.<br />
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I LOVE YOU.<br />
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YOU NEED TO PULL NASTY "BITCH" ATTITUDE OUT OF YOU AND THROW IT AWAY, HOWEVER.<br />
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YOU ARE OUT OF ORDER.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08366952683176456297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487650696629706610.post-8017057179316616432013-10-09T19:06:00.003-07:002013-10-09T19:10:05.183-07:00IT IS ABSOLUTELY ABOUT RACE!!!!!!!!!!!Hey guys!
Just had a conversation on Facebook with two white ladies, whose
husbands are currently serving time in prison, and I made the following
statement:
"<i>In some cities, a white male with a felony conviction and high school
education has a better chance of getting a job than a black male with no
felony conviction and a college degree". </i><br />
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WHY DID I GO AND SAY THAT?!?!?!?!? LMAO!!!
We will call the two white girls "Becky" and Amy".
Here is some data to back up my statement:<br />
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"<span style="font-size: large;"><i>You may
remember the 2003 University of Chicago study by Devah Pager that sent
young white and black “testers” with randomly assigned “felony
convictions” to apply for low-wage jobs. The study found that whites
with felonies were more likely to be called for interviews than black
applicants without criminal records.
Eight years later, black male unemployment has hit the highest rate
since the government began keeping track in 1972.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> It is estimated that
only 56.9 percent of black men over age 20 are working, and the
prospects for them to earn an honest living anytime soon in this
crumbling economy are not good.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> While Obama battles the GOP over raising the debt ceiling and preserving
“sacred cow” tax cuts and entitlement programs, the unemployed poor are
becoming increasingly desperate. Of particular concern is the reality
that the once-supportive family members who used to serve as safety nets
for struggling felons are now losing their jobs and homes in record
numbers. The safety net exists no more.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i> According to an analysis of Federal Reserve data by the Economic Policy
Institute in 2004, the median net worth of white households was
$134,280, compared with $13,450 for black households. By 2009, the
median net worth for white households had fallen 24 percent to $97,860;
the median black net worth had fallen 83 percent to $2,170. And, no,
that is not a typo. </i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Algernon Austin, director of the Economic Policy
Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity and the Economy describes the
wealth gap like this, “In 2009, for every dollar of wealth the average
white household had, black households only had two cents.”
Two cents. Really? If anyone has the audacity to suggest to me that
having a black president means America is now “post racial,” I will have
to hold myself back. And, speaking of remaining nonviolent in the face
of violent oppression… If there has ever been a reason to march on
Washington, it is right the hell now</i></span>."<br />
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-Kathleen Cross-<br />
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"Becky", whose husband is in prison for ten years(<i>side bar: when a
white male goes to prison, with white privilege and male privilege on
his side and he STILL fucks up and gets a ten year prison sentence,and
has no education, I tend to feel even less sympathy for them.</i>)
ARGUED ME UP AND DOWN that "it isn't about race".
Easy for her as a poor trailer park white girl whose husband got busted
for running a meth lab in his basement.<br />
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Black men make up 6% of the population, yet account for 51% of all jail
and prison inmates.
There are more black people now, under correctional control, then <i><b>WERE
SLAVES IN 1850</b></i>.<br />
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1850.<br />
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Ten years before the Civil War.
AND IT ISN'T ABOUT RACE?<br />
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"<b><i>Amy</i></b>", whose husband also got locked up and is serving hard time, came
to Becky's defense....(to be expected when an educated black male shuts
one of them down in an argument with FACTS.)
I politely told Amy that I stand by my words 100% and if you cannot
comprehend them, then its her problem, not mine. (I gave up trying to
convince white people of anything racial a long time ago; they pretend
to be in denial and play the "I'm not racist, so why bring up race?"
routine. SMH.)
(i also told Amy where she should go since she was getting rude and
bitchy at this point, and to give you a hint, the Sun doesn't shine
there.....)<br />
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To be honest, I can halfway see their point.(NOT).
They are married to white males who are convicted felons. Languishing in
prison. Maybe to them, this is the norm in Oklahoma or Kansas. They are
probably the poor, uneducated whites who watch Fox News, buy guns, and
drive dusty pick up trucks. Their inability to not take advantage of
white privilege in a system of white dominance, may make them feel
shafted by the system.
