I’m Not A Nigger, I’m A Man

I really wanted to inject some original thought into Jimmy “Baldwinizing” on the vestiges of America’s most peculiar institution,  Nasir powering through on Jay Elect’s creation, or Ali juking the hell out of America but … why bother? If this needs to be interpreted for you then there is a good chance you just might be in the wrong place friend.

 

Why Does Malcolm X Still Make America So Damn Uncomfortable?

I’m not one to go about commemorating the “death anniversary” of just about anyone. I don’t find it especially prudent to make light of the day one human being thought it necessary to cut short the journey of another, it just doesn’t sit well with me. Frankly though, the lack of acknowledgment by anyone but those who consider the man a hero irks me just enough to get this point across: Malcolm X scares the shit out of  America.

Yes, I am starting with the premise that Malcolm X still puts the fear of God in the hearts of many Americans. I would say simply “White America” but then I’d just be playing the game my damn self, too fearful to take “Black America” to task as well for moving away from him (cough) Obama (cough). It’s impossible to attribute his relegation to some dark corner of history to much of anything else. I mean there has to be a reason someone as large as he was doesn’t have a holiday right? Why does this man make my country men so uncomfortable?

Blogger: Early Blogging*

Recently I recovered postings I did in my earliest days of blogging. Reading past posts from just a few short years ago can tell you a lot about how you have you changed and a lot about how you’ve stayed the same. Many thoughts and earlier musings of mines were reactionary and whiny, however gems can be gleamed in them all. I made no real corrections for basic spelling or grammatical errors, the posts are very much “as is.” Instead of hiding anything I’ve said in the past, like some I would even go as far to call ill informed and narrow-minded, I instead take pleasure in sharing them with you. So, look for posts dating from December 2005 – March 2008 with the tag “Blogger: Early Blogging*”

Growth, progress and critical self-examination  are powerful tools of long-term development.

Honduras: Democracy, Legitimacy, & Patriotism

You might have missed it because the level of coverage that it’s received nationally has been sparse at best but there was a “coup d’etat” in Honduras. As coups that involve the military go, this one was a “relatively” bloodless process. Being of Haitian descent, I think I know a thing or two about the history of these sort of things. Though, there does seem to be some disagreement of how gingerly the soldiers who abducted the President (in his pajamas no less) dragged him from his bedroom. One thing was clear from the onset, both sides were preparing to dig in.