The gospel of white fascism (Part 23)...What do Jill Scott, Halle Berry and Black Men's Right's Activists (BMRA's) have in common? (Special Thanksgiving week edition)

To the readers of this Blog: I need to remind everyone who cared enough to read this, that I always regret neglecting my duties here—but what I can promise is I'll always be back better and more focused than when and where I left off. Again, everyone's busy, so there's no excuse for the dearth of posts here lately. But I ask that you hang in there with me, cause I'm planning to expand this Blog in ways I'm sure everyone will enjoy. So do stay tuned, cause a project I've been contemplating for years is nearly finished—and you definitely won't want to miss this. Also, you can imagine after such a long absence, I've got a lot to say—thus, this post may be a tad long-winded—and that's something else I regret, but trust that you won't be bored by this editorial. And in the end, as always, you'll definitely learn something.

And once again, to everyone who cared enough to come back to this Blog, I sincerely say thank you, thank you and thank you!

Now, with that outta' the way—let's get down...

Jill Scott was born on April 4^th, 1972 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She grew up an only child in North Philly and was raised by her mother and grandmother. And according to published reports, Jill recalls having a “happy childhood”.

After graduating from the 'Philadelphia School for Girls', Jill attended Temple University. There, she majored in secondary education and planned to become an English teacher. Unfortunately, after a couple of years of being a teacher's “aide”, she found herself unhappy with the position and left school. Afterwards, Jill worked a variety of odd jobs to make ends meet, up to and including: retail positions, construction site administration and working in an ice cream parlor.

From an early age, Jill says she had a love of singing and performing, and she began plying her trade at local poetry readings, where she'd showcase her work. Eventually, Amir “Questlove” Thomposon, the drummer from the Hip-Hop band, “The Roots”, heard one of Jill's soliloquies—then, he heard her sing. Shortly thereafter, he began collaborating with her in the studio. This resulted in a co-writing credit for Jill on The Roots song, “You got me”. The song went on to win a Grammy in 2000, for “Best Rap Performance by Duo or Group”.

A short time later, Jill worked with the likes of Eric Benet, Common, and Will Smith. But it was her meetings with Jazzy Jeff (Will Smith's Jazzy Jeff), and her recordings in his studio, 'A Touch of Jazzy Studios', that really got a buzz going around her music. And all of this resulted in Jill securing a spot on a touring production of the play, “Rent”, in Canada.

And behind the aforementioned goings-on, Jill was the first artist signed to music svengali, Steve McKeever's “Hidden Beach Recordings” label. Jill's debut album, “Who is Jill Scott” included the song, “Long Walk”—and it was this song, which she'd cut in Jazzy Jeff's studio, that ultimately catapulted her career into it's current celebrity status.

Since then, Jill's expanded her repertoire of creative endeavors to include several acting roles in movies like, 2007's “Why Did I get Married?” and 2014's “Get On Up”. And she's also done some TV roles, like “The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency” for 'HBO', as well as making an appearance on NBC's, “Law and Order”.

Maria Halle Berry was born on August 14^th, 1966 in Cleveland, Ohio and her name was legally changed to Halle Berry at age five. Her white mother Judith Ann was a psychiatric nurse, and her father Jerome Jesse Berry was an African-american attendant working at the same hospital.

Halle's parents divorced when she was four years old, and from that point on, she and her sister Heidi were raised by their mother. Halle recounted the tumultuous years of her parent's marriage in the press, saying she continually witnessed her father being abusive to her mother. Also, Halle was quoted as saying in published reports that she'd been estranged from her father since her parents divorced. “I haven't heard from him,” Halle was quoted as saying, “...maybe he's not alive.”

In high school Halle was a cheerleader, honor student, editor of her school newspaper and prom queen. While studying in Cayahoga Community College, she entered several beauty contests. She had previously won the 'Miss Teen' beauty pageant in 1985 and she'd also won the 'Miss Ohio' pageant in 1986. She was also the first Black woman to enter the 'Miss World' beauty pageant in 1986 (maybe this matters to someone, so I thought I'd include this bit of info.). There she came in sixth place.