Or maybe they are just trailer trash with no clue what is going on.
Who knows....
Oh well....Take care!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08366952683176456297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487650696629706610.post-3547693222064921372013-08-18T17:52:00.003-07:002013-08-18T22:29:06.496-07:00MY OPEN LETTER TO DON LEMON: GET A CLUE!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dear Don Lemon,<br />
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I watched with some measure of astonishment and amazement at your attempt recently to cosign Bill O'Reilly's generalizations about the Black community.(Black is capitalized on <i>purpose</i>.) To begin, I am also a black gay male such as yourself, who is college educated, and a published author. I grew up in many of the same neighborhoods you generalized in your rant. In fact, I grew up 6 blocks from Michelle Obama, our First Lady's, childhood home.<br />
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Although she and I are ten years apart in age, we attended the same elementary school and high school here in Chicago. The "low income", neighborhood( it's hilarious that when white people are poor, they call the area, "working class", but when blacks are at the same income level, we are called "<i>low income</i>") She and I grew up in, was at times gang infested; it wasn't Cabrini Green by any stretch of the imagination, but it probably wasn't the nice middle class environment you were raised in.<br />
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Your tone deaf analysis of the condition of black people is a specious argument, at best. I say specious, because on the surface, it appears to make perfect sense. Upon evaluation, however, there are deep flaws that must be brought to your attention. You failed to mention the multi generational cycles of poverty brought about during the late 1960's through the 1970's that continues and has spiraled out of control in many black urban areas. This is important to note, because this is not the first time that high crime, murder and the like has permeated urban areas in the United States. In the 1920's, Irish and other immigrants were marginalized within white society and lived in deep pockets of urban poverty. If you watch "<i>Gangs of New York</i>", it chronicles, albeit theatrically, the gang violence of that era.<br />
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Sound familiar?<br />
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<i>Gang violence, poverty, ethnic on ethnic crime and murder?</i><br />
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The Government's response was not to incarcerate, criminalize and demonize these immigrants. On the contrary, they realized that opening doors to education, the ability to procure employment or even start your own businesses, were better solutions. You can't even name a Jewish "ghetto" today, can you? It isn't because they "pulled themselves up by their bootstraps", Mr. Lemon. They had <i>help.</i><br />
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<i>No one sat on a radio lecturing them about "personal responsibility".</i> No one talked about the disproportionally high birth rates among those marginalized immigrants. You,however, in your cosigning with an avowed race baiter like O'Reilly, showed exactly how much you simply don't get it.<br />
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Russell Simmons compared sagging jeans to Afro's and dashiki's. You responded by pointing out that Afro's and dashiki's were symbols of black cultural pride. Indeed they were. However, his point flew completely over your head.<br />
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Let me explain.<br />
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In the late 1960's through the 1970's law enforcement viewed Afro's and dashikis with contempt. Such contempt, in fact, that they routinely profiled, stopped and searched persons wearing these symbols of "cultural pride". The Black Panthers, for whom the style is most widely known and associated, were deemed "The most dangerous terrorist organization in the United States" by J. Edgar Hoover of the FBI.<br />
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That is correct, Mr. Lemon. They were viewed as militant criminal threats, and anyone-i mean anyone, male or female, rocking that style, may have been stopped and "frisked" by the police, had their phones wire tapped, and seen as a danger and menace to society.<br />
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Sort of like how young black men who sag their pants today are seen. <i>That was Russell Simmons point.</i><br />
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I take it that your grasp of history got lost when white America accepted you as a gay man. A general rule of thumb, is to stay out of race based discussions if your experience cannot speak accurately and effectively for those most marginalized. I pray that going forward, you follow that advice and stay in your lane.<br />
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<i>May this letter find you in the best of health and spirit.</i><br />
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<i>Hassan Hartley</i><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08366952683176456297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487650696629706610.post-81235281160905442702013-07-15T19:25:00.003-07:002013-07-15T19:30:07.136-07:00SO...WHAT NOW DO WE TELL OUR BLACK YOUNG MEN...?So.....<br />
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What now do we tell young black men?<br />
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That you can't be seen in a multi racial neighborhood after twilight, even if you are unarmed and only carrying Skittles and Arizona Iced Tea?<br />
