While watching the news some time ago, I saw Cam Newton present the good ol’ black power salute. We all have seen that salute, but what exactly is it supposed to signify? How is black power manifested? I had never really thought much about it. I just considered it an act of defiance or some such, but upon further reflection it really is a puzzle, so there are some fair questions that I think need to be asked, but if they aren’t, let me know.
Is it black power for blacks who choose to become educated and successful are ridiculed for acting white by those blacks who are lazy and will never amount to anything? The acting white crowd do this because they know that they can’t go through life blaming their pathetic existence on whitey, while the targets of their attacks have shown that whitey isn’t holding them back.
Is it black power when blacks who are chartered members of the race hustle industry, attack those blacks who choose to be free thinkers as Uncle Toms, Oreos, and houseboys. Those in the race hustle industry are not opposed to education and success like the acting white crowd, because many of them have that. They are just want to impose an ideological slavery on all blacks. Isn’t it interesting how slavery in all of its various forms always comes from the Left?
Is it black power to have an out of wedlock birth rate exceeding seventy percent? Is it black power to kill each other off in numbers that are genocidal, maybe better described as geno-suicidal which makes unjustified police shootings look like child’s play? Is it black power to demand welfare in the form of reparations for something they were never victims of? Is it black power to commit crimes at astronomical rates and instead of not committing the crimes, demand to not be punished accordingly? Is it black power to demand lower employment qualifications? Does four plus four not equal eight for everyone? Is it black power to knock-out unsuspecting pedestrians? Are all of these fair questions?
Where is all of this black power? Well, I can tell you exactly where I think it is. It resides in the hearts and souls of those blacks who resist the pressure to conform, play the victim, and to remain uneducated and unsuccessful. The pressure to conform is broad and deep, and their ability to resist it is commendable. These blacks whether they know it or not, are the examples going forward, and are the beacon of light at the end of the tunnel for all other blacks to strive for. We hear them every day and everywhere, and their numbers are growing, decrying the habits of failure that have doomed a too large a segment of the black population to poverty. All blacks who are unhappy with their situation, and young blacks who want to believe in a future, should look to these individuals as their role models, and even their heroes. The habits they will learn from these individuals will take to their Promised Land.
It isn’t about the blobs, the black blob, the white blob, or the brown, red, or yellow blobs. It is about the individual, and the decisions each individual makes toward self-improvement or self-destruction. Stack good decision upon good decision, and the outcome will be good. Stack bad upon bad, and happiness will be unreachable. The whitey made me do it excuse is wearing thin and will not result in anything beneficial for blacks. It certainly is fair to point out unjust treatment, but it is also fair to point out bad personal behaviors that are actually the cause so many of the so-called injustices. Black power….walk it or talk it.