Bald-faced lies about Black men (Part 6)—The "Love TKO" of Black relationships, Tasha K. and the "Lead Attorney", Kevin Samuels and the "Jamaican" perturbation, white fascist welfare vs. Black marriage, and answering the age-old question: When are Black men gonna' get their "stuff" together?
“…complaining about the government is useless when you can build your own.”
—KRS-ONE, Hip-Hop Philosopher and Metaphysician
To the consistent (and patient) readers of this blog: Family, being a bit back-logged with content is a problem I'm currently facing 'cause of the long hiatus I took from this forum. So, to rectify this, I'm gonna' use this portion o' the post to publish some subjects I formerly planned to write about regarding the obstacles plaguing the concept of what I, and some others have called, "Black Love". With this said, the next "3" parts of this prologue will feature some of my observations and solutions, which I hope will lead some of us to a future where the Black Diaspora can exist in a (more) productive and progressive state. So, with this outta' the way, let's dive into...
Part 1.
Family, one day,
while driving with the woman I was in my first relationship with, I began
discussing the lyrical ingenuity of the song, "Love TKO", by the
R&B artist, Teddy Pendergrass. As I continued my soliloquy about how
masterfully the song's lyrics matched the sonic sentiments of the track, my
African-American woman-friend stated matter-of-factly, how Teddy got into the
car accident which left him wheelchair bound for the rest of his life, behind
some woman performing a sexual favor on him while he drove his Rolls Royce.
A decade after
leaving this woman, I happened upon a documentary about Teddy's life one
evening. Come to find out, the local police department in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, where Teddy's from, were not only harassing him 'cause they
didn’t like seeing Teddy ridin' around in his Rolls, but officer McFoley and
‘em really didn’t like how Teddy'd
become a bona-fide "sex symbol" for so many American women-including the white ones.
Turns out, this harassment continued so much over the course of several years, Teddy finally sued the local authorities in an attempt to get ‘em off his back, and after filing this lawsuit, is when he had the infamous car "accident" where his brakes mysteriously failed-and fam, lemme tell ya’, Teddy was lucky to make it outta' this near fatal car accident alive. Proof of this came right before Teddy was put on a gurney so he could be transported to the hospital, when he said to his woman friend, "Don't let them hurt me."
Now, before I saw
this documentary, I’d planned to do some research to find out if this story was
true—but, there’s a chance I might’ve never gotten around to doing this
research, thus, I might’ve went to my grave with an impression of Teddy
Pendergrass being some depraved sexual deviant. Moreover, the reason this woman became my ex, is because I
recognized how much this story reflected her opinions of ALL Black men, not
just Teddy. I remember she and her friends were constantly thinking the worst
of Black men and pursuing relationships with any and every other kind of man except Black men. So, at this point you're probably thinking, bruh, we’ve all been in bad
relationships—you can’t very well say something about the majority of Black
women based on your individual experience. I realize this, which is why I’ve
got some other anecdotes to share. This said, let’s go ALL THE WAY in wit’…
Part 2.
David Freiheit, better
known by his YouTuber alias, “The Lead Attorney”, grew up in Montreal, Canada and
was a Creative Arts major at Dawson College, before he received a B.A. in this
subject at Canada’s McGill University. Shortly thereafter, he obtained a law
degree from Universite Laval where he was editor-in-chief of the school’s law
journal.
In 2007, David began
practicing law and following in the footsteps of his father and older siblings.
He worked for the law firm “Border, Ladner, Gervais” for six years, before
opening his own litigation practice, Freiheit Legal. Now, for the first years
of his YouTube career, David was a commercial litigator and stated he couldn’t become a full-time YouTuber because of his legal obligations.
However, in January 2018, he left his practice to commit to YouTube and focus his channel on the issues of Family Law.
Latasha Transrina
Kebe, better known by her YouTuber alias, “Tasha K.”, was born in Panama,
Florida and now resides in Atlanta, Georgia. She started her YouTube career in
2015, and her channel caters primarily to “celebrity gossip”. Tasha got her first taste of YouTube success
when a video she created titled, “Sidechick shows up at her Boyfriend’s Wedding”
went viral, and got her a million views. More recently, she’s become noted for vids
exposing celebs like Cardi B and Derrick Jaxn, the first of which sued Tasha
for $70,000 when she said Cardi was a former prostitute, stripper, and member
of the “Bloods” street gang. Tasha retaliated by suing Cardi for allegedly
sending Bloods gang members to her home, which she said forced her to leave the state of Florida
completely.
Now, about three
weeks ago, Tasha K. allegedly leaked some information about the R. Kelly trial which
she may have gotten from a “retired” prisons officer. When this became a hot
topic on YouTube, The Lead Attorney (TLA), gave his two cents about the matter
saying, if this is true, Tasha could be facing some jail time. Welp, Tasha K.
got wind of what TLA said, and preceded to record a YouTube video responding to
his statements.
