Rants & Epiphanies
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“Wisdom that will bless I, who live in the spiral joy born at the utter end of a black prayer.” • — Keiji Haino
“The subject of human creativity is not an ethnic-centric, but a composite subject.” • — Anthony Braxton
“… It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.” • — The Marquis de Sade

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Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Rachel Dolezal || Black Is NOT African! Does White Mean European?



Black Like Her by Jelani Cobb:



Our means of defining ourselves are complex and contradictory—and could be nothing other than that.







If this does not clarify that White/Black is nothing more than a cocoon, a cocoon for us to soothe ourselves or for keeping away others …












Friday, January 23, 2015

This Proves What?














Hypocrites!!!








Here.

This Bloomberg report from Davos is making the rounds:

Billionaire Jeff Greene, who amassed a multibillion dollar fortune betting against subprime mortgage securities, says the U.S. faces a jobs crisis that will cause social unrest and radical politics.

“America’s lifestyle expectations are far too high and need to be adjusted so we have less things and a smaller, better existence,” Greene said in an interview today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “We need to reinvent our whole system of life.”

Later in the article:

Greene, who flew his wife, children and two nannies on a private jet plane to Davos for the week …













Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Stupid People …



They are afraid of the question mark more than anything.
I have met people who would rather made-up things about me, than asking me anything, about me.
I call them Stupid People, they are afraid of saying aloud - I do not know or my bad or I stand corrected …
Stupid people, indeed!






Saturday, June 7, 2014

Critical Thinking - Not A Good Thing When Stupids Run The Show









I’ve met people who think they have the right of telling lies about me, without owing me any apology.

Ta-Nehisi Coates :

… Here is the machinery of racism—the privilege of being oblivious to questions, of never having to grapple with the everywhere; the right of false naming; the right to claim that the lakes, trees, and mountains of our world do not exist; the right to insult our intelligence with your ignorance. The machinery of racism requires no bigotry from Dylan Byers. It merely requires that Dylan Byers sit still.

We suffer for this. So many people charged with informing us, with informing themselves, are just sitting still.




Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Life Lesson - Speculation













Wild speculations ( talking about what you do not know, makes you look stupid ) can give you an audience. An audience of liars, that is.


Monday, March 17, 2014

Anita Hill || The Daily Show





People misunderstand that harassment is about the sex, it’s really about control and power, and abusing it.

 - Anita Hill


To me, that is the definition of cowardice.


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Saturday, January 11, 2014

Pandering To The Rich



I do not mind the rich doing It. But it is hard to hear the poor hating the poorest among them.









On the Richest country on earth, it is government policies the most responsible for reducing poverty, according to this piece.





Wednesday, September 4, 2013

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