sanctioned police who kill unarmed children , but the angry protesters , who I ’ m certain were just expecting more from the Black President of the U . S . We got less . We pardoned much that we held other POTUS ’ s fully responsible for , because we thought he was us , emotions overflowing . We ’ re so protective . “ Obamanites ” tend to dismiss his politics and claim that these things weren ’ t problems a Black president could fix for Black people , but they give him credit for a universal health plan without reading its pages , and love for reduced gas prices , which no President has control of , with the U . S . being an extreme minority producer of the fuel we consume . Our emotions get in the way . Obamanites also tend to dismiss the fact that he used his pen to sign bills into laws protecting gays and the very police officers killing Black people , but nothing in that federal cookie jar for Black people . “ Little Black boy and girl , you can be President too .”
It ’ s time to STOP telling our young Black men and women this . It ’ s time to stop using achievement of the Oval Office as the optimal standard to attain , that carrot to be captured . Since the building of the seat of this nation , the White House , by our enslaved ancestry in 1792 , that domicile has represented nothing but the inhumane for Africans . Its represented policies that saw African nations on the continent colonized and “ neo-colonized ”. Its represented education policies that continue to see our children languishing in last with no identities . Its represented social and political policies that continue to see our communities suffer . Its represented economic policies that have seen us garner less than 1 % of the wealth of this nation , no real wealth beyond what we can wear or drive . Its represented the assassinations of Black leaders here and abroad and the total eradication of Black organizations who simply sought to advocate for us . Its represented drug and crime policies that have seen profound disparities in the numbers of Black men and women who are disproportionately in cages and disenfranchised . Its advocated for legions of lobbyists with toxic interests . Its represented the impotent , disinterested body of government that has stood idly by as Black people are erased from existence . Its been that key body that ’ s made certain the last place trophy is reserved for the continuously enslaved . Nope , the White House never ended slavery , it simply rendered it more palatable to the population , easier to swallow . Same dire effects though . No freedom , and it ’ s even more dangerous cousin , the illusory version . We tell our kids they can and should be President because we don ’ t know any better , because this is part of our indoctrination here , the embracing of systems that have never served us , love for positions and politics that have only served to oppress us .
Head slave is STILL a position to be coveted .
Your son or daughter can be the next African in America to oversee that foot pressed firmly down upon our backs if they play their cards right . This is the epitome of blind patriotism . Extreme and profound loyalty to a country that has NEVER been loyal to us . Once the dust that is our rabid emotionalism settles , the facts will still be there . It ’ s time to stop telling our children to achieve academically so they can become the “ head negro in charge ”.
We gave it 2 terms , 8 years .
We so badly need leaders of us in our own communities . We so badly need advocates for us from among us . We so badly need leaders who understand the importance of group economics . We so badly need business and bank owners who look like us , provide for , and do for us . We need Black leaders who are unafraid and unashamed to help build for us here and to help bridge the gap with Africans on the continent and around the world . We need leaders who understand that knowledge of our history and ancestry is the key to moving forward . We need leaders who truly understand the depth of their innate gifts and talents and choose to lend these attributes to their own in a manner that edifies the collective .
Where ’ s OUR leader ?
It ’ s funny , I often hear apologists assert that “ Obama isn ’ t the President of Black People ”. So I ask , beyond the obvious symbolism , what good is he to us then ? Why send your brilliant son or daughter to an office where they are unable to help their own people ?
Oftentimes , these questions answer themselves .
Oftentimes , that symbolic is toxic .