America is a country created by way of an injustice to a people. America still in its youth seeks to know what is just. The writings here are to document some of the injustices so she may clearly see herself.
First was
the watering down accomplished by the corporate avoidance term
"diversity." Title VII and state regulations address the
real crime, discrimination. Diversity or not is a symptom or part of
discrimination. Diversity sounds more corporate, pleasant. Changing
the term from discrimination to diversity is a subtle but, strong distancing by
employers from the real crime addressed in Title VII.
Dismantling Affirmative Action is
part of the current era post reconstruction of the Civil Rights Movement of the
50's and 60's.
There are many
writings on websites and blogs in support of Sister Assata Shakur.I
thought it ample coverage but, then thought how could I on this Mother’s Day
celebration, celebrate the motherhood of my Black sisters without addressing
this affront against Black women all over the world.
Accusations of
terrorism are the new COINTELPRO. This accusation
was sanctioned by America's First African American President and his African
American Attorney General. This is an affront to Black women all over the world,
including America’s First Lady. Accusations of terrorism are being used to stifle
dissent as our government and its military complex has brought the wars home to
roost against the American people.
If a picture says a thousand words, than a poem paints a thousand pictures. Each time a poem is read, a new picture appears. Such is a poem I posted some time ago, yet few were able to see the pictures.
I would like to paint the pictures here though not quite with a thousand words. One major tool of poetry is the brush strokes of sound. In English classes we learn of the rhythmic beats of poetry. The other way sounds are created is by using certain words, e.g. words contain the sound make by the letter “S” The poem I am referring to, used the sound made by the word “who.” Thus the title of this article and an explanation of the use of the word “who” and who are the “who” in this particular poem and to make them visual.
The poem was first sent to me by my daughter along with links to its explanation. I went on to do further research.
The poem asks who at the same time by using the word “who”, it is making a statement. Instead of asking the poem is telling that the “who” did these things. One must understand who the “who” are before being able to understand the poem and appreciate its message. It is a message brought to its reader using the sound of the word “who.”
Wars always Come Home to Roost. It can be in the form of war products like DDT, drones, or security complex treating citizens as the enemy. It can be suffering from the debt of war. It can be helping soldier physically, emotionally and economically scarred. It can be the divisiveness and hatred drummed up by those promoting the war. It can be the pain families of soldiers suffer. It can be future conflicts in the world. It is coming home to roost in America to the benefit of the war industries.
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/
First was
the watering down accomplished by the corporate avoidance term
"diversity." Title VII and state regulations address the
real crime, discrimination. Diversity or not is a symptom or part of
discrimination. Diversity sounds more corporate, pleasant. Changing
the term from discrimination to diversity is a subtle but, strong distancing by
employers from the real crime addressed in Title VII.
