High Life

18 April 2009

Positive feelings

Martin Luther King, whose name graced the rather ungraceful boulevard I did my research on for about 30 minutes, frankly endorsed the racialist sentiments of his fellow blacks when he said in 1965 that the American Negro ‘feels a deepening sense of identification with his black African brothers, and with his brown and yellow brothers of Asia, South America and the Caribbean’.It was a good soundbite but that’s about all. Switch to Algiers, 1972, when as the intrepid correspondent for William Buckley’s National Review, I interviewed Eldridge Cleaver, Donald Cox and various other Black Panthers on the run from American justice. ‘Oh, man, what would I give for a hamburger and a black piece of ass,’ was the way Cleaver put it when I asked him if he missed home. President Boumediène had put all those ‘freedom fighters’ under de facto house arrest, although the rest of the intrepid foreign journalists somehow missed the fact. At the end I got a cover story for my troubles, and Cleaver and company chose to go back to American jails rather than live out their days in an Arab paradise.

The point I’m trying to make is that, just as Arabs have Arab nations and Chinese have a Chinese nation, only Europe is denied the right to have European nations. Let’s face it. Muslims and Africans are not assimilating in Europe, whereas the ones who are not assimilating in America are black Africans and Hispanics. Whites in America have tried for a long time to form their social consciousness in conformity with the moral and political tradition of Western Man/White Man. The elites of the academy and the media have for just as long tried to paint White Man as Racist Pig. But, as always, the elites have got it totally wrong. Black Americans don’t give a damn about dead white males like Homer and Shakespeare. They have their own heroes, and it’s only nerdy college busybodies who demonstrate against my ancestors. The legacy of the white man is the one we owe everything to. Just take a look at Africa, 50 years after independence. Like it or not they’re killing each other at a rate Genghis Khan would envy. Hence the aggression and domination of other races have to be resisted in order to preserve and protect the legacy our ancestors handed down to us.

Black Americans are more American than most, their ancestors having landed here 300 years ago. We cannot change the horrid past, nor should we forget about it, but black attitude made me feel good all over that day in Newark. It’s a black city, crime-ridden and violent, and I was there only briefly, but I felt the change and it was a good one. Black Americans have come a long way — just look at the White House. They are dominant in professional sports, especially in basketball, boxing and football. (Hispanics are dominant in baseball.) Blacks are among the biggest stars in Hollywood, and Congress, Madison Avenue and Wall Street are following suit. Take it from the poor little Greek boy’s exhaustive research: race is no longer a problem among American blacks and whites.

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lauriemacdonell-sanchez

April 18th, 2009 10:23pm Report this comment

Well & truly put. I too have noticed a greater sense of calm, dignity & optimism among blacks--friends, co-workers, acquaintances & strangers alike. I pray that the new President decides to live up to the dignity & responsibility of the White House & decides to give his fellow blacks & fellow whites every reason to be proud of & look up to him.