The Tabloid Life of Whitney Houston…Silenced – Not Amy’s

Over the past few days I have found myself so far away from the unrelenting opinionated disposition that consumed me after the death of Amy Winehouse. I blasted Amy for 'killing herself' with the excessive over indulgence of alcohol, prescription meds, and powdered cocaine. She like so many in the music entertainment industry drugged herself to death.

We all know that Whitney's life was full of drug use. But, there is a definitive silence lurking within the black community. Out of the plethora of news reports, blogs, articles, text messages, emails, and other forms of opinion post I have yet to read a critical piece from the black world that addresses Whitney Houston’s self-made…self-created demise. 

Like most talking heads, Bill O’Reilly has voiced his opinion:

“she obviously destroyed herself”

Why isn’t there a mass number of black people coming out with the same level of heavily critical velocity at this One Moment in Time, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Lf9gEioxI

 

We know Bill is right! We are not agreeing with Bill because he is a right-winged Conservative who we believe is a white racist. We also do not agree with him because the truth bruises. Of course, I am not interested in propping-up Bill’s comments as The Word. However, I must admit, in all fairness and considering my on-point judgment of Amy Winehouse, O’Reilly is in the right lane and he has taken the right exit,

We must put the responsibility of a drug-laced life in the lap of Whitney Houston. We cannot and should not remain silent in a show of misguided loyalty. We must move beyond this irresponsible protectionism. I like it to the No Snitching Rule that has added to the devastation of the black community. And, we must say it: Whitney Houston like so many of God’s creations did not possess The Greatest Love of All, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk20DGmlsIU 

 

I ask with sincere introspection, and without any attempt to take away Whitney’s dignity.

Where is my blast of Whitney? Where is my condemnation of the drug-use life she lived? 

 Whitney and Amy are similar…one in the same: They were defeated by their drug use. Both battled addictions and they failed to save themselves! That is the truth…it is sad but true! 

I am so thankful that my days of remaining somewhat silent on the death of “America’s Sweetheart” have brought a different, and convicting perspective. 

The Lamb was Silent

I acknowledge my race-linked hypocrisy –and I agree that Black Hypocrisy is just as bad as the Silence that lingered when the white salve master's wife wanted to but failed to speak up about the treatment of black Africans during slavery.

Muata Nowe

The President and Memories of The Preacher

 

I have typically given all presidents my complete attention during The State of the Union address. The Commander and Chief of the United States deserves that...the office of the presidency deserves that. Despite my disgust with US politics I still remain fairly respectful…respectful of the institution that should be a representation of The People. Consequently, President Obama is that institution at this very moment in time. He is not a distastefully dressed mannequin that we point at when we are offended. 

Is it a prerequisite that we honor the presidency? No it is not. But, I know firsthand that my refusal to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance and the United States of America National Anthem years ago was not received with appreciation. In fact, I was demonized for "disrespecting America". In that vein of identifying Disrespect, I am of the belief that disregarding the President and the attained office is a blatant act of Dishonor. 

While getting aroused by the president's eloquent oratory skills and from experiencing the Holy Spirit tingle it hit me. My memory took me back to my home church. The church where my membership is not in good standing considering I have not submitted my tithes and attended regularly in almost 20 years. I am definitely a backsliding heathen in the minds of the presiding African Methodist Episcopal Bishops and their dutiful Zacchaeus’ behaving men (Luke 19) who are responsible for pillaging the financial coffers of not only my former church - but all the churches within the African American Episcopal Zion Church Conference. And, if the church does not pay up it will get a visit from The Black Mafia…the Gang of Bishops,

http://www.amez.org/news/amezion/boardofbishops.html

The beloved pastor of the church that endured my ups and downs with Christianity and boastful promotion of Islam was always pleading...more like begging...his flock to follow him in the direction of growth and prosperity. He delivered countless sermons that were initially biblically-sound. Unfortunately, toward the completion of his seminary influenced Word from God - and immediately before the guilt-charged Altar Call- he moved into the pathetic arena of supplication. He wanted the stubborn member-filled and family-favored congregation to get along. To work together to accomplish the church's aspirations and goals. To work together to appease The Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ and the Most High Bishop of the AME Zion Order.

President Obama has been more than a President; he has also been a man in constant mode of reaching and extending the Olive Branch to his party's rivals, The Party of No Because the President is Black. They are the legislators 

 HOLDING BACK PROGRESS

  

In thoughtful reflection of my past and elaborate analogical creation, President Barack Obama has been my childhood and young adulthood pastor. He has begged and begged for the politically elected white men and women of this crumbing nation to put aside party divisions. To suspend party alliances...President Obama regardless of his liberal agenda -which I do not agree with at all- by the way, should be the respected inspirational voice that leads The Change that so many voters believed in back in 2008. He should not be regulated to a meaningless afterthought and a chirping bird that hungers to be heard. President Obama is more than a puppy seeking never ending attention!

