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Shootin' from the hip at the Right Wing, The Left Wing(and anybody else in the line of fire)!Min. Paul Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04899529612920905314noreply@blogger.comBlogger579125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286301003624173588.post-62840874477085525012019-04-04T15:18:00.002-07:002019-04-04T15:18:37.333-07:00The Practical Politics of PanHoodismThe Practical Politics of Pan-Hoodism:<br /><br />Why it is our only solution in 2019<br /><br /><br /><br /> Min. Paul Scott<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Recently, there was a great debate held in Harlem to determine the political destiny of African Americans. On one side, you had people who ,vehemently, argued that only black folks whose ancestors were slaves should be paid reparations in Bitcoins. On the other side, folk countered that our efforts would be better served building a sneaker empire and establishing international trade with Africa. <br /><br /><br />After arguing for over five hours but failing to reach a consensus ,the participants exited the building, barely noticing the body of a 13 year old girl who had just been killed in a drive-by shooting a few minutes earlier…<br /><br /><br />Recently, there has been an ongoing debate over the political direction of black people in this country and what our focus should be as we enter the presidential election season. All this happening during a time when Reparations has gained ,well past due ,media attention.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Today , new movements are popping up such as ADOS ( American Descendants Of Slaves) created by social media personalities and Antonio Moore aka Tone Talks and Yvette Carnell and heavily advocated by Tariq Nasheed , the producer of the Hidden Colors documentary series. They are proponents of the idea that our collective focus should be on the affairs of black people in America whose ancestors suffered the horrors of continental US slavery. <br /><br /><br /><br />While others are true believers of the traditional Pan Africanist approach that we should connect with the Motherland , as espoused by scholars such as Dr. WEB DuBois.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I believe that both ideas have merit and still fall under the Black Nationalism ideology advanced by Martin Delaney and Marcus Garvey. So I am not opposed to either of them.<br /><br /><br />For me, it’s just a matter of priorities.<br /><br /><br />As I look at my city , Durham NC and see the young black men being murdered in the streets, not to mention the spiked walls of gentrification that are rapidly closing in on a town formerly known as “Black Wall Street,” I have to ask, how can we bottle the various “solutions” that have presented to African Americans and pour a little out for the homies in the hood?<br /><br /><br />This is where “Pan Hoodism” comes in.<br /><br /><br />Pan Hoodism is the idea that your journey to uniting Black people globally does not begin 2,000 miles away , but in the hood down the street in your own city.<br /><br /><br />As African Americans, we have had no shortage of ideas that are good in theory. What we have lacked is application. How do we use all the black history books we have read, lectures we have attended and YouTube videos that we have binge watched to create a brighter future for the dismal reality in the less affluent black neighborhoods that are in virtually every city in America ?<br /><br /><br />The problem is that there is nothing glamorous nor sexy about community activism. We are a people who like entertainment and many of us would rather pay $30 and drive 100 miles to hear a Youtube scholar discuss whether the earth is round or flat than to take that money and give out free black history books to the youth in public housing. Not much different than the avid church goer who will plop a $100 bill in a collection plate to hear “Reverend Whoop and Holla” yell about a paradise in the sky while the people outside the doors of the church are living in poverty here on the ground.<br /><br /><br />Under Pan Hoodism we will use the macro-cosmic black liberation theories and apply them micro-cosmically to our local black communities. <br /><br /><br />The same strategies that we, theoretically, would use to stop tribal wars in Africa will be used to stop the gang wars in the hood. Also, the economic programs that we would invest overseas, would be diverted to improving the third world type conditions in public housing.<br /><br /><br /><br />If we don't practice Pan Hoodism in our cities, now, even if we do receive reparations, a whole generation will be wiped out before the first check hits the mailbox.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ecclesiastes teaches “there is a season for everything and a time for every purpose under Heaven.” In 2019, it is the season to use Pan Hoodism to get black folks out of Hell. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Minister Paul Scott is the founder of Black Messiah Media based in Durham NC. He can be reached at (919) 972-8305. Follow on Twitter @truthministaMin. 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When the owner of Dick Dastardly Development first came to town he was met with hisses and boos by politicians and their constituents who cried foul at the mere thought of citizens in their<br />
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One of the most difficult issues facing the Bull City in 2018 is gentrification. After all, who doesn’t want their modest southern town transformed into a more ritzy area like downtown Manhattan. Well, it depends on who you ask, those who stand to make a load of money from the transformation or those who may lose their be- ever -so -humble homes.<br />
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The well off and the poor see gentrification through different lenses. As the old saying goes “whether the glass is half empty or half full depends on who’s a-drinkin’ and who’s a-pourin’.”<br />
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Even those who, vehemently, oppose the process have different rationales for doing so. If you are middle class ,displacement means the old oak tree with your childhood sweetheart’s name carved in it might get chopped down. But for the poor, it is the uncertainty of not knowing where your family may end up.<br />
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If you come from a wealthy family who have prospered from the American dream , urban renewal just comes with the territory. But what about the descendant of Africans who had their land stolen by colonizers. Or Native Americans and Mexican Americans whose ancestors were removed from their soil ? Not to mention that poor white American of Appalachia who’s great grandfather's farm is now a coal mine.<br />
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Right now, many Durham citizens, at least in theory, oppose gentrification. Nobody wants to go on record cosigning somebody’s grandma getting kicked out on the street. But people are fickle and public outrage is a fleeting moment soon forgotten. Especially, when it’s so easy to catch amnesia when you get hit upside the head with a stack of dollar bills. Or when some tough guys in dark Ray-Bans drag you in a back room and make you an offer you can’t refuse.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /><br /><br />Malcolm X once said that we left “our minds in Africa.” Maybe the hype over the Black Panther movie is an indication that we are finally getting our minds back?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Min. Paul Scott is based in NC. Phone (919) 972-8305 His website is NoWarningShotsFired.com Follow on Twitter <complete id="goog_1400195719">@NWSF</complete></span>Min. Paul Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04899529612920905314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286301003624173588.post-79727494534749288672018-01-28T17:28:00.003-08:002018-01-28T17:28:37.214-08:00No Warning Shots Fired Social Media<span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">No Warning Shots Fired Social Media:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Twitter @NWSF </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Instagram paulscottnwsf</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">Facebook:</span></span><br />
