"Balaam got up in the
morning...and went with the princes of Moab. God was angry... the angel
of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him."
The term "buy low-sell high" is a trading term. It means you can make a huge profit by buying stock at a low price that is going to shoot up before you sell it. The stock was undervalued or devalued for some reason, but the buyer had info or was simply willing to take the risk that his purchase would pay off with a good return.
It is sickening but perhaps not surprising that along with the so-called "resurgence" of ideology of white supremacy in more complex, lethal forms, that those who out of fear or a desire for profit would always be there who will "defend the system," "defend 'The Man,'" make excuses for those who beat and shoot and unjustly incarcerate our young black and brown boys and men with impunity.
They just come cheaper than they used to because they are more plentiful. In the old days we simply referred to them as "uncle toms" and "sell-outs." Today they are referred to as apologists for oppression or "mainstream" thinkers. Those of us who would dare criticize, question and cast aspersions on those "with the power to oppress (powerless people cannot by definition be oppressors)," will always be confronted with, "Rev. so and so who is a responsible kneegro does not agree with you."
We often hear, "Your ideas are not within the 'mainstream thinking' of 'kneegro leadership" My friend and colleague, the Reverend Albert Sampson, the only clergy person in America ordained by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., once said to a group of Black clergy: "There are only two kinds of Black leaders in the United Methodist Church. Those who stand up for the community and against white supremacy, and those who posture for privilege. They have a perception or rather a deception of power, but posturing on your knees only gets you certain privileges in the master's house, never power."
Nothing has slowed down the struggle to combat and smash white racism and oppression in America, like the mainstream kneegro and his (and more recently her) misconception of power. I hope that those who are eager to get approval from white America or a few dollars more for their bizarre betrayal of the race will at least be silent for a while until we can encourage someone in Florida to prosecute a killer.
Even as I speak, folks in Mississippi are about to stage an insurrection because the outgoing Governor pardon several felons (mostly black) who he considered rehabilitated. Because the law will not allow them to vote and they would have difficulty getting employment under their previous convictions, they pardoned him. Would that these people express similar outrage over the unmitigated killing of a defenseless schoolboy who was doing nothing other than being that and questioning why "stranger danger" was following him through the streets. Don't we tell our children to "get loud" and "act out" when some strange adult is stalking them through the neighborhood. So a black child is dead for doing what we teach all of our children to do--making some noise and resisting a strange man following him through the neighborhood with a weapon.
God was angry with Balaam for going along with the princes who hoped to destroy Israel, so I cannot believe that God is not even angrier now, with the Mr. Cains and Mr. Williamses and Mr. Thomases and Ms. Rices and many others who are ready to jump up and defend and justify the indefensible and the unjustifiable in our midst.
The term "buy low-sell high" is a trading term. It means you can make a huge profit by buying stock at a low price that is going to shoot up before you sell it. The stock was undervalued or devalued for some reason, but the buyer had info or was simply willing to take the risk that his purchase would pay off with a good return.
It is sickening but perhaps not surprising that along with the so-called "resurgence" of ideology of white supremacy in more complex, lethal forms, that those who out of fear or a desire for profit would always be there who will "defend the system," "defend 'The Man,'" make excuses for those who beat and shoot and unjustly incarcerate our young black and brown boys and men with impunity.
They just come cheaper than they used to because they are more plentiful. In the old days we simply referred to them as "uncle toms" and "sell-outs." Today they are referred to as apologists for oppression or "mainstream" thinkers. Those of us who would dare criticize, question and cast aspersions on those "with the power to oppress (powerless people cannot by definition be oppressors)," will always be confronted with, "Rev. so and so who is a responsible kneegro does not agree with you."
We often hear, "Your ideas are not within the 'mainstream thinking' of 'kneegro leadership" My friend and colleague, the Reverend Albert Sampson, the only clergy person in America ordained by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., once said to a group of Black clergy: "There are only two kinds of Black leaders in the United Methodist Church. Those who stand up for the community and against white supremacy, and those who posture for privilege. They have a perception or rather a deception of power, but posturing on your knees only gets you certain privileges in the master's house, never power."
Nothing has slowed down the struggle to combat and smash white racism and oppression in America, like the mainstream kneegro and his (and more recently her) misconception of power. I hope that those who are eager to get approval from white America or a few dollars more for their bizarre betrayal of the race will at least be silent for a while until we can encourage someone in Florida to prosecute a killer.
Even as I speak, folks in Mississippi are about to stage an insurrection because the outgoing Governor pardon several felons (mostly black) who he considered rehabilitated. Because the law will not allow them to vote and they would have difficulty getting employment under their previous convictions, they pardoned him. Would that these people express similar outrage over the unmitigated killing of a defenseless schoolboy who was doing nothing other than being that and questioning why "stranger danger" was following him through the streets. Don't we tell our children to "get loud" and "act out" when some strange adult is stalking them through the neighborhood. So a black child is dead for doing what we teach all of our children to do--making some noise and resisting a strange man following him through the neighborhood with a weapon.
God was angry with Balaam for going along with the princes who hoped to destroy Israel, so I cannot believe that God is not even angrier now, with the Mr. Cains and Mr. Williamses and Mr. Thomases and Ms. Rices and many others who are ready to jump up and defend and justify the indefensible and the unjustifiable in our midst.
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