January 2007

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01.31.07

Year of the Black Fist Politicin' | (3)

In a few hours it will be February and with that comes the influx of everyone suddenly getting down with their heritage in the name of Black History Month.

Why is February the month the entire nation should take a moment, pause, and reflect on Black history? Why were we only given a month? Black people, don’t hate, it used to be a week! The reality is that over the years a lot of significant things went down in the month of February that were progressive movements towards change.

TRUTH? I’m in favor of Black people celebrating positive change in our history. Would I limit that to one month? Not only no, but hell no. While Black History Month is a symbol of change, I think think our hustle should be to celebrate Black history daily. Let that marinate your mentals for a hot minute. Still we rise, right? But only during the month of February? Squash that nonsense.

I challenge Black people to RAISE UP and live a “Year of the Black Fist“. Celebrate your heritage daily. Educate yourself, your youngbloods, and your friends. Recognize that change can become static if you’re not building on what people fought and died for. Live that life we earned (and stop acting like someone owes you something). It’s real in the battlefield and you have to play to win. Let’s get some act right!

White people, pump your fists too. Celebrate your Black heritage! TRUTH? You are just as Black as the next man. If you can’t celebrate progress within our nation, then we are divided and we fall (and please stop calling me African-American — I wasn’t born there). Stay Black!
01.25.07

Do you know Clarence? DYKC?™ (podcast), DYKC?™ Up Close, Ego Trippin | (9)

After having met this cat through a mutual friend, and having known him for at least six months online, I finally got down with a social rendezvous with C.C. Chapman.

If you don’t know who my man is, you should get down with him. I say this, not because my man is famous, but, because his hustle is on a whole other format (and I’ve got a crazy amount of respect for him). As a human being, C.C. is gracious and he’s down to earth forreal.

Over dinner (I ordered a veggie burger — with bacon — let that marinate on your mentals for just a minute!), we rapped about a ton of things. Comics, podcasting, Second Life(TM), technology, family, and just what it all means. Needless to say, my man was hitting me upside the head with science on the strength of it all, and I walked away with the single most important question of the night that now I’m going to posit here.

Do you know Clarence? The answer is, you probably should. The flavor of that tone might sound arrogant. I know this. TRUTH? When it’s all said and done, I know that my verbiage is worth reading, or listening to. It’s something that gives you pause. It’s a reality gut-check on another level. Who knows, this could be the next big YouTube phenomenon. Still, the question remains. I’ve spent quite a bit of time avoiding the obvious, which is, I’ve got a lot to say — hilarious, next-level, and relevant. Yes. Definitely. Get down with me.