Cultural Propaganda

For the last few months we have been engaged in cultural propaganda. Our current society is what allows for cultural propaganda to be spewed by anyone who can type or even simply post a link on their social networking page. This cultural propaganda, even though some may considered it accurate, is becoming more destructive compared to being beneficial for our society as a whole.

Terms like racist, race-baiter, and words that can be used in different contexts have been turned into talking points. Talking points that are false and misleading. The use of a word is not the issue. The true issue is the cultural propaganda that is tossed like pamphlets from a drone when the sun rises. The cultural propaganda is not just about race, but gender, social class, religious views, and political stance.

It is important for the public to understand the rhetorical devices that are being used that allow cultural propaganda and corporate agendas that have been developed and deployed by those in power.

Young Black Americans are forced to see images of themselves on television and the internet in a way that is not positive. But this is no different for White Americans. Recent television programing is not created to challenge our thoughts- But rather reinforce our thoughts.

As we engage in cultural propaganda and support drilling, or oppose drilling, believe racism is real, or believe that it is fake we are engaged in cultural propaganda. Their agenda. An agenda that leads to more hate and separation than is healthy for a society that is supposed to be about freedom. That freedom is being crushed, stolen, and only for the elite.

Cultural propaganda has allowed for critical thinking to become something that is almost obsolete- like common sense. While we debate if sexting is real, or is global warming real, we fail to realize that we are being destroyed. We obey the lies, we follow the trends, we are told how we should act, how we should talk, and who we should worship with.

Cultural propaganda has allowed for poor people to believe that they are Republicans, and poor people to believe that Democrats want to change their lot in life. But these false assumptions and false allegiances have destroyed the fabric of our cultural.  

Another example of this in when those that do not belong, support, or understand said community believe that they can make assumptions about that community. They find views and positions that fit their already forced fed moral fabric that has either been engrained by family or often shaped by lack of experience.

Men deciding what is right for women, whites deciding what is right for blacks, and a government telling us what freedom is and how much freedom or privacy we should have are all elements of this cultural war.

This cultural war includes, incomes, race, beliefs and other interest. It would not be surprising if those that look at our current society in the future may equate our society to those that believed in human sacrifice. For what is a war? Nothing more than human sacrifices for beliefs structures that truly should not exist. We ship our children off to war, in some cases these children just want a source of income to provide for their family, or receive funds to attend college. There are some that follow family traditions.

Our recent wars cannot and should not be compared to the Civil War, World War I, and World War II. But they should be viewed as wars for resources and influence. A cultural war supported by cultural propaganda.

While our government conducts these wars for resources and control, they also conduct in the destruction of our freedom and liberties. These liberties are often intertwined and accompanied by cultural agendas with no regard to the influence that they will have on those that stand on the other side of the issue, or demand change or simply attention in order for change.

Of course there are those that will support the State, and believe whatever the State tells them. They will argue that the intellectual is being indoctrinated into a liberal way of thinking, or that their value structure is the only structure that should remain on this soil.

We cannot compare the democrats or republicans of today of those in the past. We cannot assume that the white culture or the black culture can be encompassed into one way of thinking. But should keep in mind that statistics are skewed to fit an agenda. Statistics are often the most damaging cultural agenda that is produced by man. They do not include all of the factors, but break the human experience down into mere numbers. Numbers can never explain the human experience, but only support the cultural propaganda.

There will be some that discredit this concept, or this frame of mind. But the cultural propaganda is here. It has been put in place by our government, the corporations, and our moral beliefs that are often illegitimate and hypocritical. 

Try to escape the cultural propaganda, the denial of freedom, and understand that no matter what, we are born with a set of rights. A right to be free as long as our actions do not cause harm to others. Our thoughts are starting to become crimes, our conversations and emails stored, whistle blowers are evil doers, and the cultural propaganda is blowing across our land.

Let us revolt with our minds, and buying power. Let us seek true knowledge and true understanding in order to make a change. Violence in some cases has been necessary but violence is not the key to the type of revolution that is needed. Freedom cannot become a reality if we are engaged in a political and cultural war of propaganda.       

  

Of course we have made strides towards some sort of imaginary equality, but we except this imaginary equality and allow for the cultural propaganda to feed into our thoughts and actions or inaction.  Obey at your own demise.      

Black Racism

Are you fucking serious- black racism is responsible for the death of Treyvon and that racist cooking lady? Of course someone would find a way to point the finger back at the blacks. Of course it is the black’s fault that slavery was a successful business venture for the United States. Of course it is black people’s fault that churches were bombed and young black girls lost their lives. Of course it was black racism’s fault that little kids needed to be escorted by the National Guard in order to attend a school with whites. Yeah it was all black racism. 

Most will never understand what it feels like to think that you will never reach 18 or even graduate from High School, no mater how inadequate the curriculum may be. Life for many young black youth is not that same for their white or even brown counterparts. Is there something that could be done about this? Of course there is. Stop blaming black people for everything that is wrong with society- and understand that your own actions may be playing a role in the destruction of a race than you thought. 