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501511647362_7859" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It was the eve of the revolution that their grandparents had always dreamed and the Black Lives Liberation Army was gonna set it off bright and early at dawn against the evil forces that were destroying the hood. But during the nightly strategy session, somebody passed out a purple drink in double styrofoam cups and suggested they do a battle toast. So when they finally woke up at noon the next day, the revolution was over...they lost.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501511647362_7862" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This current generation of millennials is , arguably, the most “</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501511647362_7863" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">woke”</span><span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501511647362_7864" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> group of African Americans since the conscious Hip Hop Era of the late 80’s and some would say, with their skills at social media, since the Black Power Era. Since the murder of Trayvon Martin in 2012, there has been an awakening of the masses and the high profile police involved shootings of Michael Brown, Sandra Bland and many others have fast tracked us on the road to the revolution that Malcolm X talked about 50 years ago.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501511647362_7867" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But as in science, for every action there is an opposite reaction. So, for everything that wakes us up, there is always something to put us back to sleep.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501511647362_7878" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Much of this madness originally came out of the Dirty South as rappers from Texas to Tennessee bragged about sippin’ on that Sizzurp aka Lean and some have died from takin’ too many sips of that Purple Drank. For the less hip, Lean is a deadly combination of soft drink, Kool Aid, codeine. cough medicine, Jolly Ranchers and anything else somebody feels like throwin’ in a cup.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501511647362_7880" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now enter something called “Legal Lean.”</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501511647362_7882" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Either some mad scientist or some hipster with a determined idea and too much time on his hands has come up with a way to push that potion in the hood, legally, by substituting codeine </span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501511647362_8085" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">with natural stuff. The ingredients are different but the effects are supposed to be the same. </span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501511647362_7885" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, while legal lean may be available near some college campuses so some wealthy white coeds can vicariously live out their Lil Wayne fantasies, most of the stores that sell this are in the hood.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501511647362_7887" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Of course, the makers of Legal Lean think they are providing a service by giving cough syrup junkies an alternative. To hear them tell it, Legal Lean is to Purple Drank what Methadone is to Heroin.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501511647362_7889" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">After all it is 100% natural. But so are psychedelic mushrooms and if you really want to get funky with it, cocaine contains a 100% natural ingredient, as well. </span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501511647362_7891" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, once again the Black community is under a biochemical attack at a time when we need to be in our collective best state of mind to survive the Trump Era.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501511647362_7893" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Fortunately, some groups around the country are not giving up the hood without a fight.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501511647362_7895" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Wisconsin, the Original Black Panthers of Milwaukee have staged successful campaigns against stores selling Legal Lean.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1501511647362_7905" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 14pt; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Every community activist should be fighting to get Lean up outta here, whether legal or illegal.</span></div>
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Min. Paul Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04899529612920905314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286301003624173588.post-2307642417796970312016-06-21T17:00:00.000-07:002016-06-21T17:08:50.729-07:00Open Letter to Bow Wow<span style="font-size: large;">Dear Mr. Moss aka Bow Wow</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Recently, you made a comment on a clip for the new BET series "Music Moguls" that premiers June 28th, dissin' my city of Durham, North Carolina. In the promo clip with Jermaine Dupri (So So Def Records) you said, <i>"ain't nothin' crackin' in Durham."</i> I am so tired of people disrespecting my city and for you to do it on a national platform is outrageous.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Granted, like many cities, Durham has its share of problems. But kickin' dirt in the face of town already known as <i>"Dirty Durham" </i>ain't helping. Now, it is true that in some hoods you can hear gun shots ringing through the air almost every night. And the self hatred that some of our young people feel does result in teenage kids being shot down in the street. However, Durham has a rich historical legacy and since you seem to be ig'nant of that history, allow me to hit you with some #FACTS.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Durham NC was once known as "Black Wall Street," the Mecca of Black economic empowerment. Although many people believe that Tulsa Oklahoma was America's only Black Wall Street, history teaches us that Durham also held that prestigious title. Durham is also the home of North Carolina Central University and Duke University. Not to mention, Research Triangle Park, one of the largest high tech development centers in the country, lies with the boundaries of Durham County. Furthermore, many famous people have roots here, including Ernie Barnes, the artist who created the paintings featured on the 70's sitcom <i>Good Times </i>and Loretta Lynch, the Attorney General of the United States.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most importantly, there are many people in Durham who are working, tirelessly, to make this city one of which our children and our children's children will be proud. Recently, we launched the <b>Black Durham Is Beautiful Campaign</b> to show the world that Durham is more than just murder and mayhem and is one of the greatest places to live on the planet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Instead of of making negative statements about this city, why don't you use your platform to make things better for the youth?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">So, <i>"Mr. 106 and Park,"</i> you owe each of the 250,000 residents of Durham an apology. (Or at least a heartfelt "my bad.") And until we receive an apology we will not support <b>Music Moguls</b> or any other project even loosely associated with the name "Bow Wow" nor "Shad Moss."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To borrow from the infamous words of Birdman, who is also featured on Music Moguls, "you are gonna learn to RESPECK my city!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Peace,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Min. Paul Scott</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Min. Paul Scott aka "TRUTH Minista" can be reached at (919) 972-8305 email info@nowarningshotsfired.com Follow on Twitter @truthminista</span></div>
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Min. Paul Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04899529612920905314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286301003624173588.post-76537386868299226042015-08-03T19:18:00.003-07:002015-08-03T19:27:16.218-07:00Straight Outta Con-Man<div class="yiv9571666997" dir="ltr" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3068" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue Light', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 23.9999980926514px; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3391"><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3088" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3090" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">No Role Modelz</span><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3092" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">-</span><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3094" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> J Cole</span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3392"><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3100" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I’d be lying to myself and you if I said that the trailer for the new NWA (N*** With Attitude) movie, </span><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3102" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Straight Outta Compton” </span><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3104" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">didn’t make me wanna stand in line and drop 10 bucks to see the flick. The trailer suggests that the film centers around a group of young men experiencing the trials and tribulations of being black in America during the 80’s, who used their fame to become the official spokes-homies of the ‘hood. In the aftermath of the deaths of Mike Brown, Sandra Bland, Samuel DuBose and numerous others who died mysteriously after confrontations with CWA (Cops With Attitude) , who wouldn’t want to see a film about a bunch of rappers throwing up their middle fingers in the face of authority and inspiring a generation of black youth to become revolutionists ?