And then I heard....

Damn!!

Four more Black Kids are going to be raised without their Father due to senseless violence and 'should have known better' bullshit .

The whole world knows by now that Steve Mcnair was killed, along with his twenty year old Jump-Off.

He was shot FO times (FO=FOUR, for those of you out there that are not familiar with Negro Speak), 2 head shots and 2 body shots, with his Twenty year old Jump-off taking one in her dome.

When I first heard that he was killed I thought 'Damn. When are these famous rich fools gonna learn to stay out of them damn Shake Clubs?'

And then I heard that he was shot in a condo he rented with another dude, and I thought, 'Damn. Please don't tell me that this fool was one of those DOWN LOW niggas!'

And then I heard that he was found shot along with a young woman and I thought, 'Damn. I bet she was a White Girl. That's how them fools do'

And then I heard that her name was Shamma Shamma something and I thought, 'Damn that fool's wife done found out he had a side piece and she just lost her damn mind!'

And then I heard that the fuzz believe that this might be a murder suicide and I thought 'Damn. WTF was this nigga thinking? A TWENTY year old waitress that he meet at DAVE and BUSTERS? He put his whole life in limbo, along with his FO kids for a waitress that was making $6 an hour? Damn! Was it that good?'

And then I heard about all the goodies he was giving her, An Escalade, clothes, a crib, trips to the Caribbean, promises that he knew he was not going to keep and I thought 'Damn. This fool is how old again? 36,or 37, some shit like that? And he is already going through a mid-life crisis? Really?'

After getting treated like his bottom bitch, and then finding out that she was instead a side chick, a 2 in the morning, after the club closes, last resort bitch, it is no surprise that she got all Sniper on his ass.

I am not calling this poor woman out of her name, because she is just as much, if not more a victim in this case, because Brother Steve should have known never to fuck with a woman's emotions, especially a Twenty year old inexperienced woman, I am just saying that she should have stayed in her lane.

Common sense, her girlfriends, her Pastor, Priest, Budda or even the $15 fortune teller lady should have told her that this dude was not going to leave his wife of 13years for her.

I guess with her only being Twenty Years Old, she never heard the phrase "It's cheaper to keep her." If a woman starts off the race as a side chick, then she should know that she will finish the race as a side chick.

But, (if this indeed was a murder suicide)as we see from this tragic chain of events, some women forget their place and venture outside of their assigned areas.

And his dumb ass should have not been prowling College campuses auditioning for the Next great Piece of Ass, season 10.

The dude should have been thinking about his family, his FO kids,his reputation of being a "stand-up" do no wrong guy, and the woman sitting in that mansion with the keys to the safe filled with all his millions.

But again, we see from this tragic chain of events, that most men think with their dick instead of with their brain. Or maybe most men have their brain in their dicks.

I don't know.

But in any case, Four more Black Kids are going to be raised without their Father due to senseless violence and 'should have known better' bullshit.

And the beat goes on.

What the hell is Reverse Racism?!

Reverse Racism....

This term was first put out there by the Rethugs favorite racist drug addict, Rush Limpdick.

Now it seems to have caught on like that late '80's saying, "gag me with a spoon."

Everybody is talking about Reverse Racism now a-days.

The latest is the Supremes ruling in favor of the WHITE FIREFIGHTERS in Connecticut.

It seems that 19 White and 1 Puerto Rican Firefighter sued the city of New Haven for discriminating against them by promoting less qualified Black Firefighters to higher positions within the department.

The Black side of me wants to say so what, who cares? How many times have Blacks been overlooked when they were more qualified that Whites and in this case a Puerto Rican?

But the Human side of me is saying, Good for them. They deserve this ruling and all the back pay that they would have accumulated up to this point, if they would have gotten the higher position that they earned.

The city of New Haven was dead wrong and I am glad that the Supremes got this one right.

Hiring or promoting to meet a quota is dead ass wrong.

If the 19 White and 1 Puerto Rican Firefighters worked harder and studied more for the Firefighters promotion test than their Black brother's did, then they deserve the promotion and the Blacks need to suck it up and work harder.

This shit should not have even made it to the Supremes.

And in my opinion, the Black Firefighters should have stood beside their fellow Firefighters and declined the promotions.

But that would only happen in a perfect world.

All this case did was divide the Fire Department down color lines that will take years to fix.

This case is one of the problems I have with Affirmative Action.

