Pathetic
The
color of your skin, really
That
is your claim to supremacy
You
who are a product of evolution
And
claim no national origin or group to belong
You
originate out of nothing and that is what you are
Oh
come now, please try something better
There
are multi millions with skins of the same color
Ah
it is only to the African that you fell superior
Well,
maybe, to a few others
You
do not know the origin of the genes of your forefathers
Unlike
the Indians, Chinese and Japanese to name a few
Your
knowledge extends to those who came
And
through deception and trickery stole
Robbed
and slaughtered the natives
Then
went to the motherland to enslave the African
Bring
him here to enrich your pocket and work your land
That
was your mistake
The
African showed you up to be less than a man
What
have you to take to the table?
To
show that you are superior
Sophistication
belong to the British and Spanish
Romance
to the French and Italian
Technology
to the Japanese and Chinese
Population
to the Chinese and Indian
Need
I tell you why the African is the best?
Enslaved
you valued the African less that your animals
But
lust and passion rise in you when you look at the female African
In
her lies the ultimate of what you desire in a woman
And
standing beside the African man you fall short
Because
he is what you would like to be as man
For
the African man is what you never will be
For
although you are prouder than a peacock
And
more puffed up than Lucifer with pride
Behind
mask and gowns you continue to hide
While
proclaiming your hate
To
the African who you claim is minority
But
who shows up your inferiority
And
while you clamor and shout that you are supreme
The
African take to heights that you will never reach
© Prince W Bradford 2015
(Exert from "Wha'a Gwaan Man?" by Prince W Bradford published by Create Space
I have lived in the United States for close to seven years now and it is not often than I encounter racial discrimination. It does exist but I do not have to directly deal with it most times probably because I live in South Florida which is a real melting pot of nations.
Today there was an African American gentleman doing his job when an elderly Caucasian gentleman looked on him and declared "Now that we have President Trump, you will have to return to where you came from." This elderly gentleman proceeded to repeat President Trump several times in a way to suggest that he was issuing a warning to the African American gentleman.
I personally remain baffled as to how persons of Caucasian descent are able to lay claim to a section of North America. I take it that those of us who by virtue of the color of our skins are identified as descending from the Continent of Africa, we at least identify our origin. The challenge to those of Caucasian descent will be to identify where they originated and how America became the possession of persons of European descent. Maybe their intention is to make America an extension of Europe.
It is fascinating that the United States has taken on the task to police the world and the State Department of the US issues reports about the faults of other countries but somehow continues to ignore its own back yard. This may partly explain the renewed fascination that the United States should finally become a country of whites only. Even Native Americans (those people the Europeans came and saw occupying the land) are being threatened with being deported to where they came from by these persons of European descent.
Unless what I was taught in history class in high school was wrong it was Christopher Columbus who opened up a whole new world to the Europeans. These persons of European descent in their determination to make the United States whites only continue to conveniently ignore the extermination of the Native American population by claiming that it was not so much acts of genocide that was responsible for the extermination of the native population but that it were the diseases that the Europeans brought on their breaths and in their bodies. The native population had no immunity to these diseases.
It is fascinating to hear the boast "We are the pretest country on earth, We are the leaders of the free world." and along came one man who was well aware of the bigotry and hatred that simmered and decided to exploit it during the 2016 US presidential elections.
On a matter of principle I do not publicly criticize Christians and the church but as a black man living in the United State what shall we do when church leaders embrace the man who encourages violence against us and assure us that this man is God's choice to be president. May I remind the church that in the past the same persons who dressed in white hoods and lynched black people in the past were the same persons that were in the church pulpits of the church on Sundays.
The President-elect encouraged violence at his election rallies and the violence was aimed at certain groups and sects. 4 in 5 white evangelicals voted for the President-elect. Why should we as blacks believe what we are being being told by white evangelicals when they support a man who encourages violence against us?
I have fought against black men that have ridiculed and criticized the church and defended the church but what shall I say now that I face the reality that I could possibly be attacked or killed because of the color of my skin and since the man that is ultimately behind it Christians and the church are proclaiming to be God's choice.
The reports are becoming more and more frequent in the news media and on social media of blacks and others being attacked based on the rhetoric proclaimed by the president-elect at his rallies. What consolation shall the evangelical church give these persons?
Somehow I had thought that we have gotten over this thing that black people are cursed by God. Then again the President-elect could be God's choice but for a different reason than the one being given by the church.