Halle went to New York to pursue an acting career in 1989 and quickly ran out of money after she arrived. Behind this, she briefly slept in a homeless shelter. During this time, she did land a role in the short-lived TV series 'Living Dolls' which was shot in NYC. During the taping of Living Dolls, Halle lapsed into a coma and was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. After she recovered, she continued working on the TV series before she moved to Los Angeles where she went on to have a recurring role in the television series, 'Knots Landing'.

Now, we all know how the rest of Halle's story goes in terms of her film career—her movie debut was in Spike Lee's 'Jungle Fever' in 1991, and afterwards she was in the movie 'Strictly business'. She eventually went on to play roles in other flicks like: 'Catwoman', 'Swordfish', 'Monster's Ball', etc. But this post is dedicated to looking at Halle's relationship fiascoes.

Most recently, Halle and Oliver Martinez had filed for a divorce. As a result, their lawyers hashed out how their assets would be divided. Mind you, this is Halle's third failed marriage and she has two kids by different fathers. With that said, here's where I wanna' point out what Jill and Halle have in common.

Now, I remember one documentary I saw featuring Jill Scott, where she talked about being disciplined by her mother, Joyce, for some misdeed she'd done as a child—and how, according to Jill, her mother swung back her open hand and slapped her unconscious.

Mind you, this runs completely counter to Jill's talks of a “happy” childhood. Also, Jill's mother, on a different documentary talks about a pre-adolescent Jill, sneaking into bars to watch female “Go-Go” dancers perform. And when Jill's mother questioned her about what she wanted to do with her life, a young Jill declared: “I wanna' be a Go-Go dancer.” What I'm attempting to convey here, is that unbeknownst to Jill, she's suffered deep traumas in her life, which affect her relationships with men to this day. One of which, was growing up without a father.

Now, in Halle's case, she fully understands the kind of trauma she comes from, but she's clueless as to how to recondition herself out of it. Thus, she continues, and ultimately will keep being in unsuccessful relationships because of it.

But back to Jill...

Earlier this month, Jill filed for divorce from her husband, Mike Dobson, who she'd been married to for 13 months. And Mike came out publicly saying: “She’s got issues. There’s no men in that family, there’s only women. And when a man comes in, it’s like a challenge.” He added, “She’s made other men look bad, but I’m not the one. I said (to her) you’ve met your match.” She likes to have men that she can control. You’re not gonna control me. What’s right is right, and what’s wrong is wrong.”

Now to that, I'll say this: In my heart of hearts, I believe that Jill (and Halle) both want to find “good” Black men they can marry and live happily ever after with.

Now, I can hear the Black men reading this sayin', c'mon bruh, that's more of that “simptastic” stuff you “Pro-Black, Hotepin', Black Nationalist” brothas are known for.

And trust me, I do get where these brothas are comin' from.

Still, I need everyone to understand, I think Jill (and Halle), based on their words and deeds, sincerely want to find and be with that one 'good' Black man for the rest of their lives—consciously. Now, question is: what are these sistas thinking subconsciously?

What I'm saying is, both Jill and Halle are sistas who are conditioned to hate Black men subconsciously—and they don't know it.

And that means what?

It means, they've been so conditioned to despise Black men, that they'll never be in a successful relationship with one—period. Moreover, if they ever recognize this problem at subconscious levels, because of their success (i.e. the recognition of white folks), they'd never do the work necessary to recondition themselves out of their hatred for us.

And this is no theory, cause I've seen this happen plenty of times in my own life. One stark example of this was a particular Black woman who I knew a decade ago—(more like two decades ago *smiles*), who I'll call “Tamira”. Now, men found Tamira exceptionally attractive. But she couldn't understand for the life of her, why she wasn't in any long-term relationships. She'd ask out loud: “How come I don't have a man? Even the ugly women have men.” 