Do we still need it?

In some cases, yes we do.

Affirmative Action has put (and continues to put) minorities into positions or schools that they would not have gotten a chance to be in without it.

But hiring a person just to say, 'Look my company is not racist. We have Jerome down in the mail room, Jose is in the Kitchen, Consuela is cleaning windows and Ming Chow is at the help desk', is wrong.

Wrong ass Wrong.

Me personally, I would not accept a job if I knew that I was only hired to meet a number.

Hire me for my qualifications, my education, my personality or my deep chocolate good looks.

But don't hire me just because I just happen to be African American applicant number 9.

To me that is degrading.

But I already know that some of my brothers and sisters are going to comment talking about how the White Man has kept us down for so long that this is only pay back.

In some cases this might be true.

But.....

Now a days the only man holding us back is the man or woman in the mirror.

That bullshit excuse that I know is coming is nothing but tired rhetoric that condones people getting over for doing nothing to earn what ever they get.

Racism is still alive and well here in the good ole US of A, but now two can play that game. There are too many resources available to us to just accept any and everything that is thrown off the kitchen table as scraps.

So my hat is off to my White brothers and one Puerto Rican brother that won this decision.

Because me personally, if my crib is in flames, I could give two hot shits what color the help is.

The only thing I would be worrying about is when is Help coming.

The greatest Hustler of all

This morning I watched a little bit of an old episode of the SOPRANO'S on A@E.

In this episode BOKEEM WOODBINE played a Rap music Mogul that was trying to negotiate a distribution deal with the Jewish guy (Hesh, I believe his name was) that was in bed with the thugs that the series was based on.

Now I was never a fan of the Soprano's because I know that mobbed up Italians could give a damn about Black people. I have never understood why so-called Black Thugs would try to mimic a group of people that were responsible for most of the drug traffic in Black neighborhoods.

I don't understand why some Black People feel the need to try to be everything but Black,and deny everything that is Black, just to fit into the box that some White people think that all Black people should be in,(which by the way is the same box that White People invented),instead of being proud of the fact that Black is beautiful and realizing that self hate is not a good look.

I never understood why Rappers glorify the Mafia Life-style, when in reality there has never been a Black "made" guy, and there never will be a Black "made" guy, because to be considered "family" to those people you have to be a full blooded Italian, and I can count on 1 finger how many full blooded Black Italian's there are in the world.

Or maybe 1 finger is a little too much.

Anyways let me get back to what I was trying to get at.....

The thing in this episode that gave me the idea for this post came from the scene where the Italians, the Jewish guy and the Rappers were at the Jewish guy's ranch and the Rapper's were talking about how the Jewish guy got rich off of the Black artists that he worked with back in the 50's and 60's when he had Black entertainers on his record label.

I think the line in the show went something like this...

Rapper- SO WITH THE ROYALTIES THAT YOU MADE OFF OF (insert name of Black Group Here)YOU WERE ABLE TO BUY THIS HOUSE AND THESE HORSES THAT YOU ARE SHOWING OFF TODAY. HOW MUCH OF THE MILLIONS THAT YOU TOOK OFF THE SWEAT OF (Black Group) ACTUALLY WENT BACK TO THEM? I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THEM HAVING A RANCH THIS BIG WITH SHOWCASE HORSES.

Jewish Guy- I RESENT THAT IMPLICATION. I MADE A LOT OF YOUR PEOPLE RICH. IS IT MY FAULT THAT THEY BOUGHT CADILLACS AND FURS WITH THE MONEY THAT WAS ALLOTTED TO THEM?

Italian Guy- I HEARD THAT INSTEAD OF BUYING HORSES AND HOUSES WITH THEIR EARNINGS, THEY BOUGHT HORSE INSTEAD.

All the Italians laugh, and the rappers look stupid.

This was about the realist thing I have ever heard the few times I have watched this show.

From my point of view this pretty much sums up some Black Athletes, some Black movie stars, and some Black "Music" entertainers.

Not all of them mind you, just the ones that are in the news all the time for doing stupid shit.

The ones that most White people think speak for all Black People.

White people know that anything "Black" will make them money. They know that most Blacks do not have money, and that the money we do have gets recycled right back to them in the form of drugs that they supply, cars that lose value, clothes that are only worn once and lavish bullshit that only ends up with us coming back to them with our hands out.

