Why spanish people don't like Black americans (Part 2)...What do George Lopez, Fat Joe and Amara La Negra "still" have in common?

“I ask you to go back to that mirror—and if nothing looking back at you is friendly, then you have no friends.”

—Dr. John Henrik Clarke

To the readers of this Blog: I didn’t plan to revisit this particular post—and I certainly wasn’t planning to write a sequel to it. But with america’s spanish population being in the news so much lately, and with their strange relationship with (indigenous) Black americans, I felt a need to make my position even clearer as to how they really feel about us, and how we, (or at least I), feel about them.

So, let me say straight off, that I understand the term “latino” is the politically correct proper noun used to refer to america’s “spanish-speaking population(s)”. So please don’t waste your time, or mine, telling me this. And please don’t tell me the terms “spanish” and “latino” are cultural terms, not ethnic ones—'cause I know that too. Meaning, I understand that these people are Black—but since they don’t identify themselves as such, I’m not gonna’ claim them either. Additionally, I don’t need a geography lesson, so don’t tell me that “Spain” is in europe, ‘cause I know that as well—but what spanish people living in america don’t know, is that anyone with a spanish surname, is considered “non-white”, regardless of their being fair-skinned—and if you don’t believe me, just ask Donald Trump.

Moreover, like I’ve stated several times in the past, the term “hispanic” was created for “latinos”, ‘cause american census officials found out these folks were checking the “caucasian” box on their forms. So, if anyone’s misidentifying these people, it’s “latinos” themselves, not me.

Now, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention this: the first post I wrote about these people not only garnered more attention than I thought it would, but it also had some “ethnically-confused” types pissed at me for supposedly misrepresenting the spanish-speaking minions of america. One female in particular, left a comment on my first post saying that she was actually embarrassed for me, ‘cause I called spanish-speaking folks, spanish. And she opened her dumbed-founded diatribe by commenting: “I’m a Black woman of mixed (latino) descent…” To which I replied: “Are you a Black woman, or a woman of mixed descent?”

And I posed that question cause, I wasn’t about to let her get away with calling herself “half-Black”. Cause that’s what people who really don’t wanna’ be Black do. And understand, the reason she opened with that statement was, so she could ride both sides of the fence. Meaning, she wants to be able to be Black around us, and non-Black, around her white, spanish and asian friends. And that’s a mental disorder I refer to as being “typically latino”. To top this off, this empty-headed, half-wit called herself, “Cali Valley Venus Mirage”—now, let’s break that nick-name down right quick.

“Cali Valley” refers to “California’s ‘southern’ Valley”, and this is where we get the phrase “Valley Girl” from. And for those who’re unfamiliar wit’ this term, it’s meant to refer to affluent and spoiled rotten white girls who come from this region, and who talk with an obnoxiously hi-pitched, nasal timbre, (watch the movie(s), “Clueless” and/or “Heathers”, and you’ll know what I’m talking about). So, from jump, this ethnically-confused girl was associating herself wit’ white girls. Now, anyone who knows about the legend of “Sarah Baartman”, knows she was called the “hottentot VENUS”, because of her exceptionally large derrière and hyper-feminine curves. Mind you, the fact that whitey decided to name her after the roman goddess of love, Venus, means that this part of the bi-ethnic broad’s nick-name, was sufficiently white enough for her to use. Now, the word “Mirage” pretty much sums this dumb little girl up, ‘cause she was trying to make me see her as something she’s not. She also tried to give me the whole, I’m an educated Black woman, calling you on your ignorance, routine. But I told her again, if she was so proud to be Black, she wouldn’t have identified herself as having a “mixed descent”. Then I told her, she should quench her thirst for education with some lessons outside of the white fascist (mis)educational system, making her think she’s “mixed”, so she could get outta’ that mirage and back to reality.

I’ve never heard from her since.

So, while this is yet another example of spanish folks being Black when it’s convenient, I wanna’ show you some mo’ celebrated examples of this, and why we should realize that any alliances we try to form with these people are futile. And once again, this editorial might run long, so I thank you in advance for your kind indulgences, while I expound on this group’s social schizophrenia.

—MontuHURU Mimia

George Edward Lopez was born on April 23^rd, 1961 in Los Angeles, California, and he’s the son of a male migrant worker named Anatasio, and a mother named Frieda, who’re both Mexican.