Unfortunately what this woman didn't know, was every time she'd start seeing a brotha regularly, within a month, she'd start saying some of the most egregiously offensive things to him, and she'd drive him away. And she had no idea she was doing this. That's how conditioned she was to hate Black men—subconsciously. Now consciously, when I knew her, she'd just got finished reading the autobiography of Malcolm X. And she would tell me how it felt like Malcolm was talking directly to her as she read those pages. Now, I contacted this woman recently—and she's still got the same opinion of Black men. And sadly, she'll take her opinion of us, and the consequences that go with it, to the grave.

And that's but one example of how much more powerful the subconscious mind is, compared to our conscious minds.

Now, this encapsulates the dilemma of Black men who are progressive, gainfully-employed, relationship and marriage-minded, and who prefer to date Black women exclusively—question is: can we find a Black woman who's not conditioned to hate Black men? And unfortunately, I have to say, the overwhelming majority of Black women are.

Now, I can see sistas pursing their lips and saying—please—the ratio of Black women to men is like 4 to 1. So any sane, sober and financially secure Black man shouldn't have a problem finding a respectable Black woman to be with. But again, what you're not factoring into this equation is that 9 out of 10 Black women feel the same way “Tamira” does. And what's worse is, they don't know it.

Now, let me throw another question out there for Black women to consider. If you knew you were conditioned to hate Black men—would you care? Additionally, would you care enough to recondition yourself out of that mental state?

Mind you, if you're a Black woman reading this, who subscribes to the tenets of “swirling”, then I already know the answer to that one.

Now, according to Census Bureau statistics, the percentage of Black women married to white men is at 0.3%. And I can already hear swirling sistas saying, that's a crock—as a Black man, you've picked the lowest percentage rate that you could find, cause you guys are mad that so many sistas are dating white men. And actually, I say to those sistas, that you should find love wherever you can get it—cause truthfully, it's better that you date outside our ethnic group, since your types are toxic to our community.

Now, not only did I get the aforementioned stats from the census bureau, but I see Black women's collective frustrations at not being able to get into long-term relationships or marriages with more white men. One prime example of this, is a novel from the “Black Women white Men” (BWWM) genre—and the book's title is: “Just marry me already”.

This gives voice to the quandary Black women are in about why more white and non-Black men, won't get into relationships and/or marriages with them, even in the wake of TV shows like “Scandal” and “How to get away with murder”. And please understand, I'm not talking about how many sexual encounters a Black woman's had with white and non-Black men—I'm talking about being in relationships with them.

Case in point, I was talking with one Black woman who made it her business to tell me that she's dated several white men. And when I asked her what those experiences were like, this Black woman became hyper-animated, before blurting out: “Well, you're not gonna' like what you hear, but they treated me better. They took me out more, and they bought me things...” Then I replied, “Well, why aren't you still with one of them?”

*crickets*

Now, oddly enough, I know a method that would have white and non-Black men marrying Black women at three and four times the rate they are now. And for any Black women who's interested, I'll share that secret with you—and the secret's this: Black women should go out of their way to be lady-like around Black men.

Now I can really hear the boo's and hisses behind this suggestion. And if you're a Black woman reading this, you're probably thinking or saying, bruh, you just want us to act more respectfully around Black men, so we can foster more relationships with them. And that's true. But, this would not only get more of you in long-term relationships with us, but with every other kind of man.

Here's why...

If white and non-Black men saw more of you being congenial, less combative and abrasive, demure and quieter around us, they'd consider more of you for longer-termed relationships and marriages. But because they see more of you than not being condescending, insulting and foul-mouthed around us, what they think to themselves is—man, I'd never get into a relationship with one of them. I'd have sex with them, but they're just not marriage-material.

Moreover, I remember a Black woman who frequented this Blog who called herself “Nina”. And she claimed to like the theme of Black Nationalism on this Blog so much, that she wanted to start one herself. Then, she asked me for pointers about creating and curating a Blog. After I gave her said “pointers”, she started her Blog, and straight away I noticed how she'd aggrandize Black women, while using the most excoriating language when it came to Black men. And in one particular instance when I called her on it, and told her I'm trying to heal the rift between Black men and women so we can form more families, she wrote back: ”The rift between Black men and women is irreparable, and the campaign to save the Black nuclear family is dead.”