</span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438547262636_9915"><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3114" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The real story of NWA goes more like this…”During a period in the late 80’s when rap artists like Public Enemy and Boogie Down Productions were succeeding in getting </span><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3116" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a nation of millions </span><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3118" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to stop selling crack and to stop killing each other, out of nowhere a group of rappers came along and destroyed the foundation that they were building and leaving as their legacy the broken bodies and shattered dreams of millions of black men and grieving mothers...</span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3142" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438547262636_9942">Matter of fact, NWA did not even deny the nefarious plot to overthrow conscious Hip Hop with gangsta-ism .They bragged about it!</span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3146" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438547262636_9946">According to Vibe magazine writer, Cheo Hodaria Coker, Dr. Dre even admitted that NWA was created to be an alternative to music that promoted black power. So. this was no accident.</span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438547262636_9952"><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3152" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">No one is denying that </span><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3154" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">F*** the Police</span><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3156" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> set a new standard in articulating the frustrations of young black men who were constantly being harassed by the cops . But the problem is, if you take “F*** the Police (and the contradictory </span><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3158" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Express Yourself</span><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3160" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">) out of the equation , what are you left with? You are stuck with two albums and one EP that glorified black death and misogyny and inspired rappers of subsequent generations to follow their lead. Just listen to </span><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3162" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> “She Swallowed</span><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3164" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3166" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">it” </span><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3168" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">off of their second album where the Pied Pipers of Pedifphellia rapped about the sexual gang bang of a 14 year old girl and the other subject matter did not really differ from that formula.</span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3174" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438547262636_9968">Now, there are some who would argue that NWA was not really a symbol of black genocide. But that’s just like saying that the Confederate Flag was not really a symbol of white racism. So, we are clearly dealing with revisionist history.</span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3180" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438547262636_9975">Now, ultimately, I don’t blame five black kids from the hood for hatching such a genocidal plot, I blame the music industry and in this case Jerry Heller, who is credited as being one of the co-founders of NWA. In my opinion, Heller is a war criminal and should be charged with war crimes against the African American community.</span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3379"><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3186" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In his autobiography, </span><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3188" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ruthless, a Memoir</span><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3190" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Heller even confesses that based on the historical conspiracies by the “powers that be” to exterminate black people, “ if these conspiracies are true...then Eazy E and I were just pawns of C.I.A machinations too vast to contemplate.”</span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3196" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438547262636_9990">Therefore, if Eazy, Dre, Cube, Ren and Yella are guilty of anything, it is the sacrifice of young black lives on the altar of the Synagogue of Satan for the reward of riches beyond their wildest dreams.</span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438547262636_9993"><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3200" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, no I won’t be watching </span><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3202" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Straight Outta Compton </span><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3204" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and if you care anything about the state of Black America, neither should you. We cannot allow history to repeat itself where the revolutionary spirit of black youth is channeled into self destructive behaviours and the “enemy” ultimately becomes other black men. </span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438547262636_9999"><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3208" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Instead of spending our money on </span><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3210" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Straight Outta Compton</span><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3212" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> , we should be buying books to teach the youth about The Black Panthers and other revolutionists who really stood up against police brutality.</span></span></div>
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<span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3216" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span class="yiv9571666997" id="yiv9571666997yui_3_16_0_1_1438531986884_3411">The blood of the thousands of young men who died over the last 25 years trying to be “N**** demands it !</span></span></div>
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Min. Paul Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04899529612920905314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286301003624173588.post-21164159929135855422015-07-10T08:07:00.002-07:002015-07-10T08:07:52.745-07:007/9 Debate with Sean Hannity and Rev. Jessie Lee PetersonPodcast of my debate with Sean Hannity and Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson on Race, Religion and Revolution<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Today, the governor of South Carolina , Nikki Haley called for the removal of the Confederate flag from the SC State Capital. And that's a good thing. Personally, I believe that anything even resembling a Confederate flag needs to be used for toilet paper at Taco Bell...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For many white Southerners , the Confederate flag represents the heritage of their ancestors, but for me it represents the last thing my ancestors saw before they were hanged from trees in the South Carolina swamps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now, I know people in SC are having victory cookouts right now and having <i>"We Shall Over Come" </i>karaoke concerts But , don't expect me to be overly, over joyed with the symbolic gesture of removing the Confederate rag.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">To be historically correct, just as much injustice was done to African Americans under the <i>Stars and Stripes</i> as was done under the <i>Stars and Bars.</i> Matter of fact, even today, in the cities where many of the racist acts are happening, <i>Old Glory</i> is waving proudly. And the police officers who are committing terrible acts of violence against black kids aren't pledging allegiance to the Confederate flag, they are pledging allegiance to the Red, White and Blue.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">As black people we need our own flag to represent our heritage. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Matter of fact we already have one. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">According to the late historian, Dr. Tony Martin in his work, <i><b>Race First,</b></i> in 1920 The Honorable Marcus Garvey , in his Declaration of Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World adopted the Red Black and Green flag as the official symbol of the "African race." According to Dr, Martin, Red stands for "the color of the blood which men must shed for their redemption and liberty." Black for "the color of the noble and distinguished race to which we belong." And Green "for the luxuriant vegetation of our Motherland." </span><span style="font-size: large;">Marcus Garvey was the leader of the UNIA (Universal Negro Improvement Association) which, at its height boasted two million members. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On July 4th, African Americans should once again adopt the Red, Black and Green Flag as our official symbol. There should be Red, Black and Green flags on black households, clothing and license plates from McKinney TX, to Baltimore MD, to Charleston SC.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Back in the , 60's James Brown had a hit song with "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag," however today we are saying "<i>Papa's Got a Brand new Flag."</i></span></div>
