Just a little rant...

I know it's been a while since my last post, but in the midst of prepping my return to school I have also found myself uninspired. Well that spell is over and today a surge of activist, black power, self appreciation and race disappointment overcame me. Yes...all of that...at once...needless to say, it was a bit overwhelming. What was more overwhelming is that this fit was encouraged as I watched Step Up 3D....no, this is not a spoiler. However, as I watched the movie (that I did not enjoy and could have waited until RedBox to watch), I realized that there was a surplus of white "hip hop" dancers and a lack of black dancers. While it sounds petty, I instantly got annoyed because of the current state of the hip hop industry. Yeah, it's pretty black. This thought then led to a reflection of movies such as The Temptations, The 5 Heartbeats, The Little Richard Story, etc. where there is a song that may originate with a black group, but is made popular by a white group....although we still may see the original as a classic today. Why is it that if it's white it's got to be right? And this isn't even just about the white audience...African Americans do it too. (...more on that later) All that I recognize is a pattern of plagiarism that is being accepted by our complacent community...and the plagiarists are doing a horrible job of duplicating the original work, but an excellent job of withholding credit to the originators. What's more, when blacks do attempt to create a predominantly black dance movie, it can't even be done correctly... what is that about? I'm just saying...

Next, black people, can we please stop blaming others for all of our issues? The last I checked, it is us killing ourselves, it is us not valuing life and not teaching the value of life and basics of survival to the generations rising behind us. Many people try to use the slavery excuse..."we're all messed up because of slavery", "we are an oppressed people" blah, blah, blah. That argument would be valid if half of the black community could spell slavery and if slavery wasn't the only piece of black history that our community cared to remember or even semi-care about. Otherwise, it is just another excuse from a community that doesn't seem to have the ability to do well for itself.

And why must we continue to call each other racists? Yet another excuse used to accept the unsatisfactory position that we are in. If you knew half of anything, you would know that while "every one's a bit racist," everyone holds discrimination...EVERYONE. So let's stop all this colorblind, "I have a black friend" crap... it's natural to judge. We all judge one another within the first seconds of meeting one another and cannot deny or control it. It is the actions that follow said judgments/ observations that determine once true race opinions. However, no one is beyond race so stop trying to be.

...can't say what I know with this one, but this is how I feel right now...