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You can't wear a hoodie, because people will see you as a thug.....?<br />
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Possessing marijuana is seen to make <i><b>you</b></i> look more aggressive and sinister, even though most weed is used by whites in America and everyone with an IQ over 13 knows that weed makes you sleepy, hungry and horny?<br />
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That you need to speak to police in an <b><i>extra</i></b> humble way, because of all the cases of INNOCENT black men murdered for "appearing" to have a weapon, or beaten for "looking menacing"?<br />
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What do we tell black boys?<br />
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That there are rules carved out, just for you, that limit your expression, that modulate YOUR behavior, that society says implicitly, silently, that we must follow, but no one else has to follow...?<br />
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Do I want to raise a black boy in a world that views him as a threat no matter what he does, says, walks, wears,or behaves? That every moment of his public existence he must watch how firmly he speaks, because "creepy ass crackers" will see him and may shoot him for standing up for HIMSELF, AND STANDING HIS OWN GROUND?<br />
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What do we tell our young black men....?<br />
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This is not a facetious question, or one of sarcasm......<br />
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If a boy cannot walk back to his father without being gunned down...cannot walk down the street without being "<b><i>stopped and frisked</i></b>",cannot wear this, cannot wear that, cannot wear this, cannot do that cannot speak too firmly to a white or other person,<br />
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Cannot...<br />
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Cannot....<br />
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Cannot...<br />
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Then tell me what year we function in? What country we live in? Because the only time that a group of people are singled out and told they "cannot" do so many things, was in Jim Crow Segregation and slavery....<br />
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Even when they obey your laws, you still kill them in cold blood and walk away free...<br />
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Even when they ascend to the Presidency of the United States, you demonize him as a terrorist, a Hitler-figure, and all manner of vicious, sophomoric names...<br />
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So tell me America.....<br />
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What do you want me to tell my young male cousins or teenage nephew?<br />
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Because if I can't tell him to do his best, get good grades, walk the streets without a weapon, stand up for himself in the face of injustice,and live his life in the same way people who are classified as white do...without still being slaughtered for no reason...<br />
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Then you are telling me to prepare him to be a slave.<br />
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To prepare him to walk as an inferior, talk as an inferior, modulate every movement, watch every step, look six ways before crossing, do not resist police brutality, do not question anything....no matter what...<br />
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You are asking me to raise black boys to "<b><i>stay in their place</i></b>"...like good "<b><i>niggers</i></b>" do...<br />
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Then how much have you changed?<br />
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What do I tell a black boy when he sees white boys concoct all manner of drugs, including meth(Tina),mushrooms, illicit drugs, prescription drugs,illegal drugs, drugs that haven't even been classified yet.... and stands a far better chance of being able to do it without being targeted or punished....?<br />
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I am going to tell black boys that this country sees him as <b><i>the enemy</i></b>....and everyone responsible for maintaining "order" has a bullseye on his chest...<br />
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You know, right where Trayvon was shot.<b><i> In the heart.</i></b><br />
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Excuse me if I don't salute this flag, steeped in the blood of my ancestors....<br />
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Excuse me if I don't spout patriotic jargon and rhetoric about how "great" this nation is.<br />
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I can't tell a black young man to <b><i>love</i></b> this country....I can only tell him to be careful and watch out for it.<br />
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The Zimmerman defense team, chiefly Attorney Don West, the idiot that famously made the "KNOCK KNOCK" joke in opening arguments for the Zimmerman murder trial of Trayvon Martin, is at it again...
This time, with his two daughters, calling witness Rachel Jeantel "stupid"....
He had the nerve to take a picture of him and those two ugly trolls under the title of "we beat stupid celebration cones" in which all three are holding up ice cream cones, in the most unprofessional display of arrogance ever from an attorney on a national case.
