Colin Kaepernick and Beyoncé are Geniuses. Part 1
Colin Kaepernick and Beyoncé are Geniuses. Part 1
Here’s what I mean when I say they’re geniuses; when I want to know about the history of the civil rights movement (or any other important subject) I always try to find a modestly competent NFL quarterback and a hype-infested pop singer as my prime sources.
“I bet they know!” I say to myself.
Probably because they’re rich and famous. Plus, even though they’re light skinned Black folk with an obvious cracker or two in the woodpile, they still manage to have that authentic Black thing going on. That way they’ve got all the bases covered when it comes to racial sensitivity and insight.
Apparently, such insight “Trumps” evidence any day.
Now, I might want to ask myself, if I were even remotely inquisitive, whether anything they’re saying about racist White cops killing unarmed Black men—motivated primarily by heinous racism—is true. That, however, would mean that I couldn’t just accept it as true because I read it on my favorite site such as “The Huff Po” or some other alledgedly objective news organization that is dedicated to the truth no matter who it implicates, as long as they’re White and republican.
Here’s the fly in the ointment; if Colin and Beyoncé are wrong, maybe the Huff Po is wrong, too! But, I don’t really have to worry about being confused, because the usual race baiting apologists will be trotted out to reinforce the narrative, so no concern about the truthfulness of this particular storyline is necessary.
I realize that if your someone who thinks this way, you’re either foaming at the mouth by now or I’ve tweaked your interest. Especially, if you saw “12 Years a Slave,” tune into MSNBC on a regular basis, or you’ve ever taken a social science class in college. In which case, your whole world has just been rocked. This is doubtful, however, since most people tend to take the easier route. I mean, the mental anguish that comes from challenging one’s own dogma, is just not their thing. So, closing one’s mind as swiftly as possible, whenever alternative thoughts lurk nearby, takes precedence over the truth any damned day.
So, let’s take a look at the usual media lies like Mike Brown and “Hands Up! Don’t shoot!”
According to credible, Black eyewitnesses at the scene and ALL of the actual forensic evidence, it was total bullshit. That, however, assumes that most of Beyoncé’s and Colin’s fans know what the word “Credible” means. This is not a racial slight. It’s simply a recognition of the lack of knowledge regarding how reason works and why—that would be true of Americans across the spectrum. Meaning, that we end up with one storyline that works like this; Mike Brown was a big, lovable kid who was shot down in cold blood by a White, racist cop. That was the overwhelming media narrative from the beginning, even before any facts were known.
Thankfully, minutes before the police shooting Mike Brown was videotaped strong-arming a convenience store manager who had the temerity to ask Brown to pay for a handful of cigars. Clearly, Brown, the lovable lug was probably just giving the store manager a hug by manhandling him like a sack of garbage. And not, I repeat not, stealing with an absolute disregard for either the law or the store clerk, whom the 6’4’ 300 lb. Brown towered over. The fact that the Obama justice dept. attempted, initially, to squash the video, should tell you all you needed to know about how Obama and crew view justice. But no matter. Because the lie was out there and being hammered relentlessly by the overwhelmingly leftist media. Meaning, people could pick and choose their version of the truth based on their personal priorities, racial or otherwise.
Here’s the thing; a handful of high-profile cases, given relentless coverage, in a nation of three hundred and twenty million people, is meaningful evidence of nothing. That wouldn’t represent a scientific sampling big enough to be seen as even marginally credible (oops, there’s that word again.)
Do I expect most people to stand back and scratch their heads and say “Hmm? Let me rethink this.” Not on your life. It’s just easier to take sides.
What does this have to do with good ole Colin and Beyoncé?
If they are wrong (and they are, watch the video below) what they’re saying is as racist as any KKK member. Worse, because they have an audience of tens of millions, and they are filthy rich, made so by the same country that they impugn. (These ain’t no low-rent crackers, acting out their rage and disenfranchisement, we're talking about here.)
One more thing, don’t give me all that garbage about slavery, unless you’re willing to look at the role played by Muslims and their fellow Africans in the most heinous slave trade ever. One that killed far more Black folk and lasted longer than the “White” slave trade. You'd think Colin, being a genius and all, might've considered that before converting to Islam.