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Min. Paul Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04899529612920905314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286301003624173588.post-934297033624818702015-06-01T11:18:00.000-07:002015-06-01T11:18:12.180-07:00AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted<div id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_8737" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
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<div class="yiv8852789670" dir="ltr" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3328" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 10pt;">
<span class="yiv8852789670" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3329" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Back in the day, members of my generation proudly sported our </span><span class="yiv8852789670" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“Warning Educated Black Man” </span><span class="yiv8852789670" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3365" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">T-shirts while pumpin’ Ice Cube’s “AmeriKKKa’ s Most Wanted” in our rides.” During that period we were clear that this country’s biggest fear was an army of militant minded </span><span class="yiv8852789670" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Brotha and Sista Souljah’s </span><span class="yiv8852789670" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3378" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">waging an all out war against the lies of Western Civilization that kept us bound in the chains of mental slavery. Unfortunately, that era ended abruptly following the LA Rebellion of 1992 and was purposely replaced by a corporate sponsored</span><span class="yiv8852789670" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> gangsta dynasty</span><span class="yiv8852789670" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3379" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> where ignorance was not only bliss but a Hip Hop cultural norm. However, in post Baltimore Rebellion America the days of the pro-black T-shirts might just be making a comeback.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8852789670" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3397" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Recently, Georgia college student Eric Sheppard was arrested following a month long manhunt by the Feds. Last April, Sheppard made headlines by stepping on The Stars and Stripes during a college protest. An arrest warrant was issued for the student because the police found a gun inside a book bag that </span><span class="yiv8852789670" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3450" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">allegedly </span><span class="yiv8852789670" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3448" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">belonged to him. However, many African Americans feel that Sheppard’s real crime , as a 21 year old black man, was having more on his mind than the NBA Finals, rap music</span><span class="yiv8852789670" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3462" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span class="yiv8852789670" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3476" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and strip clubs. Especially, in a country having nightmares over the possibility of politically conscious street gangs uniting for a common cause .</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8852789670" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Yeah, America’s biggest fear has been realized. The “Intelligent Thugs” that they buried two decades ago have suddenly risen from their graves.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8852789670" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3490" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The fear of black intelligence stretches back centuries in this country. One must remember that until the late 19th century it was illegal to teach black folk to read. And while much attention is paid towards the brutality of the slave revolts headed by people such as the Reverend Nat Turner, many of the rebels were highly intelligent. As early as 1830, David Walker’s </span><span class="yiv8852789670" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b class="yiv8852789670"><i class="yiv8852789670">Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World </i></b></span><span class="yiv8852789670" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">caused so much fear among white slave owners that a $10,000 bounty was placed on Walker’s head.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8852789670" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3504" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Also, although many people focus on the “burn baby burn” slogans of the 60’s and early 70’s, it must be understood that the members of the Black Power Movement were bookworms. Kwame Ture, the man credited for popularizing the term “Black Power” was a Howard University graduate. Malcolm X was able to debate some of the best scholars in the world courtesy of a jailhouse education. And even though people like to focus on the guns that the Black Panther Party carried, it was the mind of Huey P Newton that people feared the most as he was able to intellectually navigate between the streets and college campuses.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8852789670" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3563" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, today tragic events from the Trayvon Martin murder to the murder of Freddie Gray have many young people embracing some of the teachings that my generation used to talk about in campus student unions and in the back of dusty little black bookstores. However, where we had to wait weeks for a new book by Del Jones or a Steve Cokely cassette tape to arrive at the Know Bookstore, these kids have total, unrestricted, immediate access via the Internet to all types of information. So, the same political education that took us weeks to study can be learned by a Baltimore gang member during a cross town bus ride via an iPhone and Beats by Dre headphones.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8852789670" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3585" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Although, some may think this is just another Hip Hop inspired fad (as many accused the </span><span class="yiv8852789670" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3614" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“conscious Hip Hop /Fight the Power Era “</span><span class="yiv8852789670" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3583" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of being) , times have changed.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8852789670" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3580" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unlike the LA Rebellions of 23 years ago, the most recent uprisings did not have a Hip Hop soundtrack. There was no inflammatory song that the media could pinpoint for inspiring the riots. It can be further argued that the rapper commentators who appeared on CNN were not the “voices of the streets” as they were a decade ago, but now were only being used to calm the fears of white America. </span></div>
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<span class="yiv8852789670" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3652" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Also, if you read the manifesto, that was allegedly written by Eric Sheppard, instead of rap lyrics you will see shout outs to African centered scholars such as Dr. Khallid Muhammad and Dr. Frances Cress Welsing, whose entire catalogs can be easily accessed on Youtube.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8852789670" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3690" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, although talking headz like Sean Hannity and Anderson Cooper may consider the Eric Sheppards of the world fringe elements and the media may write his manifesto off as a “publicity stunt” so their middle class white audiences can sleep at night, the reality is for every Freddie Gray that dies an Eric Sheppard is born.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8852789670" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3686" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maybe the gangs coming together in B-More is a sign of changing times. What if they put down the guns and decide to form a political coalition after watching an Amos Wilson video on Youtube? Or what if instead of selling drugs they decide to open legit businesses after listening to a Dr. Claude Anderson podcast ?</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8852789670" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3752" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Perhaps the years of us telling these kids that “a mind is a terrible thing to waste” and “Knowledge is Power” were not wasted after all.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8852789670" id="yiv8852789670yui_3_16_0_1_1433126957625_3321" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 19px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maybe, all they really needed, to borrow from rapper, Young Jeezy was some intelligent “Thug Motivation.”</span></div>
