“It is important to understand and realize [that] the political leadership does not reflect the will of the American people. It’s time for us to dig down [deep in] our souls and redefine American greatness”
New Orleans native Wynton Marsalis on CNN – 9/4/05
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As the floodwaters recede and the bloated and crushed dead bodies are collected from New Orleans and Mississippi, many people who have not been affected by Hurricane Katrina are turning their televisions back to MTV and the Style channel and getting back to their normal lives. Well I can tell you, normal is relative.
As we have all witnessed, many if not most of the victims are Black. Unfortunately, as I have also seen, there are many Negroes that do not seem to grasp the severity of the situation. On message boards across the Internet, I have seen idiotic displays of internal racism splashed across my Dell pc in manners that I cannot fully describe. Negro ignorance will surely translate into further Black suffering if those who are conscious and ready to act fail to do so. Although I am certain that some of those posting on the Black message boards are not Black, for those that are Negro and have been making ignorant and clearly uninformed statements against the interests of your race, you sicken me. You are not rational, you are not normal.
I must applaud Kanye West for his unwritten and clearly emotional statements made a few days ago where he criticized the way Blacks have been treated in this catastrophe. Without regard for the consequences, repercussions and even bashing by some of his own people, Kanye stated in front of the entire world, “George Bush doesn’t care about Black people.” Wow! I couldn’t have said it better myself. I must question the reason why NBC did not air Kanye’s statements to its West Coast viewers (don't worry, I knew they were going to edit it out). I believe news is news and it is very irresponsible of a network to edit statements just because the people that run the networks may not agree with such statements. Many people have also said that while they agree with Kanye’s statements, they feel that he made the right statement at the wrong time. How the hell do you figure? When exactly do these people propose would be a good time? When nobody’s listening versus when everyone is listening? No wonder Nat Turner got caught. There is always a Negro snitch. There is always a Negro who wants to eat a better piece of pork from the massa’s plate instead of owning the whole plantation. Dumb ass niggas, I hate them! They are not normal.
Of course we know that the media will ALWAYS try to find a Negro to refute what a Black man has said, but Negroes don’t even make it hard on the media. They come out in force like, “here we is, we gone tell ya that not all us nigletts think Kanye was right.” I was watching Carol Lin of CNN interview Bishop T.D. Jakes last night. Damn, Lin was asking Jakes (who was sitting up there looking like a big, black pimp) if he agreed or at least shared the sentiments of Kanye West and Jakes just plain ignored her questions. He claimed to be outraged by the scenes that we have all witnessed, but he suggested that we should “check our bells and whistles” and investigate what happened. Nigga, we know what happened. Bush flew to San Diego even though he knew what was going on. He is the first person is the goddamned country to be briefed on the situation. How dare he go give a speech someplace? Oh yeah, he did that during 9-11 too. He probably wanted to stay consistent.
Anyway, back to Jakes, a backwoods preacher who has a flock of followers that number in the tens of thousands. No wonder he didn’t criticize Bush yesterday. He was on camera jiggin with Bush this morning when Bush came back to the crippled area. Boy was he cheesin’ and a grinning. I thought he was gonna start tap dancing next to Bush, but his ugly ass suit was probably too tight. Wake up people, stop following these snake charmers who have been chosen by God to have you buy them private jets and Phantom Rolls Royces. These people are not normal.
I have to say that there are people out there that have not been afraid to speak up and really voice their emotions and pleas. Those are the people who know that if Paris Hilton had been stuck at the New Orleans Convention Center - the Army would have bulldozed every Black person blocking her path to get to her and rescue her from peril. Don’t let me get started on Condoleezza Rice. She better know that had she accidentally found herself in The Big Easy without her ID, she might have been one of the ones run over by the Paris Hilton rescue squad. Do you know that dear ole Condi was in New York buying shoes as Black babies died from dehydration? Then she had the nerve to show up at an Alabama church a week later. Funny how I didn’t see Bush, Cheney, Rice or Rumsfeld or any of those other clowns show up in the city of New Orleans proper. Didn't see them on Canal Street in front of the burned out Foot Locker. The cameras didn't "photo-op" them next to the bloated dead body on Poydras. Didn’t see them at any of the Black shelters - just at the white ones. Hmmm, go figure. But that my friends, for the current US Administration and many in America as a whole, is normal.
only by WASET © 2005
Stay tuned for more coming later today...
