In the video posted of 18-year old Michael Brown, lying dead on the
street in Ferguson, MO., (the aftermath of a confrontation with police) a bystander can be heard saying, "Nigga laying dead in the street." I can't help but ponder how fitting an epitaph to the cycle of life and death in so-called Black America. Because from the moment Michael Brown and others of his kind are born until the moment they take that last breath on Earth, to their peers, they are nothing more than Niggas.
So if Michael Brown is just another dead nigga to his own kind, tossed amidst the heap of other dead niggas that will soon follow him to an early grave, then why the Hell are we making such a big deal over him? Why does anyone care if one more nigga is shot by the police or by another nigga, which is usually the case when you consider that millions of niggas have been shot by niggas over the last fifty years?
But for a few brief moments, perhaps even days, many non-Black Americans were willing to put themselves on the line for what appeared to have been yet another incident in which the police were out of control. They wanted to believe a gentle giant of a boy was gunned down in cold-blood for absolutely no reason. They wanted to believe he had his hands up and was in the act of surrendering to authority, but was shot anyway just because he was Black.
Then the looting began and people said; "Uh... well, we don't agree with the looting, but we understand... black people are angry and we kinda don't blame them even though looting and rioting doesn't make any sense what-so-ever. We still stand in solidarity with ours black brothas and sistas in St. Louis."
Then Blacks began tossing bricks from overpasses onto cars below and molotov cocktails at the police. This caused a ripple in the non-Black support -- it wavered, but they remained vigilant with protests across the country in support.
But then slowly as reporters began to do their jobs, the public discovered Michael Brown wasn't exactly a gentle giant and that he used his size to bully and intimidate smaller men to steal from them. Then we find out that Michael at some point, actually charged the police -- a giant -- charging the police.
To the Black community of Ferguson, MO., Michael Brown was worth considerably more as a dead nigga, than he was alive. Once the looting began, all the grieving, justice seeking residents were able to profit from the free electronics, booze, beauty products, shoes, etc., because the best kind of dead nigga was laying on the street -- a nigga shot by a cop.
They knew the score; 'We better get our steal-on, before everyone finds out that Michael was just another thug wanna-be.'
Folks, there is no need to wonder how things have come to this shameful state of existence; I will tell you plainly, in words that any thinking person can understand. I will tell you the same thing I have been saying for the last 50 years -- honed over the years as my knowledge grew, but essentially the same message, since the first of my colored friends began to call themselves black in 1964:
But for a few brief moments, perhaps even days, many non-Black Americans were willing to put themselves on the line for what appeared to have been yet another incident in which the police were out of control. They wanted to believe a gentle giant of a boy was gunned down in cold-blood for absolutely no reason. They wanted to believe he had his hands up and was in the act of surrendering to authority, but was shot anyway just because he was Black.
Then the looting began and people said; "Uh... well, we don't agree with the looting, but we understand... black people are angry and we kinda don't blame them even though looting and rioting doesn't make any sense what-so-ever. We still stand in solidarity with ours black brothas and sistas in St. Louis."
Then Blacks began tossing bricks from overpasses onto cars below and molotov cocktails at the police. This caused a ripple in the non-Black support -- it wavered, but they remained vigilant with protests across the country in support.
But then slowly as reporters began to do their jobs, the public discovered Michael Brown wasn't exactly a gentle giant and that he used his size to bully and intimidate smaller men to steal from them. Then we find out that Michael at some point, actually charged the police -- a giant -- charging the police.
To the Black community of Ferguson, MO., Michael Brown was worth considerably more as a dead nigga, than he was alive. Once the looting began, all the grieving, justice seeking residents were able to profit from the free electronics, booze, beauty products, shoes, etc., because the best kind of dead nigga was laying on the street -- a nigga shot by a cop.
They knew the score; 'We better get our steal-on, before everyone finds out that Michael was just another thug wanna-be.'
Folks, there is no need to wonder how things have come to this shameful state of existence; I will tell you plainly, in words that any thinking person can understand. I will tell you the same thing I have been saying for the last 50 years -- honed over the years as my knowledge grew, but essentially the same message, since the first of my colored friends began to call themselves black in 1964:
the ideology
of Blackness/Black Culture -- being a
Black people by choice and affirmation -- is merely
the sympathetic embarrassment of a racist, Anglo-
Saxon ideology that says; Blacks, Coloreds, Negroes,
and Mulattoes are good for nothing other than being
slaves/servants and niggers, and they are inferior to
whites!
the sympathetic embarrassment of a racist, Anglo-
Saxon ideology that says; Blacks, Coloreds, Negroes,
and Mulattoes are good for nothing other than being
slaves/servants and niggers, and they are inferior to
whites!