So fam, what I’ll do
is post the vid’ at the end of this publishing, but lemme just tell ya’ some of
what Tasha said. She basically proceeded to call TLA a “…stiff-hipped,
pillow-talkin’, becky-lovin’, bi#ch.” At certain points, you could almost see
her spittle flying toward the camera. Fam, not only did she look like she just
rolled outta’ bed, but she proceeded to expose herself for the piece of
tenement trash she really is. Mind you, the name of her podcast is “Unwine with
Tasha K.” ‘cause she likes to drink glasses of wine in an attempt to look
upper-scale, but in one fatal swoop, she returned to the gutter she
obviously crawled out of.
Now, afterwards, I
believe Tasha probably felt she’d made TLA look like an emasculated clown,
until she started getting some feedback from her fans. Mind you, nearly all of them told her how crazy she made
not only herself, but Black women in general look with her profanity-riddled
tirade. After she’d heard all these negative reviews, she actually made a vid’
apologizing to TLA—but, the vid’ seemed like a half-hearted attempt at
an apology, from someone who didn't really have any remorse for what they did.
The strangest part of
all this fam, to me at least, was Tasha’s fans wondering, well, was she drunk
when she made her vid’ calling TLA everything but a child of God? I kinda’
shook my head thinkin’, isn’t it obvious what this woman was showing? If not,
lemme tell ya’ fam--what Tasha was really showing the world was her venomous hatred for Black men. This is why in the vid’ she wears no
make-up and uses every profane word she could think of when talkin’ about TLA—it’s
also why she comes off as a half-crazy, neck-snappin’, eye-rollin’, and arm
waving "Pam" from the projects.
Moreover, what’s more
worrisome still’ is this—Tasha’s intrinsic hatred for Black men, is the
same kind the overwhelming majority of Black women have for us, whether they know
it or not. Now, you may be reading this and saying, bruh, she’s gotta’ Black
husband. Welp, not only is this brotha African, so he may be dependent on her
for his immigration status as well as his finances, but according to Tasha, he
spends most nights sleeping on the couch and he’s not interested in having sex
with her. Mind you, Tasha and her friends are entertaining the idea of his
being on the “down-low”—but, what’s most likely is, he just doesn’t wanna’ have
sex with a woman who looks and acts more like a man than he does. Just sayin’.
Now, I’m bettin’ some
folks reading this are thinkin’, bruh, you’re saying the majority of Black women are this way is still completely unfounded. Just ‘cause Tasha’s spittin’ mad at
Black men, don’t mean they all are—the majority of sistas don’t act like she
does. Welp, you’re right—not every Black woman is prone to bouts of violent
outbursts against Black men. Which leads me into the next section o’ my post—so,
let’s hop over into…
Part 3.
About a week ago,
Kevin Samuels recorded an Instagram live chat he titled, “Can Modern
Relationships Be Fixed?” On this broadcast he spoke with a Jamaican woman who
was fit, relatively feminine, and wearing her natural hair—additionally, she
spoke in very calm and measured tones, making her seem like she’d be a pleasant
person to be around. Mind you, I’ll provide a link for the vid’ at the end of
this post.
Now, in a calm and
very relaxed manner, this Black woman made the following “4” statements about
Black men: 1. She said Black men aren’t “intellectually stimulating” (read: she
thinks we’re stupid), 2. She said we’re more likely to cheat than the average
man, 3. She said we don’t make good leaders, and 4. She said our “grandfathers”
made our grandmothers miserable. So, my point is this, Black women don’t have
to go on angry rants like Tasha K. to show their virulent hatred for Black men—they
can do it with a smile.
Now fam, I said there’d
be “3” parts to this prologue, but I gotta’ fourth I need to expound on right
quick—so, on the topic of “pleasant-sounding” Black women who hate Black men,
lemme point y’all over to…
Part 4.
The other day, I was
looking over my YouTube “home page”, when a suggested vid’ titled, “Did Black
Women Choose Money Over Our Men?” popped up. The title peaked my interest so I
clicked on it.
What appeared was a
very pleasant and feminine looking female named Erica LeShai, who was the
channel’s curator—so, I leaned in closer to listen to what she was saying about
the topic. Now, the premise of her vid’ was how she’s heard Black men for years
saying Black women chose government programs over staying with us,
particularly in the 1970’s and 80’s. So, the counter argument she presented was
as follows: she began talking about how America shipped the majority of its
manufacturing jobs overseas in the 1970’s, and because Black men were the ones
primarily working these jobs, when they lost them, they could no longer provide
for their families. Thus, Black men became depressed and abusive, which drove Black
women away from them and on to these government programs. I just shook my head.
