PART ONE: THE CULTURAL INCOMPETENCE OF BLACK AMERICA
When Michael Jackson’s dead body was discovered he was missing his prosthetic nose. I remember the day when his nose fell off. It was the apotheosis of his repulsive transformation from a typical looking American black to a hellish version of Elizabeth Taylor.
Michael Jackson was talented, famous, and wealthy. When he died he had an odious reputation for being a child molester and he didn’t even have a nose. He was not in his right mind.
Michael Jackson is the picture of American black culture - world renowned for having crazy talent and world renowned for being crazy deviant. The good news is that we are also famously resilient and we have the resources to recover.
The great news is that I started writing this before the Kyrie Irving Dogpile Event. In the time that has elapsed I have witnessed ordinary American blacks (“the streets”) force the television faces who speak in our name to backtrack from their participation in Kryie’s public lynching. Lebron James, Stephen A., and Shannon Sharpe hit the metaphorical brakes and did U-turns at speeds that would break any car in half if attempted in real life. That was down to withering criticism from rank and file American blacks on social media. We even awoke the somnolent NBA Players Association to take action on Kyrie’s behalf.
Defending Kyrie from public emasculation and annihilation was important to us. We made it important to our cultural avatars. I’m heartened by it all. I hope it is the first stirrings of life from a body that has been in a coma for many years.
Here is what needs to happen next.
CREATE AN ANTI-NIGGER MACHINE
Old, racist joke:
What do you call a black man with a PhD.?
Nigger.
The only person to call Obama a Nigger to his face in public was a black comedian named Larry Wilmore. He did it in front of a room full of white journalists and in front of cameras beaming his speech to the entire world. Obama sat there and forced a laugh. The overwhelmingly white audience did not. They didn’t laugh because it wasn’t funny. The cameras didn’t catch Michelle’s reaction but I bet she wasn’t laughing either. Of all the people in the room only Larry Wilmore thought Nigger was an appropriate title to affix to a sitting President.
The tragedy continues.
What do you call a black man with a billion dollars?
Nigger.
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