“We did the same work as men–organizing around voter registration and community issues in rural areas– usually with men. But when we finally got back to some town where we could relax and go out, the men went out with other women. Our skills and abilities were recognized and respected, but that seemed to place us in some category other than female. Some years later, I was told by a male SNCC worker that some of the project women had made him feel superfluous. I wish he had told me that at the time because the differences in the way women were treated certainly did add to the tension between black and white women.” – Cynthia Washington, “Southern Exposure”

“Shortly after that summer, black women in SNCC complained to the male leadership that they could not develop relationships with black men as long as black men could so easily turn to involvement with white women.” – Michele Wallace, “Black Macho And The Myth Of The Superwoman”

Eh…words will be the death of me..

So, last week I wrote a post. In the body of the post I mentioned a quote from my step-father with regard to white women. As an addedum to the quote I mentioned that I didn’t date white women anymore. It was possibly worded in a way for many that makes me read much like the reverse John Mayer. And like Mayer I received a stream of responses in the subliminal.

Alright. I’ve been here before, right?

Understand that the Asylum is no longer a blog with an audience of my coolest classmates. The Asylum is no longer a blog, in a lot of ways. And most importantly, it must be understood that the Asylum is the favored spot of one thousand or more visits a day. The Asylum entertains and informs people from all of the varied walks of life. Cool.

But…

The Asylum is still the writings and thoughts of a guy whose story has so many twists and turns I can’t always digitally transcribe them without causing the average human resource worker to cringe. I’m a very live character. An adventurer even. I tell my story here, because this is what I have to tell my story. And it is still MY STORY.

Granted, the Asylum is ours, now. I get that. And it is home to more than just one gender, and one race. I am totally aware of that. However…

I can’t appease everybody. I’m not condemning interracial relationships. I’m not demeaning white women. I’m just stating that I am in a place where sacrificing my lust and limiting my lust simply makes sense. I come from a people that have very few sensible cultural patterns. Most of our cultural patterns are based on slavery. And those are based on emotional acts, and expressions of physical extensions that entertain the elite. My people behave for money thrown at them. In a society that only respects those that have collective respect, I have chosen to sacrifice my life for the team. I understand that all this bullshit is bullshit. But my people need somebody to show them just how much of a game society is.

So I don’t date white women.

Does that make me the bad guy?

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“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink, nor about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O men of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, `What shall we eat?’ or `What shall we drink?’ or `What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek all these things; and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things shall be yours as well. Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Let the day’s own trouble be sufficient for the day. ” – Bible, Matthew 6:24-34 (Luke 12:24-27)

The thing is not beating yourself.

And society provides a myriad of means for us to destroy ourselves. We have yet to see a truly human and communal megapower on the earth. What we have is individuals who have been successful in manipulating other people. OR those who have come from such families. When we look towards a Paris Hilton, what we realize is she doesn’t have any major talents, nor does she spend much time developing any, but yet she has her own influence: The money of her father. Although Brandy’s little brother does have a singing voice, we realize he doesn’t have to work the chitlin circuit to be seen.

So you have to commit to a lifestyle that will allow you to benefit and produce from your greatness, or destroy for your greatness, as that can become our nessecity.

We’ve entered a time when most will need to return to the land. Or to the mind. Depending on one’s skillset, of course. We have become slaves again to a very weird degree. Although we are able to provide for our families, what we really are doing is nothing different than slavery. We are simply supporting a nationalism that was built by rich manipulators. And yet, social darwinism is the rule of the day. The average US citizen believes that it is alright to turn their noses at other humans who are not able to provide for themselves. The average human still believes in the right of might.And that may be a biological consideration that I have not the scholarship to discuss presently, but the obvious observations have been duly noted.

To me, the question is not about dialectics or a superficial review of Hegel or Marx; for me it is simply asking a person if they have ever been in a position to eat every food type with their fingers. Now we are discussing something radical, or as the definition suggest, of the root. If one cannot return to the root of the problem, usually, that student is the one that will fail. If a person is unable to return to the root behaviors of society, and begin from there to understand the contradictions presenting themselves and extending themselves, then that student will fail at being a human.

What today’s student fails to understand is the root of human behavior. It is easy to be social without having to face someone’s face. It is easy to be human with the utensils provided, and a socialization schemata being provided; but can you be a human without being told to be? Do you understand humanity without a map?

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