George’s father left when he was 2 months old, and his mother deserted him when he was 10. Thus, a preadolescent George was raised by his maternal grandparents, Refugio and Benita Gutierrez. And as a teen, George attended San Fernando High School, and graduated in 1979.

Now, George is famous for saying, or alluding to the fact that (indigenous) Black people, were not allowed in his house. And what this speaks to more than anything, was his living in what I call, a “typically spanish” household. Meaning, it’s usually fine for any member of that family to dote on the byproducts of Black culture, especially if they live near us, but when it comes to being around their own kind, they should make it their business to revile Black folks the way a white klansman would. If not moreso. Cause the bottom line is, a white klansman knows their white, but spanish folks know they’re not. Regardless, even if George grew up living on dirt floors, his folks made him feel that he’s superior to any Black person.

But peep this out, it’s also well documented that George’s grandparents paid him very little attention. So much so that he’s said his esteem took a major hit by living with them. But regardless of how little affection they showed George, he still heeded their advice about not liking us.

By the late 1980’s, George was a successful comedian playing large clubs around the country, and he was appearing on TV as well as in some bit parts in movies. Now, I wanna’ stop here ‘cause, I need to show you the hypocrisy of these people when it comes to hating us, but capitalizing on our culture. In 1998, the “Kings of Comedy” tour starring Bernie Mac, Cedric the Entertainer, Steve Harvey and D.L. Hughley, was not only a successfully revolutionary tour, but it was turned into a successful full-length feature film. Directed by Spike Lee no less. Now, with all the animus that spanish folk have for us, seeing the success of this tour, George and a couple of his hispanic comic friends, still decided to create a “latin Kings of Comedy tour” in 2001.

Now, fast forward to 2002, George parlayed his comic successes into getting his own self-titled TV series, “The George Lopez show”. But when it comes to the gold standard of cultural currency, which is “Black Street Cred”, George just couldn’t rest on his laurels and legacy, so in 2017, he went on the “Comedy Get Down” Tour with D.L Hughley, Eddie Griffin, Charlie Murphy (R.I.P.) and, wait for it—George Lopez. Now supposedly, the person who put him on this tour was D.L.—and that really don’t surprise me, cause D.L.’s famous for his anglophilic, boot-licking, and brown-nosin’ endeavors, when it comes to whitey and non-Black folks. See, D.L. is trying to pass himself off as a social activist, and he intends to do that by kissin’ as much white and brown butt as he can. I remember one TV show I saw him on, where he buck-danced for, and schmoozed with, some white nationalist. And at the end of it, they shared a Black & white cookie, in some asinine display of solidarity.

Moreover, George’s stylings once again remind me of the rapper Fat Joe. Insomuch as, when Joe was asked about Black rappers rockin’ “Black Medallions” with the continent of Africa in the middle, he said, “Well, I always wore my gold (chains), so I don’t know what those guys were trippin’ off.” Mind you, what he was really saying is: why would anyone be proud of Africa? And Joe’s made several comments where he points out how Black people tend to speak the queen’s English around whites, but our own vernacular around ourselves. But it’s fine for hispanic folks to speak english around whites, and spanish around their people. And if Joe feels superior cause his people speak another language, then why didn’t he make a career for himself playing “spanish” music, like “salsa” or “merengue”?

And speaking of music, this leads me to my beef wit’ Amara “the Black”, I mean, Amara “La Negra” (whose real name is Dana De Los Santos). Only Amara’s cultural theft comes with a softer, and more finessed touch. Meaning, she’s claiming that she’s “unapologetically Afro-latino”. But what you won’t hear her say is that she’s “Black”. Now, you might be like, bruh, you said yourself her last (stage) name means “Black”, so what’s the problem? Welp, someone who’s not of Hispanic descent, might not know that “La Negra” literally translated into the “Black girl”. So, this is another way she, and the rest of her people, get to deny, or get outta’ identifying themselves as Black.

So, in English, Amara will always claim being Afro-latino (or “mixed”, just like that dumb-founded “Cali Valley Venus Mirage”), but again, what you won’t hear her say in english, is that she’s “pure-bred” Black.

