Red, White, and Blue... Patriotic through and through? A God fearing Constitutional nation that believes in life, liberty, and the right to pursue happiness? Whose right to pursue?
Malcolm X to say that "WE" didn't land on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock landed on us.
Marcus Garvey campaigned that all people of African ancestry should go back to Africa, the Motherland.
And what if... Plessy vs. Ferguson was a law that passed and was intact today?
Me personally, as an American, I tend to side with Morgan Freeman.
www.cbsnews.com/videos/freeman-on-black-history/
I don't want a Black History Month, I want to recognized as an American, as a man, and one minus the stereotype. I want to celebrate my independence as well, and I want it to have meaning.
I, like "our" president, have an uncommon last name. The doctor that delivered me is deceased now, and I don't show just anyone my birth certificate, or my drivers license. But I'm not running for any office either. What I am running for is true equality. Running from self victimization, and insecurities that make myself and my people weak. My people being the American in every shade that's dealt with a struggle.
Am I proud of my ancestry? Indeed! From my African heritage, to my Cherokee, and Portuguese, who by the way, played a huge part in Atlantic trade. Yes, even slave trading until the Spainsh took control, but I'm proud of those that opposed such practices. I am proud of the humanitarians that fought to secure freedom.
I am also proud of my Scottish blood! Proud to know that even before President Obama took office, there were good men around that did not discriminate against skin tone and color, but admired and appreciated the beauty in the variances and hues that make up the one race that's most important... "The human race!"
So to my fellow Americans from every walk of life, and from every ancestral background, Happy Independence Day, and may God bless our nation, and all His children in it.