Sadly, I know how his presidency will end. It will be a similar ending that my former pastor is all too well familiar with:

He will not succeed at forging bipartisan unity...he will be unsuccessful despite the list of 'accomplishments' that so many people are clinging to like bibles. He will leave office as another Jimmy Carter; who essentially is a gracious GIANT in his reincarnation! He will be a voided president who will be forced to pass on his message to those who are ready to listen, and eventually act. He in a sense will be the Builder of a Church...of a People's Congregation that's on the same page as he.

President Obama is a defeated pastor that understands that working within the House and Senate...within the Church Conference is a waste of time.
 

President Obama should have been a preacher. People listen to preachers...but they often times still have to bend down on bending knee in prayer

because The People of the Church are just as arrogant, mean-spirited, racist, and backstabbing as flame-face John Boehner and his underhanded Understudies.

Muata Nowe

A Black Eight-Three

There is an approval rating stat out there that would be alarming if I did not know my people...83% of black Americans approve of the job President Obama is doing...83% of blacks actually are happy...content...pleased with the outcome of his presidency so far. Really? Nah...dat crap is incorrect! 

83% approve of his work thus far because he is black. In my conflicted mind and humble opinion that is shallow and should be a badge of shame. It perhaps indicates loyalty but it certainly does not define us as intelligent thinkers...critical thinkers...evaluators of substance...SMH.

We will die with the pending death before we rebuke what is not helping us. Sad...so sad! 

I am ducking in shame today. I have no legitimate base to stand on with this craziness that we blacks continue to do/support. How are blacks any different from those citizens of countries that foolishly honor their leader when in fact the leader is raping them financially, culturally, and environmentally?! We are no different from those extremely poor men and women of West Virginia that vote a Red ticket when in fact the Red ticket legislation is hurting them!? We -BLACKS- are no different from those white poor men and women of West Virginia that vote a Red ticket when in fact the Red ticket legislation is hurting them!?

  

Yeah...they vote Red!  

Obama sympathizers will preface: GW Bush policies, the undependable factor of polls/statistics, and the ole stable: 'The republicans are STANDING in the President's way...'. Everything but this fact: He just ain't cuttin' it...He ain't living up to his campaign pledge...

Muata Nowe

The Need for Kwanzaa’s Coat to be Christianity

Acknowledging and celebrating Kwanzaa was once a mandatory for me. I would literally get upset if a friend would not revel in the teachings with me. Even more disappointed if a friend displayed a hint of ignorance pertaining to Kwanzaa. Consequently, I believed it was necessary for people to know that Dr. Maulana Karenga was a FBI snitch during his reign as a Black Nationalist. That piece of information is not highlighted to discredit Karenga. I share it so that we are fully aware of what we support and hold in high regard.

The wandering of my spirit and excitement for Kwanzaa or any other black empowerment tool began its disappearing act years ago. Slowly, but surely I have begun an emotional detachment. A detachment that has intensified by simply watching the news or reading the metro/urban news sections of local newspapers. 

Understanding that black life has become one of constant chasing e.g. sad seekers of a faded Greatness, I have become insulated and jaded by the reality that we, as a collective, refuse to position ourselves to be more than a politician’s rarely utilized utensil.  

Our disappointing newsworthy occurrences are littered with heartbreak after heartbreak. Every single effort of The Collective is lost. It is gone. Washed away by and with the most popular pain medication of all, Christianity or some other form of mind-numbing spiritual generic. 

Those of us who want something more than what we have produced for and introduced to the world undeniably try our best to remain optimistic. That futile attempt has become a waste that leads to more anguish for those men and women who continue to extend faith in a rejuvenation of The Greatness…

Take some time reviewing what once elevated us to The Greatness, the Principles of Kwanzaa. Think about Dr. Maulana Karenga’s objective. Think about how and why he became an FBI informant…a used utensil for the purpose of violently dismantling The Black Panther Party. 

The last fearless assemblage of black leather jacket wearing elites that boldly rebuked what has permanently destroyed Black Americans, Integration. 

Then see yourself for what you might be…a Turncoat. Many of us have put on coats that are nothing short of heritage assassination. 

Umoja (Unity): To strive for and to maintain unity in the family, community, nation, and race.

Kujichagulia (Self-Determination): To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves, and speak for ourselves.

Ujima (Collective Work and Responsibility): To build and maintain our community together and make our brothers' and sisters' problems our problems, and to solve them together.

