Business…got a joint on ESPN about the mass exodus from Chapel Hill of the 2005 National Champions. If you’re here after reading that already, welcome and feel free to look around.
Lots to get into…just not sure where to start. Let’s re-visit my post on black colleges.
Okay, it seems a bit of the point was lost. For some people, heading to the white man’s school works out well, and I’m happy for those people. Different people have different needs, and I don’t blame anyone that finds what they need, no matter where they find it. My qualm, though, is with those that consider–subconsciously or otherwise–an HBCU education to be substandard and make that determination with limited information.
I stand before you–yes, you–as an enemy of white supremacy, no matter where it resides. That includes black folks, white folks, and Flipper aka James the Nigger Hating Dolphin. If someone discounts the value of something because of its negritude, then I have no tolerance for it. That doesn’t mean that I automatically assume that someone who goes to a white school feels like that, but that Howard victory was a thumb in the eye to any of those people I hate.
So there.
As for my liberal use of the word “nigga,” I’m not sure where to start, so you’ll have to wait a few days. It ain’t that big a thing to me, though.
Also, I’ll have something up soon on the change in the format of the column. It should be cool, it’ll definitely be different, so be on the lookout for that this week.
I’m gone…and do I owe you a playlist?
I stand before you--yes, you--as an enemy of white supremacy, no matter where it resides. That includes black folks, white folks, and Flipper aka James the Nigger Hating Dolphin.
Read The Miseducation of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson if you haven’t already. I am. I wish I had before I went to college. Still a very relevant book in my humble opinion.
Maybe I not as schooled as some of your other readers. My saving grace has been common sense and an ability to think for myself, God’s grace all encompassing. The other day, in BET’s attempt to be socially relevant in addressing “issues”, they chose to explore the usage of the word “nigger” in particular by the hip hop generation on this show Cousin Jeff’s Chronicles. They brought a few political black folk and intellectuals together to discuss this oh so very important issue. (Bo, you said something awhile back about black intellectuals, but I missed what you were eluding to. I guess I’ll email you later on that one.) The use of the word nigger is a personal choice, just like the use of any other word. I think people put to much stress on words and not enough on what meaning is truly conveyed by them. That’s been one of the main issues in the attack on rap. A “motherfucka” and people find themselves unable to find any meaning in the song. The way someone chooses to say something should not make you blind to the point they’re trying to make. I am tired of people not addressing real issues affecting black people. And nigga this just ain’t one of ’em. Or to put it another way, “Nigga please” Are we really unable to distinguish what’s important from what ain’t? Somehow I feel like I left the subject somewhere…oh well it won’t be the last time.