"Somebody Blew Up America" - By Poet & Activist Amiri Baraka

It is the question of "Who" that moves one when listening to this poem. It reminds me of the days of the Beatniks. It makes me want to snap my fingers as my mind views his words. It is a question that does not need a formal response. The answers are in the Mr. Amiri Baraka's questions of "Who?" It is similar to the question asked by some post September 11, 2001. What did you do to them? The "Who" was already known. It was the details of what the "Who" had done to these people to make them so angry to fly planes into buildings and kill Americans. I asked neither question as I knew the answers. I just needed the specifics of the details of the "What." So I wrote that that history would tell the "What" as it told the "What" that made Native Americans so angry as to attack the settlers. Thus for me my titled writing "Savages and Militants and Terrorist - The War Against Those Who Fight Back. That is those who fight back against the "Who."

Is the “Who” those who divide and conquer us for their own personal gains? All weapons do not go boom yet are as destructive i.e. racism, sexism, poverty, homelessness… What cultural insensitivity or, as my friend Aunk more correctly calls it cultural poisoning, caused September 11, 2001? Mr. Amiri Baraka speaks of many examples of silent weapons and their destructive nature.

There are still many unanswered question around September 11, 2001. Mr. Baraka asks some of my questions which already contain the answer. Most Mr. Baraka questions tell and show us why we should question and not let other think for us. His questions warn of a mind that only houses sound bites full of propaganda and the self-interest of others. As they say“free your mind” and to that one must question.

Somebody blew up America and it was just not what happened on September 11, 2001.  Who?

Let Mr. Baraka move you. Close your eyes if needed. Snap your fingers if needed. Listen again and again if needed and tell me at the end under comments what you feel and think about the "Who." We all at some time can be victimized by Mr. Baraka's "Who."

To read more of what my friend Aunk says on cultural health versus cultural poisoning, please visit his site by clicking the link below. 
http://culturalhealth.blogspot.com/

More on Mr. Baraka's poem
http://seekingjusticeamerica.blogspot.com/2013/05/who-are-who.html

Additional Links:

http://enwr77.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/08/12622542-somebody-blew-up-america-by-poet-activist-amiri-baraka

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUEu-pG1HWw&feature=g-hist

A Thank you to my daughter for sending me this poem.  Your children do listen to you, learn from you and get to know you.