These are the Truths, No Matter What, About White Supremacy

The truths we need have always been here, but I can say that's its never more obvious than it is today.  Those truths are that capitalism as a system developed and evolved out of the enslavement of my African ancestors.  The systems of colonialism and slavery that were set up for this process still represent the mechanisms that drive the world today, meaning our people are on the bottom for a reason.  That reason is we must continue to be oppressed because the capitalist world depends on the human and material resources of Africa, African people, and the rest of humanity, to survive, function, and maintain its control.  

The truths are that the majority of Europeans either identify and/or benefit from this system of oppression.  Consequently, most of them are never going to turn against this capitalism.  In fact, most of them will spend their entire lives thinking of every thing possible to justify their support for this system, despite whatever horrors this system directs against the rest of us.  The truth is it doesn't how many Europeans terrorize us and it doesn't matter how shocked any of you are whenever it happens.  The truth is they can't stop us.  And the truth is the rest of those people are not going to care so we are completely wasting our time attempting to appeal to a conscience that has proven, after 500+ years, that it doesn't exist.

The truths are that white supremacy, patriarchy, and homophobia are appendages of capitalism and imperialism, meaning you cannot separate capitalism from any of those backward systems.  The truth is capitalism produces, nurtures, and protects all of those subordinate systems.  The truth is anyone who claims to represent justice and forward progress, without acknowledging and recognizing that capitalism must be destroyed, isn't really trying to bring about justice for humanity.  At  best, those people are simply trying to find a way to co-exist with the oppression.  And, this includes many Africans who continue to try their  best to put an attractive face on, and redefine capitalism.  The truth is attempting to redefine capitalism in some sort of humanistic terms is akin to how capitalism has so many people convinced that sharks are villains.  There are about 100 shark attacks against humans every year while there are about 700,000 sharks killed by humans every year.  And, none of these shark attacks against humans happen because somebody ran into a shark in the aisle of the supermarket, or at the bus stop, or at the barbershop, while every shark killed was killed by humans who invaded the shark's habitat.  The truth is capitalism is the true killer, not the sharks of the world.

The truths are that African people in Africa, the middle passage of the transatlantic slave trade, and throughout the Americas, always fought back courageously against European, Arab, and African efforts to enslave and oppress our people.  The truth is there has never been any place in the world where we haven't fought back.  The truth is the fact we are currently not on top isn't in any way a gauge of our ineffectiveness in fighting back no more than a basketball or soccer team in last place at the beginning of the season is any indication of how that season will end.  

The truth is any African anywhere in the world can be biologically related to any African anywhere in the world.  The truth is we are the most spread out people on Earth against our will.  The truth is we speak more languages than any other people on earth.  The truth is you could live in the U.S. and have biological relatives in Guatemala, Mexico, Jamaica, Cuba, Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Canada, Congo, Ghana, Ethiopia, Sudan, Tanzania,  France, Britain, Germany, Denmark, Australia, etc.  The truth is you may never meet them.  You may never know them.  You may meet them, but be unable to communicate with them because they speak Spanish, Portuguese, Creole, Twi, Ki-Swahili, Zulu, Fulani, French, or Patwa, but the truth is they are your biological family.  The truth is our enslavers never asked the people they were kidnapping on those slave raids if they had relatives being kidnapped with them.  The truth is they didn't try to keep those of us related together on the slave ships.  As a result, the truth is we were separated.  So clearly, our relatives are scattered all over the world.  The truth is because of this reality its absurd for anyone to fix their mouth to criticize the dysfunction in our families when this is our history.  The truth is how the hell is your family just as dysfunctional, if not more, when your people were not even viciously separated the way ours were?  For the period of time ours were?  To anything close to the degree ours were?

The truth is African women, and all women, are oppressed even more than men.  The truth is there are many ways to oppress a people.  There is physical liquidation.  There is psychological warfare.  There is chemical warfare, etc.  Our people and all of humanity are attacked using all of these methods and patriarchy ensures women are consistently oppressed, repressed, and controlled for the benefit of capitalism.  The truth is there are people who will not, and should not, identify with either the male or female gender.  The truth is there is plenty of historical precedent for these folks, even in Africa.  The truth is when we condemn them for not being a part of the gender binary, or we condemn our people for being LGBTQ, we are actually doing the work of the vicious European capitalists who wish to keep our people divided so they can hang onto their cash cow = Africa.  

The truth is European (white) women have always aided and abetted white supremacy.  The truth is men have aided and abetted patriarchy, including us African men.  The truth is all of us aide and abet capitalist oppression all over the world everyday when we refuse to become a part of the worldwide movement to organize against this terrible system.  The truth is this is true, even if you engage in some softer liberal ways to speak against the system, while never wanting it to come apart.  The truth is you are aiding the system when you do that.

The truth is African people don't have any more difficulty being united than anyone else.  The truth is this system works overtime to keep us divided.  The fact is capitalism has done more than any other entity on earth to keep us divided.  The truth is when some of you wake up and get serious about liberation, you will understand much better how this government and their subordinates, work to keep us divided.

The truth is despite all of these problems mentioned up this point, we will win.  The truth is we will overthrow capitalism.  The truth is we will achieve one unified socialist Africa.  The truth is Palestine will be free.  The truth is Ireland will be free.  The truth is the Philippines will be free.  The truth is the Western Hemisphere will be free from settler colonialism.  Australia will be free from settler colonialism.  New Zealand will be free of settler colonialism.  The truth humanity, united, will figure out how to save the earth.  The truth is African people around the world are more conscious of the fact that we are one people and that our destinies are tied together than at any time in the last 500+ years.  The truth is our enemies recognize this and are working overtime to try and ensure that they do everything they can to keep that unity from happening.  The truth is they know, even if most of us don't, that our unity automatically will mean their destruction.  The truth is despite whatever they throw at us, and it will be a lot, we will weather it, and we will keep fighting them.  The truth is we will fight them in indirect ways, subtle ways.  We will fight them in spontaneous ways.  And, eventually, we will fight them in organized direct ways.  The truth is when we get to that last part, we will defeat them.  The truth is we will then make our contribution to making this entire world better.  

The truth is my responsibility to the last paragraph is to do everything I can to make that day come closer.  The truth is I won't live to see that day.  The truth is that doesn't matter one bit because its not about me.  The truth is it isn't about you either.  The truth is its about everyone. That's the truth, despite what they tell us.  Despite what some of us want to believe.  All of this is the ill refutable truth.