No matter where you go, what you do, who you connect to, or how much you know, to be black in America is not only the color of one's skin, but it is indeed who you are. There are those who will never let you be just a person, and if you were to be so ignorant and dismiss this and go along with the colorless ideology, then you will be blind-sided by those who want you to think you are just a man or woman in their eyes.
You are a mere woman or man as long as you do as your told, behave, and don't cause any trouble. But the day, you hurt a non-black person's daughter, son, offend a parent, or disrespect a leader, the color blind eyes will now see color. The non-black subconscious mind will remind him or her, "Oh yes, I forgot, he or she is a product of his or her environment. I should have known better. He or she can't help but be that way." It is then that the non-black will either go into, "I will save him or her" or "I must stay away from that angry black man (black woman)."
Some of you who wanted so badly to live colorless have come to the revelation not that long ago when you saw the image of yet another black male lying in the street like roadkill. Did you think, "What a shame a man was killed?" or "Did you think another black male killed by a white police officer?" When you add color to what you saw, it hits home. You know black, grew up black, and you were taught by white most likely. Something within rises up in you possibly anger, sadness, or a feeling like you were deceived depending on how you view white people, their lifestyle, etc. For some, white people are your friends, they would never hurt you, they love you...but for others you know better because you have been hurt far too many times by white people.
Those with a hidden agenda capitalized off your pain through yet another violent attack. They wanted you to feel, because many of you hadn't. You became numb, insensitive, and accepted "it is what it is." But it was in their best interest to get a rise in you because they want you to stay traumatized. Too many black Americans look good on television. They are wealthy, marrying white, talking white, acting white, swinging hair around like their white...you see to be white is far beyond skin tone too. They see some of you blacks behaving like them and they don't like it no more than a black woman watching a black man treating a white woman better than he ever did her. The racist wealthy don't like you black folks.
There have been outspoken leaders crying out loud that our people are sick and unfortunately many are. They have been brainwashed badly to the point that they can't see their own faults. They rather run away from the truth through electronic devices, sex, drugs, alcohol, etc. Years of doing this and they never fully come back into their right minds; therefore, they walk around with the side effects of far too much weed-smoking, alcohol abusing, womanizing, child birthing, and more. All have their own share of issues. Some women go mad after childbirth. Others lose it after a heartbreak. Men fight with others over trivial matters due to a mind that just can't think like it use to. It's all so very sad, but when it becomes a "black" issue, now we are talking about systematic racism, oppression, poverty, pride, rejection, and more. Whether you call yourself, black or African American the issues are still there. Elitist whites look on, wondering what will these troubled folks do, will they benefit our agenda or will they sabotage it? They watch what their efforts have done.
So when you feel that urge to disassociate from the black within, "that street" side some like to describe it as, don't. For what is on the inside, deep within, free of superficial programming, is what is real. It boils down to survival of the fittest. If you are comfortable with being an African American or black person and are willing to understand all that comes with being what you are, you will adapt. You won't need to run anywhere to get people to validate you. The temptation to self-hate just won't be there.
The ghetto or "street" type, that so many educated African Americans try to run from, is going to fight for truth. He or she is going to have your back even when you don't deserve it from the street to the boardroom. However, this has got to change, sell-out blacks should be kicked out of black circles. Unlike all-too-forgiving African Americans, non-blacks will disown, ridicule, and even kill off their weak links. They don't support them especially when they have done a disservice to their people.
In closing, if there is anything you take away from this piece is this, be reminded that being an African American or black is beyond skin tone as much as some would like to trivialize this. You quickly realize this when you see how society still unfairly treats so many of us in AmeriKKKa.
Nicholl McGuire
You are a mere woman or man as long as you do as your told, behave, and don't cause any trouble. But the day, you hurt a non-black person's daughter, son, offend a parent, or disrespect a leader, the color blind eyes will now see color. The non-black subconscious mind will remind him or her, "Oh yes, I forgot, he or she is a product of his or her environment. I should have known better. He or she can't help but be that way." It is then that the non-black will either go into, "I will save him or her" or "I must stay away from that angry black man (black woman)."
Some of you who wanted so badly to live colorless have come to the revelation not that long ago when you saw the image of yet another black male lying in the street like roadkill. Did you think, "What a shame a man was killed?" or "Did you think another black male killed by a white police officer?" When you add color to what you saw, it hits home. You know black, grew up black, and you were taught by white most likely. Something within rises up in you possibly anger, sadness, or a feeling like you were deceived depending on how you view white people, their lifestyle, etc. For some, white people are your friends, they would never hurt you, they love you...but for others you know better because you have been hurt far too many times by white people.
Those with a hidden agenda capitalized off your pain through yet another violent attack. They wanted you to feel, because many of you hadn't. You became numb, insensitive, and accepted "it is what it is." But it was in their best interest to get a rise in you because they want you to stay traumatized. Too many black Americans look good on television. They are wealthy, marrying white, talking white, acting white, swinging hair around like their white...you see to be white is far beyond skin tone too. They see some of you blacks behaving like them and they don't like it no more than a black woman watching a black man treating a white woman better than he ever did her. The racist wealthy don't like you black folks.
There have been outspoken leaders crying out loud that our people are sick and unfortunately many are. They have been brainwashed badly to the point that they can't see their own faults. They rather run away from the truth through electronic devices, sex, drugs, alcohol, etc. Years of doing this and they never fully come back into their right minds; therefore, they walk around with the side effects of far too much weed-smoking, alcohol abusing, womanizing, child birthing, and more. All have their own share of issues. Some women go mad after childbirth. Others lose it after a heartbreak. Men fight with others over trivial matters due to a mind that just can't think like it use to. It's all so very sad, but when it becomes a "black" issue, now we are talking about systematic racism, oppression, poverty, pride, rejection, and more. Whether you call yourself, black or African American the issues are still there. Elitist whites look on, wondering what will these troubled folks do, will they benefit our agenda or will they sabotage it? They watch what their efforts have done.
So when you feel that urge to disassociate from the black within, "that street" side some like to describe it as, don't. For what is on the inside, deep within, free of superficial programming, is what is real. It boils down to survival of the fittest. If you are comfortable with being an African American or black person and are willing to understand all that comes with being what you are, you will adapt. You won't need to run anywhere to get people to validate you. The temptation to self-hate just won't be there.
The ghetto or "street" type, that so many educated African Americans try to run from, is going to fight for truth. He or she is going to have your back even when you don't deserve it from the street to the boardroom. However, this has got to change, sell-out blacks should be kicked out of black circles. Unlike all-too-forgiving African Americans, non-blacks will disown, ridicule, and even kill off their weak links. They don't support them especially when they have done a disservice to their people.
In closing, if there is anything you take away from this piece is this, be reminded that being an African American or black is beyond skin tone as much as some would like to trivialize this. You quickly realize this when you see how society still unfairly treats so many of us in AmeriKKKa.
Nicholl McGuire
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