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Min. Paul Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04899529612920905314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286301003624173588.post-25807084272759288002015-05-17T13:52:00.000-07:002015-05-17T16:48:09.311-07:00Open Challenge to Professor Jerry Hough<span style="font-size: large;">Professor Hough,</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> I read your comments regarding the fallout from your recent online comments concerning African Americans. As a Durham NC resident, I take exception to people, such as yourself, taking the liberty to speak with presumed authority on the topic of black culture.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In your comments to WTVD, you seem to be throwing down the gauntlet and issuing a challenge to debate the issue of race outside of the boundaries of politically correct "sensitivities."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As one of the ideological children of Malcolm X, who you referenced in your initial comments, I accept your challenge to a no holds barred debate on race in America.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Having the right to voice an opinion is part of a democracy. But to have ideas go unchallenged is Fascism.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Min. Paul Scott</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Messianic Afrikan Nation</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Durham NC</span><br />
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<br />Min. Paul Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04899529612920905314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286301003624173588.post-66224876541661265992015-05-05T20:28:00.001-07:002015-05-06T17:00:47.259-07:00Rupert Murdoch Ain't My Brother's Keeper<span style="font-size: large;">Rupert Murdoch Ain't My Brother's Keeper</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Recently, many black folk cheered President Obama's creation of his new, nonprofit spin-off of <i>My Brothers Keeper</i> called <i>My Brother's Keeper Alliance.</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's all good and gravy, as I like the idea of givin' back to the hood as much as the next guy. And I kinda dug the President's speech about how so many "young men of color" just don't get the breaks of the more economically privileged...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">But before I could break into my impromptu rendition of John Legend's nouveau civil rights anthem from the movie <i>Selma</i>,<i> "Glory</i>," I had to change my tune.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I happened to notice that one of the proud sponsors of the initiative is News Corp, which is owned by the father of Fox News, himself, Rupert Murdoch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Whoa!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Now, I know that if you start marking off everything that Murdoch owns between his News Corp and 21st Century Fox companies, you might as well go back to writing on stone tablets but Fox News is an example of anti-black journalism, if I've ever seen one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Fox News has been responsible for the most degrading images of black people since, well... BET's Hot Ghetto Mess. Every night, between Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity, the network puts out enough negative images of African Americans to make James Brown stop singin' "I'm Black and I'm Proud." If you see any black person on Fox News (except for Dr. Ben Carson and a hand full of their other homies) , you can bet your last dollar that they are being treated like...dare I say it ...thugs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Remember it was Mad Money Murdoch, who once tweeted "all the Egyptians I know are white" in response to the almost lily-white <i>Noah</i> movie cast. (I sure hope he doesn't fund the Brother's Keeper Black History Month program, next year.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is not the type of person that I want directing the lives of black boys. The last thing we need is a bunch of new black right wing extremists dressed like Will Smith's buppy cousin, "Carlton " from <i>The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, </i>dancin' to the ol' school sounds of Ted Nugent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nope. We need more Malcolm X's and Marcus Garvey's, not Uncle Toms and Sambos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My granddad used to say "all money ain't good money." And this is definitely the case with News Corp. Why can't the project be funded by black celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Floyd Mayweather or one of the major Hip Hop artists who spend 50 grand on a good night makin' it rain on naked women in a strip club.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">President Obama, should return Murdoch's check with a nice "thanks but no thanks" written on it in graffiti.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">That's one brother that <i>My Brother's Keeper</i> should tell to keep his money!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Min. Paul Scott is founder of the Messianic Afrikan Nation. He can be reached at (919) 972-8305 or info@nowarningshotsfired,com Follow on Twitter @truthminista</span><br />
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<span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, the argument over a positive interpretation of the N Word did not start with </span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kendrick Lamar</span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. In 1934, noted historian, </span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">JA Rogers</span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> made a similar attempt to defend the use of the word “negro” in his work </span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“100 Amazing Facts About the Negro: With Complete Proof” </span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">by saying that it had royal origins.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">More recently, scholars such as </span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kaba Hiawatha Kamene</span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="color: #545454; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> ( Dr. </span><span class="yiv5040252026" id="yiv5040252026yui_3_16_0_1_1428786602879_3452" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Booker T Coleman ) and Hip Hop artist </span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hakim Green</span><span class="yiv5040252026" id="yiv5040252026yui_3_16_0_1_1428786602879_3450" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Channel Live) have also attempted to give the word a noble heritage using the works of </span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gerald Massey </span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and writings such as the </span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kebra Nagast </span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as evidence that a nigga has not always been the dude with a white t-shirt and jeans hangin’ down below his knees. According to the them, the original Nagast wore crowns and royal garments.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The flip side of the argument, as advanced by lecturers, </span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Irritated Genie</span><span class="yiv5040252026" id="yiv5040252026yui_3_16_0_1_1428786602879_8627" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and community activists such as </span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kwabana Sakidi Jijaga Rasuli</span><span class="yiv5040252026" id="yiv5040252026yui_3_16_0_1_1428786602879_3440" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is that the ancient Ethiopic word ain’t got jack to do with the N-word that was yelled at our ancestors as they were being hanged from trees.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv5040252026" id="yiv5040252026yui_3_16_0_1_1428786602879_8649" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And even if it did have noble beginnings, the term is now being used to identify white supremacy’s greatest creation, “the Nigga” - </span><span class="yiv5040252026" id="yiv5040252026yui_3_16_0_1_1428786602879_8654" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a self- hating monster who is programed to kill other black people, </span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">whether it be man, woman or child. Or, in the eyes of trigga happy cops “ </span><span class="yiv5040252026" id="yiv5040252026yui_3_16_0_1_1428786602879_8647" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a natural born criminal who is worthy of instant execution.”</span></div>