Add to this, the deadly mixture of a Black people's insistence upon worshipping the false gods of their former masr', and the truth is that Black people actually believe they are inferior to whites and everyone else. The proof is in the rioting and looting that occurred as a result of the shooting. The proof is in their refusal to compete in the classroom, with 50 to 70 percent of inner city Blacks teens who are illiterate.
To commit violence against their own neighborhood, which includes the very people who have provided services to them for years, i.e., the businesses they looted, is the epitome of a people who feel inferior, helpless, and powerless. I'm sure it wouldn't be a stretch to say that a neighborhood so quick to resort to lawlessness in the wake of the deadly shooting, is probably the kind of place that attracts a certain type of mentality from the police officers who work there.
Over the last few days, the behavior of Blacks in Ferguson can only be described as;
a. Characterized by the absence of light
b. Thoroughly sinister or evil - wicked -
indicative of condemnation, or discredit
c. Connected with or invoking the devil
d. very sad, gloomy, or calamitous - marked by
the occurrence of disaster
e. Characterized by hostility, or angry
discontent
In other words, they have become the very meaning of the word black. This is what I saw beginning to happen in 1964, to a once stalwart, courageous, family-oriented, hardworking, education-first people of color, as a result of embracing an ideology of death = Blackness. Yes, many can rise from the malaise of Blackness through various different avenues, but the closer one is to the ghetto and poverty, the Blacker one tends to be.
As each day passes, and more negative information about Michael Brown, the neighborhood, and the businesses now ruined by looting comes to light, I predict this shooting in St. Louis will become a veritable nightmare for inner city Blacks everywhere. Yes, a nightmare, because the memo is going out right now as we speak to every city in America, in which there is a ghetto. The message is simple:
"What happened in Ferguson, can happen in your
city, so be prepared!"
This shooting in St. Louis, and it's aftermath has done more harm to race relations in this country, than any other single event since the 1968 riots. All because they rallied the world to protest the shooting of a young man that didn't have enough sense to behave in the presence of police officers!
To commit violence against their own neighborhood, which includes the very people who have provided services to them for years, i.e., the businesses they looted, is the epitome of a people who feel inferior, helpless, and powerless. I'm sure it wouldn't be a stretch to say that a neighborhood so quick to resort to lawlessness in the wake of the deadly shooting, is probably the kind of place that attracts a certain type of mentality from the police officers who work there.
Over the last few days, the behavior of Blacks in Ferguson can only be described as;
a. Characterized by the absence of light
b. Thoroughly sinister or evil - wicked -
indicative of condemnation, or discredit
c. Connected with or invoking the devil
d. very sad, gloomy, or calamitous - marked by
the occurrence of disaster
e. Characterized by hostility, or angry
discontent
As each day passes, and more negative information about Michael Brown, the neighborhood, and the businesses now ruined by looting comes to light, I predict this shooting in St. Louis will become a veritable nightmare for inner city Blacks everywhere. Yes, a nightmare, because the memo is going out right now as we speak to every city in America, in which there is a ghetto. The message is simple:
"What happened in Ferguson, can happen in your
city, so be prepared!"
This shooting in St. Louis, and it's aftermath has done more harm to race relations in this country, than any other single event since the 1968 riots. All because they rallied the world to protest the shooting of a young man that didn't have enough sense to behave in the presence of police officers!
I'm not justifying the police actions, but there are countless reports and YouTube videos no less of police officers behaving badly towards Black people. So it doesn't take a genius to figure out that becoming ensnared in activities that require police attention is probably not a good idea. But in the event one is confronted by a police officer, why give 'em a reason to put you down?
Less than 100 years ago, a white man could murder a Negro in Texas, in cold blood, and get away with it. Why, because they had an old saying down in the south;
"A dog's life is worth more than a Nigger."
It is 2014 and the sympathetic embracement of White racist ideology shows its ugly head every day in ghettoes across this country, where the life of a Nigga isn't worth much more than a diss, a pair of sneakers, or a dime bag of weed. But a dead nigga shot by a cop, is worth his weight in looted gold and political capital by the NAACP, the Black Panthers, and race-baiters like Sharpton, Farrakhan, Jackson, and POTUS -- go figure.
By Herman Williams III
Less than 100 years ago, a white man could murder a Negro in Texas, in cold blood, and get away with it. Why, because they had an old saying down in the south;
"A dog's life is worth more than a Nigger."
It is 2014 and the sympathetic embracement of White racist ideology shows its ugly head every day in ghettoes across this country, where the life of a Nigga isn't worth much more than a diss, a pair of sneakers, or a dime bag of weed. But a dead nigga shot by a cop, is worth his weight in looted gold and political capital by the NAACP, the Black Panthers, and race-baiters like Sharpton, Farrakhan, Jackson, and POTUS -- go figure.
By Herman Williams III