I guess not.
Claude Hopper
Here’s what I mean when I say they’re geniuses; when I want to know about the history of the civil rights movement (or any other important subject) I always try to find a modestly competent NFL quarterback and a hype-infested pop singer as my prime sources.
“I bet they know!” I say to myself.
Probably because they’re rich and famous. Plus, even though they’re light skinned Black folk with an obvious cracker or two in the woodpile, they still manage to have that authentic Black thing going on. That way they’ve got all the bases covered when it comes to racial sensitivity and insight.
Apparently, such insight “Trumps” evidence any day.
Now, I might want to ask myself, if I were even remotely inquisitive, whether anything they’re saying about racist White cops killing unarmed Black men—motivated primarily by heinous racism—is true. That, however, would mean that I couldn’t just accept it as true because I read it on my favorite site such as “The Huff Po” or some other alledgedly objective news organization that is dedicated to the truth no matter who it implicates, as long as they’re White and republican.
Here’s the fly in the ointment; if Colin and Beyoncé are wrong, maybe the Huff Po is wrong, too! But, I don’t really have to worry about being confused, because the usual race baiting apologists will be trotted out to reinforce the narrative, so no concern about the truthfulness of this particular storyline is necessary.
I realize that if your someone who thinks this way, you’re either foaming at the mouth by now or I’ve tweaked your interest. Especially, if you saw “12 Years a Slave,” tune into MSNBC on a regular basis, or you’ve ever taken a social science class in college. In which case, your whole world has just been rocked. This is doubtful, however, since most people tend to take the easier route. I mean, the mental anguish that comes from challenging one’s own dogma, is just not their thing. So, closing one’s mind as swiftly as possible, whenever alternative thoughts lurk nearby, takes precedence over the truth any damned day.
So, let’s take a look at the usual media lies like Mike Brown and “Hands Up! Don’t shoot!”
According to credible, Black eyewitnesses at the scene and ALL of the actual forensic evidence, it was total bullshit. That, however, assumes that most of Beyoncé’s and Colin’s fans know what the word “Credible” means. This is not a racial slight. It’s simply a recognition of the lack of knowledge regarding how reason works and why—that would be true of Americans across the spectrum. Meaning, that we end up with one storyline that works like this; Mike Brown was a big, lovable kid who was shot down in cold blood by a White, racist cop. That was the overwhelming media narrative from the beginning, even before any facts were known.
Thankfully, minutes before the police shooting Mike Brown was videotaped strong-arming a convenience store manager who had the temerity to ask Brown to pay for a handful of cigars. Clearly, Brown, the lovable lug was probably just giving the store manager a hug by manhandling him like a sack of garbage. And not, I repeat not, stealing with an absolute disregard for either the law or the store clerk, whom the 6’4’ 300 lb. Brown towered over. The fact that the Obama justice dept. attempted, initially, to squash the video, should tell you all you needed to know about how Obama and crew view justice. But no matter. Because the lie was out there and being hammered relentlessly by the overwhelmingly leftist media. Meaning, people could pick and choose their version of the truth based on their personal priorities, racial or otherwise.
Here’s the thing; a handful of high-profile cases, given relentless coverage, in a nation of three hundred and twenty million people, is meaningful evidence of nothing. That wouldn’t represent a scientific sampling big enough to be seen as even marginally credible (oops, there’s that word again.)
Do I expect most people to stand back and scratch their heads and say “Hmm? Let me rethink this.” Not on your life. It’s just easier to take sides.
What does this have to do with good ole Colin and Beyoncé?
If they are wrong (and they are, watch the video below) what they’re saying is as racist as any KKK member. Worse, because they have an audience of tens of millions, and they are filthy rich, made so by the same country that they impugn. (These ain’t no low-rent crackers, acting out their rage and disenfranchisement, we're talking about here.)
One more thing, don’t give me all that garbage about slavery, unless you’re willing to look at the role played by Muslims and their fellow Africans in the most heinous slave trade ever. One that killed far more Black folk and lasted longer than the “White” slave trade. You'd think Colin, being a genius and all, might've considered that before converting to Islam.
I guess not.
Claude Hopper
