There's been plenty of talk recently all over capitalist media (including of the social variety) about the angry European (White) man. The emphasis, whether intentional or not, is on how these European men feel abandoned by the political process. There is much talk about how suicide rates for White men are rising. Although the objective of all of this appears to be to paint a sympathetic picture of all the trauma that White men are experiencing, what this talk really highlights is how fragile the White male ego (and this is true internationally) is. And what is being suggested by all this propaganda is that no one should expect these men to tolerate five minutes of discomfort without there being real consequences for the rest of us. Unfortunately, there are mountains of evidence that these concerns carry plenty of weight. There's no question that white supremacy and white nationalism is on the rise in terms of actual numbers of participants and the general uptick in rhetoric (diversity equals white genocide). Pundits are blaming the Trump presidential campaign for all of this as if there was no basis for white supremacy before this latest presidential campaign. All Trump's insane rhetoric has done is expose the racist underbelly that has existed here for over 500 years. Trump has simply validated the desires of every cowardly racist from Portland to Pensacola to openly express their ignorance and confusion about who and what this country really is, and always has been. Trump cannot receive all of the blame though. Especially since Hillary Clinton is just white supremacy with diplomacy. Both Trump and Clinton are saying that at least a large measure of the problems impacting brown peoples are caused by the people themselves. And, no one has even bothered to challenge them on this nonsense. Clearly, the election of Obama was apparently the last straw for many of these cowards and the so-called birther movement is just the new code way of expressing white nationalism/supremacy (as if these people are so stupid they think we can't see what's happening). Yet, no one seems to be talking about placing any context around these issues this way. In fact, so many people are acting as if these poor white men are facing so many hardships that people ignore the reality that African, Indigenous peoples have been enduring more hardship in one pinky for over 500 years than the overwhelming majority of European men could ever even have their worst nightmare about. Yet, although we are expected to have some empathy for these poor suffering white men, no matter how vile their behavior, there is no acceptable method for African people to express our legitimate frustrations at the daily discrimination we experience in this society. If we protest outside the lines, which we have every right to do, then we are savages and thugs. If we protest quietly, then we are disrespecting the sensitivities of White America. And, everyone knows the only thing that's important is white people's sensitivities. If we are killed for no reason by the state commissioned agents, that isn't anywhere near as important as the method we choose to express our disagreement with this treatment. So, what's being enforced is a culture where our experiences, feelings, and expressions are only as valid as white society deems them. Or, as one European joked: "I love people of color, as long as they act white!"
Then, on top if these obvious and insulting contradictions, these poor suffering white men are making threats and projections for what "may" happen should they not get their way e.g. Trump for president, or whatever demands they identify are necessary to address their dysfunctional expectations. And, since the almighty white man is upset and making threats, I guess the assumption is we should start shaking in our boots. There are even youtube videos of Europeans holding guns, talking about what they intend to do, presumably to us, if they are not happy on election night. Since these very European men come from a strong legacy of expressing frustration through devastating violence, there is strong cause for people to be concerned. One clear example is the fact the idiots running for president and the capitalist media machine that works overtime to validate them, keep talking about the Islamic bogeyman that means harm to people in this country while all statistical and scientific evidence tells us that two thirds of all terrorist attacks in this country are carried out by these angry white men. Due to this indisputable history, I know many folks - brown people, white activists who these angry white men don't like - are understandably concerned about what's going to happen after next Tuesday.
So, its important to acknowledge that the concern is a real one. And, we must state clearly that all working class people are oppressed, including white working class men, but of all the people we are talking about, white men have historically been in the most positive position. In other words, theres unquestionable evidence to demonstrate that almost exclusively, if there are candidates vying for a job with the same qualifications, the white man gets hired practically every time. If there are people up for conviction of the same crime under the same general conditions, the white man will get the lessor sentence every time. And, everyone sees how often mentally ill and/or agitated white men get talked down by the police while African children (Tamir Rice for example) get gunned by the slave catchers immediately upon contact. I guess another way of placing this is the anger white men feel, we have been tasting everyday for centuries. I've certainly had these experiences as policy throughout my life. As a result, I have had to learn strong social skills to navigate effectively through this racist society. Skills most white men never had reason to bother to learn. And now that they are faced with the necessity of dealing with what we have always had to deal with, instead of them sucking it up and learning how to deal with adversity with dignity and maturity as we always have, they are spouting off, making threats, and mobilizing to inflict harm on everyone because they aren't getting their way. And, no one is telling them to shut up and stop complaining. No one is telling them to grow up and learn some humility as we have historically had to do. These obvious contradictions have made many of us lose all respect for them as members of the human family. Well, one bit of advice I have for them is they definitely need to realize that just like times have changed for them, they are also changing for us. The patience well is drained all the way to the bottom. Whereas there are many people who are rightfully frightened by videos of white men threatening violence, there are probably many more of us who are laughing at those white men. We laugh because its hard for us to believe these people could be so naive. They talk about our "ghettos", but they clearly know nothing about them. We have spent the last 75 years being systemically oppressed in these inner cities. And those of us who have filtered into more privileged positions have endured the naked racism of this capitalist system without mercy. So, just as "Playboy" magazine reported in 1974 with an article entitled "Why Blacks Aren't Scary Anymore (with the iconic picture of Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton sitting in the ratan chair with the spear and shotgun as the lead in for the article), we are clearly not the people these insecure white men can expect to just accept their barbaric behavior without agency on our part and consequences for them. To the white idiots in those threatening videos, you should know plenty of us have guns also. And, today, more than ever, we are much more conscious that the state is never going to protect us. I'm just making an observation. This country is flooded with history of white men coming into our living areas with guns and inflicting suffering on us. There is no comparable history of us doing that to them. So, for anyone of these cowards who think they are just going to come into the plantation areas where we live with guns without some sort of action being triggered against them, you are living in a time warp.
