This article is being written in defense of the viewpoint written last week, which was titled For my niggas. If you don’t know, there have been little flyers put up around school and e-mails sent out that had a fat headline that read Boycott The Panther.whatever. Apparently somebody was offended, saying that the article called black people “niggers,” and said that the newspaper portrayed the student body in a negative stereotypical way.whatever.
I read the flyer and asked some people what they thought about the article and they totally agreed with the views expressed in the article. The only problem I have is, who is really going out of their way to take something [the article] so positive and profound, and trying to misconstrue it into something pessimistic.
In my point of view, the writer was basically saying that we, as a culture [black people], have swayed from our roots, and we have. Not saying that it’s a bad thing, but the activists of the 60’s laid the foundation for our generation, and they fought for more than what we have to show for. Our forefather’s yell for the progression of blacks has been reduced to a whisper. We have begun to settle, and part of the reason is because we are mesmerized by the trends and must haves of the material world. and that is not about to change. Until this trend is over, the majority [not everybody] of black males gon’ want the Jordan’s, rims, watches, chains, grills, or whatever, because regardless of any circumstance, you ‘wanna’ shine.and like I said already, there is nothing wrong with that. Twenty years ago the chances of you seeing a black family in a luxury sedan was slim to none, now every corner you turn there’s a Range Rover or Lexus…that’s progression.
The problem is that we are not using all the open doors we run through for the advancement of our people. It’s simple, we have to make sure everybody eats! The revolution is still in developement. UNITE for one cause. We can start tonight at 10:11.be there.I will!