Moving on…

The “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” (DACA), was an immigration policy created by President Obama, allowing some persons who were brought here illegally as children, to receive a two-year renewable deferment from deportation, so they can become eligible for an american work permit. And research has shown that DACA, had not only increased the wages and labor-force participation of persons eligible for this initiative, but it also increased the mental health outcomes for DACA-eligible adults and children. Moreover, the “Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act”, or the “Dream Act” for short, proposed almost concurrently with DACA, allowed undocumented immigrants access to private college scholarships for state schools.

Now, according to the Pew Research Center, there are 57 million “latinos” in america. That makes them approximately 18% of the population. And as of 2017, 690,000 unauthorized immigrants were enrolled in DACA—mind you, 90% of these applicants were latinos.

Now, here’s a question: why didn’t more spanish people enroll in DACA?

And understand, I realize that some undocumented hispanics feared that showing their illegal status would get them deported anyway, but if you see hordes of your people participating without consequence, then you’d think the number of enrollees should be double and triple what they were.

But here’s why the overwhelming majority of them didn’t participate…

The reason more lations didn’t enroll in DACA was, ‘cause Obama, a Black president, endorsed it—point blank, period.

So even though hispanics saw their people legitimately benefiting from this initiative, being the complete anglophiles they are, latinos though, well, I’ll just wait for a white president to give me my full citizenship. To hell wit’ that negro president. And every Black person reading this should understand that latinos pride themselves on having and promoting conservative white sentiments. So, when Trump was (s)elected for office, the majority of hispanics thought, finally, that negro in the white house is gone.

Then, much to their surprise, Don Trump ended DACA.

So now, when I hear about them boys from “Immigration and Customs Enforcement” (ICE), swoopin’ down on Julio and ‘em, and packin’ their asses 10 at a time, into vans bound for state deportation centers—two words come to my mind.

GOOD RIDDANCE!

And that’s why in previous posts, I said that Don Trump would be the perfect American president—and yes, I said perfect.

So, for those of you who thought I was trippin’, peep this out—I understood more than anything that Don is such a bigot, that he’d not only force Black people, in some way, shape, or form to have to work together, but I knew he’d show hispanics, how white they’re NOT. 

And I gotta’ say, the “Trumpster” didn’t disappoint.

Moving on…

On June 20^th, of this year, a fifteen-year-old latino boy was killed in the Bronx, New York, allegedly due to a case of mistaken identity, and that boy’s name was Lesandro “Junior” Guzman. Now, this kid died a particularly grizzly death, at the hands of a local gang called the “Trinitarios”. And all jokes aside, I wouldn’t wish that kinda’ death on anyone. So, on June 26^th, of this year, Bronx residents walked to commemorate “Junior’s” death—and I saw several Black men and women walking with them.

Now, I understand that a life was lost here, but those Black men and women walking for Junior, should’ve asked themselves this question: Where were latinos when Eric Garner was killed? Or Stephon Clarke, or Alton Sterling, or Mike Brown, Sandra Bland, Korryn Gaines—and ya’ know I could keep going. Hell, the man who killed Trayvon Martin, Geroge Zimmerman, was one o’ those spanish jerk-offs, who checked the white box on his census form, so he wouldn’t have to think he’s Black.

So, I’ve said all that to say this, let these spanish folk ‘fend for themselves—they’ll be fine—or they won’t, I don’t care. Cause at the end of the day, if you’re a Black man or woman reading this, here’s the stark-raving truth…

THEY DON’T LIKE YOU!

PERIOD!

And let me repeat this for the Black “multiculturalists” out there…

THEY DON’T LIKE YOUR BLACK ASS!

GET OVER IT!

We don’t have any friends in these people, and we never will.

PERIOD.

So, more than ever we need to value the fact that, there ain’t no justice, there’s JUST US!

Now, the beauty of realizing that is, shortly afterwards, we’ll see that we’re all we need.

And like Sam L. Jackson said in Spike Lee’s movie, “Do the Right Thing”: “That’s the double truth, Ruth.”

Later…

—MontUHURU Mimia

P.S.