Another critical point are the much publicized, but isolated instances of Africans targeting police officers for murder. We certainly don't advocate these types of actions. Not because we are influenced by the reactionary and dishonest rhetoric that upholds police departments. We oppose those actions because they do nothing to advance our struggle. Since capitalism programs everyone's thinking, when these police are shot, the media machine goes to work and the police end up being seen as heroes when these shooting happen. Since the masses of people lack political education, there is no comprehensive assessment and analysis of police, only subjective analysis, so this isn't good for us. What we are working for is that mass political education. At least that is what we are working for in the African world. We ask our friends to build the same political education apparatus in their communities because once we have this, we can begin to help people understand in clear terms that police grew from slave patrols and that they have never evolved from that basic function. Police today still see African and Indigenous people as enemy combatants. This makes police agencies terrorist organizations. Our objective is to engage in this political education so that we grow to the point where the masses of Africans refuse to allow these terrorists to function among us. When we reach this level of consciousness, there will be nothing the police, the national guard, or any state military organization will be able to do to overpower us (that's what revolution looks like). This objective will obviously take time to develop and build, but we are working on building this mass political education. In the meantime, we intend upon defending our people and all justice loving people. So, white men, you have the opportunity to get over yourselves (like we have been doing for centuries) and open your eyes to the sources that are really oppressing you, instead of the ones your enemies are training you to see as your oppressors. If you can do this, we will welcome the opportunity to work with you for justice and change. If you don't do this, and continue to retain your irrational and cowardly quest to define justice as you consolidating this oppressive system against us, realize that you can anticipate a very different reaction than what you think you will get from us.
To those sincere and dedicated white activists, you have to recognize that your more confused and dysfunctional white family members are going to need your help. We again beg and plead with you to start developing serious strategies to challenge and agitate within your communities of European people. There is an unquestionable need for mass political education to be taking place in White communities. You are needed to inform your people to the reality that they are being left out of the American dream because that dream has always been built on the nightmare of the masses of brown people the world over. You must be doing work to help them understand that American identity equals white supremacy. You cannot subtract one from the other. They are inseparable. There must be an emerging movement to claim white people as working class Europeans fighting against capitalism and imperialism. And, you must say Europeans because the Americas will never stop belonging to the Indigenous people's of the Western Hemisphere. If you steal something from someone and keep it a thousand years, that just means you are a thousand year old thief. All of this has to happen and you are the only people who can make sure it does. That is a long term task. In the meantime, you must work closely to help us protect our communities. You can do that by helping to expose the violent plans by infiltrating groups and engaging in plans to sabotage their efforts. You can determine the best ways to do that. You have your work cut out for you, but many of your confused family members are salvageable if you act fast and decisively. I say this because I hear talk on the streets of no prisoners being taken if these white mercenaries attempt to wreck havoc against us in our living areas. Just sayin...
Then, on top if these obvious and insulting contradictions, these poor suffering white men are making threats and projections for what "may" happen should they not get their way e.g. Trump for president, or whatever demands they identify are necessary to address their dysfunctional expectations. And, since the almighty white man is upset and making threats, I guess the assumption is we should start shaking in our boots. There are even youtube videos of Europeans holding guns, talking about what they intend to do, presumably to us, if they are not happy on election night. Since these very European men come from a strong legacy of expressing frustration through devastating violence, there is strong cause for people to be concerned. One clear example is the fact the idiots running for president and the capitalist media machine that works overtime to validate them, keep talking about the Islamic bogeyman that means harm to people in this country while all statistical and scientific evidence tells us that two thirds of all terrorist attacks in this country are carried out by these angry white men. Due to this indisputable history, I know many folks - brown people, white activists who these angry white men don't like - are understandably concerned about what's going to happen after next Tuesday.