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<span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But, hypothetically speaking, suppose that the Honorable </span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Marcus Garvey’s </span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> use of the word “negro” could be traced back to the royal lineage of the throne of Ethiopia to, at least , the time of the </span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Queen of Sheba</span><span class="yiv5040252026" id="yiv5040252026yui_3_16_0_1_1428786602879_8676" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> (Makeda) while racists and white supremacists are using the word that came from the Portuguese slave traders. If we are truly going to differentiate the terms and come up with a “positive term of endearment,” it would only make sense that we use the Sankofa principal and go back to the historical Ethiopian origins of the word. </span></div>
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<span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That is why </span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Kimathi Melaku El</span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, minister of education of </span><span class="yiv5040252026" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Black Talmidim</span><span class="yiv5040252026" id="yiv5040252026yui_3_16_0_1_1428786602879_8696" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, says that the group is calling for the black community to permanently replace “nigga” with Negus. They are also asking that people use the hashtag #replacewithnegus on social media and substitute the word “nigga” in song lyrics and popular phrases with “Negus.” (For instance, “Nigga With Attitude” becomes “Negus With Attitude,” etc.)</span></div>
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<span class="yiv5040252026" id="yiv5040252026yui_3_16_0_1_1428786602879_8699" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Also, even the hardest brother on the block doesn't want to feel stupid or like someone jacked him for what was, rightfully, his. So, if we can convince the youth that they have been robbed of their history and bamboozled into accepting a false term, perhaps they will ,at least, consider changing their language.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8545784112" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This week marks the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King. Although, he accomplished many great things from addressing economic inequality to opposing the Vietnam War, for most Americans he is known ,simply ,for telling black people to love white people and ignore 400 plus years of slavery and oppression. In recent weeks this dream has been echoed by entertainers such as Common, who suggested that if the descendents of slaves just extended the right hand of fellowship to the descendants of their former slave masters, all would be right with the world.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8545784112" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But what about asking the black kid on the block to forgive the dude who shot his homeboy last month. Or even the kid that accidently stepped on his new white Jordans or the Brotha who merely gave him the wrong look at a stop light ? In 2015, we need a “Dr. Martin Luther King of the Hood,” to bring a message of peace and unity to these streets.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8545784112" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Though rarely discussed, the downside to King’s message was that too much attention was paid to loving white folks and not enough to loving our black selves.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8545784112" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Without a doubt, the issue of Black on Black crime is one of the most pressing issues of the last 20 years, as many conservatives are quick to remind us when the world’s microscope is focused on some form of white racism , whether it be a radio talk show who disrespects black women, a college frat boy who does an impromptu N word laced freestyle or a trigger happy cop who shoots a black child down in the street. The cries of “well, what are you doing to stop blacks from killing other blacks” drowns out any intelligent discourse regarding the matter at hand. </span></div>
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<span class="yiv8545784112" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The issue of Black on Black violence is not that simple.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8545784112" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unlike white racists, it’s not like the average black kid wakes up on a mission to go out and kill the first black person he sees. So, mixing the idea of White on Black violence with Black on Black violence is like comparing Jack Daniels to Kool Aid. Unfortunately, this weak comparison often leaves even the most educated, culturally conscious black person without a snappy comeback, as the talking heads at Fox News and other right wing spots have mastered the art of being right and wrong at the same time.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8545784112" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, where do we start healing our own community.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8545784112" id="yiv8545784112yui_3_16_0_1_1427591028104_13442" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">First, we have to put the concept of black self hatred into the proper historical context. This is an area that very few have dared to tread except a few authors like the late Dr. Amos Wilson who gave us the outstanding work “Black on Black Violence: In the service of White Domination.” Contrary to popular belief, Black on Black violence was not imported from Africa. Despite the often parroted idea that “Africans enslaved other Africans’” the truth is that the “slavery “ that existed in the Motherland was more akin to the feudalism that was going on in Europe than chattel slavery . It must be clearly understood that the Black on Black violence happening on the streets of America today is a direct result of the legacy of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade and the demonizing of the Black image.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8545784112" id="yiv8545784112yui_3_16_0_1_1427850801561_12082" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Secondly, we have to clearly understand that Black Murder Inc , is the phattest cash cow in America. Our self destruction generates billions of dollars, annually, and if Black on Black violence ceased to exist today, there would be a lot of rich people on welfare tomorrow. This is because of the cannibalistic nature of Capitalism. To borrow from the funk philosopher George Clinton “America eats its young,” and uses their left overs to fuel the prison and social industrial complexes.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8545784112" id="yiv8545784112yui_3_16_0_1_1427591028104_13436" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Finally, we have to come up with a new strategy that goes beyond just blaming the victim.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv8545784112" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In Durham NC, some artists have gotten together to launch </span><span class="yiv8545784112" style="font-family: Arial; font-weight: bold; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Closed Eyes Project</span><span class="yiv8545784112" id="yiv8545784112yui_3_16_0_1_1427591028104_13245" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to force people to open their eyes to the root causes of Black on Black violence. During the week prior to the anniversary of the assassination of Dr. King, they are asking that artists, activists and scholars across the country unite to form a new Stop the Violence Movement, similar to the Hip Hop movement of the late 80’s. </span></div>
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Min. Paul Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04899529612920905314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286301003624173588.post-9247266593898530302015-03-24T18:51:00.000-07:002015-03-24T18:51:16.858-07:00Killin' (in the name of ) Jesus<div class="yiv1566201934" dir="ltr" id="yiv1566201934yui_3_16_0_1_1427063719398_2933" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 2.4; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span class="yiv1566201934" id="yiv1566201934yui_3_16_0_1_1427063719398_2960" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A while back, many accused rapper Kanye West of sacrilege for proclaiming on his hit “Jesus Walks” that Christ chills out with the “hustlers, drug dealers and strippers.” However, the idea that the “King of Kings” hangs out with bigots, racists and white supremacists is widely accepted. </span></div>