Now, in a post I wrote about Amara La Negra, I warned the Black people reading this Blog, that they shouldn’t be surprised, if they go to one of her concerts, only to find out that the latinos who paid to see “Amara the Black”, don’t like their “pure-bred” Black ass. Welp, this vid illustrates that point, perfectly. Here’s a video of a George Lopez concert, that some brain-washed Black women decided they were gonna’ attend. Mind you, after George gives his two rules for a latino family: #1. Don't marry somebody Black, and #2. Don’t park in front of our house, the woman he addresses right afterwards, is one of those Black women. Now, these four anglophilic Black female idiots, thought they were gonna’ sashay into this theater, and immediately get noticed by a couple of latino men—and they got noticed alright, just not in the way they figured. Mind you, if you’re a Black man or woman reading this, who’s hell-bent on dating or marrying someone that’s white or non-Black, you deserve whatever kinda’ treatment you get. And even with that said, I still feel sorry for these (brainwashed) sistas.

*WARNING: This video contains extremely harsh and profane language. Viewer discretion is advised.

P.P.S.

You can read the first post of this sequel, HERE.

P.P.P.S.

You can read the post I wrote about “Amara La Negra”, HERE.

The Ancient Future (Part 2)...

For any Black man or woman who still thinks we have allies amongst other ethnic groups, I beseech you to read the tale of brotha Ray Robinson. 

And afterwards...I'm hoping you'll reevaluate your position. 

Read Ray's story by clicking 'here'.

The lowly nature of white women (Part 7)...'Black privilege' and the ethnic escapades of Rachel Dolezal...

The movie 'Soul Man' was released in american theaters on October 24th, 1986. This odious flick tells the tale of Mark Watson, played by actor C. Thomas Howell. Mark wants to attend Harvard Law School; but when he finds out his father blew the trust fund he'd set up for his college endeavors, he seeks out a scholarship for his education. Problem is, the only scholarship that's available is one for African-Americans.

So what Mark ends up doing, is overdosing on tanning pills to get his skin darker so he can look like a Black man. After doing this, he wins the scholarship and is bound for Harvard Law.

Now, eventually, Mark sees the travails of being a Black man in a overwhelmingly white world, and at the end of the movie he winds up falling in love with a Black woman. So the moral of this story is, Mark putting himself in 'Black face' makes him see what our people go through and he becomes somewhat of a champion for Black people.

Now let me tell ya' what this piece of crap flick is really saying...

Firstly, when this whiteboi puts on Black face, goes to Harvard Law and falls in love with a Black woman, the message to Black women is, no matter how good a Black man may appear, the best choice for her will always be a white guy. So this is just more of that ole' 'divide and conquer' tactic employed by white fascists to keep Black men and women apart.

Secondly, and more profoundly, this movie's saying that it's easier for a Black person to get any kind of college financial aid, than it would be for any white person.

Now, I think we've all heard about the sexually and ethnically confused misadventures of one Rachel Anne Dolezal, and how she tried unsuccessfully to qualify herself as a Black woman. But the question I hear most when people talk about her is: why'd she do this? Why does she wanna' be Black?

Well, I think the main answer lies in the Soul Man movie, in so much as Rachel thought, especially after receiving her Bachelors degree from Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi; that the best way to fund her grad school endeavors, and later get herself a position in the NAACP, would be to put on some 'Black face'...just like Mark Watson.

You see, especially in the case of Rachel's Howard University romp, white fascists have convinced their inbreeding minions that every Black person will assuredly get financial aid before they, or any other kind of person will. So much so, that a a bunch of brainless inbreds started the '#Black privilege' Twitter page. This is an initiative to bring attention to how unfair it is for Black americans to get any kind of financial aid 'privileges' over anyone else. And this page also speaks to how unfairly, according to these inbreds, whites are labeled as the most murderously bloody ethnic group in the world.

But beyond the Twitter non-sense, I wanted to concentrate on finding out which ethnic group ultimately gets the most financial aid dollars in america. So, being a curious-minded type of fellow I did some research...and here's what I found...

Financial aid analyst Mark Kantrowitz conducted a study on this matter and crunched the collegiate numbers to get at the truth. He is the publisher of Finaid.org and received an ABD (All but dissertation) degree in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University.

So here's his stats: Mark found that Black college students, who constitute about 11.5% of the american collegiate population, get roughly 10% of every kind of financial aid assistance. Spanish american college students get approximately 14% of this aid. And white students receive approximately 59% of all collegiate financial aid funding. And this includes grants, scholarships, loans and private funds.