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Dear Mrs. Scott-Young,<br />
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My name
is Hassan Hartley, and I had the unfortunate displeasure of watching the
rank, repugnant coon-fest that you produce called "<b><i>Love and Hip Hop</i></b>",
in which you profit mightily and heavily from casting people,
particularly Black and Latino folks,(my folk) in the worst possible
light. You, along with other cutthroats like Shaunie O'Neal, Wendy
Williams, and Andy Cohen, have fed millions a pathological diet of
ratchet, ignorant, stereotypical imagery mainly centered around black
women, chiefly being angry, bitter, uneducated, catty, bitchy and
conniving with each other,while the men are cast as oversexed,
unfaithful, dishonest, anti-intellectual(think: stupid) deviants that
cannot fulfill even the most basic of obligations to their
spouses/mates.<br />
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As an openly gay man, I am equally disgusted by the
imagery of "my kind" on your shows(<i>albeit brief imagery-blink and you
may miss the finger popping, effeminate, flamboyant stereotype of a
Funky Dineva-although funny as hell</i>) that perpetuates a false narrative
that black gay men's chief desire is to be a sassy, flip mouthed black
woman. Turning black gay men into the new Mammy figures of reality TV is not cute.<br />
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I understand that you are not the network owner. VH1, along
with MTV, BET and a host of other media outlets, are owned by Viacom,
and Viacom is owned by the very wealthy and Jewish Redstone family. You
may be nothing more than a mere pawn in a game far bigger than your
imagination and intellect can comprehend. I get that. I also understand the "get that paper, make those coins, make that money" aspect of television. No one is "hating" on you for being a financially successful, strong willed, capable black woman in a white/Jewish dominated entertainment industry. We need more sisters(and brothers) on their hustle. <i>Their grind</i>. <i><b>My issue is with the content and imagery, not your business acumen.</b></i><br />
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What bothers
me, after watching your "reunion" special, is how you seemed to be
feeding the discord and strife between these women for ratings...you are
not an unfamiliar kind of black person to me. I have studied Negroes
like you for most of my life. See, there were blacks like you, who, in
the 1500's, sold others into the worst chattel slavery the world has
ever known, for sheer profit. There were blacks like you who, while on
the plantation, sought the favor of their white masters so much that you
would be his informant, should any uprising occur. There were blacks
like you, who in the 1960's infiltrated both Civil Rights and Black
Nationalist organizations to sow discord and strife, for your individual
profit, as well as your bosses collective gain.<br />
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I have decided to
spotlight you and your program, along with several others, in my
upcoming book, "<i><b>THE NEW MINSTREL SHOW: COONERY AND BUFFOONERY IN 21ST
CENTURY BLACK ENTERTAINMENT</b></i>" under the chapter dealing with the "<i>21st
Century Sapphire/Negro Bed Wench Syndrome"</i>...I will use footage from
some of these shows-maybe even yours-in the interactive e-book edition
of the book to highlight the ratchet mess that television has become.<br />
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Thank
you for reading these words, and I am sure you will keep raking in the
$$$ by throwing your own sisters under the heaviest of buses.<br />
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Hassan Hartley</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08366952683176456297noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487650696629706610.post-290925876108256422013-02-21T10:11:00.002-08:002013-03-14T19:51:38.671-07:00R.I.P. BROTHER MALCOLM X: FEB 21ST,1965<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey guys!
Just dropping a quick note to pay homage and honor to one of our greats, El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz(Malcolm X), was was assassinated 48 years ago on this day...
It occurred to me that Malcolm X is one of the only world figures I can think of, who is remembered more on the day he was murdered, than the day he was born.<br />
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Only President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy fit into a similar mode that I can recall.
