This morning I woke up feeling like a Mandalorian, chanting Childish Gambino's "This is America". For those who are into the Star Wars chain, a Mandalorian is a bounty hunter who embraces a simple principle, and conforms to complicity without judgement by reciting their mantra "This is the Way".
Last night, hopeful America was praying for a landslide, hoping this modern slave owner, will finally get the ass kicking he deserves, and is booted out the White House. Well, like four years ago, this is not happening right now. We are experiencing a flash back of disappointment. We might have avoided this disappointment, had we come to terms with the way America operates.
Here's a brief history lesson of America; it was discovered by lost explorers, who then claimed it, and brutally dismantled its indigenous people. Fast forward, America embraced slavery, and all existing states were involved, wasn't until after the Revolutionary war, the North abolished slavery, but they were still racist, for further information on this topic, read The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson. Slaves are freed, with a failed system of reconstruction and a prosperous immersion of Jim Crow. We then get some civil rights, and we're done! Ladies and Gentlemen, this is America, this is the way. We live in a country in which the founding principle is based on brutality, a caste system, racism and ideologies of supremacy.
Unfortunately, us hopefuls, are confident America is better than this, after all these acts were centuries ago, we're in a better place. I have to ask those who think like this, what were you watching this summer? All I saw was racial protest against police brutality, that were much needed, and startling COVID statistics, primarily compromising of essential workers, which oops were mainly Black and Brown folks. Compare to the above paragraph, not much has changed. Racism occurs in a myriad of ways. Some are blatant like Charlottesville, some are genocidal like COVID. It was funny how this nice term of "essential" was derived to represent those who had positions of servitude. Thinking back, a slave would have been essential. So, if we are so easily disposed, why would we think this country is ready for a women of color to hold the second highest position of the land? They beat and kill us whether forcibly or genocidal, and we think they're ready for Kamala!?!?!?
As folks became excited at the promise of a Kamala, Vice Presidency, did we forget, what is America? Were we so jaded at this prospect that we clearly disregarded history and our current climate. When I heard of her nomination all I could think was, what in the world was Biden's camp thinking of selecting Harris." Furthermore, why oh why did the "Black delegate" whoever they are, strongly recommend Harris, and felt it was justified due to the racial intensity of this country, for that very reason she should not have been selected. While Sorors were running around in colors, and practicing choreography. America was thinking "oh hell no, if Joe dies while in office, she'll be president" Don't front you all thought the same, and became OVERJOYED. The issue is they thought the same thing, but they weren't overjoyed. They barely accepted Obama, to the point they elected the anti-Obama. Do you think they would risk another negro at the top helm???? NOOOOO.
The Democratic establishment lacked vision and balls. The objective was to get this FUCKER out, not to appease black America. You could appease them by getting him out. Never underestimate intrinsic ideologies. They may not show it, but it's deep rooted. Haven't we been here before? We've all witnessed a country who thrives on capitalism, to the extent states refused to shut down during COVID for fear of an economic backlash, translation, money means more than life, mainly black and brown life; further translation "essential workers" you still have to come in. Right there alone, there's a genocidal vibe. We clearly were not the benefactors, and why would those who were positively impacted want to change the way.
As much as I believe Kamala would make a much better VP than Pence. I have no confidence in this country's ideology, it's embedded, carefully disguised, and unmasked when need be. The only thing we have left as Black and Brown is our money power. Either stop spending money on the unnecessary, and while you're at it stop supporting, Kanye, Ice Cube, 50 Cent, and Lil Wayne. If you have the ability to work from anywhere, now may be the time to consider a temporary ex-pat relocation. If you decide to stay you want may want to consider reviewing The Trump Survival Kit, posted in 2017. This is not our country, we were never wanted, only if we could be inferior with a purpose. This is America.....This is the Way!
Peace Out,
Blacktina
