Sometimes, Just Sometimes…I Understand
Sometimes my people make me do things I don’t want to do. Every now and then, one group does something that forces you to have to go against everything you believe. Today I’m being forced to do two things I hoped I’d never have to do (this AFTER defending BET, but that was clearly misguided). And what are these two things you ask???
1) Admit that black folks ain’t gonna make it.
2) Defend Bush.
This all stems from Bush vs. The NAACP. I’ll start with the latter.
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Can somebody please the fuck explain to me why Bush SHOULD speak to the NAACP??? Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t this a group that is adamant on shipping his ass out of office come November??? Now, its no secret that I’m black. And being black, I think I’ve been forced to hate Bush. Not that I care for him anyway, but this latest episode with the NAACP pointing out that he refuses to come speak to them really trips me out, even as a black person.
If I was running for President, and before I was shot and killed at the podium in Iowa trying to make my case, and some group that obviously wanted me gone asked me to come speak, I’d thankfully decline the invitation. What’s the point? I’m not going to be winning any votes…they want my head on a platter. If anything, they want to press me on issues that they already feel I’m not the best person to deal with AND want to expose me as a bumbling idiot that hates them. Let’s get this straight…the NAACP does not speak for all black people. However, most black folks aren’t exactly going to be chomping at the bit to vote for Herr Bush anyway…so why in the HELL does he owe the NAACP a visit???
And the worst part of this is…folks are really trying to be offended by this. My people, my people, my people…we really need to get the fuck over ourselves. He is trying to win an election. We (as in black people) have already shown we ain’t really Bush backers. People who already aren’t voting for him are making it seem like he doesn’t like black people…well fuck it, maybe he doesn’t, that’s his prerogative. But he sure as hell isn’t going to change anybody’s mind by going to the NAACP and speaking to a room of people that couldn’t care less what he says. Why volunteer to be the chicken at a public roast???
Bush going to speak at the NAACP will essentially do nothing for his campaign, in my opinion, or for his image in the black community. So to the NAACP I say…get the fuck over it. And to black people in an uproar over his non-willingness to visit and be roasted by the NAACP, I say…get the fuck over yourself…sometimes a mufucka has to do whats best for him, and in this case…Bush made the right call.
This is like the president of a mink manufacturer being invited to speak at a PETA rally. He ain’t the keynote speaker…he is the pinata that will have the living shit beat out of him in public forum. Or me being asked to speak at a National Alliance rally…what sense does that make, and further, whats the point???
Now, as for my second controversial opinion: why black folks ain’t gonna make it. Because sometimes, and I do mean sometimes, we really can be full of shit with our opinions and agenda. And for a marginalized group, being full of shit just doesn’t help out. This episode and the whole Bill Cosby debacle are clear evidence of this. We accept mediocrity. That is why what Bill Cosby said offended so many people. He told the damn truth. Forget that some of it may be very true and relevant…we feel he shouldn’t have said it proving to me that its better to live with mediocrity than to speak on it and hopefully affect change. How is this old fogey, out of touch bastard, gonna make these statements about black folks and our community? Clearly some of what he said is true…and the rest, chalk it up as exaggeration. It’s how you get your point across.
That still doesn’t change the fact that we do have some issues that need to be addressed in the community, such as why we have people that run around and act like Ebonics is something to fuckin’ embrace. I have had so many arguments about this it boggles the mind. And nobody has convinced me as to so much flinch on my stance. I’m open to reason and if somebody can come at me with something that is reasonable, logical, and that I can’t shoot down…then I’m all for it. But until then…
And this Bush thing furthers that opinion. We are acting like he shunned us by not accepting this call to speak at the NAACP. Shit, wouldn’t you???? Fuck ‘em, they don’t like me…why ACT like we like them. That’s this country’s problem now…this whole bullshit public face non-sense. Act like we are all moral and whatnot when in all honesty…our shit smells…a lot. Honestly, I respect any politician who can push that BS aside for even a minute and not just gladhand mufuckas for the sake of it. This hasn’t changed my opinion of Bush even in the slightest, but Jean Claude Van Damme…on this one, i have to cut him a break. Cuz I can understand.
Once we get over being pissed about stupid shit like this, and what gets said in movies like Barbershop, then talk to me about progressing our people. But we seem to be mired in trivial bullshit that does nothing but divide black folks with an agenda from black folks who live life everyday with enough integrity to do what’s right even when nobody’s looking.
And that is far worse than Bush not speaking to the NAACP…cuz bullshit is bullshit…at least Bush backed off of his for a day. When are we going to back off of ours???
PLEASE DIVERT ALL PISSED OFF ENERGY CREATED BY THIS POST TO PROVING ME WRONG AND MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.