Yeah I went there. It’s a bit over-the-top, then again you can’t have The 10 Commandments sitting outside of the courts, but I still have to read plaques which describe my race as “colored?” History ass. Hilarity ensues… via blackelectorate:

A display in a central Georgia community divides the names of 800 local veterans into two lists, marked in large type: “Whites” and “Colored.”

The display has been in the lobby of the Taylor County courthouse since 1944, honoring servicemembers who fought in World War II. The two lists are mounted side by side behind glass in two large frames.

John Cole Vodicka, an activist from Americus, is organizing a rally Monday at the courthouse to persuade the county commission to take down the display.

“They can’t obviously be proud of the fact that the plaques continue to stay on the wall,” he said.

In January, the Taylor County Commission unanimously decided to create an “integrated” list, with all the names together, along with additional names that weren’t in the display designed before the war ended.

But the commission also decided to leave the “Whites” and “Colored” lists up in the lobby of the building.

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“If we erase everything we find offensive or don’t like, then it may happen again,” said Sybil Willingham, chairwoman of the county’s Historic Preservation Commission.

“The two existing lists are not to be taken down because it’s against the law and it’s historic,” she said, citing a law that makes it unlawful for people to “mutilate, deface, defile, or abuse” public monuments honoring servicemembers.

Cole Vodicka said the county could ask for an exemption from the law and move the segregated display to a museum.

“Our position has never been to suppress history,” he said. “It is an important part of the Southern history. Our position is the plaques don’t belong in a public place.”

Let it be known, walk on eggshells. Everybody got a chuckle out of The Boondocks and their definition of a “Nigga Moment.” And being the progressive zilla that I am, I am also a realist. And while niggas lose all coherent logical cognition that escalates to physical incidents, crackas are no different. Let me explain. Nigga Moments aren’t set aside for black people. Don’t be an idiot. That’s like saying the word “ebonics” (btw, never say that word). Enough backstory…

You know when you’ve performed a Cracka Moment when:

You don’t make amends for something that you owe.
Or you cheated a well-meaning person out of something for your own selfish gain.
You don’t necessarily dislike a race, but you’re so ignorant to the fact that you’re out of touch with everybody that’s not your race or not within your tax bracket.
But you talk to everybody like the world is flat and politics are even for everyone everywhere.
When you’re an ass to your employees and realize that they are humans instead of drones and workerbees.
Instead of understanding, you speak in rhetoric with the car salesman swagger.
When reality hasn’t set in that you can GET GOT!
If you ever asked a person of color “do you work here?” and you KNOW better.
If you ever called a person of color “homey” and you’re over 35.
If you’ve ever said “those people.”
If you’ve said “some of my friends are (insert race here).”
If when imitating hip-hop you did some weird shit with your fingers and waving arms.
If you’ve ever spit on somebody trying to beatbox.
If you still say “I’m Rick James, Bitch!”
If you think any one genre of music, art, sport, clothing, hair style, choice of mates etc. is “for (insert race here) people.”

I’ma add more bitches…I got a lot penned up in me right now. Add on if you like!

“The older generation is not teaching us anymore…” - Craig Kelley
I was at Barnes And Nobles in Southside Richmond with McMeezy and Gas. Gas commented on the sad setup Barnes and Nobles had for Black History Month. It was like 6 books on a stand. Gas asked a rep there about the sad presentation of Black History books. She replied stating that Women’s History month was just around the corner and the reason for the paucity of BH books were in preparation of Women’s History. Personally, I was more anal about there was an absense of XUL books. By the way, get rid of Black History Month. Get some of this CyChron:

Black History Month has stirred African Americans from varied generational standpoints to reflect on issues of race and age and some of these voices are profiled.

Opinions on the month-long celebration unveil the sharp contrast of experiences and perspectives among African Americans, who are decades removed from the Civil Rights Movement.

“I’m contemplating the removal of Black History Month altogether,” said Randy Fletcher, a 31-year-old history major. Fletcher says dedicating a month to a particular race only serves to put African Americans in a class by themselves, thereby, increasing racial division.

Norman Harris, a 70-year-old security guard from Inglewood disagrees, and said, “If you do away with that, there’s nothing in a history book to tell you who did the first (African American) patent number, who did the first open heart surgery.”

