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A Dangerous Challenge
Sign representing 'The Bloods'
Photo Credit: Schyler
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This blog touts me as the most fearless writer in America, and I stand behind that declaration. Given the fact that corporations and advertisers control the major media networks in this country, many analysts, anchors, commentators, news directors and talk-show hosts bow to their masters and keep their eyes and mouths shut regarding the issues that matter most in this country. The same can be said for the majority of the “pussified” news publications. Many celebrities, whether in Hollywood or in sports, are hesitant to speak out because they're either too drugged up, too insensitive, too pretentious, too stupid or too worried about how doing so would impact their career. Everyone wants to play it safe and not rock the yacht for fear of losing power, position or the enormous wealth they've acquired. The G-Man doesn't play that bullshit, and he never will. If wealth came knocking at my door one day, you can bet your ass I'd take the money...with a stipulation that I could still issue literary ass-kickings and take names.
I have forsaken “comfort” most of my life, and it's costs me everything from living good to having a loving wife and family. My mission as a journalist and writer has always been to stand up and proclaim, “This is fucked up!” Moreover, leading clergy members, such as Archbishop David I. Hartman, who also happens to be a devoted "G-Fan", have told me God's plan is for me to showcase the ills of this society and challenge those responsible for any role they may play in its demise. In the process, I've managed to piss off everyone from high-ranking elected officials to hip-hop artists. Yes, I'm the most fearless writer in America, and I stand behind that declaration.
With that said, you should know the content of this article could literally get me killed. There are no sacred cows when it comes to pursuing righteousness and attempting to save people's lives, so I've decided to take on every single “Blood”, “Crip” and “MS-13” gang member in America. Now, to be fair, some of them will get the message I'm trying to convey. Others will be angry and itching to put a bullet in me. These gangs do not take kindly to being challenged, especially in public. They're armed with an arsenal of weapons and connections, and they will not hesitate to use them if they feel threatened or dissed. I totally get that. However, what they need to understand is that I'm simply a man armed with a laptop and a pair of balls the size of grapefruits! I'm putting myself out there because too many young and innocent people are being killed or seriously injured during shootings between these rival groups. This is bad enough, but when the victims are barely two months old and have yet to utter the word “Ma-Ma”, people have to be called out: black politicians, black celebrities, the black community and black gang-bangers! This is a crisis that not even a black president can fix. This.... is a black COMMUNITY thing.
I want every gang member across the nation, and those on the verge of joining, to read the next two paragraphs very carefully. There is little I can say that will prevent you from joining these lethal gangs, but there is something I can and will do. I'm going to use the Internet to reach out to you. “The G-Man Challenge Initiative” offers you an opportunity to take part in an extremely unorthodox reading and writing exercise through my catalog of powerful and extremely controversial articles posted on this blog and on my media page at “AssociatedContent.com”. If you're are willing to take the time to read my articles and send me an email to discuss them, even if it means going to the local library to use a computer, The G-Man will find the time to show you some love and respect by directly contacting and encouraging you! My email address is listed at the top of this blog.
Again, I don't care if you roll with Bloods, Crips, Latin Kings or MS-13. If there are others out there that belong to gangs other than those mentioned, and you want some of this, come get some! I don't care if you're male, female or whatever. It doesn’t even matter if you can’t read or write! You can have someone you love and trust read the article to you and help you write a response. I’m not here to judge you on English or your writing style. I just want you to respond, and I hope that will be on a regular basis. For every person that takes part in the initiative, that's one more gang-banger off the street and doing something positive. If I end up getting only 10 emails at first, that is a major accomplishment on your part. I’m challenging all of you to stand up or “man-up” by reading and expressing yourselves through the written word instead of negative behavior and gang violence. Many of you are already doing it every time you sit down and write your own rap lyrics or short stories, so take it a step further by accepting my challenge, putting away the guns and taking yourselves to another level, emotionally and mentally.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Knights vs. Niggers
Okay, here’s the scenario. It’s January of 2009, and the world is riveted to the media coverage of the swearing in of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America. Cable and network news stations showcase an array of all-star commentators and pundits, all of whom are in a virtual state of shock because they never thought they’d live to see a black man obtain the most powerful position on the planet. President Bush and Dick Cheney have been purged from the White House, so the celebration is twofold. “The Term of Hope” has begun, and no sector of the American population is happier, prouder or more optimistic about the future than black people. However, I truly believe that with Obama acquiring the position of “Brother-in-Chief”, it would place greater emphasis on the endless and sometime brutal battle that wages between two very distinct groups within the black community: the knights and the niggers.
