Black People can't be GHETTO

                  

                   Black people can't be Ghetto

First off, the use of the word ghetto has become synonymous with urban areas. Ghetto has become almost exclusive to Black people in this country. This is erroneous and biased to say the least. Black people are not ghetto, nor did Black folks make the community a ghetto, it was the ghetto when Black folks got there.

 We all know the story of how Africans were brought to this country to work on plantations.  During the industrial revolution, many Freedmen migrated from southern rural areas into urban areas of the United States. Many of them moved into northern cities that were heavily populated.  These cities were also segregated.  There were many divisions among European ethnic groups. During this time in American history the social construct of whiteness had not been fully established. This means that there was more tribalism among European Americans. They did not see themselves as one unique group there was much infighting among them. There was tension between the Polish and the Italian, the German and the French, the British and the Irish so on and so forth.

The Jewish people had been severely oppressed in Germany and had been segregated in that society. sources click here The areas of town that the Jewish people were given to live in were called the Ghettos. So,

 

when they immigrated to this country they were relegated to their own area of town as segregation would dictate. Not only did they bring their own language to the communities, they brought the name as well: you guessed it they called it the Ghetto.

As we stated earlier the migration of former slaves into urban communities found them unable to find places to live due to housing laws. This is when the Jewish families began renting their old homes to the new Black population. They became the landlords of the modern era. Many of those families remain the landlords in African American communities today. Ghetto is a Jewish word let them have it back.

Black History Month; a double standard

          Black history month the double standard.....

Black history month was started by Dr. Carter G Woodson. The celebration began with Black history day then on to Black history week ,then finally it became a month long celebration. Urban legend has it that the shortest month of the year was given but this is not true. February was chosen to for the Black history month because Fredrick Douglass as well as Abraham Lincoln both have birthdays in this month. See our sources.....

ack history month has been high jacked by the upper class highly educated Black folks (the Black bourgeoisie). We speak very little about the washer women, Pullman porters, the jitneys, all the folks who held it down for Black development. The real Black history is a story of achievement through sorrow. Hallelujah anyhow, we do a disservice hiding our faces from the harsh realities that life presented. Black history is a grotesque tapestry of struggle and pain adorned with lofty victories.

Respected historians say that the pages of  Black history are the missing pages of world history. African American history is filled with challenges and circumstances that we hope to never see again. Black people have achieved some of the most distinguished positions in our society. Our people have been inventors, poets, soldiers, doctors and the list goes on and on. If we are honest though many African Americans found themselves degraded, cast out, beaten, also burned, maimed or killed.  There is no way to reconcile the two very distinct instances of American life.






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Have you forgotten the sufferings of those who sacrificed their lives their dignity and self-respect?  Do we dare undermine the legacy of longsuffering by neglecting to look upon those gruesome images?  Have we become so cultured that we forget those who paved the way? Innocent blood was shed many times simply for entertainment.  We must not celebrate our Thurgood Marshalls our Frederick Douglass, and our Shirley Chisolm’s without remembering those scores of unnamed graves where the ancestors lay.

If we believe that the images of black suffering are so intolerable to look upon, what must it have felt like to have had to endure such a time.  For that reason alone, you should take the time to look back at the sufferings that made black successes possible. Do you only celebrate Black success in your brand of black history?

Coon Chicken Inn Stereotypes that shaped a nation

                   The Coon Chicken Inn:
              Are you a coon or a coon lover?

 Before we begin, the purpose here is to spread this information so that it will not be forgotten and hopefully not repeated. 
There have been spoofs and parodies made to this iconic American eatery. So much so that some people say that it never really existed. According to the grandson of the owners of the franchise the place was very real and very lucrative from the 1920's through the 1950's. The story of the founders is one of pure capitalism and the genius of American business. After losing at business in other investments the owners bought a small food stand and began selling food. There is much to be said of how the Blackman's image sells products.  Read from the source here!!!!!!!!

 People say how much Black people love chicken. Even today black people  are called coon. Therefore it is not a stretch to associate institutions such as the Coon Chicken Inn with forming the type of  popular culture we have today.

 It is easy to understand how this type of thing would not be a big deal to many readers. The issue is for those people who find themselves at the brunt end of the joke. The chicken loving coon archetype in the logo helped to spread the stereotype of black folks and chicken. In American pop culture an African American male is the ever childlike brute with a strong body and a big warm smile. Smiling happy negroes eating fried chicken is a stereotype as American as apple pie.

Could racist notions be woven into the fabric of America? Are black people forever burdened with the stereotypes that shaped the minds and hearts of  the baby boomer generation? These questions seem pointless that is until we examine the popular culture of today and see that the image has not changed much. All blame cannot be placed on this type of imagery,quite often the contemporary African Americans refer to themselves as savage and coon among other derogatory words.