Now, even Mark seemed unsettled by his own discovery, 'cause he tried to detract from his own findings by emphasizing that white students get the most 'merit-based' grant funds. What he's basically saying is, his people DESERVE their financial aid more than anyone else. So my question to him would be: does that mean white students also deserve to get the most financial aid monies from loans, private agencies, donors and non-merit based grants too?

What really pisses me off about this, is all my life I've internalized what white fascists have told me as the gospel truth. But now that I'm mature and actually doing the research into these theorems, I've come up with a bit of a joke that I'm always telling myself, especially lately, concerning my findings. And here's the joke...

How can you tell when a white person's lying?

When their lips are moving.

Now, getting back to good ole' Rachel Dolezal, she showed her true colors (pun intended) once she got a full scholarship to Howard University (a 'Historically Black College'), and then sued Howard U. under the name Rachel 'Moore'.

After she was accepted and got the aforementioned scholarship to Howard U. posing as a Black woman, she claimed as a 'white' woman (Rachel Moore) she wasn't granted access to certain scholarship funds, a teacher's assistant position and 'other' opportunities. Now mind you, she received a 'full' scholarship to Howard...but I guess that wasn't enough for ms. thang. Deep down, she still felt she would've gotten more financial aid as a Black woman...even though she faked being a Black woman to get into Howard U.

It get's better...Rachel even said some anonymous (Black) man sexually took advantage of her while she attended Howard. When she was asked why she didn't report her rapist to the police, she responded: “...suing was nearly impossible.”

So Rachel stole our people's culture and lied about being raped by a Black man...that sure as hell sounds like a white woman to me!

So if you're a Black man or woman reading this, here's my question to you...how long will it be before we collectively realize that we'll never be able to peacefully co-exist with these inbreds?

How many more atrocities do we have to suffer at their hands, before we make plans to get the hell up from around these folks for good?

When I saw how these degenerates created a hash-tag to put in front of the words 'Black privilege', after they continually see our young men and women getting shot down in the streets like dogs by thrill-kill white cops, I was mad enough to spit.

And I'm not telling you to hate anyone, 'cause that's only gonna' result in some kind of self-hatred, but we need to understand, a perfect world to white fascists means that every Black person has been gotten rid of. 'Cause again, we have the most genetic power to breed these inbreds out of existence.

And with white birth rates well below replacement levels, we need to remember one thing emphatically, and that's how WHITE LIVES DEPEND ON BLACK DEATHS!

So let's wake up, smarten up, and put aside our differences for the travails we have ahead.

The next president after Obama is surely not gonna' be one of us. And this person, male or female, is gonna' have our Diaspora right in their cross-hairs, just like these murderously bloody white cops.

So will we be ready?

That's the $64,000 question...and it's one we better get an answer to ASAP!

WE GOT WORK TO DO PEOPLE...SO LET'S GET TO IT!

Later...

MontUHURU Mimia

P.S.

If you'd like to see the other parts of this Blog post series, you can check 'em out here: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

The virutes of segregation (Part 3)...The ballad of Ray Robinson...

Perry Ray Robinson Jr., was born on September 12th, 1937, in Washington D.C.

Ray was reared in the 'Civil Rights' and 'integration' struggles of the fifties, and according to people who knew him was at the Washington Mall on the day Martin Luther King jr., made his famous 'I have a dream' speech. He also attended the 1964 funeral of three white civil rights workers killed in Mississippi. And in 1968, Robinson was among the protesters who set up Resurrection City, a camp at the Washington Mall. 

"Ray was always involved in justice for everybody," said his younger sister, Naima Latif of Pittsboro, N.C. "He was a nonconformist to the status quo. If it was unjust, he wouldn't go along with it."  

Even the way Robinson filled out his children's birth certificates showed his disdain for separating people by ethnicity. Instead of filling in the blank next to "Negro" or "colored," he crossed it out and wrote
in "human" each time.  

In a quest to further display his 'human' solidarity, Ray volunteered to travel to South Dakota's, 'Pine Ridge Indian Reservation', in April of 1973. There, he stood alongside american indians in their fight against the machinations of white supremacy. He integrated himself into the ranks of the 'american indian movement' (or AIM), and their occupation of the reservation village of 'Wounded Knee' in South Dakota. 

This stand off against factions of american federal officers and american indians lasted 71 days, and left two indian tribal members dead and a federal agent seriously wounded. And unfortunately, it also took the life of brotha Ray Robinson.  

