There had been much speculation as to whether President Obama would cosign Kwanzaa, this year. However, looks like the Prez and First Lady issued an official statement, yesterday.
Funny, but the mainstream media seem to have not gotten the memo.
The only major newspapers that I see that have picked up the story are the LA Times and USA Today.
Also, both papers only mention the Kwanzaa address on their Internet blogs, not the print additions. (The USA Today blog is actually about my article, "Christmas, Kwanzaa and Obama."
Even Fox News, the network that issues a news alert every time the President sneezes is keepin' this on the hush hush. I guess they are too busy trying to blame the Obama Administration for the attempted airplane bombing.
Is the "black holiday" a victim of a media "blackout?"
Let it be known that there are Kwanzaa events taking place all over the country.
Just because you don't see it on the news does not mean that it's not happening...
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Sunday, September 6, 2009
The Lynching of Van Jones
Back in the day, the lynch mobs used to come like thieves in the night to hang black men from trees. Seems like the Right Wingers are carrying on the tradition.
It's 3AM Sunday EST and my good night's sleep was interrupted by my usual nightmare that Mike Savage and the Savage Nation had overthrown the government and were reinstituting slavery. So, I frantically, went to Yahoo news to make sure that I didn't have to grab my meager belongings and head to Canada via the nearest swamp when I saw the latest headline that green jobs czar, Van Jones, had just resigned.
Who is forced to resign at 1AM on a holiday weekend?
I guess the Conservatives felt that most black folks would be too distracted by family reunions, BBQ and old Marvin Gaye records to raise too much of a fuss during Labor Day Weekend.
What did he do so bad, anyway, record a gangsta rap version of "It's Not Easy Bein' Green?"
Now I knew earlier today when Fox News launched an "unofficial" poll that 97% of their viewers thought that Jones should be fired that this was gonna be a rough ride.
After all, they are still featuring Rev. Jeremiah Wright speeches as breaking news every time they need a black bogeyman.
They also played clips of Jones' alleged "extremist views." One clip had Jones saying that you have never seen black kids doing a "Columbine."
Well....?
It's funny how they attack extremist views but don't explain how the views are extreme.
What happened to "I may not agree with what you say but I will defend your right to say it..."
Guess that saying had as much merit when applied to black folks as "all men are created equal" did during slavery.
Oh well. I guess the only thing worst than being thrown under the bus is throwin' yourself under the Greyhound.
I wish that Jones had stuck to his guns. As the old saying goes, "if you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything."
It's sad, they used to lynch black men with ropes now they lynch us with lies.
Paul Scott writes for No Warning Shots Fired.com He can be reached at (919) 451-8283
info@nowarningshotsfired.com
It's 3AM Sunday EST and my good night's sleep was interrupted by my usual nightmare that Mike Savage and the Savage Nation had overthrown the government and were reinstituting slavery. So, I frantically, went to Yahoo news to make sure that I didn't have to grab my meager belongings and head to Canada via the nearest swamp when I saw the latest headline that green jobs czar, Van Jones, had just resigned.
Who is forced to resign at 1AM on a holiday weekend?
I guess the Conservatives felt that most black folks would be too distracted by family reunions, BBQ and old Marvin Gaye records to raise too much of a fuss during Labor Day Weekend.
What did he do so bad, anyway, record a gangsta rap version of "It's Not Easy Bein' Green?"
Now I knew earlier today when Fox News launched an "unofficial" poll that 97% of their viewers thought that Jones should be fired that this was gonna be a rough ride.
After all, they are still featuring Rev. Jeremiah Wright speeches as breaking news every time they need a black bogeyman.
They also played clips of Jones' alleged "extremist views." One clip had Jones saying that you have never seen black kids doing a "Columbine."
Well....?
It's funny how they attack extremist views but don't explain how the views are extreme.
What happened to "I may not agree with what you say but I will defend your right to say it..."
Guess that saying had as much merit when applied to black folks as "all men are created equal" did during slavery.
Oh well. I guess the only thing worst than being thrown under the bus is throwin' yourself under the Greyhound.
I wish that Jones had stuck to his guns. As the old saying goes, "if you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything."
It's sad, they used to lynch black men with ropes now they lynch us with lies.
Paul Scott writes for No Warning Shots Fired.com He can be reached at (919) 451-8283
info@nowarningshotsfired.com
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Monkey Business as Usual
Monkey Business as Usual
Paul Scott
By now you've probably seen the infamous New York Post cartoon of two police officers standing over a dead chimpanzee with two bullet holes and the caption " They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/18/new-york-post-cartoon-race
We'll isn't that special...
Now I don't wanna come off like that church lady from the old school Saturday Night Live skit who saw the evil one's hand in every action undertaken by mankind so I'll try to be as objective as possible.
There is a reason why African Americans get uptight when animals, especially monkeys, are in any way, shape , form or fashion connected to anything dealing with black folks.
For many years, European historians promoted as scientific fact the idea that Africans were the missing link between apes and humans. However, on page 105 of Michael Bradley's book "The Ice Man Inheritance," he makes the point that feature wise, it is the Caucasian that has more in common with apes than Africans by quoting Ashley Montagu and Ivan T. Sanderson.