As we have all witnessed, many if not most of the victims are Black. Unfortunately, as I have also seen, there are many Negroes that do not seem to grasp the severity of the situation. On message boards across the Internet, I have seen idiotic displays of internal racism splashed across my Dell pc in manners that I cannot fully describe. Negro ignorance will surely translate into further Black suffering if those who are conscious and ready to act fail to do so. Although I am certain that some of those posting on the Black message boards are not Black, for those that are Negro and have been making ignorant and clearly uninformed statements against the interests of your race, you sicken me. You are not rational, you are not normal.
I must applaud Kanye West for his unwritten and clearly emotional statements made a few days ago where he criticized the way Blacks have been treated in this catastrophe. Without regard for the consequences, repercussions and even bashing by some of his own people, Kanye stated in front of the entire world, “George Bush doesn’t care about Black people.” Wow! I couldn’t have said it better myself. I must question the reason why NBC did not air Kanye’s statements to its West Coast viewers (don't worry, I knew they were going to edit it out). I believe news is news and it is very irresponsible of a network to edit statements just because the people that run the networks may not agree with such statements. Many people have also said that while they agree with Kanye’s statements, they feel that he made the right statement at the wrong time. How the hell do you figure? When exactly do these people propose would be a good time? When nobody’s listening versus when everyone is listening? No wonder Nat Turner got caught. There is always a Negro snitch. There is always a Negro who wants to eat a better piece of pork from the massa’s plate instead of owning the whole plantation. Dumb ass niggas, I hate them! They are not normal.
Of course we know that the media will ALWAYS try to find a Negro to refute what a Black man has said, but Negroes don’t even make it hard on the media. They come out in force like, “here we is, we gone tell ya that not all us nigletts think Kanye was right.” I was watching Carol Lin of CNN interview Bishop T.D. Jakes last night. Damn, Lin was asking Jakes (who was sitting up there looking like a big, black pimp) if he agreed or at least shared the sentiments of Kanye West and Jakes just plain ignored her questions. He claimed to be outraged by the scenes that we have all witnessed, but he suggested that we should “check our bells and whistles” and investigate what happened. Nigga, we know what happened. Bush flew to San Diego even though he knew what was going on. He is the first person is the goddamned country to be briefed on the situation. How dare he go give a speech someplace? Oh yeah, he did that during 9-11 too. He probably wanted to stay consistent.
Anyway, back to Jakes, a backwoods preacher who has a flock of followers that number in the tens of thousands. No wonder he didn’t criticize Bush yesterday. He was on camera jiggin with Bush this morning when Bush came back to the crippled area. Boy was he cheesin’ and a grinning. I thought he was gonna start tap dancing next to Bush, but his ugly ass suit was probably too tight. Wake up people, stop following these snake charmers who have been chosen by God to have you buy them private jets and Phantom Rolls Royces. These people are not normal.
I have to say that there are people out there that have not been afraid to speak up and really voice their emotions and pleas. Those are the people who know that if Paris Hilton had been stuck at the New Orleans Convention Center - the Army would have bulldozed every Black person blocking her path to get to her and rescue her from peril. Don’t let me get started on Condoleezza Rice. She better know that had she accidentally found herself in The Big Easy without her ID, she might have been one of the ones run over by the Paris Hilton rescue squad. Do you know that dear ole Condi was in New York buying shoes as Black babies died from dehydration? Then she had the nerve to show up at an Alabama church a week later. Funny how I didn’t see Bush, Cheney, Rice or Rumsfeld or any of those other clowns show up in the city of New Orleans proper. Didn't see them on Canal Street in front of the burned out Foot Locker. The cameras didn't "photo-op" them next to the bloated dead body on Poydras. Didn’t see them at any of the Black shelters - just at the white ones. Hmmm, go figure. But that my friends, for the current US Administration and many in America as a whole, is normal.
only by WASET © 2005
Stay tuned for more coming later today...
11 comments:
This is serious!!!!!!!!!! I am proud of you and look forward to more... I'm going to send this to my ENTIRE list of 20,000.