Some Black people do not understand that. They don't understand that just because you might be rich today, there is no guarantee that you will be wealthy tomorrow.

They think that just because Mr. Charlie invites them over to his house for dinner and introduces them to his niece, they have finally turned the American Dream into a "Black" reality.

I don't know if this is due to the fact that most Black people just want to be accepted by White people and treated as equals.

Or maybe some of us still think that we have to prove to the MAN that we are humans too and we can be just as good as everybody else.

Or maybe it is due to the lack of education.

Or maybe it is all of these things.

In any sense all this does is make Black people look stupid and make us more dependent on the people that are controlling everything, which in reality is nothing more than slavery without the whips.

My Uncle has always told me that the White man is the greatest hustler of all time.

Think about it...

Who else can come to a foreign land, convince the indigenous people to sell or give away their native land, force another group of people to build the greatest nation on the face of the earth on that land, and convince them all that they are doing it to better themselves, when in reality the only ones that are getting "better" is them?

In other words...

Pimps up, Ho's Down.

And guess who the Ho's are?

Fools fall in Love just like everybody else

I have a friend that just separated from his wife of 4 years.

He has 1 daughter by her and he is step-father to her daughter from a previous sperm doner.

Everybody that knows this dude told him not to marry this chick, but he followed his heart and well, here he is 4 years later.

I am not saying she is a bad woman, I only know what he tells me about her. But I also know that there are two sides to everything.

All I am saying is that she was/is bad for him.

Check it....
He was cheating with her when he was married to his first wife, who by the way was a good woman.
The only reason he got caught was because the jump-off called his wife while he was going home after a night with her, and told his wife to smell his dick when he got home and to call her back to let her know how her pussy smelled.

So as you can guess, that pretty much ended his first marriage.

Well about a year later he surprised all of us with the news that he married his jump-off.

Shit has been bad for him every since.

He has caught 3 cases for domestic violence, even though according to him, (like I said there are two sides to everything)the only thing he has ever done to her was slam her down on the bed to get her off of him.

He has lost 4 good paying jobs because his drama at home leaked over into his jobs.

He was diagnosed with diabetes,high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and his Kidneys recently failed forcing him to have to be put on dialysis.

And now that he is at his worst financially, mentally and health wise, what does she do?

She leaves him, does not tell him where she is living because she is 'afraid for her safety' and at the recent child support hearing, she hits him in the head for $600 a month.

There is a good thing that has came about during this time though, he has dedicated his live to God and he is know studying to be a minister.

But here is the kicker....

He is still trying to make it work.

The court mandated counseling before the divorce can be finalized and he is like a school boy at recess at the opportunity to try to prove that he can still be a good husband to her.

He told me yesterday that they went out on a date, which he paid for,went to a semi expensive restaurant, which he paid for, got a Hotel room, which he paid for, and at the end of the night he gave her some money to wash clothes and to get gas so she can go to her part time job.

She did all this, but he still does not know where she is living with his daughters because she still 'fears for her safety' when she is alone with him.

He told me that if the counseling sessions go well, he will drop the divorce proceedings.

All I could do was shake my head in wonder and be like how much pain and heartbreak can a person endure for love?

Me and my wife have our typical marriage life problems, but this shit here.....

Damn!!

That is my mans and all and I will support him no matter what, but to me he is a damn fool.

What say you?

The real State of the Union

Everybody living here in America is prejudiced.

Everybody.

I say this because of the recent comments made towards the First Lady of these here divided states by a SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICAN and the RACIST EMAIL of the 43 Presidents that was sent by a White Republican staffer in Tennessee.

I am used to this type of shit because I have seen it my entire life. I expect to hear about shit like this from White people. I know that there is not a White person in the country that has not called a Black Person a nigger. They might not have done it to the face of the person they had a problem with, but I believe they have done it at least once or couple two three times. And when they said it, whispered it, or thought it, they meant it with every bit of malice and hate they could muster.

I also believe that every Black person here in the divided states of America has thought ill towards our fellow White Brothers and Sisters. I know I have. I have to stop myself from referring to a grown ass White MAN as a White BOY, even though I know if a White dude called me BOY, I would have a big problem with it.

I believe that some Blacks resent Hispanics and Asians because they are slowly taking over our neighborhoods, that they automatically reap the benefits of what our Forefathers died for without working for or deserving it and they seem to be 3 steps ahead of us when it comes to building wealth in this country.

