Dear Everyone who doesn’t consider themselves apart of BLACK America. I come to you in pure peace. Not to excite the atmosphere, but to shine light into the reality of the matter. This open letter/essay will not be filled with proper english (I meant to do that), nor will I be gentle in the way I paint the picture of hatred we face on a day to day basis. I know you don’t want to face reality, but I need you to understand that the reality you ignore will one day become the demise of your privileged existence.
Privilege. You have been a privileged majority for as long as BLACK people can remember. We have been your slaves….your boys….your niggers….your thugs….your secret sides pieces bearing your blue eyed brown skin children, and now your targets….and WE ARE TIRED. We have befriended you, worked beside you, worked for you, voted for you, supported your causes – even when ours went unsupported, been your scapegoat, played your ball, entertained you, and loved you, but you have never once properly THANKED US for any of it. You have watched us march, fight, cry, bury sons and daughters, and you still ask “WHY ARE WE SO ANGRY”. Well you want to know why we are so angry…….its because we have for so long been accused and misused for the greatness of your story – the great white hype.
WE ARE FUCKING MAD. Excuse my language…naw….FUCK that. We are tired of apologizing for being expressive, loud, energetic, and passionate about our feelings. We no longer want your handouts of false hope and care when there still are no laws that exist to provide us the justice that is claimed to be for you and me. NOPE! We no longer want it. We want you to final give us the validity of respect and honor we deserve. We built this shitty country when you stole our FREE BLACK asses from Africa. This is our land…not yours. Don’t forget that YOUR shady forefathers STOLE this land just like you consistently steal our CULTURE.
Wannabees. I know what it is….LMAO. You really want to be ME. You want to be US. You know the POWER that exudes through our essence and try to imitate it, but you FAIL each and every time. You call this caramel chocolate man (bro), but DUDE we ain’t brothers. You don’t understand the meaning of the slang word bro, but for you it’s a cool way to show that you care just enough to make US believe that you are not like them. You are the secret frenemy. Funny. We see through ALL that shit. You don’t post our stories or share in our constant torture. HELL NO! You want our music, our dance, our athletic ability, our beauty, and our never ending inability to fold to your stupidity and cowardly courage. You see me, but you don’t want to live this life as ME. So naw bro…you can’t hang with me.
Ya’ll thought that killing our leaders would silence our fight, but it only made it stronger. Now today – it is evident that we aren’t done fighting yet. I don’t condone violence to communities or to its people, but I think you would agree that you have never stood up to end your uncles, brothers, and sons killing spree of men who look like me. WE HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO DO BUT FIGHT. Sorry, but not sorry that your stores and communities that pushed us out to gentrify are now burning. Do you know how it felt to watch your corporations buy out mom and pop shops to build your fancy condos that you knew damn well we couldn’t afford. WE WILL NOT APOLOGIZE. WE WILL NOW ORGANIZE. KINGS STAND TALL AND QUEENS FIX YOUR CROWN. WE ARE POWERFUL and these MFers will finally bow down.
YOU BELIEVE THAT SLAVERY WAS A CHOICE – FLINT STILL NEEDS WATER – THE LOWER NINTH WARD IS STILL IN NEED OF HURRICANE SUPPORT – OUR SCHOOLS ARE NOT PROPERLY FUNDED – MEDICAL CARE IS NOT ALWAYS PROVIDED TO US – YOUR GOVERNMENT HATES US, BUT NEED US WHEN IT’S TIME TO VOTE – YOU FUND OUR HBCUS – YOU DON’T WANT TO GRANT US THE REPARATIONS THAT ARE WAY PAST DUE – YOU KICK US OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES – YOU DON’T HIRE US AND QUICKLY FIRE US – AND YOUR JUSTICE IS STILL NOT JUST.
Shocked. Oh so you BIG MAD (shrugs shoulders) I don’t give a damn. You needed to hear this. You needed to understand why we are so damn MAD. This is your America….the same America that for decades have needed us here, but never wanted us to really be here. YOU DEAL WITH US BECAUSE YOU WERE TAUGHT TO, BUT NOW YOU WILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE OUTRAGE THAT NOW STANDS BEFORE US.
*NOTE: IF I WAS A DOG WITH A KNEE ON HIS NECK – YOUR PEOPLE WOULD BE IN OUTRAGE, BUT HUMAN BLACK BODIES DON’T MEAN A DAMN THING.
I WILL NOT APOLOGIZE FOR BEING BLACK IN YOUR AMERICA. RACISM IS NOT MY PROBLEM – IT IS YOURS. NOW DEAL WITH IT.
BEST,
THIS POWERFUL BLACK KING!
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