I was shocked.

When I asked her why she'd ask me for pointers on starting this kind of Blog if that's how she she felt, her response was: “Who else was I gonna' ask?”

So if you're a Black woman reading this, especially if you're saying there's no good Black men out there, you really need to do some soul-searching to see if you subscribe to the tenets of hating Black men yourself. And once again, to swirling Black women, if you've done that soul-search and come to the realization that you really wanna' be with white and non-Black men exclusively, I just ask one favor—and that's this...if you find yourself between white and non-Black men to date and mate with, just double and triple your efforts to be with one. Whatever you do, PLEASE DON'T DATE A BLACK MAN!

Here's why...

What I've noticed about at least a third of Black female swirlers—and half of Black females period, is that unbeknownst to them, consciously, they're still physically attracted to Black men. And when the well runs dry in regards to white and non-Black men for them to date and mate with, at least half of them will resort to dating a Black man so they won't be alone.

Now, what always winds up happening is, this Black woman who's conditioned to hate Black men, will proceed to be condescending, abrasive and insulting to this Black man, and eventually, the brotha leaves.

And what happens after this is the same Black woman will use the brotha's departure to reinforce reasons why Black men can't handle a strong Black woman, and why there's no good Black men.

Conversely, the brotha's thinking, there's no way I'll ever date a sista again. So what this swirling sista just did, and is doing, is lessening the pool of available brothas who genuinely want to be with Black women.

Now, let me also tell you how anglophilic brothas contribute to this as well...

The other day, I watched two videos about Jill's break-up that were curated by brothas who consider themselves, “Black Men's Rights Activists” (BMRA's). Now, I essentially like the mission-statement of BMRA's, cause what they say is that no Black woman, or woman period, should get in the way of a Black man attaining his goals and/or reaching a point of financial security. And that's completely positive.

Moreover, I know of a young brotha who subscribes to the tenets of BMRA's named “Kevin”—I call him “Kev”, and this brotha is not only educated, but he's smart and has a lot of information on our ancient ancestors, that would benefit our Diaspora. So because of him, whenever I listen to BMRA's, I want to give them the benefit of the doubt—but everytime I do, I realize why I'd never be one of them.

Here's why...

Yesterday, I clicked onto two vids by brothas with the YouTube handles of “BGS IBMOR” and “Oshay Duke Jackson”. And these brothas are considered to be two leaders of this movement.

Now, their take on the Jill Scott divorce was that Jill's husband, Mike, was a “bi@ch” cause he basically married Jill for her money. And now that she's divorced him, they say, his rants are sour grapes over his not getting any loot out of the deal.

Moreover, Oshay makes it a point to say: “...gone are the days where Black men are willing to build their own empires...today's Black man is looking to cohabitate with a rich woman to build his empire...”

Now, if Oshay would have done five minutes worth of research, he'd have found out about brothas like, Shareef Abdul-Malik, the founder of “We Buy Black” which is the largest online marketplace for Black-owned businesses, or Darial Clewis, the CEO of “Blaqspot”, which is a social networking site that is our community's alternative to “Facebook” and “YouTube”—and these are just two examples I'm giving you off the top of my head.

Also, many sistas out there might have the same opinion of Jill's former husband—which is, he only married Jilly for her money.

Now, one thing these new millennium negroes failed to realize is this...Jill said that being in a marriage with Mike was “dangerous”. And there's several ways we can take her comment—first, we can take this to mean that Jill's former husband Mike, was physically abusive towards her. But, any Black man with a bit of common sense knows that if any one of us puts his hands on a (Black) woman, the first thing that woman's gonna' do is call the cops. So if Mike had laid his hands on Jill, he'd be in jail right now. Another way to look at Jill's comment is that Mike was taking or selling drugs, and quite frankly, he's too fat to be a drug user, and if he were a drug dealer, he'd probably have more money than he does now—and more than likely, he wouldn't wanna' heighten his profile by marrying a celebrity.