Hasan
All of us concerned about the Hurricane Katrina victims...it is time to STOP talking about it and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!! I for one am VERY tired of talking about it!!! I will be on my Book Tour in Texas during the week of September 10th, but I am STOPPING the middle of my tour to go to the victims and volunteer in the shelters...helping to get supplies, food and clothing...speaking with and praying with as many victims as I can.
Peace,
~Mikaylah Simone (www.msimone.com)
u are too much, but so on point. You keep it real. I love the blogs... and yes, normal is relative!
Kanye West said what many of us are afraid to look at straight in the eye. It is as 'mph' said, 'these racists are like the radical islamist' when it comes to hating us. It is like a disease for them.
I don't say this because it is an excuse. It is a fact! I live everyday knowing that most white people don't like me and I can never be convinced otherwise.
I hope that all of this is a wake up call for black people to start using our $900 billion yearly economy for something collectively & beneficial or we could get hit worse than this in the future.
'Wake up Black People. God is warning us and exposing our open enemy. It is time to start trusting God & not man.'
J. Williams
TELL THAT SHIZNIT WASET!!! THAT'S THE TRUTH YOU SPEAK SISTA!!!
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Hello there WASET,
It's good to see that you are continuing to dig deeeeeeeep into our elected leaders asses. Hopefully your subscriber base has grown from the original few of us that started with you. As a business owner, I've been letting everyone I have contact with know about your powerful views. Just wanted to let you know that you have at least 1 of your original readers that hasn't left you. Have a great day and definitely keep up the great work.
ZX1
I'm with you all the way. If we don't realize by now that there is a set up against us, then we got to be full fledged crazy. We are at war. Just think of the lop sided populations in the prisons (biggest money maker since slavery), the AIDS, mentally ill, and especially drugs (that's how they get us) Greed and Hatred are running rampent and...we turn back to "American Idol"?
Solution: In the money chile, Cooperative economics. Patronize legitimate black businesses. And beat the shit out of these children stupid enough to not know that the guns (planted) and stupid paid gangsta rappers (can't sing) are all part of the big ole set up. Yeah I know that they're crack babies and damaged foster children mad at the church folks for not seeing them. Hats and furs too big I guess. But for real we have to be examples of self love. Any time you can point a gun at someone who looks just like you (for no reason that makes sense). It's self hatred. Our folks hate themselves (lack of knowledge of self). We must speak to one another and tell those under us to speak to those under them. We have to stop this scrutinizing to find fault (we've become experts) and seek out the Good in one another, it's there.
Well, Gotta go, nice communicating with you.
Stay Positive...there are others...
AK
I APPLAUD YOU ON YOUR COMMENTS, ESPECIALLY REGARDING SOME OF THE OUTRAGEOUS VIEWS OF OUR OWN PEOPLE.
HOWEVER, I AM STILL MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THE "FORCED MIGRATION" OF HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF AFRICAN AMERICANS FROM THEIR HOMES AND ROOTS OF MANY GENERATIONS. THE ONLY WAY ANYONE CAN JUSTIFY SENDING THESE PEOPLE SO FAR AWAY WOULD BE TO TAKE AWAY WHAT LITTLE THEY HAVE LEFT, THEIR PROPERTY, SO THAT DEVELOPERS CAN REBUILD A MORE UPSCALE NEW ORLEANS WITH TOWNHOMES AND CONDOS. FURTHERMORE, WITH ALL THE REPORTS COMING IN OF CHILDREN AND PARENTS BEING REUNITED, ITS CLEAR NO MORE FORETHOUGHT OR PREPARATION WAS GIVEN TO KEEPING EVACUATING FAMILIES INTACT THAN PREPARATION FOR DISASTER RELIEF.
On a different note, it is a humbling realization that all of the victims of the hurricane are homeless. I wonder how the people who have always been homeless (in various cities of the USA) are taking the nations attention on this situation. People are instantly sending items and money, yet we continue to ignore the homeless faces that have always existed.
Waset, it's Hi-Lo slapping the keys of steel and applauding you once again. You ain't said nothin' but a word! Keep droppin' them bombs, girl! Did you notice all the counties Bush mentioned in his speech were where rich WHITE FOLKS stay? Like we wouldn't catch that?! I guess brown folks can't hear or read, huh?
Although, I agree with Kanye West's comments...I feel like he expressed the same thoughts that have been expressed by many on the media. I applaud him for using a live telecast to voice his/our opinions.
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