Ujamaa (Cooperative Economics): To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.

Nia (Purpose): To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.

Kuumba (Creativity): To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it.

Imani (Faith): To believe with all our heart in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.

Now, I ask, what purpose is there in celebrating and acknowledging something so ancestrally sacred when we –black people- truly do not reflect what makes up our original existence? 

Note the words/phrases in the principles’ descriptions: collective, we, our people, community, together, and own. 

We are so far away from those words/phrases applying to us…let alone describing us. And, if I am wrong/off-base help me consider another truth…and if your response is, ‘This is what Kwanzaa is for...the principles are meant to guide us/to get us where we need to be.’ – please know that you are in a fairytale! You are among the confused Christian-hopefuls that believe Jesus is coming back…

We are the only group of people on the face of this earth still trying to ARRIVE…the only people trying to ARRIVE with the help of a repressive religion, Christianity. If we treated Kwanzaa as a religion…as Christianity - we would have been returned to The Greatness without a longing and desperation for Jesus!

Muata Nowe

Santa Claus is a Black Man and Jesus was a Brother Too

This time of the year brings on so much anxious anticipation. At one time in my life I was definitely not a Christmas celebrating type of guy. My children somewhat changed that. Being an uncle altered that too. Now, I am Santa Claus and Mr. Holiday Season Interior Decorator. Christmas infiltrates my home every year! All in all, I am of joyous spirit when the world celebrates the hypothetical birth of Jesus the Christ. Again…documentation supports that Jesus was not born in December! That’s if you believe Jesus was birthed…

Another truth, ain’t no overweight white man with a white beard flying around giving out toys. One last truth, Jesus and all his biblical confidants and antagonists were not Caucasian. Thankfully, my son, Bryce Emani, does not have to see images of a white Jesus every single day. His preschool does not encourage that pervasive mind-controlling fib. His mother and I found an academic institution that purports datum’s.

Bryce’s first bible has the image above on the cover. His classroom is strategically adorned with similar photographs and posters. Every inch of wall space is a reminder of the unabashed truth. I am so pleased that he does not have to grow-up seeing the lies I saw day in and day out. Instead, Bryce is colorfully adding to the truth with 

The Eurocentric message of Christianity is one that I have always taken issue with – but of late…over the past six years I have grown to embrace the moral and social tenets of what has been labeled a Gutter Religion. The ‘unbelievables’ are of no consequence to me any longer. I do vehemently reject the mis-directives that have shackled the minds of countless people e.g. Jesus walked on water, Moses parted the Red Sea, Jonah survived in the belly of a whale, Noah erected an ark, Moses magically turned a walking stick into a snake, etc. I do however; spend a lot of time brazenly sharing my understanding of biblical allegories and prophecy in a theological context. A rebellious framework that has often times been tagged as aggressively confrontational and hatefully insensitive. Nonetheless, Christianity with its remarkable brainwashing e.g.

has created an environment that encourages extreme criticism and merciless exposing…

http://exposingchristianitywithtruth.blogspot.com/

 

From Africa to the Pacific Islands the human mind has been a playground for European trickery and domination. In every way possible the suspiciously identified as Pale Face by Native Americans has manipulated the masses in an effort to whitewash significant elements of humanity. Even the skin complexion of ole Saint Nick has been used to strangle intelligence. Again, ain’t no overweight white man with a white beard flying around giving out toys.

Some actually believe that this ‘white lie’ is not harmful to a maturing psyche. It is! When everything from Santa Claus to Jesus is white, a significant and unwarranted amount of adulation is gained on false pretense. No white person can fathom the spiritual and cerebral impairment this has caused people of color. Along with the lie’s persistency is the white childrearing ego boost, ‘White is Right…White is Immaculate.’ By strategic design intentional and unintentional the white child grows up in a universal environment that projects superiority. White people consciously and subconsciously believe their race is beyond reproach…Better. The same belief is within the black race once the black person stumbles upon Enlightenment…the only difference: White people have the COLLECTIVE power of green, the dollar! 

The amazing solidification of The Lie has intensified the lowering of self-concept. This leaving black and brown people in an enslaved state of mind socially and religiously,

The religious dynamic –in my estimation- is the most destructive force within black culture. Unfortunately, one of our first leaders, the black preacher (male and female), are the present day wolves in expensive and flamboyant sheep attire leading The Wandering Hebrews of today, 

We ALWAYS Praying…

But, My Bryce…the youngest of my Menschen…will not be fooled or addicted to superficial prayer. Daddy makes sure of that! It starts at home,

“Bryce, pray for the less fortunate, not for yourself. Also, Jesus is black…Santa Claus is black. See…LOOK Bryce”,

 

Muata Nowe