It pains me that so many folks have such a distorted and watered down view of Bro. Malcolm's ideology and philosophy, both under his guidance and teaching from The Honorable Elijah Muhammad and later after his defection. Black nationalism has now almost been equated with socialism, to ask many mainstream media outlets. It is amazing how death cleans up a man's image. When Malcolm died,he
was referred to as the "number one anti Semite in America"....yet 27
years later, a Jewish-owned film company pours 30 million dollars behind
a biopic of his life titled, "X"....and Malcolm commercialism exploded!<br />
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Spike Lee's movie essentially killed "<i>Malcolm-mania</i>" within the Black community,however...in the late 1980's and early 1990's, black social consciousness was re-emerging, largely through hip-hop, and everyone had a Malcolm X hat, t-shirt, chain, etc...after Spike's three hour, 20 minute biographical movie of Malcolm, an hour and 47 minutes of which focused on zoot suits, conked hair, and gave very little of what made Malcolm so feared by the white power structure... entertaining as a film, but a disappointment to those of us who were literally raised from the age of six and seven on Malcolm's speeches and pamphlets by our parents, who either sympathized with, or were devotees of Black Nationalist/Pan Africanist/"Pro Black" ideologies espoused by Malcolm.<br />
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Months later, in 1993,after the movie enjoyed only modest box office success( or as we say...it did "<i>so-so</i>" at the theaters.....it did "<i>aiight</i>"), Gangster rap was stepped up to the next level, and into commercial overdrive with such artists as Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, Tupac, etc...and our young people have not been the same ever since.....<br />
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Coincidence?
Hmm.....More on that later.....<br />
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Anyway, <b>much love Bro. Malcolm! RIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!</b><br />
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Hey guys!<br />
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OK,OK,OK, so the title was a tad dramatic. I needed to grab your attention, however. I read an article on <a href="http://www.yourblackworld.net/">www.yourblackworld.net</a> about radio host Tom Joyner attacking Tavis Smiley yet again, saying he was, in words, "trying to be like Dr. King", and wondered to myself if this silliness will ever have an end to it. I have not seen Tavis attack "Tom"Joyner, but Joyner seems to be acting like a Rotweiler for President Obama, shielding him from any policy based critique coming from the likes of a Tavis Smiley, Dr. Cornel West, or anyone else.<br />
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It brings up a larger, more insidious point that goes unspoken in Black America. The code of silence surrounding black folks and this current President because he is African American, has proven to be, in my opinion, counterproductive. All Presidents, no matter their color, represent the power structure that black folks must keep pressure on, to further our collective agenda. This is not personal, no matter Democrat or Republican. If 96% of African Americans voted for President Obama in 2008, and 93% did so in 2012, then that voting bloc represents a constituency that has a right to present the "White"House with an agenda that is important to its own community.<br />
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Somehow, black folks, or "Negroes", do not feel that asking for a few things from this administration is appropriate.<br />
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We hear all of the popular excuses. I will outline a few and address them:<br />
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1). "<b><i>He is busy trying to get this economy on track, settle these wars, get folks back to work and all this other stuff Bush left him</i></b>". Well there is no question that he has a heavy job to do. Funny how black folks only bring this up when their issues need to be addressed.<br />
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Jews do not care whether or not this President is busy, and Obama MAKES time for Jewish interests and concerns.<br />
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I will repeat that.<br />
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"Jews do not care whether or not this President is busy, and Obama MAKES time for Jewish interests and concerns."<br />
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The Jewish community in the United States is much smaller in numbers than African Americans, with estimates ranging from 12 to 13.5 million, as opposed to between 45 and 50 million for African Americans. They voted consistently for President Obama around 70%. Obama's busy schedule never stopped them from putting their agenda before him, and he stops what he is doing to address their concerns.<br />
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Why doesn't POTUS do this for you, black folks?<br />
