BLACK WISDOM

Beneath the Spin * Eric L. Wattree

BLACK WISDOM
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As Black people, we must educate ourselves and listen instead of shooting off our mouths and telegraphing our every thought to the White establishment.  We must always seize the bottom line, and ensure that we always have facts and logic on our side.  That places us in a position to utilize the ignorance of others to our advantage; failing to do so will only serve to reveal our weaknesses and debilitate our strengths.
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We must also completely ignore all titles, robes, and various accoutrements of power and prestige and never assume that the person brandishing these symbols are actually what they profess to be. Titles and symbols are the most powerful weapons of White supremacy. They’re used to make little men look bigger than life. So we should never assume that a person wearing the uniform of law enforcement is actually out to enforce the law. He or she is out to enforce the status quo, so beware.
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In addition, always base your assessment of any individual solely on their ability to think. If they can’t out-think you, regardless of their stature in life, they're not your equal. So never assess a person’s value based solely on their reputation and/or credentials, because the person who awarded them their credentials may be lacking in common sense. So always make your own assessment of any and all individuals, the failure to do so is to sell yourself short. If the individual has a specialized knowledge, feel free to consume that knowledge, but once you’ve availed yourself of the facts, always connect the dots for yourself. Consuming knowledge is one thing, but allowing others to think for you is quite another.
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And finally, we must stop struttin’, swaggerin’, and always tryin’ to prove ourselves to the White man. We only feel the need to prove ourselves to a superior, so whenever we try to impress the White man, all we're doing is reinforcing his false sense of superiority. So we should keep our mouths shut and logically assess each and every situation, quietly learn and grow from our assessments, and always maintain a strong sense of who we are. Thereafter, we can let the White man find out who we are the hard way.
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The brother below is needlessly placing himself in harm’s way. Black people are only 13.3% of the population, so we can’t out-fight the White man. Our only alternative, therefore, is to out-think him. So let us educate ourselves and make knowledge, wisdom, and common sense the new soul.

I BEAR WITNESS

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I sit, I watch,
and I grow ever more obsolete
as I bear witness.

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I bear witness

to a once vibrant people greedily gulping down society’s hemlock. Even as they claim to be “keeping it real,“ they continue to maim, kill, and despise their own in hot pursuit of the prime directive with the passion of a sheetless klan.
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I bear witness
to Black fists in the air in false solidarity promoted by self-serving poverty pimps as the world looks on and giggle at crooked fingers pointed elsewhere.
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I bear witness
to the superficial attempt to ban the “N-word” while the new "un-niggas" stand around watching children killing children and fathers drugging sons, as they celebrate, lionize, and enrich those who denigrate the very womb of their culture with impunity.
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I bear witness
to a generation of lost knowledge, cut off from its roots by Ronnie’s “Just say no” generation of crack, greed, death, and political corruption; A generation where the new N-word is pronounced “Responsibility” and the keepers of the flame completely ignore the destructive power of bitch, slut, whore, and tramp.
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I bear witness
to the reckless disregard of the words uneducated, irresponsible, and classless. Should we not ban these words as well, or should we ban banning words altogether as we celebrate their meaning?
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Yes, I do bear witness.
I bear witness to a new world -
a world where gross ignorance comes disguised as enlightenment, and funky sneakers look down with disdain upon the sweet smell of Florsheim; a world where saggin’ pants and gaudy glitter enable country bumpkins to masquerade as elegant, and the exquisite surrender of eloquence is the very essence of what it means to be hip.
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Where's Langston? Where's Baldwin? Where's Oscar Brown, Jr?
We need you stormin' this beach, because . . .
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I now bear witness
to a world where motherhood stands alone, to be “dope” renders a smile, and posterity is forced to embrace the wind for paternal sustenance; A world where the walking dead strut about rapping the wisdom of idiocy, and we praise the illiteracy of vulgar nursery rhymes as profound; a world where the mother of salvation's final gasp is compared to the pigmentation of brown paper bags.
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Malcolm, Martin, where are you?
I once stood with a crowd.
Now seemingly alone, I'm forced to bear witness -
horrific witness . . .
to the imminent demise of our people,
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And my heart bleeds.

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FOOLISHNESS

Eric L. Wattree,
In love, respect, and brotherhood
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Eric L. Wattree
http://wattree.blogspot.com/
Ewattree@Gmail.com
Citizens Against Reckless Middle-Class Abuse (CARMA)
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Religious bigotry: It's not that I hate everyone who doesn't look, think, and act like me - it's just that God does.

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