So, its important to acknowledge that the concern is a real one. And, we must state clearly that all working class people are oppressed, including white working class men, but of all the people we are talking about, white men have historically been in the most positive position. In other words, theres unquestionable evidence to demonstrate that almost exclusively, if there are candidates vying for a job with the same qualifications, the white man gets hired practically every time. If there are people up for conviction of the same crime under the same general conditions, the white man will get the lessor sentence every time. And, everyone sees how often mentally ill and/or agitated white men get talked down by the police while African children (Tamir Rice for example) get gunned by the slave catchers immediately upon contact. I guess another way of placing this is the anger white men feel, we have been tasting everyday for centuries. I've certainly had these experiences as policy throughout my life. As a result, I have had to learn strong social skills to navigate effectively through this racist society. Skills most white men never had reason to bother to learn. And now that they are faced with the necessity of dealing with what we have always had to deal with, instead of them sucking it up and learning how to deal with adversity with dignity and maturity as we always have, they are spouting off, making threats, and mobilizing to inflict harm on everyone because they aren't getting their way. And, no one is telling them to shut up and stop complaining. No one is telling them to grow up and learn some humility as we have historically had to do. These obvious contradictions have made many of us lose all respect for them as members of the human family. Well, one bit of advice I have for them is they definitely need to realize that just like times have changed for them, they are also changing for us. The patience well is drained all the way to the bottom. Whereas there are many people who are rightfully frightened by videos of white men threatening violence, there are probably many more of us who are laughing at those white men. We laugh because its hard for us to believe these people could be so naive. They talk about our "ghettos", but they clearly know nothing about them. We have spent the last 75 years being systemically oppressed in these inner cities. And those of us who have filtered into more privileged positions have endured the naked racism of this capitalist system without mercy. So, just as "Playboy" magazine reported in 1974 with an article entitled "Why Blacks Aren't Scary Anymore (with the iconic picture of Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton sitting in the ratan chair with the spear and shotgun as the lead in for the article), we are clearly not the people these insecure white men can expect to just accept their barbaric behavior without agency on our part and consequences for them. To the white idiots in those threatening videos, you should know plenty of us have guns also. And, today, more than ever, we are much more conscious that the state is never going to protect us. I'm just making an observation. This country is flooded with history of white men coming into our living areas with guns and inflicting suffering on us. There is no comparable history of us doing that to them. So, for anyone of these cowards who think they are just going to come into the plantation areas where we live with guns without some sort of action being triggered against them, you are living in a time warp.
Another critical point are the much publicized, but isolated instances of Africans targeting police officers for murder. We certainly don't advocate these types of actions. Not because we are influenced by the reactionary and dishonest rhetoric that upholds police departments. We oppose those actions because they do nothing to advance our struggle. Since capitalism programs everyone's thinking, when these police are shot, the media machine goes to work and the police end up being seen as heroes when these shooting happen. Since the masses of people lack political education, there is no comprehensive assessment and analysis of police, only subjective analysis, so this isn't good for us. What we are working for is that mass political education. At least that is what we are working for in the African world. We ask our friends to build the same political education apparatus in their communities because once we have this, we can begin to help people understand in clear terms that police grew from slave patrols and that they have never evolved from that basic function. Police today still see African and Indigenous people as enemy combatants. This makes police agencies terrorist organizations. Our objective is to engage in this political education so that we grow to the point where the masses of Africans refuse to allow these terrorists to function among us. When we reach this level of consciousness, there will be nothing the police, the national guard, or any state military organization will be able to do to overpower us (that's what revolution looks like). This objective will obviously take time to develop and build, but we are working on building this mass political education. In the meantime, we intend upon defending our people and all justice loving people. So, white men, you have the opportunity to get over yourselves (like we have been doing for centuries) and open your eyes to the sources that are really oppressing you, instead of the ones your enemies are training you to see as your oppressors. If you can do this, we will welcome the opportunity to work with you for justice and change. If you don't do this, and continue to retain your irrational and cowardly quest to define justice as you consolidating this oppressive system against us, realize that you can anticipate a very different reaction than what you think you will get from us.
To those sincere and dedicated white activists, you have to recognize that your more confused and dysfunctional white family members are going to need your help. We again beg and plead with you to start developing serious strategies to challenge and agitate within your communities of European people. There is an unquestionable need for mass political education to be taking place in White communities. You are needed to inform your people to the reality that they are being left out of the American dream because that dream has always been built on the nightmare of the masses of brown people the world over. You must be doing work to help them understand that American identity equals white supremacy. You cannot subtract one from the other. They are inseparable. There must be an emerging movement to claim white people as working class Europeans fighting against capitalism and imperialism. And, you must say Europeans because the Americas will never stop belonging to the Indigenous people's of the Western Hemisphere. If you steal something from someone and keep it a thousand years, that just means you are a thousand year old thief. All of this has to happen and you are the only people who can make sure it does. That is a long term task. In the meantime, you must work closely to help us protect our communities. You can do that by helping to expose the violent plans by infiltrating groups and engaging in plans to sabotage their efforts. You can determine the best ways to do that. You have your work cut out for you, but many of your confused family members are salvageable if you act fast and decisively. I say this because I hear talk on the streets of no prisoners being taken if these white mercenaries attempt to wreck havoc against us in our living areas. Just sayin...
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