So let me help these brothas out—what Jill meant by Mike's being “dangerous”, is he had the audacity to not let himself be abused by a woman who made more money than him. Mike said that there aren't any men in that family, just women. Meaning, Jill was raised thinking that any and every man, especially every Black man, should be complicitous and totally deferential to any and every Black woman. And Mike's speaking out against that, should be what these BMRA's are focused on.

Mike is a man. And he's got no qualms about letting Jill and everyone else know it. 

So what Mike was really saying is, the fact that Jill's got more money than him, is not gonna' change him. And this should be applauded. But it just goes to show that these BMRA's are really anglophiles dressed up as proud Black men. And let me ask anyone out there a question: if you think that Black men are no longer out to build their own empires, but are only interested in shacking up with rich women, then how could you not hate yourself for being a Black man? Moreover, if Black men and women keep talking about our dysfunction outside of the context of the white fascism that created it, how could we not hate ourselves for being Black? 

But more importantly, I need every Black man and woman reading this to know that this was the plan white fascists had for us, up to and especially after we fell for the trick of integration.

Now, you might be thinkin'—damn bruh, not everything's a conspiracy. And what does integration have to do with this?

Welp, you need to understand that under segregation, especially in places like 'The Black Wall Street', our people were getting too powerful. It's said about the Black Wall Street that the town's economic infrastructure was so robustly strong, that one of our dollars could circulate literally 100 times in that community, before it went elsewhere.

So after integration got us to walk away from our businesses—and by the way, the question you're probably asking yourselves is: If our people are so smart, than can you tell me why we walked away from our businesses bruh?

Well, the answer lies in the same reason Jill and Halle are having such difficulties being in successful relationships with “good” Black men—or any kind of man for that matter—it's cause the white fascist social order we grew up in conditioned us to hate ourselves more than any other kind of person on the planet, since we have the most genetic power to breed whites out of existence. And while doing that, they programmed us to think of all white people as divine—just like jesus.

Ya' dig?

So here's the real question: Once integration got signed into law, what wouldn't Black people do to be closer to their real god(s)?

And post-integration, a group of white fascists decided that they would do everything in their power to disenfranchise and incarcerate Black men, while empowering Black women. Thus, they proceeded to keep Black men out of jobs and labor unions, while offering Black women gov't programs that would pay for their food, clothing and shelter—under one condition: they couldn't have a man in the house.

Now, in all fairness, every Black man and woman reading this needs to know that more than half of Black women, DIDN'T take this deal.

And for brothas who think I'm just sayin' this to get in the good graces of sistas, understand, in the 70's there was still a sliver of cohesion between Black men and women. So much so, that even in the midst of falling for the integration trick, collectively, the income of Black men, women and our families, began to stabilize and rise. And whitey couldn't have that. Thus, in the 80's, white fascists attempted to put the final nail in the coffin of the Black nuclear family with initiatives like “Reganomics”, “Crack” and “AIDS”.

So I've said all that to say this, white fascists have plotted since before I was born to keep us away from the one resource that would help us defeat them—UNITY!

Now, not only am I a Black Nationalist, but I'm also a “realist”. And realistically, I know that the overwhelming majority of Black men and women over 35, are not gonna' do the subconscious work necessary to pluck the anglophilic tendencies out of them.

So the best thing we can do is make sure our kids don't get the self-hating (mis)education we got as children. That's why our priority should be to home school our children as opposed to sending them to P.S. (pick a number) in american neighborhoods.

Fortunately, a lot of us are currently doing that, and there are Black homeschooling networks dedicated to this goal. I've supported some of these schools in the past, and I suggest any Black man or woman who wants to give our children a fighting chance at loving themselves or each other should follow suit. And if you can't donate any money, then donate your time. And I'll dedicate future posts to this topic. 

So once again, UNITY is the answer y'all—and there is NO QUESTION!

Later...

MontUHURU Mimia

P.S.

Here's Jill talking about her disliking of "inter-ethnic" or interracial dating, and it's effects on Black women. Mind you, this is a prime example of how Jill feels consciously, while not understanding how much she's conditioned to hate Black men subconsciously.