The Coon Chicken Inn and institutions like it were normal at a time in history. Nowadays  we would not allow such blatant disrespect an ethnic group in this way. At least not publicly. In our contemporary American society the problem is not to be a racist bigot; the problem is to give the appearance of one. So to see the Black scholars and successful people. Even though they have millions of dollars and are brilliant business minds, most people will only see them as a contemporary coon.

Trump was the Apprentice Reagan was the master.

                                             Trump is the Apprentice.

We all know our president from the TV show The Apprentice, the question is if Donald Trump is the apprentice. If so, who is the master? This is important now more than ever. We must investigate the connections between Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. We have pictures of them together going back many years and it is

unclear the nature of their relationship. It is also unclear whether or not they have any relationship at all; however the absence of evidence does not mean evidence of absence. We believe and understand "that there are known knowns and unknown unknowns", as Mr. Rumsfeld so eloquently put it. With this being said let’s go right into our comparisons we see that both men were television stars before becoming president. Both men in the eyes of the silent majority of Americans , people in the heartland of the USA are viewed as heroes. Many of these people live by the I am white and I say so mentality. They feel there is no room for the other, which is to say if it is white then it is right. Not many of these people did nor would ever vote for president 44, for obvious reasons. As part of that white backlash, there began to be a resurgence of the racial bigotry that some say made America great. Upon examination of the American national epic we see the expansion of this Republic  is at the expense of the others or non-white populations. There must be winners and losers for Capitalism to work. As long as there has been an American the losers seem to be colored people (people of color).

During the 1980s Donald trump became a wealthy man in his own right. Although he was born into a wealthy business family; we cannot ignore the old saying  "a penny saved is a penny earned". Therefore to belittle his success would be dishonest. To say the very least Mr. Trump build his name into something synonymous with the lifestyles of the rich and famous. For decades Mr. Trump has been a business icon and more recently he became a television star. As we examine his life and listen to his political rhetoric it is easy to see that he understands Americans very well. The psyche if you will of the average American citizen. That person who believes that Benjamin Franklin discovered electricity with a kite during a thunderstorm. Those people we believe that Christopher Columbus discovered America. Those people who believe that America is a white Christian nation and that everyone else is here to serve under their leadership. Those people are his base.

Many of middle America believe that Ronald Reagan was the greatest president of all time. Many republicans say that during the Reagan years America, was at its best. These are a few parallels that we must scrutinize. Mr. Trump and Mr. Reagan had very little experience in governments,(even though Regan was Gov) both of their cabinets filled with people who are more accomplished and they both became household names because of their roles on television. This is important because their candidacies depended upon celebrity status. Also many voters perception of them was taken from the roles played on television. For instance many people believe that Mr. Reagan was a great war hero and experienced enough to handle being the head of our military with no experience. In the same manner Mr. Trump for years built his iconic name but more recently has become a household name and respected in the boardroom on the apprentice.  This show gave the American people the confidence in his character to believe he is a great businessman and competent enough to run the nation. These parallels alone are enough to begin to speculate when we have come to the conclusion that Donald trump was not looking for an apprentice, he was the apprentice.

Trump is 'THE LAST DON"

                                                 Trump is the last Don

Now more than ever before Americans are asking questions. People question religion, gender roles , information, the list goes on and on. In this type of climate and age of information it is no wonder that the power structure or ruling wealthy elite types would try to hold on to authority as long as possible. Now before you write this off as another conspiracy piece check out the video for more clarity on this argument that he is "THE LAST DON.

Donald John Trump did not win the popular vote. There have been violently destructive protests all over the United States. More people turned out to protest than came out to celebrate the presidential inauguration. in light of this information it would be dishonest to overlook how he was elected. Also it may prove beneficial to understand why the people who put president Trump into office had to gain from his rise to power. What is the real problems when millions of Americans are calling for the repeal of "Obamacare" when they are the very people who benefit from the bill. Couple that with the staggering fact that most Trump voters believe that the Affordable Care Act and "Obamacare" are two different laws. We have a problem in this country but it is much deeper than that bill.








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The major reason Trump looks Trumped-up is because the truth is that there are too many people to name that were poised to have been the nominee any American could see from the very start that the fix was in. Simply because we know that traditionally American politics have a puritanical vibe. Candidates have always been expected to have a moral character. If you do not understand then you are probably not from the old school. Those folks who said that Trump was not electable are of that school of thought. This is why the electoral college is in place to ensure a certain type of power structure. Now we have fun and connect the dots.