Keeping in mind that I am most definitely not Your Negro Tour Guide, whose current column is on Reparations if you're interested.
- We don't care about arrest records:
In fact, Malcolm X's record gave him additional credibility, and unfortunately the same holds for some rappers, though this is less true than back in the day. Still, anyone think The O.D.B. is going to be shunned when he's released? Well, any more than he was before, and this is assuming he ever actually cleans up his act enough to get out. . . the point is, calling someone a convicted felon or ex-felon really ain't impressing anyone, so you maybe want to give it up. - We don't care much about extramarital affairs:
Or at least don't act Shocked and Offended about them. A casual glance at decades-old blues and R&B lyrics should tell you that. MLK's messing around wasn't exactly classified information, you know. So mentioning Jesse Jackson's isn't going to get much of a reaction either. This is another of those weird situations where the Black community is actually closer to European than [white] American positions. In fact, it's us, Europe and most of the planet against the mainstream US and Islamic fundamentalists. Try not to think about that too much. You might realize something. - We're oddly forgiving:
Mentioning this got me banned from Mister Charlie's, in fact. It's related to the criminal record thing, I guess; belief in redemption and all that. It's related to the previous item in how some of us were bemused by the mainstream media claiming we'd "forgiven" Clinton. No, like most of the planet we were wondering what the big deal was. Yes, he got a blowjob, and he lied about it, and. . .?
Should probably put more thought and research into that. Or toss it out and see if anyone kicks it over, so I know where it needs firming up.
Or not.
Update: Oh, right. Forgot.
Assimilation means adopting positions closer to those in the mainstream, which is why over-assmilated types like those beloved by the right wing are often called "not black."
Mind-numbingly obvious point, I know, but I've learned you cannot overestimate the stupidity of the American right wing.
I keep trying to avoid following links into conservative territory becasue I end up all grumpy, but you keep providing them, so sometimes I stray. That anyone who takes such a tone should have the gall to accuse another of being 'banal and belligerent' is laughable. But then, I suppose the pot knows what black is.
got a giggle following the links to your nipping about the heels of mr. charlie. damn, it's fun watching dudes like that doing their little paint-yourself-into-a-tiny-defensive-corner-dance.
keep on afflicting the comfortable...
I love this blog! I stop whatever I'm doing to read this blog whenever it shows up on my browser. When I read this, I don't see a black guy at all I don't see color. I see a happy guy posting his opinions in the privacy of his own room. I wish I had as great a keyboard as Vaugh - I mean Aaron does. I don't see you as being 'black' to me, you're a Negro.
we're also more likely to trust rumors than the news...
I told my mom that the Elvis Presley thing was untrue that he always expressed his love of and acknowledgment that he was playing "black music" and that he loved black people.
And she said, "When he say that...in some news intervew? Yeah but I bet you he said some foul shit when nobody was lookin'"
heh heh heh. I love that woman.
And again, I demonstrate tact and diplomacy.
Which is why you lot aren't currently visiting the Jason's Mom fansite.
"foul shit." Heh. Could mention the attitude towards profanity, I suppose. . .