Politics, oh Politics, why don’t African Americans listen to politics. There is so much going on today in politics.
Let’s start with our new President, Barack Hussein Obama. He ain’t black, he’s biracial. I found out that if you are “one drop rule” black then America (our government, society) groups you in the black category (One drop rule). What’s up with that? Now correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t Barack’s mother white? Why is he categorized as black when half of his genes come from a white mother? Why doesn’t White America embrace that? Don’t get me wrong I know his dad was African, and I say hey for our semi-black brother (The President of the United States of America). Yes we have come a long way, but wait… There is a conservative (Republican) talk show host that is really against the President and what he stands for, because he has a tint of blackness in his blood. How hateful is that. Now this man may think he is pure white and that he is not tainted with anything to do with black, but I hope he checks his family tree and ancestry roots, because if his tree had anything to do with slavery and the shenanigans that took place in those back rooms with us, then hum…). Come on my black people let’s wake up and smell the stink! But once again, we need to listen more to politics and how they affect us as a race and come together in love to create a unified connection.
Oh I strayed off a little, anyway back to Politics 101… let me give you a recap of our constitution. The Congress, Senate and the House of Representatives hold a lot of the cards when it comes to policies and laws in the United States of America (and don’t forget the Supreme Court, which is so powerful- remember that Bush/Gore controversy back in 2000.) Hum…now that was rigged, but I won’t go there… Now the President is the Commander in Chief --- he can send our troops to war, nominate judges to the Supreme Court, veto bills and push for policies and sign them into law, (however, he rarely ever actually make laws himself, that’s where Congress and the Courts come in.) The two major parties are the Republican’s and Democrat’s. We also have a Constitution Party (1992), Libertarian Party (1971) and Green Party (1996), but they are not successful, or just not enough people know or are interested in learning about them--remember that Ralph Nader guy from the Green Party, he had a good platform, but the party wasn’t strong enough (Whitehouse gov and List of political parties in the US).
The major parties are structured as follows: Republicans/Conservatives and Democrats/Liberal. At the most basic level the Republicans are for the upper middle class/rich and the Democrats are for the poor/lower middle class. Now the die hard conservatives of the Republican Party are strictly for the rich only (those that want you to pull yourself up by your boot straps even if you don’t have any boots), and the liberal Democrats are strictly for the lower middle class and the poor. Now the two parties can vote for laws and legislation and if they have a majority in the House and Senate (currently the Democrats have the majority and that is why the Republicans are very upset, ha-ha) they can rule on the current proposed law or legislation. That is why it is very important to vote on the local level as well as Presidential level, because who is elected in locally speaks for us in Congress and can help our State with different laws for the poor and struggling middle class.
What I am trying to say is that as black people we need to wake up, get our heads out of the sand and stand up for our rights (just as all the other ethnic groups do). We need to change our way of thinking. We need to watch more political stations instead of nonsensical reality television shows. We need to search the Internet for political news (MSNBC) instead of trash about the ‘Jones’. Don’t get me wrong, a little dose of nonsense is ok in moderation, but not day in and day out. Hopefully, this will get your minds going, because if not, then what a waste we are and what a shame. I still have love for us, but do we have love for us?
Let’s have some dialogue….