So if black racism is responsible for the loss of Treyvon, then don’t forget that black ingenuity is responsible for the stop-light. I wonder how many white lives have been saved- by that black ingenuity. In need of a gas mask?- well, once again black ingenuity strikes again.

Our society has turned into one that is always looking to point the finger at someone for something. Do we have a problem? Yeah we have a problem. We have a society that has decided that they want to wage war on a total group of youth- that almost has no options, limited opportunities, and are classified by all.

Once we place anything in front of the word racism we are making another excuse for our personal biases and beliefs that often have been established by media, social contact, and lack of understanding about humanity itself. Racism should not be paired with white, brown, yellow, or purple. It should not be connected with gender, age, and any other prefix that one could find for their irrational beliefs.

To understand the plight and the struggle of blacks in American one has to face history, not simply brush it under the rug. There are many that thought that an African American President would change the world. But that is impossible. Our country is an organism that is being consumed by violence, hate, and stupidity.

Do blacks often seek out the wrong stereotypes and often get marked by those in society? Yes. Should they learn how to adapt to certain situations and understand the environments that they are in? Yes. But the world also has to understand that within America there is a Third World Country. Some of us are lucky to just drive right by.  Or they only hear about it on the news, and then become experts at spewing out some rhetoric created by the media outlet of their own beliefs.

The young black youth of America are just as gifted as the black men and women that have used their black ingenuity to help society as whole. The gas mask, refrigerated systems, stop light, bicycle frame, blood plasma bag, folding bed, folding chair, lawn mower, and sprinklers.

While most of society sees young black men as thugs. They forget that these young black men could be so much more. So while we look and search for some reasoning behind a young man losing his life, and another walking away with his freedom, remember that they can become more if they live long enough.            

The “N” Word

She is what she is, and from what I can gather she is fine with that. Poor Paula Dean- she is losing it all because of a word- or so they say. I will never allow a word, no matter how derogatory, take me to the edge of insanity. Of course there is a double standard about the use of the word- but not really. I guess that I am lucky because I can use both words. Yeah that’s right I can say “nigger” and “nigga”.
 

I find it rather funny that the racists who use the word did not even develop the word rather incorporated the word into their vocabulary from the Spaniards and Portuguese. At least create your own racial slur- or have the ability to understand that Negro simply means black. But then some decided that they wanted to turn it into slang and something derogatory a.k.a. Nigger. That was the past- now let’s move forward to today’s use of the word. As the Urban dictionary puts it, a nigger is a person that is “ignorant, ill mannered, or low-class people, without regard to their ethnicity.” That definition might suggest that you, reading this blog, could be classified as a nigger. 

The world has had different meanings for a variety of words. And like any word- has to be understood in the context that it is used. For example, I feel gay today. Well, in today’s terms that would mean that I may like the same sex. But in the past it was a simple way to say someone may be excited, alive, or having high spirits. Now the word has a derogatory meaning simply because society is dependent on some label to define themselves- as not being a part of the world but rather exclude themselves to some high horse that they ride through society with their moral standards, but forget that they are not living within those morals standards.

When I hear old Negro people, and old white people, complaining about my culture’s use of the word- I am confused. Very confused. Because most of the old people are cashing in on the use of these words, in movies, films, and even literature. If we can be brutally honest as we should be, instead of forcing the political correctness in our veins, we might be able to achieve something. 

Instead of just pointing to the use of the word- why don’t we take the time to talk about the society that has made the use of these words acceptable? Of course some rich white lady is going to be thrown under the bus because of her slip-up or personal feelings- but should she?   This is America. You have the right to be racist, use racist language, project your old fashioned values on people that do not believe them, and even tell me that Jesus is white and has long hair and blue eyes. But the last time I met a person name Jesus he was Latino. I guess they didn’t want to adopt Spanish names, but they could take their words. 

So when the white guy that lived across the street from me in Texas suggested that I spoke elegantly- I knew what he meant- I was not a nigger and- welcome to the neighborhood. When one of my employers told me that I was different than the rest because I showed up on time- I knew what that meant- that I was not a nigger. When I show up to the studio and hang out with fellow musicians- (you call them rappers)- and they say “what up, nigga”- I know what they mean- what’s up family- 

I have an extensive understanding of language and the use of it. I can even prove that Ebonics is a language, just like Paula Dean proved Southern is a language- “I is what I is”, sort of familiar to the structure of Ebonics. So while we all throw our two cents in to the argument- I want to know how the term slave in the bible turned to meaning “capture all the Negros- and beat them with whips because God said you could”.

This use of this word is just an example of how screwed up we are. We often let things evolve and then move on, but then we want to act like hoarders and hold on to old thoughts and philosophies. The word “nigger!!” coming out the mouth of a white person running towards you with a burning cross and a sheet to hide his fear of being known as a bigot- is vastly different than a rapper saying “these niggas is crazy on these streets”. 

If you don’t like the term then don’t use it. If you are a racist and use it, then pay the price- what every society feels you should pay for your thoughts. Thought crimes- we are in 1984.  If you like hip-hop music, and don’t mind the word, then keep the Beats by Dre in your ear and tell the world to go and fuck themselves- cause yeah, one minute I am chilling with my niggas, and the next I am debating with those that feel the need to think that I am an nigger-