Harris, who works in Orange, says it would be hard for people to learn about agricultural chemist George Washington Carver and scientist Louis Latimer, who worked alongside Alexander Graham Bell.

The disagreement illustrates the broadening generational gap between older and younger African Americans.

“The older generation is not teaching us anymore,” said Craig Kelley, 19.

Assistant Professor of English, Kim Beatty, serves as the advisor to Cypress College’s Black Student Union. Beatty, 38, says these aren’t new concerns. “If you want to learn, you’ll seek out that information. What you heard is nothing new. The challenge is, this generation doesn’t have the thirst we had.”

Harris says the lack of thirst among young African Americans extends into other areas of life, particularly as it relates to work ethic. “They’re struggling because of the lack of effort in what they do.”

A native of Monroe, Louisiana, Harris recalls a childhood spent in houses without running water or electricity. Daily chores included stocking wood on the front porch, bringing water into the house, herding cows and “slopping the pigs.” School days were preceded by pre-dawn work, and he often came home from school in the dark. His school clothes consisted of one shirt and one pair of pants.

“The kids now couldn’t have made it, when I came along,” said Harris. “The kids now want instant success. If you want to deal with the ones that are 18, you can’t get them to walk into the back of a café and do dishes. They won’t work at a car wash.”

Erin Wimberley, an 18-year-old student said, “We’ve become content. When I try to move up in corporate America, that’s when the fight will begin again.”

Beatty says the divide is pronounced when it comes to political and cultural issues. “Our generation and the generation before were so much more politically tactful and politically aware.”

On political tactfulness, Harris spoke of Generation Y’s use of the slang term “nigga,” a modified version of the explosive racial epithet, when referring to friends.

“There’s no difference,” said Harris. “What’s the difference between ‘this’ and ‘dis’?”

Fletcher says he is caught between two generations and sees a riff between older and younger African Americans. Not content with black leaders Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, Fletcher is a fan of Illinois senator Barack Obama, a Democrat.

“I like Obama; he’s from my generation,” said Fletcher. “He speaks for me.”

And the term “black leader” is not popular with Fletcher. “We shouldn’t even call them black leaders. Should we call George Bush a white leader?”

Fletcher, who describes himself as progressive, disagrees with those who say he is trying to tear down what was built during the Civil Rights Movement. “No, I’m trying to build upon it.”

Beatty echoed the sentiment, saying that though Coretta Scott King, who died on Jan. 30, had an agenda that was not for today, young African Americans can still stand on her principles.

Harris says African Americans need to get back to what he calls the basics. The father of 11 children says the root of modern day African American problems is the lack of family values passed on from generation to generation.

Raised by his aunt, Mary Gray, Harris says she taught him about life. He also takes pride in his own children, whom he describes as doing good, because of his teaching.

“The young blacks have no respect for themselves or each other,” said Harris. “They kill each other. Their parents don’t teach them nothing about family values. You have to show them, not just tell them.”

Beatty believes the issue lies in a confused sense of identity among young African-Americans. “My identity is determined by my heritage, not by what I wear, or the amount of black art I hang in my house. That is what this generation doesn’t get.”

Harris says the difference in generations is similar to modern and antique automobiles. “Youngsters today are like new cars. Nothing but something pretty to look at and gone in five years. Antique cars are still running.”

As African Americans continue to collectively celebrate Black History Month, many, as Fletcher, stand clothed in their own personality, refusing to be labeled African American, black or, as Harris’s generation was referred to, colored.

“How about you just call me Randy,” said Fletcher.

These voices represent different generations, different experiences and different perspectives.

The African American community has gathered at the crossroads of their own history. Depending on the path taken, the next 40 years will see a dream fulfilled or a dream deferred.

Warner has become a star in the Democrat galaxy and his stock keeps rising. If he shows some compassion for disenfranchised virginians and re-issue their voting rights due an old and racist law which was used to oppress blacks, his star can shine like the sun. His reign over the commonwealth ends two weeks after the new year. A possibility, pass it on to Tim Kaine to use as a buffer between tax hikes.
“Indeed, one purpose of the law was to disenfranchise African Americans.” — Spencer Overton, blackprof.com
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