During World War II, some white soldiers went overseas spreading the myth that black soldiers had tails to mess up their rap with white women.
It has been suggested by some that even the movie King Kong was really about the attraction of black men to white women.
Also, I remember years back when AT@T caught heat for having an ad that had humans representing the other continents but (you guessed it) a monkey was chattin' on the phone in Africa.
So, the outrage over the Post has precedence.
This is not the first time that the NY Post has been criticized by black folks. I remember back in the day Public Enemy had a song dedicated to the racist journalism of the paper called "A Letter to the New York Post."
But the question is, with all the other stuff going on in the world, why is this story so newsworthy ?
Simple. The sidebar issues.
A lot of people are going to get a lot of mileage from this story and come next week people would have forgotten all about how the controversy started in the first place.
So, why all the static?
The Civil Rights folks need something like this every now and then. I am sure the donations have dropped since President Obama was elected and many proclaimed America as "post racial." So, the Civil Rights fighters are going to use this to prove why your tax deductible donation is still necessary.
It has been rumored for months that the Democrats are trying to get the Fairness Doctrine instated that will give the liberal tree huggers equal access to the airwaves. Ironically enough, since folks on the Left fear radical black voices, this may result in even less "controversial" authentically black issues being discussed in the media.
The Right Wing Conservative bigots may actually benefit the most from this controversy. Since the election, many have been playing the reverse race card and saying that there is some anti-Conservative conspiracy. They are playing the victim role very well.
Fox News' Sean Hannity already has a "Hate Hannity" hotline and folks like him are referring to themselves as "Conservatives in exile."
By the way, who owns the NY Post again?
That's right..Rupert "Money Bags" Murdock, who also owns Fox News.
So, I guess the world is a stage and every actor plays a part.
My prediction is...
In the end, they will all find a way to blame Hip Hop. After all, 50 Cent's "G-Unit" does stand for "Gorilla Unit," doesn't it?
Or maybe they will blame Kool and the Gang for releasing "Jungle Boogie" back in the '70's.
Who knows?
Paul Scott, Hip Hop TRUTH Minista" writes for No Warning Shots Fired.com. He can be reached at info@nowarningshotsfired.com (919) 451-8283
Paul Scott
By now you've probably seen the infamous New York Post cartoon of two police officers standing over a dead chimpanzee with two bullet holes and the caption " They'll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/18/new-york-post-cartoon-race
We'll isn't that special...
Now I don't wanna come off like that church lady from the old school Saturday Night Live skit who saw the evil one's hand in every action undertaken by mankind so I'll try to be as objective as possible.
There is a reason why African Americans get uptight when animals, especially monkeys, are in any way, shape , form or fashion connected to anything dealing with black folks.
For many years, European historians promoted as scientific fact the idea that Africans were the missing link between apes and humans. However, on page 105 of Michael Bradley's book "The Ice Man Inheritance," he makes the point that feature wise, it is the Caucasian that has more in common with apes than Africans by quoting Ashley Montagu and Ivan T. Sanderson.
During World War II, some white soldiers went overseas spreading the myth that black soldiers had tails to mess up their rap with white women.
It has been suggested by some that even the movie King Kong was really about the attraction of black men to white women.
Also, I remember years back when AT@T caught heat for having an ad that had humans representing the other continents but (you guessed it) a monkey was chattin' on the phone in Africa.
So, the outrage over the Post has precedence.
This is not the first time that the NY Post has been criticized by black folks. I remember back in the day Public Enemy had a song dedicated to the racist journalism of the paper called "A Letter to the New York Post."
But the question is, with all the other stuff going on in the world, why is this story so newsworthy ?
Simple. The sidebar issues.
A lot of people are going to get a lot of mileage from this story and come next week people would have forgotten all about how the controversy started in the first place.
So, why all the static?
The Civil Rights folks need something like this every now and then. I am sure the donations have dropped since President Obama was elected and many proclaimed America as "post racial." So, the Civil Rights fighters are going to use this to prove why your tax deductible donation is still necessary.
It has been rumored for months that the Democrats are trying to get the Fairness Doctrine instated that will give the liberal tree huggers equal access to the airwaves. Ironically enough, since folks on the Left fear radical black voices, this may result in even less "controversial" authentically black issues being discussed in the media.
The Right Wing Conservative bigots may actually benefit the most from this controversy. Since the election, many have been playing the reverse race card and saying that there is some anti-Conservative conspiracy. They are playing the victim role very well.
Fox News' Sean Hannity already has a "Hate Hannity" hotline and folks like him are referring to themselves as "Conservatives in exile."
By the way, who owns the NY Post again?
That's right..Rupert "Money Bags" Murdock, who also owns Fox News.
So, I guess the world is a stage and every actor plays a part.
My prediction is...
In the end, they will all find a way to blame Hip Hop. After all, 50 Cent's "G-Unit" does stand for "Gorilla Unit," doesn't it?
Or maybe they will blame Kool and the Gang for releasing "Jungle Boogie" back in the '70's.
Who knows?
Paul Scott, Hip Hop TRUTH Minista" writes for No Warning Shots Fired.com. He can be reached at info@nowarningshotsfired.com (919) 451-8283
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