I believe that some Hispanics and Asians resent Blacks because they feel that Blacks take for granted every thing that we have here. I think they believe that everything is handed to us on a platter, while they have to bust their asses to make it and it seems that they are always the ones being excluded. I mean think about it for a second....
How many Hispanic or Asian people do you see on TV? It is always Blacks and Whites living in a perfect, make believe Harmony.

I believe that some White people resent every body that is not White because they feel that this country was founded by them for them.
Who gets all the accolades for founding this country?
Nobody with a little color in their skin. So I think that some Whites feel that we (Blacks, Hispanics and Asians)are riding the coattails of their forefathers and that we don't give them the respect they feel they deserve for providing the life we have grown accustomed to.

So I believe everybody is prejudiced.

That is why it burns me up to hear White people talk bad about the current President, even though I have talked bad about the former President and did not think nothing of it.

That is why we have Black Neighborhoods, White Neighborhoods, Hispanic Neighborhoods and Asian Neighborhoods.

That is why I am not considered just an American, even though I was born and raised on American soil and cannot trace my roots farther than the coast of North Carolina.

Instead I am called an African American even though I do not speak any African Dialect, I do not have any African relatives and the closest I have ever been to Africa, is to the Africans I work with every day.

That is why we hear shit that was supposed to be said in private around people that were supposed to be "like minded", leaked to the world for all to hear.

Everybody is biased towards anyone that looks or thinks like them and could give a damn about anybody that does not.

That is why this blog is called "A BLACKMAN'S VIEW" instead of just 'A MAN'S VIEW'.

It is a damn shame, but it is what it is and I don't think it will change.

I do not hate anybody, but I do feel a little dis-like for anyone that disrespects me or my people. I take assaults on the President and his family personally, even though I have never met the man and I damn sho do not agree with all his decisions.

I have friends across the Ethnic Divide that I talk to all the time. Friends that I would defend to the death, but I feel the most comfortable around my own.

Is that wrong?

I am not a racist, but I do think I am prejudiced , just like everyone else in AmeriKKKa.

At least I am man enough to admit it.

God, Guns and Bullshit

I was over at my man's RIPPA'S site this morning reading all his brilliance and I came across two very interesting articles that he wrote his opinions on.

They both include Guns, but one includes God and Guns. I told him I was going to post jack him, because the need came over me to add my 2 cents. And since I am not the one to leave a 10 paragraph comment on any one's blog,I felt the need to come here, to Dirty Reds Blog, to express my opinion.

Anyways.....

In the first post by my man Rippa, he talked about a NEW GUN LAW IN TN, that allows people to carry loaded guns in restaurants and bars as long as they are not drinking.

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People being allowed to carry loaded guns where there is an ample amount of alcohol, mind altering drugs and testosterone.....

Hmmm....

Does this make any sense to any of you?

I know I have been to many a club on many different occasions where there were guns readily available to drunken idiots and the experiences were ones that I will not soon forget. (In my past life I was one of the drunken idiots.)My cousin was shot and killed by a group of drunken idiots at a club/bar/restaurant where damn near everybody had guns and felt the need to exercise their constitutional rights.

So why would the good lawmakers of TN, where their largest city, Memphis, is on the list of most dangerous cities in America, decide to pass a Bullshit law like this?

When the White men that wrote the constitution wrote that famous line that says that Americans have the right to bear arms, do ya think they meant for it to be carried this far?

I know that gun rights advocates will say that "GUNS DON'T KILL PEOPLE, PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE", but in my opinion that is straight, un-filtered Bullshit.

People do kill People.... With Guns!

And most of the time People use guns to kill People when they are drunk or have been drinking or getting high on something.

So what sense does it make to make it legal for all three things(guns, alcohol, drugs) to be in the same place at the same time in a State where gun related violence is off the charts?

I just don't understand it.

Now on to the Guns and God part of this post....

There is a MINISTER IN KENTUCKY that is advocating his congregation to bring their guns with them to church services.

All in the name of being PATRIOTIC.

another pause for dramatic effect....

Ya'll did hear me when I said a PREACHER has told all his flock to bring their guns to CHURCH, right?

This idiot even said that America was founded on God and Guns.

WTF man!!

Am I the only one that sees a problem with this?

Has a verse been added to the bible that says, 'thou shalt kill any fool that comes at you wrong, as long as it is done in the house of thine lord?'

Guns, God and Bullshit.

The American way.