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<span class="yiv1566201934" id="yiv1566201934yui_3_16_0_1_1427063719398_2961" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Palm Sunday, National Geographic will premier </span><span class="yiv1566201934" id="yiv1566201934yui_3_16_0_1_1427221205801_5051" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Killing Jesus</span><span class="yiv1566201934" id="yiv1566201934yui_3_16_0_1_1427063719398_2580" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, a film based on the book by the same name by head Fox News commentator, Bill O’Reilly. The movie is a recreation of the life of Jesus Christ (Yeshua) and chronicles his persecution by the Roman Empire as well as his fellow countrymen who were hatin’ on his ministry. What is ironic is that O’Reilly also serves as the chief spokesman for a right wing agenda that is responsible for the persecution of America’s poor and downtrodden.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv1566201934" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Killing Jesus</span><span class="yiv1566201934" id="yiv1566201934yui_3_16_0_1_1427063719398_2598" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is not a new revelation as Dr. Hugh Schonfield has written several works on the political activities of the early believers such as “The Passover Plot” and “The Jesus Party.” Also, Dr. James Cone has written extensively about the Messiah in the context of racial oppression in books such as “Black Theology/Black Power” and “God of the Oppressed.” But the hypocrisy of the major mouthpiece of the self righteous right having his book made into a TV movie about the </span><span class="yiv1566201934" id="yiv1566201934yui_3_16_0_1_1427063719398_2605" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">champion of the poo</span><span class="yiv1566201934" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">r </span><span class="yiv1566201934" id="yiv1566201934yui_3_16_0_1_1427221205801_5070" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and oppressed </span><span class="yiv1566201934" id="yiv1566201934yui_3_16_0_1_1427063719398_2600" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is too much for a member of an oppressed class to ignore.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv1566201934" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">What is extremely interesting about </span><span class="yiv1566201934" id="yiv1566201934yui_3_16_0_1_1427063719398_2602" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Killing Jesus</span><span class="yiv1566201934" id="yiv1566201934yui_3_16_0_1_1427063719398_2623" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is the striking similarities between the villains of the narrative and The Fox News Nation and between the heroic Jesus figure and the people who are victims of the Right Wing’s wrath.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv1566201934" id="yiv1566201934yui_3_16_0_1_1427063719398_2635" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Just like the Caesars, the Right Wingers demand that everybody bows down to their collective will. Conservatives have a monolithic view of America and only tolerate those who have similar backgrounds and values. When is the last time that you heard a Fox talking head say something nice about someone Black or Latino except ,maybe, Geraldo Rivera or one of the members of their regular </span><span class="yiv1566201934" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i class="yiv1566201934">Crucify Him Choir </i></span><span class="yiv1566201934" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> of black conservatives ?</span></div>
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<span class="yiv1566201934" id="yiv1566201934yui_3_16_0_1_1427063719398_2669" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another similarity is that conservative commentators serve as televangelists for the big business tycoons who gained their fortunes by exploiting the poor and paying them slave wages, thus creating the social conditions that cause the pathological behaviors that Fox and Friends demonize daily . It must be remembered that genocide is not only the act of carrying out the mass murder of a race, but according to the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide it is defined as “deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part ." So the right wing would have been best buds with the </span><span class="yiv1566201934" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i class="yiv1566201934">Thieves in the Temple.</i></span><span class="yiv1566201934" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></div>
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<span class="yiv1566201934" id="yiv1566201934yui_3_16_0_1_1427063719398_2672" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Also, Fox News is notorious for “bearing false witness “ against those who oppose them. Just like the Pharisees and Sadducees started a smear campaign against Jesus, Fox News and others slander anyone who objects to their tyranny. When ratings need a quick boost , Fox always stages an Inquisition and goes after anyone whom they deem </span><span class="yiv1566201934" id="yiv1566201934yui_3_16_0_1_1427221205801_5026" style="font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">un-American.</span><span class="yiv1566201934" id="yiv1566201934yui_3_16_0_1_1427063719398_2757" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Many can remember the vicious attack that they waged against President Obama's former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright during the 2008 election season. </span></div>
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<span class="yiv1566201934" id="yiv1566201934yui_3_16_0_1_1427063719398_2771" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition, although they claim to love “The Prince of Peace,” they champion policies that favor the biggest warmongers on the planet. Not to mention “get tough on crime” policies that created the prison industrial complex and have a disproportionate number of Black and Latino youth on a never- ending journey down the school to prison pipeline.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv1566201934" id="yiv1566201934yui_3_16_0_1_1427063719398_2481" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Lastly, they send their conservative legionnaires to crucify those who speak the truth, as Rupert Murdoch has transformed an office building in the heart of New York City into a modern day Mt. Calvary. For instance, during the last National Prayer Breakfast, President Obama incurred the wrath of the Right when he dared to suggest that Christianity had just as much blood on its hands as Islam, using the Crusades, slavery and Jim Crow-ism as a backdrop . However, due to the machinations of a conservative media, what could have been a much needed discussion of the nuances of race and religion in this country was reduced to some idiotic right wing ramblings about knights in shining armor. The thousands of other examples of church sponsored genocide were ignored. </span></div>
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<span class="yiv1566201934" id="yiv1566201934yui_3_16_0_1_1427063719398_2554" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So, don’t believe everything you see on TV kids.</span></div>
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<span class="yiv1566201934" id="yiv1566201934yui_3_16_0_1_1427063719398_36603" style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If Jesus showed up in America today advocating for the rights of the poor , he would be hanging from the satellite antenna at the top of the News Corp Building.</span></div>
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Min. Paul Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04899529612920905314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286301003624173588.post-51777191152903928212015-03-06T07:56:00.002-08:002015-03-06T07:56:58.787-08:00Activists Offer Better Solution for Durham Crime than More Cops<div class="yiv7837451191" dir="ltr" id="yiv7837451191yui_3_16_0_1_1425655220841_2794" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<span class="yiv7837451191" id="yiv7837451191yui_3_16_0_1_1425655220841_2810">Recently, at a Durham City Council meeting, Police Chief Jose Lopez expressed concerns about the recent shootings in Durham and suggested that the solution to the problem was to add more police officers. However, a group of local activists and musicians is suggesting a better solution. They are asking that community members raise their voices against violence.</span></div>
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Minister Paul Scott and local musician Marcus Cox have recently launched the "Closed Eyes Project. They are asking artists in Durham to come together to stop the shootings that often occur in the city. Scott suggests that Hip Hop and other forms of music that are popular with the city's youth will make them think twice before pulling a gun on someone.</div>
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The Closed Eyes Project has recently released a series of anti-vioelnce songs called "Closed Eyes" which includes a Hip Hop version for the youth and a R&B version for older listeners. They have even included a "Make Your Own Remix Version" on which they are asking Durham residents to add their own verse to the song.</div>