Now, if any Black person
is reading this who thinks this is a sound argument, lemme just introduce a
few facts to this incipient theory. First off, Lyndon Baines Johnson, LBJ,
created the “Great Society” programs as a means of eliminating poverty in the
U.S. (at least this is what they told us) in 1964. So, these were the
programs at least half of Black women chose over being with Black men during the
“1960’s”—meaning, Black women already enrolled in these programs several
years before the “70’s” even came around.
Second, the majority of America’s manufacturing jobs were shipped overseas
during the “80’s”, not the “70’s”—meaning, Black women chose these programs
over Black men while we were earning decent and stable salaries—moreover, stats
show Black men’s salaries were actually
increasing at the time. Mind you, Erica looks to be in her early-to-mid
thirties, so not only isn’t she familiar with these decades, but I can tell she’s
not used to doing much in the way of historical research.
Meaning, this was yet
another example of a “feminine” looking Black woman not taking accountability for
the actions of Black women overall, and saying emphatically to the Black
Diaspora, whatever is wrong with our people has
to be the fault of the Black man-thus, showing her inherent hatred for us.
Whether she knows it or not.
Now, I’ve said all
this to say, in spite of these truths, there’s a silver lining to these storm
clouds for Black men in particular. So right now, you’re probably thinkin’,
bruh, what good can you extract outta’ these facts in regards to “Black Love”.
Welp, these examples definitively show Black men we CAN NOT count on the majority of Black women
to help us achieve anything resembling “unity” in our Diaspora.
So, you might be
thinkin’, how’s this a good thing? Well, peep this out brothas, when you’re
building something, it’s better to know who will and won’t help you—‘cause once
you’ve got this info. you’ll understand who you don't need to consider. Lemme expound on this further--what I’ve discovered most about our Diaspora is this truism: MEN MUST
LEAD. PERIOD. If you know this, then you know it’s up to Black men to build the sociopolitical and economic infrastructure necessary to unite our people—again,
the majority of Black women chose white fascism, so we don’t have to wonder where they stand. Moreover,
because of their choice, the majority of them are winding up obese, oversexed,
and alone.
So, to the Black men
reading this, I say it’s a moral imperative for us to laser beam our focus on
creating this kinda' unity amongst ourselves—irregardless of whether or not Black women want to join us.
Now, you may be
thinkin’, bruh, have you noticed Black men ain’t doin' too well lately? How do you suspect we'll be able to accomplish this without Black women? Well, to
this I’ll say, let’s pore over some stats to see whether or not Black men are
equipped to unify our Diaspora, and pull our people outta’ the ineptitude of
the integrationist mindset which led us into this white fascist fiasco in the first place. In other words, follow me over to the main part o’
this post fam’…
—MontUHURU Mimia
People, since I’ve spent
more time on the first part o’ this post than I intended, what I’ll do here is dive
right into “3” socioeconomic queries which’ll qualify whether or not Black men
can build up our Diaspora, while answering the decade’s old question: When will
Black men get their “stuff” together? So let's start wit'...
Question#1.
How can Black men build up our Diaspora when Black women earn more than them?
Welp, let’s go to the stats—now, according to the American
Bureau of Labor and Statistics, this year, the median weekly salary for Black
men was $877, while the median weekly salary for Black women was $746. Note, I’ll
leave links for these stats at the end of the post fam. So Black men are actually earning more than Black women.
Question#2.
How can Black men build up our Diaspora when they’re going
to jail in droves?
Well fam, comparable to 2007, the Black American male
incarceration rate has dropped by 34%, and is now at its lowest levels since 1991.
Question#3.
How can Black men build up our Diaspora when they’re so
uneducated?
Fam, over the last 15 years, Black American men’s
college graduation rate has jumped from 28% to 35%. Also, Black men continue to lead in obtaining
professional degrees (doctorates, law degrees, etc.) over Black women—approximately 88,000
Black American men have professional degrees, while Black American women have obtained
62,000 of these degrees.
So, regarding the question of when are Black men gonna’ get their “stuff” together, here’s the answer…
WE’RE DOING IT "RIGHT NOW "Y’ALL!
Now, here’s the real
question: Will Black women acknowledge this and will it make them act any
differently towards us? I heard one Black woman say, well, if Black men are
only doing 1% better, there’s not much of an improvement. So, to the brothas reading
this, I’ll borrow a quote from Kevin Samuels and say, “…the gender war is over.
It’s now time for the Black woman to come to the Black man’s table so they can show
what they’ve got to offer us.”
And like Sam L. Jackson said in Spike Lee’s classic movie, “Do
the Right Thing”: “…that’s the double truth, Ruth.”
Later…
—MontUHURU Mimia
Fam, here’s the Tasha K. vid’.
Warning: This video contains gratuitous amounts of profanity. Viewer discretion is advised.
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