Saturday, April 26, 2008

Denmark Vesey Defines The "Global System of Black Supremacy"

Denmark Vesey said ...
Mike, Exodus

There is no such thing as race. The moment you play that game, you fall into psychological quicksand. The harder you struggle, the faster you drown. So, your brotha is going to drop a rope down and give you a chance to pull yourself out.

Black is not a color.
Black is crossover, baseline and clap boards.
Black is Denzel's walk.
Black is Bob Marley dancing to Get Up Stand UP.
Black is Claude McKay: "If we must die, let us die like men."
Black is your grandmother humming "Mary Don't You Weep" while rubbing Vicks on your chest when you are 6 years old and sick.
Black is "I'm going to kill this motherfucker if he puts his hands on me."
Black crossed the Atlantic in the bottom of slave ships and 300 years later pimped so hard, it dragged it's mink on the floor.
Black is why 100 million mesmerized people, watch 10 brothas defy gravity on a court for 48 minutes, night after night.
Black is the audacity to build tombs in the shape of pyramids perfectly aligned with celestial objects, that last 5,000 years.
Black has the middle name "Hussein" and still moon-walks into a post 911 White House.

Aint no "system" Supreme to black.

There's some men who look like Leon Spinks aint a bit more black than Conan Obrien. There's some men look like Marlon Brando, blacker than James Brown. And I'm still the blackest man in America.

4 comments:

CNu said...

I know there is no such thing as race, yet the construct exists in the universal consciousness of our species. The concept is so ingrained in cultural norms that it is automatically transmitted to our progeny. There is no rational or biological basis for it and yet it does in fact have a profound effect on virtually everything in the world.


Sounds an awful lot like exploitation of an error of cognition to me...., where have I previously heard that asserted? hmm.....,

Anonymous said...

Man, DV - I am printing that off and giving it to my young lion. I love it!!

Anonymous said...

Loves it!

Anonymous said...

Denmark Vesey if you don't mind I am going to print this and distribute it to my class.

Carolyn Jones
Baltimore MD