It’s no secret to my loyal "G-Fans" that I absolutely loathe the word nigger. I have expressed my sentiments in an article or two on my AC page and during many speaking engagements, but I am using it in this context to describe a group of people, both male and female, that refuse to be recognized as anything but “real niggers from the hood”. The G-Man is about to piss a multitude of people off, both black and white, but it’s not like I haven’t before. I’ll be accused of stereotyping, being “bourgie” and not understanding “the black plight” in this country, but nothing could be further from the truth. Moreover, there isn’t one person out there that will be able to proclaim I don’t know or understand anything about the hood because I was raised in one of the toughest hoods out there: the Redfern Houses of Far Rockaway, New York. An intense love for the black community, as well as black history, is what prompts me to address this topic. If I have to kick a little ass, get ghetto or bruise a few egos to get my point across, then so be it! The truth is a powerful medicine, and no one said medicine is supposed to taste good. So, open wide!
The two classifications are as follows. The real niggers from the hood have no desire to pursue higher education, let alone finish high school. They are perfectly content with “keep it real” by urinating on the steps and elevators of their building or hanging out on street corners, or the courtyards of dilapidated housing projects, playing a dice game called C-Lo. They take great pleasure in walking into a neighborhood bodega and buying a “Philly” and “a 40” for the sole purpose of rolling a blunt and getting high. The word nigger has become part of their everyday language; they are obsessed with wearing their pant down to the middle of their ass; and a good number of them are extremely proud to say they have spent time in jail, beat a fellow nigger’s ass or have “a body” on their record.
The females are just as bad as the men. They curse worse than a drill sergeant in the United States Marine Corps and are very, very quick to start a fight. Sadly, many of these women, who are usually in the age range of 17-27, have very young children that are always in the direct line of fire during their vulgar tirade or physical confrontations. They brazenly display tattoos running from the small of their lower backs to the upper cracks of their ass. By the way, there is nothing cute or sexy about a tatted-up woman, in the area of 300 pounds, calling her girlfriends bitches…while chewing on a Twinkie and showing butt-crack. These men and women just don’t give a damn about anyone or anything but “staying weeded”, getting laid and finding quick ways to get paid.
(Photo credit: Nightscream at en.wikipedia, Permission: CC-BY-SA-2.5)
The knights are the fighters, protectors and stalwarts of the black community. Contrary to popular belief, in the hood and in the mainstream media, they are not just people who decided to get an education, ascend the corporate ladder and now talk white. The knights, in all their honor and glory, are represented by people like high school and college students, ministers, teachers, local librarians, barber shop, gas station and business owners, and last but not least, “Miss Johnson”, the 92-year-old grandmother who sits on a housing project bench and tirelessly shares stories about Dr. King, Malcolm X and Emmett Till with curious, wide-eyed youngsters. These warriors don a coat of armor called pride, lift their swords of righteousness, and attempt to slay the black dragons that seek to tear the fabric of our African tapestry. They are the sole reason why the real niggers from the hood have been kept in check and not viewed as the dominant group in not just public housing areas across the country, but in America as a whole.
The ones with any damn sense left would be forced to look in the mirror and do some real soul searching. Granted, it shouldn’t take a black man being elected president to spurn them to undergo this transformation, but an event of this magnitude could literally restructure their thoughts and attitudes about race, the future and the country. Racism will always be the ugly, three-headed dragon lurking in America, but with a black man as leader of the free world, and the real niggers from the hood promoted to knighthood status, the country would be well on its way to slaying it…once and for all.