Liberian Literary Magazine
Star Wars/George Lucas
Fewer names ring big in
Hollywood than George’s. But
he recently found himself and
his former enterprise in some
mess. Was it a whine of a
disgruntled spoiled rich kid or
genuine? He surely sounded
that way to some. As an
insider, he knew exactly what
he was signing away to Disney
when he sold out his Star wars
enterprise. To come out
today and play on a critical
issue of slavery is not cool at
all. When did he know he had
had his cake? After they told
him off or when he sold off his
baby? Did he simply wake up
today and realize that he had
supported ‘slavery’ by selling
to the ‘slaver’ Disney? Or did
he expect to deal with slavers
and walk away a saint?
Frankly he should be the
last one with any opinion on
where the enterprise he sold
out is going or expected to go.
The time he had a say in that,
he said what he wanted,
which was, nothing. He
agreed to have no say. Today
to come and attempt to have
one is not only unbecoming
but outright premature. The
half-hearted apology does not
even cover the potential
damage of his comments. I
think he should wallow in his
4 billion and watch his baby
being ripped apart or shifted
anyway Disney feels she
wants to do it. it is now hers
and that should conclude the
matter.
But somehow, Star Wars
keeps finding its way into
popular media and not
necessarily because of the
show itself. We find President
Obama and FLOTUS being
Promoting Liberian literature, Arts and Culture
linked to it; and then there is
Senator Hilary Clinton’s, “May
the Force be with you”
comment. This was perhaps
one of her better days. With
hubby Bill desperately trying
to remain America’s first
black president, he seems to
be shooting the Clinton
campaign in
a not-socomfortable spot. For him to
succeed, he must anger the
black voters who are Obama
diehards. I am not sure he
wants to do that now; not
when his wife is on
accelerated life support that
only the black vote can get
her off. Where I come from,
we say, don’t anger the lion
when your hand is in its
mouth.
Ferguson and
Cop Shootings
This one I’d keep short, not
for lack of things to say, but
to check myself from writing
a whole book here. With the
rise of cop shooting, the
failed justice system and the
fractured black response, are
we surprised that Ferguson
happens right under our
noses? Ferguson proved that
not only can Deputy Ben
Fields, Eric Casebolt, and
Officer Darren Wilson do what
they do, but they can do so
with impunity. It heightened
the tension and exposed
America for what she truly is,
a nation struggling with its
racial issues. As she goes
about imposing democracy
[more like the quasi one] on
other
nations,
Ferguson
explains why Ol’ Trump is
able to do what he is doing in
2016.
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In almost any other nation,
the US would be in arms and
policymakers and scholars
would be proffering solutions
to their problems from
thousands of miles away. The
State department would be
‘condemning or approving of
leaders when in fact, she is
only using the pretext of
popular democracy to further
divisive, repressive regimes
around the world; regimes
that
will
ensure
her
dominance through bribery,
extortion and benevolence.
The incidence shows how
fragile the race issue is in
America and why one month
is not sufficient. It proves why
new policies that are aimed at
resolution
need
to be
formulated. It speaks to a
failing judicial system; one
that
has
continuously
misjudged, prejudiced and illtreated the racial minority
America.
Super Bowl & Cam Newton
Super Bowl, despite what
Americans wish to believe, is
not the biggest sporting event
in the world now hold up,
before the lynching starts,
check out soccer, the original
game of the world. And no,
two teams in the US don’t
quite make up a ‘world’ series
now do they? It is just a great
game that makes a lot of
money for some; lose
countless more for others and
have a world full of passion
attached to it.
What is interesting is that
the media seems to pick up
only the walk out of the
interview. They ignore the
reasons or the moment when