Black Belt Commonsense

When they have kidnappings and organ harvesting in other countries, who do we know is involved? The authorities;  the cops. And when drugs and guns are flooding Black spaces here, who’s the main distributor? The cops. So  when countless Black women and CHILDREN just vanish, they love to say ‘beware of the random Uber driver’ but the  ONLY ones capable of such mass ‘disappearings’ are the police.And just as we don’t wake up to find our left eye  👁   vanished, our CHILDREN don’t just ‘go missing’. They are taken. And who’s able to just snatch our kids without much  fanfare? You guessed it. Now white cops from elsewheres make up about 95% of those patrolling Black spaces. Now  why is that? Could it be a carryover from the slave patrols where cops had their origins here in the US? And how  come biological parents receive a pittance of aide while foster parents receive the lion’s share? It’s almost as  though the...

Once again as we approach the Winter Holidays, a reminder that this is the time to get help when needed and  there’s no shame in it. Be well and be safe. And as a mantra when I see family and friends for a meal,  I remember all of  the despicable things I’ve done to keep my finger from wagging: How I stayed quiet during the AIDS crisis thinking, ‘Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time’ and all the damage  done by that collective reasoning. When the b word flowed from my mouth and I thought myself superior because I  NEVER said the c word. How rapes are rampant because I didn’t stand up when someone said, ‘Well what was she  wearing and what was she doing there?’ How the conditioning is so ingrained that any dispute with money  and my first thought is, ‘Well, he’s Jewish, so...’ and then I’m reminded of what folk think of me. Not ME me but Black  me. Scripture teaches that in order to be my best self, I have to...

Search words: Rigged Legal System, Gauntlet of oppression, racial profiling throughout  Years ago on jury duty, I was asked to render a ‘fair and impartial’ judgement regarding a young Black man accused of possession on the Upper East Side. There were only two Black people on the jury, myself and another dude. After a very long time, we ended up finding the defendant guilty. That’s the end of the story but not the narrative. The twelve main things I came to realize: 1. Several Black potential jurors were citing a mantra about their unwillingness to participate in a prejudiced judicial system. It was my first time hearing it but should I be called again, I’ll google it and voice my objection in the same way. 2. The suspect was stopped for a broken taillight, but as his wife said when she examined their car at the station, the light was never broken. 3. The white judge, however, ruled that the bust was still legit even though he was clearly stopped for drivin...

This is white people, denial logic. The system that keeps 45 from being impeached is the same one that has him take the election once again in 2020. It’s the same one that lets him challenge the former prez on his birth certificate, FORCING HIM TO SHOW  IT, while NEVER producing any tax returns of his own. The same system that calls Michelle a slut for going sleeveless and showing off her toned arms while praising the current 1st lady who did nudie pics that might get me banned on  social media. The same system where the smoking DNC memo forbade lib candidates from showing us any love and the racist  liberal media puts a lid on this juicy story. And is this 45’s 2nd or third wife? And is she the one he was sleeping with and got  pregnant while he was STILL married to the other one? And didn’t they slam Obama for not bringing down Bush jr.’s US debt (how much we owe) and deficit (our inability to pay it back) fast enough? Now it’s at 2...