Now, you might be thinking, Ray fought valiantly against the american federal agents, which ultimately brought about his demise; but you'd be wrong. Ray was not killed by american authorities, he was killed by members of AIM, who mistook him for a federal agent. Simply because he was Black.

Some reports even say he was 'tortured', then murdered, by these american indians.  

Buswell-Robinson, of Detroit, Ray's wife, said her husband's nonviolent approach conflicted with the violent situation at Wounded Knee and it's possible AIM members suspected he was a federal informant. The personable, 6-foot-2 black man with a deep baritone voice, would have stood out on a midwest american indian reservation, she said.

According to the FBI documents, an unidentified cooperating witness told agents that, "Robinson had been tortured and murdered within the AIM occupation perimeter, and then his remains were buried 'in the hills'."

Any search or excavation attempts would likely be complicated by the reservation's sovereign status. Buswell-Robinson and her two daughters, traveled to Wounded Knee in 2004 to walk areas that Robinson likely walked, but they came back without answers. For years, they've been trying to locate Ray's remains to give him a proper burial.

And for decades, AIM leaders have denied knowledge of Robinson's death. One witness told agents that AIM leader Vernon Bellecourt, who died in 2007, knew Robinson had been killed and, "made a statement to the effect that AIM had 'really managed to keep a tight lid on that one' over the years'."

Clyde Bellecourt, AIM's co-founder, when asked about Ray, questioned why the FBI wasn't spending its time investigating the many unsolved american indian deaths during 'Wounded Knee'.

"There's never been a grand jury hearing on any of them." Clyde said.

Now, if you're a Black man or woman reading this, I'd like you to take this story into consideration the next time you or any other Black person wants to brag about having 'indian in your family'.

Recently, I got into a heated debate with a so-called native american, behind his extolling the virtues of the 'white moral highground'. Firstly, Black people are the real 'native americans', 'cause we were here before them; look up the 'Washitaw Moors' if you want to know who was in america before the american indians. Second, when I asked how this american indian could talk about the virtues of white people, after what they'd done to his people, he told me his people's 'casinos' were making them rich and they didn't pay federal taxes. When I asked if he was personally rich from his people owning casinos, I didn't hear back from him. Moreover, if they are indigenous people, like they claim, why are they paying any american taxes?

Moving on...

So, I'm relaying this story here to tell Black people, it's high time we stopped talking about the many benefits of 'multi-culturalism'. This mainstreamed multicultural campaign is just a ruse used by white and other non-white americans, to tell Black people that we shouldn't ever think about ourselves exclusively in the context of human rights struggles. And, it's telling us we shouldn't follow the examples of every other ethnic group, who only think about themselves. 

Like I've said before in this blog, the 'integration' initiatives of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King jr., were just tricks played on Black people to make us walk away from the thriving business economy we'd created separate from the american social order. Meaning, our dollars were getting too powerful, so whitey had to figure out a way to get them in his/her pockets. 

And again, the reason we did walk away from our own businesses, was we'd been conditioned by white fascists, especially in the american educational system, to love them and hate ourselves. So we thought, any closer proximity to whites would be a boom for Black people. And we bit the bait. And white fascists knew we would, 'cause they understood how they'd conditioned us. 

So I've said all that to say this...THE BLACK DIASPORA HAS NO FRIENDS!

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, WE DON'T NEED ANY!!

ALL WE NEED IS EACH OTHER!

Remember, our strength is not in our dollars, but in our UNITY! 

So that's what's needed to get outta' this white supremacist induced, mental strangle-hold we're in. 

Now again, if you're a Black man or woman reading this, ask yourself: do you care whether or not Black people unite for their betterment? Do you care about healing the rift between the Black man and woman so we can save the Black family?

Now, if you don't, you've wasted your time coming to my Blog in the first place. But if you do, the first step is not trying to convince every Black person to adopt your opinion, the first step is changing YOUR OWN MIND!

How we get outta' this, is ridding ourselves of the self-hatred bred into us by white supremacists and their institutions. It involves you doing the work, especially at the subconscious level, to stop feeling inferior to every other ethnic group because of your color. 

And even if you don't wanna' do any of the subconscious work to change, if we can collectively acknowledge what's been done to us, we'll be able to see ourselves and each other in a different light. 

So let's get to work!