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Latinos/Hispanics voted for him around 70% as well, and they have no problem asking for certain agenda items that will benefit their community. The white LGBT community does the same. THIS IS HOW POLITICS WORKS. You vote for a candidate out of your community's self interest. Not because he is the same color. You petition said Administration for agenda items that will benefit your community. He or she addresses those needs or not. If not, you vote for his opponent and put him out of office. Other voting blocs understand this about politics;why not black folks?<br />
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2). "<b><i>Black people are always criticizing each other. You all wouldn't go after a white President like that</i></b>". Really? Have we been asleep for the eight years prior to Obama being elected?Black folks left and right were attacking Bush. Not merely criticizing, but attacking(yes it was warranted, but it didn't stop black folks from taking advantage). President Clinton has been roundly criticized for many of his policies that were detrimental to the African American community, while "Negroes" hailed him as the "first Black President". We won't even go into Reagan and that madness from 1980-1988. The nature of politics is to have a critical eye of any Administration's policies, no matter what. We seem to have lost that perspective.<br />
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3). "<b><i>Obama can't wave a magic wand and solve all of our problems...</i></b>".... Who the hell asked him to? Nobody. No one is looking for one man to ride in, and in Messianic fashion, heal black folks issues. To even suggest this is oversimplification at best, and childish in fact. If I vote for a candidate,I expect him to address certain issues that prompted me to vote in the first place. The mass incarceration of black men unfairly due to the "War on Drugs", disproportionate poverty among black inner city communities that has risen DRAMATICALLY since Obama has taken office, and better educational policies are all realistic things to require this POTUS to address, that will benefit the African American community. It doesn't take a magic wand to do this. Merely a press conference in which he uses his "bully pulpit" to turn the nation's attention to these issues would be a good starting point.<br />
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4)."<b><i>Why you hating? You mad? Why you mad though</i></b>?" This is the default retort that many Obama "fans"(not supporters) resort to, when they have no argument against sound, measured criticism of Obama policies or the lack thereof. It reeks of teenage taunt-filled childishness. There is an assumed thought process, that because Pres. Obama is black, and we are black, that we must not criticize his policies or lack thereof, because we don't want to help vicious, ignorant right-wing nutjobs in their attack of him. A silence that causes us to subordinate our issues for the sake of some silly "unity" that does not even truly exist in the black community to begin with. If you all were UNITED, then you wouldn't be begging for jobs, but creating jobs for our people, particularly our young men, who are so marginalized that it isn't even humorous.<br />
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To be sure, the right wing, especially the "Tea Baggers"(shade intended) has launched an unprecedented assault on this President. I thought the job they did on President Clinton was a beast....until I saw this mess. That should not stop us, however, from challenging the "White"House to address those things that the branches of Government can speak to and craft legislation to assist in.<br />
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If this man is smart enough, thick skinned enough, and sagacious enough to become the first African American President, then he can handle a few critiques from us.<br />
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IT IS OK TO CHALLENGE THIS PRESIDENT, BLACK PEOPLE. YOU CAN STILL LOVE HIS DIRTY BOXER BRIEFS AND CHECK HIM WHEN HE NEEDS TO BE CHECKED.<br />
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I am beginning to believe that the worst thing for black people in 2013 is to have a black President. We have grown even more complacent. More divisive toward each other whenever normal critique of a President occurs. I can't speak to Tavis Smiley or Cornel West's personal feelings about Pres. Obama. What I can speak to, is their right to offer legitimate critique of his policies. Criticism that should not be met with childish personal attacks by Negroes like Tom Joyner, but should prompt thoughtful, nuanced discussion among us to get our needs met.<br />
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Maybe it would be better if we had an "adversary" in the White House, instead of someone we looked at as our own family.<br />
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Maybe a white President would be in order.<br />
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PLEASE NOTE: For all the Obama "fans" and "stans" that wish to engage in petty, childish attacks in regard to my analysis of this President, PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT YOU WILL BE BLOCKED IMMEDIATELY UPON YOUR ATTEMPT in whatever Facebook or other social media forum this blog is shown. NO EXCEPTIONS GIVEN.<br />
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Also, just a quick note to inform you guys that I am currently working
on my next project as well! It is a departure from my current project,
but no less intriguing....the title of it is, "<b><i>The New Minstrel Show: Coonery and Buffoonery in 21st Century Black Entertainment</i></b>", and will focus on the ratchet, ignorant,(or as some folks say,"<i>ignant</i>"),