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Based on the controversy surrounding recent incidents involving Durham police as well as police departments in other parts of the country, Scott says that most people in urban communities have a distrust of the police and a grassroots effort to stop crime will be a better solution than adding more officers.</div>
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Min. Paul Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04899529612920905314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286301003624173588.post-49147497759771663152015-02-13T03:44:00.000-08:002015-02-23T20:31:44.872-08:00Durham Artists Create New Voices Against Violence Anthem<div class="" id="yiv4075903982yui_3_16_0_1_1423614309370_21149" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">
<span class="" id="yiv4075903982yui_3_16_0_1_1423614309370_20539" style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.38;">For many years Durham has gotten a bad rap for being a bastion of crime. The “City of Medicine” has gained a national reputation as being the “City of Violence.” In recent months, the violence seems to have escalated, leaving many residents scratching their heads, unsure of what to do to stop the senseless murders plaguing the Bull City.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Maybe it’s because none of these crusaders have had the guts to put the word in the context of white supremacy. And like author Neely Fuller said “unless you understand white supremacy, everything else will just confuse you. “ The problem is that too many of us have focused on the monsters instead of the Frankensteins that created them. This is especially critical in a time that niggas are being mass produced at an alarming rate.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am suggesting that this Black History month we start </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“the 28 day Nigga Can Dare .” </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> If you know someone who lets the N-word flow outta his mouth like water, double dog dare him not to use the word during February. And just to make the bet more interesting , make him drop a buck in a special can everytime he uses the word. And after the month is over, donate the money to a program that is helping young black boys and girls. (Now, I know some of ya’ll are gonna need a bucket instead of a can. )</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Min. Paul Scott represents the Messianic Afrikan Nation. He can be reached at (919) 972-8305 or </span><a href="mailto:info@nowarningshotsfired.com" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">info@nowarningshotsfired.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> Follow on Twitter @truthminista </span>Min. Paul Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04899529612920905314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4286301003624173588.post-70024559947066497062014-12-09T18:53:00.000-08:002014-12-09T19:03:36.853-08:00False Gods and Fake Kings<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The new movie, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Exodus: Gods and Kings, </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> has drawn a lot of heat because of the producer’s choice to, once again, select a white cast to portray the Egyptians and the Jews of the Old Testament. To make matters worst, media mogul, Rupert Murdoch further ticked people off when he tweeted the ludicrous question “since when are the Egyptians not white?” I guess if Murdoch decided to do a Hip Hop version of Exodus, the movie would star Macklemore as Ramesses the Great , Iggy Azalea as Nefretiri and Eminem as Moses.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The question of the color of the ancient Egyptians and the original Jews has long been debated by scholars. Historically, white scientists have chosen to place a lily white civilization smack dab in the middle of the hot sands of Northern Africa. Thankfully, black scholars such as Cheikh Anta Diop (The African Origin of Civilization) , Yosef ben-Jochannan (We the Black Jews) and Anthony Browder (Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization) have dedicated their lives to correcting this misrepresentation of history. Interestingly enough, several white writers such as Godfrey Higgins (Anacalypsis) , Martin Bernal (Black Athena) and Arthur Koestler (The Thirteenth Tribe) have presented a more ,historically, accurate truth in their works. White authors such as Sigmund Freud (Moses and Monotheism) and Gary Greenberg (The Bible Myth) have even suggested that Moses, himself, might have been an Egyptian.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Also, there have been numerous religious groups that have challenged the idea of white Judaism since the early 20th century, such as “The Church of God and Saints of Christ,” and the “African Hebrew Israelites” who relocated to Dimona, Israel. We must never forget that it was Rabbi Arnold Josiah Ford who wrote the Universal Ethiopian Hymnal for Marcus Garvey’s UNIA, the largest black movement in American history.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">However, the history of Black Jews (correctly known as Hebrew Israelites) is rarely discussed in this country. Movies like “The Ten Commandments “ have made Moses look like Charlton Heston instead of Wesley Snipes.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Even in Hip Hop, while rap historians have focused on the Islamic influence on the genre, relatively little attention has been paid to the influence of the Hebrew Israelite teachings. There have been many stories written on Rakim, Brand Nubian and Poor Righteous Teachers and their use of Hip Hop to “civilize the 85” but little has been written about artists like Killah Priest and Hell Razah using Hebrew teachings to “ gather the lost tribes.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the first instances of Hebrewism in Hip Hop was Doug E. Fresh and The Get Fresh Crew’s 1985 hit, “The Show.” While the lyrics contained basically, esoteric Hebrew references, indiscernible to the untrained ear, Doug E Fresh’s other works such as “All the Way to Heaven” showed the influence of the Torah more directly. By the time he released “ Aiight” there was little doubt that he was reppin’ the 144 (thousand) as he wore the Star of David emblem at the beginning of the video and featured a cameo by some Hebrew Israelites at the end.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In 1989 , Boogie Down Production’s front man KRS One put writer Ella Hughley’s passage from her book, “The Truth About Black Biblical Hebrew-Israelites “ into lyrical form on the song “Why Is That?.” For many Hip Hop fans that was their first exposure to a black Biblical genealogy. He also used part of the same lyrics during the opening of the video for “You Must Learn.”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Years, later the Hebrew teachings came courtesy of Wu Tang affiliates , Sunz of Man. One of the most instrumental albums out of the Sunz of Man collective was Killah Priest’s solo joint, “Heavy Mental” which featured the classic cut “B.I.B.L.E (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth.)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It must be noted that rappers, Drake and Shyne are also Jewish. However, they embrace a more “Orthodox” form of Judaism that differs from the teachings of the Hebrew Israelites.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So the question must be asked, with the influence of Hebrew teachings on Hip Hop, why has there been no large movement to emerge like the Five Percenters or the Nuwaubians. Although there is plenty of 5% terminology embedded within Hip Hop, where is the Hebrew swag? On almost every award show , some rapper yells “PEACE! “ after he receives his trophy. But when is the last time you heard a rapper yell out “Shalom ?”</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Perhaps the reason is because of the strict laws and statutes attached to the Torah as opposed to the NGE (5%) ideology of being I Self Lord And Master. Or maybe, it is because the racial identity of the “Chosen People” is still too much of a taboo topic to be discussed in a Hip Hop industry that has no problem promoting black genocide on a continuous basis.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">But in a time when movies like Exodus; Gods and Kings, are being released, Hip Hop should be some of the strongest voices correcting the historical errors portrayed in the film. Unfortunately, there has been mostly silence from the usually opinionated rap crowd. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The prophets of the Old Testament talked about how the Children of Israel would be a scattered people. This Is especially true in Hip Hop. However, they also prophesied that one day “ a remnant would return.” With our people living in almost total darkness, it is time for those who are supposed to be chosen to give light to the world to unite!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Minister Paul Scott represents the Messianic Afrikan Nation. He can be reached at </span><a href="mailto:info@nowarningshotsfired.com" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">info@nowarningshotsfired.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Follow on twitter @truthminista</span>Min. Paul Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04899529612920905314noreply@blogger.com