The Struggle

The smallest things inspire. Not "inspire" me, but ligth a fuse that stars at my brain and explodes at my finger tips. Talking to a friend she said
" Its weird I wasnt who I am today , and he sort of reminds me of where I came from"

In this I will probably not discuss anything vital in this, nor make any vital point. But the idea of "The Struggle" has been sort of foiling my brain. Every one has a story some greater than others, but who are we to place worth on anyones past. I can say. The struggle makes or breaks you. Mine made me. Not to discuss my past but working FOR the government would not have been predicted if you saw 15 year old me. What do I mean when I say when I say "Make or break". The subject of the man of color being opressed by the "White Man" is really touchy. I am a man of color who has witnessed the same things alot have. Statistics say I am on drugs, sale drigs, in prison, on the way to prison, 3 kids by different women, or ultimatley dead. Add that with how I was raised. Your media says I am a miricale. I can stop working right now. Just stop caring. Lose my job, and go use the excuse "I was raised around it. It's all I know".... I can easily surcum to my past and let it ruin my future. I can blame someone else for my problems. The problem is you have to try, you have to fall, but you have to get right back up. In MMA u never let your guards down. Ultimatley you never quit. I will close with saying this. Whose fault is it really. Ourselves, Media, or the infamous opressor the "White Man". Let me help u. The media records Statistics. The white man doesnt live our life, but they do thrive off of media the same way most of the world.. It you ourselves who destroy us. We give the media their stats every time we take the easy way. When we kill one another.. You know the role. When we walk down the street pants saggin, and hats tilted, and a woman who just so happens to be white grips her purse tighter. Hell, I ride through my old "hood" where I was raised with my doors locked. I never get cornered in a old friends who fell victim to his past and is a statistic. I am never cornered in his house. My gun (which is liscensed and permitted) is sittin on my seat when I ride past a group of "thugs". All of this and I am a male of color. You cannot demand respect without giving it. Thats like robbing a bank with no weapon. Its gets you one of two places. I am pretty sure all of your mothers/ grandmothers said it.... Jail or in Hell.. Wake up... Excuses are tools used by the incompetent that builds monuments of nothingness, those who use them seldom amount to or accomplish anything...

Oppressed or Stupid

"There will never be peace because white folk don't want peace.
And no matter how bad I want something for someone, if they
don't want if for themselves, there's nothing I can do.
Harriet Tubman killed alot of slaves. The Africans didn't have to
be killed. I'm an African. I work for Africans.The slaves will be
killed. So will the enemies. Its not my fault"

The person who made this statement shall remain namless, but quotes as such are infuriating almost. Not to undermind the countless years when people were opressed. But damn let it go. Don't forget but forgive. This brother is completley misguided. You are not oppressed. I am a male of 3 different nationalities. I black and white happen to be 2. Am I any less of a man of color. My previous boss was a white man. I serve along side of mostly white men. Ones that I would give my life for daily. Who are you to say "Harriet Tubman killed alot of slaves". That is a phrase definitley media worthy. Because you magnify negatives. How do you know your family wasn't a family she saved? You work for a black man. That feels like a blade going through my heart. I fall asleep every night listening to MLK speeches the same one almost. its called Victourious and the time was when the Boycotts were successful. He said "There is nothing more dangerous than sincere stupidity." I quote, and it is truthful. He gave his life so you can work with a white man. thousands were murdered, beat, sprayed with water hoses, and attcked by dogs.. BY COPS. Brother, you are blinded, and a danger. Not to society, but yourself. You sit here, and maybe you are successful. But you undermind all that was lost so you can gain. You insult our ancestors who fought so you didnt have to. You dont have to blend. Thanks to them. The opressed man of color thing is played. You have a black president.. Oh wait his degree, and job don't make him black enough. Him being half white taints his blood. It is old and overrated. There is peace. The only reason there is not peace is for 2 reasons. 1. No matter how hard we try, and no matter how many people die the world will never be rid of irrational people. 2. I am here in a combat zone, risking my life even now as I sit and type this. 24/7. You have no reason to be angry at any other race. This land thrives off of equal opporotinity, but like i said u have irrationals. In closing, you are not African. You were not born in Africa. You are American. The Ugandans here in support of the United States risking their lives daily they are African..The slaves that Harriet Tubman Killed.. They were African. The Americans who fought tooth and nail so you can live your life the way you do... Even they called themselves "American". Seems you like the world Segragated. Which makes you a irrational social outcast, in a time-machine that I as your brother,or any of the other "black, strong, rational thinking" race will get in..