stereotypical imagery of black folks on television, in Hollywood, in
sports, and in music. It will be both deep and entertaining, so get
ready! Look for it sometime in late summer 2013/early fall
2013!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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an instant download! For those who may remember, the way the old Paypal
system I had set up only allowed you to purchase the e-book version,
and I would have to manually email the book to you. That was <i>beyond</i>
annoying for me, and I'm sure it was for some of you as well! The price
is the same, but it will be far more convenient for all involved to
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08366952683176456297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487650696629706610.post-81623159107668898362013-01-02T04:58:00.000-08:002013-01-02T04:58:03.575-08:00HOMOSEXUALITY...AS "POPULATION CONTROL"...SAY WHAT...?Happy New Year people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br />
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May
God bless all of you with a prosperous 2013. I have not blogged in a
few weeks, but I stumbled upon (actually someone sent me this article
but I was sworn not to say who did) an article written below entitled, "<b><i>Homosexual Behavior as Population Control</i></b>" by a man named Ridgley Muhammad. the article is listed below:<br />
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<a href="http://noirg.org/homosexual-behavior-as-population-control/">http://noirg.org/homosexual-behavior-as-population-control/</a><br />
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Here is my response to the good man's article: <br />
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As-Salaam-Alaikum,<br />
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May
Allah(God) bless you with the best of health and spirit. I came across
your article about homosexual behavior, and had a few comments
regarding your views. This is one of the most short-sighted,
uninformed perspectives on sexual orientation that I have ever read. If
homosexuality were "population control", then why are there more humans
on Earth now than at any time in history? This, despite the fact that
more gay men and lesbian women are out and living their lives as they
see fit. <br />
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Despite there being more black same-gender loving men
and women as a part of the black community, it has not affected birth
rates at all. In fact, some black gay men and lesbian women still have
children and raise them,(because they wish to be mothers and fathers as
anyone else would) albeit in silence from persons like the brother who
wrote this article. This attempt to scientifically rationalize the
Nation of Islam's anti gay stance is ridiculous. If your argument is <b><i>theological</i></b>, keep it as a <b><i>theological argument</i></b>.
These wild-eyed, overly simplistic and off base conspiracy theories
make sane minded brothers and sisters not take you all very seriously at
all.<br />
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If the relationships between black males and females are
damaged, then you may want to look into 400 years of dehumanizing chattel slavery,
segregation, mass incarceration (<i>that has more black men under criminal
control of the Justice System now than black people were slaves in the
year 1850, 10 years before the Civil War</i>), and the disparity in
education
between educated men and women in the black community as contributing
factors. You may wish to look into the cyclical generational death
spiral
that the black community has been in post "integration". Oh, and lest I
forget, black on black murder rates having soared to gut wrenching
levels in the last 35 years may be another reason there are not enough
heterosexual black men for your women to find potential suitors and
husbands. Add to that mix, a poverty rate that has scarcely moved since
Dr. King's assassination in 1968, and I can sort of understand the
disintegration of black male-female relationships. Can you?<br />
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Scapegoating
gays and lesbians for the ills of the black heterosexual community
shows that your ignorance blinds you and hamstrings you from taking
effective action to deal with all of the myriad problems in black-male
relationships. We are not the cause of your relationship woes. According
to a 2010 report, the "DL" myth was debunked as the main factor
contributing to black women contracting HIV/AIDS. Their studies found,
as well as other studies, showed that black men having multiple <i>female</i> partners in a <i>heterosexual</i> sexual climate, was a much larger factor. <b><i>Get your own heterosexual house in order</i></b>.<br />
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Being
gay is not a "lifestyle" or "preference", any more than heterosexuality
is. There are over 1500 species in nature that one could find members
of participating in same sex behavior. As a former member of your
organization who is now openly same-gender loving, I had to suffer in
silence for years because of the way of thinking presented in this
article. Minister Farrakhan and many other Ministers/Student Ministers
can be heard at any given point calling gay men "<b><i>faggots</i></b>", and yet with a
straight face, say so innocently, "<i>but we are not homophobic</i>".
