On the road again
cue willy.
Too many years of eating too many fast food meals alone in hotel rooms has left me unwilling to eat another Biggie McWhopperito. I tend toward suites where I can have a stove, saute some onions and garlic and beef, and eat a normal meal.
I see Jack Palance has died. Tough old fucker, like a piece of jerky. He was in such a bunch of horrid damned old movies, but he had a few roles that realy shone. God keep him.
Martin Luther King now has his own memorial. Good for him. Fck those people who use his simple message to extend racism. yeah, I know, King had his own problems- he was human. Let’s concentrate on the message:
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
That’s a knife that’s starting to cut both ways now. Let’s realy even the playing field, and forget race altogether, shall we?
Remember:The creator has the ability to do magnificent things with even the most humble and flawed tools.
I’m going to be traveling some soon too. Wish my company would spring for the suites.
Good for MLK.
I always wanted to try a “White Expo” or a resturant called “Honkey Bucket”. Since Married people are a minority maybe we (whites) will be a minority soon too then we can have all kinds of ‘rights awareness rallys” too.
King had a hell of a message. It really bothers me that it has been perverted into
a victim mentality.
With todays black leaders, Excuses abound and very few will stand up take responsibility for themselves and their community.
How long will you be out, Og? just wondering. I have been away from home for over a month. This hotel room has a fridge and a microwave.
I like a burger as much as anyone, but I just flat refuse to eat regularly at burger places.
The co. sent me to a fully furnished apartment in OH for a month this summer, so I could actually cook. That was not half bad.
Leave race out of it? If only you could.
I am not a racist, I realize that people have to be taken one at a time.
But consider: we raise animals and breed them for specific traits. Cows to be dairy or meat producers, dogs to be hunting companions, guardians or even eyes for the blind. We realize that genetics have an impact on the organism’s behaviour.
Until we start talking about humans. Then all that goes out the window- and we have to pretend not to notice the failures of certain races of individuals, the communities they came from, and the entire nations they sprang from back in Africa.
As a young man I thought once racism was defeated the blacks would be just as happy and productive as whites. It hasn’t happened. Why?
Genetics?
I suppose I will be labelled a racist for even considering this line of thought.
Well, racism hasn’t been defeated. But on the other hand, racism isn’t genetic — it’s purely a learned behavior. “You’re not like me so I don’t like you.”
But look at all the kids today who couldn’t care less about the color of their friends’ skins. And how many more of them there are today than there were when we were kids. (I’m 47, for reference.)
Racism is learned behavior. When all the teachers and facilitators of racism die out, there won’t be a problem anymore. God speed that day.
Good post, Og. And keep watching those roadtrip meals. Singer Gerald Levert also died the other day, from a heart attack, at 40. Made me wonder about clogged arteries.
Anyway, the debate is interesting. I decided years ago that in my one-man “fight” to stop race from being an “issue” I would no longer bring up racial issues in mixed (race) company. I would only address race if it was brought up to me. That way no one would ever be able to accuse me of using race as a crutch or playing the race card or anything like that.
In theory, that was the perfect avenue for me to take. But surprisingly (well, not anymore), I find that there is still a regular flow of people who toss race in my face ’cause they assume it has played some roll in how I’ve done in life.
Hate that.
I’m with you. I wish we could live in a society where race wasn’t a consideration for anything related to work, accomplishment, reward, earning, etc.
Oh, and Hammer, I like what I read on your blog. But I have to call you on the “black leaders” comment.
Who designated the folks you refer to as leaders among black Americans? I damn sure didn’t, and neither did most other black folks I know. I missed the “black leader” elections.
Certain members of the mainstream media (and I admit I’m in the media full-time), talk radio hosts, cable TV talking heads and the people who live and die by their every word made that designation.
If anyone in this country were to refer to “white leaders” there’d be an uproar – particularly, and ironically, among minorities, who would sense something shady and ominous.
We can help speed up the “recovery” from racial overload by withdrawing unfettered “leader” licenses from those people who didn’t earn ’em, no matter what they look like.
Mr B, I’m with you. I’m sure the Reverend Bill Graham speaks for me just as often as the Reverend Jesse Jackson speaks for you.
MLK was a great man who had a genuine message. Unfortunately his successors haven’t measured up to his example for the most part.
Let’s start by stopping listening to our so-called leaders, and start talking to each other.