This is some really exciting stuff...
As many of you have already heard the story of Professor Henry Louis Gates arrest by a Cambridge police officer... Culturally Speaking, we as a people have come a long way but (big phat signifying but in the room) for the black man, we have a long way to go yet...
Professor Gates told the Ap:
"This isn't about me; this is about the vulnerability of black men in America," Gates said.
He said the incident made him realize how vulnerable poor people and minorities are "to capricious forces like a rogue policeman, and this man clearly was a rogue policeman..."
I am sorry to say, but (a big phat capricious but in the room) this incident it is a paramont moment for the black man in America... For many of us, this type of behavior goes on everyday... It took a high profile "Black man" being treated like "all the rest of us" before it become a national news issue... Yes, it took this incident for all the fortunate hard working prosperous successful black men to come the "Realization" that regardless to how high you climb, "you still be a black man!!!"
Wow...
I am having a "it's about time moment!!!"
The irony here is that we have a black President, a black governer, and a black mayor yet this kind of stuff still goes on... Dahhhhhhhhh!!!
"What is that about???"
Now I hope Professor Gates does not allow this issue to die without addressing it fully... We as a people are constantly degraded, accused, misused, profiled and the like without cause and when one of us with some clout get the opportunity to speak up; generally we don't... Now it is time for Professor Gates "to do the Right thing," stand up for the brothas...
Culturally speaking, if Rosa Parks had not sat down, Dr. King could not have stood up... Sometimes it takes something like this for something to happen...
Wow...
This is also ironic that this incident comes on the heels of CNN's Soledad O'brien "Black in America 2." The first B-N-A was so negative and sterotypical it was degrading to US(A) as a people... I hope this time Soledad get's it right... If she really wants to make it right, she should request a one -on -one with Professor Gates... She could start a dialogue of the injustices we suffer on a daily basis... No one has to look far to find stories of "the Gates saga" in cities around the country... In my post, "the many faces of Fayetteville NC," a young African American honor roll student was shoot in the back for walking black in his own community... The sad part of this story is that you can't drop the charges on a dead man... Professor Gates should think about that... We have had a spree of shooting by the Police that have gone unanswered by our so-called black leaders... Maybe now that the Police have taken the gloves off and are targetting them too, they ( black leaders) will stand up and speak up...
In my post, "The Audacity of the House Niggers," I address the issue of our "do nothing" favored... It seems that when we as a people reach a certain level in society, we forget from where we came... This is a grave misfortune for all of US(A)... It is time for the "Professor Gates's" in our community to stand up for those of us that can't draw the national attention as they can and "do the right thing!!!"
"Do you feel me???"
"I know you do..."
"Let me hear you say, "Yes, yes, yes we can!!!""
Wow...
This is some really exciting stuff...
As a "Culturally Conscious African American Male" this is not just another new story... This is a life matter... A matter of life and death for "black men" everywhere...
"Professor Gates, black men around the nation are depending on you to shine a bright like on this matter for all of our sakes..."
"Pres. Obama: "The Audacity of the "Signifying Monkey!!!"""
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