By Aswad Walker
Cam Newton vs. The World
Just a few weeks ago Cam Newton was assaulted and insulted by ESPN talking head Kimberly Martin who totally ignored Newton’s incredible MVP-winning and Super Bowl-appearing career. Now, just days ago, brotherman hosted an event in his hometown of Atlanta only to be assaulted again. Only this time, it was by roughly seven brothers, reported from the TSP Crew. They literally jumped Newton, creating a seven-on-one fight situation. And Newton won. Cam handled them like a collection of talking head scrubs. And his hat never fell off his head while doing it. In general, this Black-on-Black disrespect has got to stop. More specifically, y’all gonna learn – don’t come for Newton.
Know When You’ve Been Insulted
So, y’all’s former president, Donald Drumpf (look it up), said this: “I got indicted for nothing. They were doing it because it’s election interference. And then I got indicted a second time, a third time, and a fourth time. And a lot of people said that that’s why the Black people like me because they have been hurt so badly and discriminated against. And they actually viewed me as I’m being discriminated against. It’s been pretty amazing.” And while in South Carolina, speaking at a gala sponsored by the Black Conservative Federation, which happened to have a nearly all-white crowd, he said this: “These lights are so bright in my eyes that I can’t see too many people out there. But I can only see the Black ones. I can’t see the white ones. That’s how far I’ve come.” Moreover, a Fox News contributor, Raymond Arroyo, stated this about Drumpf’s garish gold shoes: “Even the sneaker thing… this is connecting with Black America, because they love sneakers… this is a big deal, certainly in the inner city.” Yet, the Tim Scotts of the world still exist. Blackfolk will come to blows with each other if we feel we’ve been disrespected. It’s past time we use that same energy when others disrespect us.
Stop the Steal… Not That One
Note “wypipologist” Michael Harriot, author of the national best-selling book “Black AF History: The Un-whitewashed Story of America,” is on a mission to get Blackfolk and others to stop a great theft that has been going on for far too long. Recently, rapper/activist David Banner lamented that Blacks too often send our best and brightest to PWIs when HBCUs should be our only option. Harriot, however, begs to differ, pointing out that PWIs, quiet as it’s kept, don’t belong to white people. “In states like South Carolina and Mississippi (where Banner’s from), the big white PWIs were initially funded by majority-Black tax bases. Every land grant PWI steals federal HBCU money. Not one state public university system’s [enrollment] reflects the percentage of Black taxpayers.” In other words, our tax dollars, during and after segregation, funded these schools and the whites-only student bodies that attended them for so long, literally stealing dollars from HBCUs and stealing admissions opportunities from Black students. I completely understand Banner’s point, but the argument Harriot makes is compelling, as well. It takes the position that since we paid for these PWIs, why the hell are we allowing them to remain so hyper-white? And why would we give away those things our money, blood, sweat, and tears made possible?