Ma'at Hotep!

MontUHURU Mimia

P.S.

If you'd like to see the other two parts of this series, you can do that here: Part 1 Part 2

Do you have a Tommy Sotomayor addiction?

"...you were my addiction like a strung-out crazy, hit me like a fever when you left me baby."
--Bobby Gillespe of the band Primal Scream, from the song 'Damaged'.
 
In June of last year, I wrote a Blog post titled, 'Why I no longer listen to Tommy Sotomayor'. And to this day, it remains one of my most popular posts. 

Now, recently, this post has gotten over three thousand views, and I truthfully never expected it's views to exceed the triple digit mark.

I also wrote ancillary posts about (Uncle) Tommy which include; 'What (Uncle) Tommy Sotomayor doesn't know about his hatred for Black women', 'Why did Tommy Sotomayor organize the 'real men's' tour'? and 'Why Black women should ignore Tommy Sotomayor'.

Now, the last of these, 'Why Black women should ignore Tommy Sotomayor', I expected to be a colossal failure; 'cause I never thought the tale of an emcee battle would translate well into the message of why the Black Diaspora should stop listening to Tommy's message. 

But something happened recently making me think I should write this post to tackle this topic. 

There was a woman who commented on how she liked my first post about (Uncle) Tommy, and told me all the ways she couldn't stand him; and recently, this same woman came back to my post a year later saying she just got through watching one of Tommy's newest videos literally minutes before she made a new comment on that same post. 

Now, as much as I want to point a finger and be critical of this woman, or ask myself, why don't Black men and women just stop watching Tommy's videos?; I can't be...because I know the reason they're doing this. And here it is...

Celebrity is a man made construct the white elite use to influence the masses. Period.

It's one of the greatest, if not the greatest propaganda tool known to mankind. They (the white elite) basically give certain talented people or persons (like sports teams) scandalous amounts of money and notoriety so the proletariat (us, working classes) will not only envy but live vicariously through them to make our lives seem a lot less mundane. 

'Cause if there's one thing the white elite know, it's that we--the working classes, don't like our jobs; or at least we don't like the fact that these jobs are at the nucleus of our lives.

Statistically, the majority of people suffer their first heart attack on Monday morning between the hours of 5 A.M. and 10 A.M. (and please don't take my word for this, go look it up); so they know the proletariat are going to jobs they don't like or outright hate, jobs that are in fact making us sick; so they give us the 'narcotic' of celebrity to ease the pain of our everyday lives. Especially if we're poor.
 
Now, they've bestowed this notoriety onto (Uncle) Tommy Sotomayor. And just like how people stalk or obsess over celebrities, the white elite have us jonesin' for the next 'fix' or 'hit' of Uncle Tommy.

Now, combine this with the fact that Uncle Tom is spewing out a white supremacist based, self-hating message that the Black Diaspora has been conditioned to respond to favorably; and you've got the elements that propegate someone's, especially a Black person's, addiction to Tommy Sotomayor. 

So, if you're a Black person who tends to think the worst of the Black Diaspora, you too will be a fan of (Uncle) Tommy's...just like I was. Now, if you're a person who says they don't like Uncle Tom but can't stop watching him, what I'm saying to you is this...I may not be able to make you give him up, but I can at least put you and my people up on the game that's being run on us with Tommy as a focal point. And the only way to solve this problem is to 'see' it first. 

So how do we solve this problem? 

I know I'm gonna' sound like a broken record, but it's through meditation. 

Only through reconditioning ourselves subconsciously, can we hope to be less attracted to Tommy's white supremacist message. 'Cause if you're still conditioned to hate yourself as a Black person, you're gonna' agree with Uncle Tommy, whether you know it or not...and you're gonna' continue to watch his videos. 

You got how this works now?

So, my message to the Black Diaspora again is this, like Dr. Francis Cress Welsing said (check out her classic book 'The Isis Papers'), Black love is revolutionary...and until we pluck the white supremacist conditioning out of our subconscious, we'll never get to a place where we love ourselves more than we love our white oppressors.
 
And we'll continue to stay stuck on stupid watching (Uncle) Tommy's videos. 

Black man and black woman...it's time we ween ourselves off our Tommy Sotomayor habit; and like any 12 step program will tell you...it's best done one day at a time.

Later...

MontUHURU Mimia