People who are not such would not use "baby language", as Master Fard
Muhammad and The Honorable Elijah Muhammad, your spiritual benefactors, put it, to denigrate those
with whom they differ. I am so glad that I stumbled upon this website
and decided to read your words. I pray Allah
bless you with the light of Understanding.<br />
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As-Salaam-Alaikum<br />
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Brother HassanAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08366952683176456297noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4487650696629706610.post-4781714447346252772012-12-17T04:15:00.001-08:002013-10-14T11:16:22.589-07:00When Chickens Come Home to Roost.....Hello guys.....<br />
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By now, we have all cried, watched in horror,and shaken our heads in shock and disbelief over the tragic, senseless shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. Adam Lanza, a 20 year old who suffered from mental illness his entire life, entered Sandy Hook Elementary School, armed with enough ammunition and weaponry to murder every child in that school, and proceeded to annihilate 27 human beings before extinguishing his own miserable life, 20 of them being ages six and seven years old.<br />
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I keep listening to national news anchors covering this tragedy, who are predominantly white, and how different their tone is even from the local news anchors here in Chicago. Nationally, I keep hearing how Newtown was supposed to be a "safe place" for those who live there. Many residents moved from major cities like New York because they wanted to escape "urban violence", thinking that if they moved away from "urban areas", they were indeed safe and sound.<br />
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Here <i>locally</i>,however, a much different tone was struck by media. You see, Chicago is well known-perhaps too well known-for senseless acts of gun violence. Chicago has been styled by many as a city where 52 people can be shot in a 40 hour period, all in random parts of the city, and where far too many children are murdered every single month. However, because their faces are black, the national media chooses not to give those stories such expansive coverage. That would interfere with the narrative that "urban violence" is gang related, and is essentially savages killing savages. Local media, whether white or black, get it that no matter what the race of the child, the deeper problem is violence itself and the proliferation of guns in the American culture. They get it, because we know that at any point, someone can be shot and killed, whether on the South side, West side, or in the whitest of suburbs.<br />
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This narrative that a white male must be only seriously mentally disturbed, while black murderers are callous, rational, cold blooded killers who are not worth saving or lamenting, despite the dramatically increased amount of mental illness within the African American community is disheartening. Viewing life and death through a purely racial lens allow many to say,"<i>Their problems are not my problems. I am safe in the suburbs away from those savages</i>." We join our voices with all of those who have condemned this as an unbridled act or terror, and do not minimize the horror of December 14th, 2012. I have heard, however, even blacks make silly distinctions between urban violence and what happened in Newtown. "<i>Well with us, its young black men killing young black people!</i>" I heard one lady tell me. I guess she ignored the fact that Adam Lanza <i>is</i> white, and all of his victims were white.<i> </i><br />
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<i>White on white crime</i>.<br />
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What those who choose to make distinctions will not say, is that we as a society, whether we are black or white, value white life more than black life. In fact, black life is not valued at all in this country, and that should be a surprise to no one reading this blog.<br />
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Using this tragedy to begin a dialogue on gun safety laws is fine,but passing legislation to make laws stricter for those who seek to legally purchase semiautomatic weapons does not solve the problem of the millions of illegal weapons that magically funnel themselves into inner city black and Hispanic neighborhoods, allowing far too many children and young people in this nation to still remain at risk.<br />
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America is <i>still</i> a racist country.<br />
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<a href="http://deadspin.com/5968935/take-that-nigger-off-the-tv-we-wanna-watch-football-idiots-respond-to-nbc-pre+empting-sunday-night-football">CLICK HERE TO VIEW RACIST TWEETS TOWARDS PRES. OBAMA'S SPEECH TO THE VICTIMS!</a><br />
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America's racial subtext creeps into these discussions, and within a week or two, we will act as though this was a distant relic of the past. Many will go back to their insulated bubble, thinking that if they merely escape the stereotypical "<i>gang banging, drug peddling black and Latino male</i>", they can raise their children in quiet suburban areas, or isolated rural areas without fear. For these people, Sandy Hook Elementary School's tragedy was, if nothing else, a chance to wake up and see violence and murder as an <i>American</i> problem, not a racial one. Since the murders of both Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Attorney General Robert Kennedy in 1968, over <i>one million American citizens have been murdered</i>.<br />
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<i>Think about that</i>.<br />
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America is the most violent nation in the Western world. 300 million guns-many legal, some illegal-flow through this country as we speak. Gun violence in the United States is twenty times higher than the combined rate of many other nations, according to the UCLA School of Public Health. A nation with its origin in genocidal violence now sees its own bloodstream infected with too much violence today. We must stop trying to compartmentalize Newtown,Connecticut from the South Side of Chicago, and making one set of rationalizations to justify one while acting in horror over the other. Violence is as American as apple pie. Deal with the entire problem, and America just may have a chance to avoid these chickens coming home to roost.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08366952683176456297noreply@blogger.com0