I am still stoopified at Jesse Jackson's recent comments about Barack Obama during a commercial break in a recent interview on Fox News of all places.

If you haven't heard, Jesse Jackson took offense at a speech Barack Obama gave on Fathers Day asking black fathers to step up to the plate and black people in general to accept more personal responsibility. To Reverend Jackson, this is speaking down to black people....and for that offense, he would like to cut Obama's nuts off....I'm serious, Jesse Jackson said he would like to cut Barack Obama's nuts off....and the entire episode was captured on Fox News of all place.

Once the shit hit the fan, Reverend Jackson (and I use that term Reverend when applying to Mr Jackson very loosely) attempted to explain that he was offended that Obama didn't include the reasons why a large segment of black men haven't accepted their parental responsibility...systematic racism, lack of education and opportunities, etc...

I don't take any offense at what Barack Obama said, but I do disagree with Jesse Jackson wholeheartedly...and the reasons go back to my previous post about Barack Obama's Fathers Day speech.

Obama's speech was given at a predominately black church, in front of a predominately black audience, a group which disapportionally has 50% of households maintained by single mothers. There are millions of reasons why, but that doesn't change the fact that children need fathers in the household...that doesn't change the fact that having unprotected sex will generally lead to unplanned pregnancies....unplanned pregnancies lead to the breakdown of relationships, increase in single mothers, a drain on social services and children introduced to a life of poverty.

I will be the first to say that the United States is a racist society, but that doesn't excuse absentee fathers...Barack Obama grew up without a father in the household, so he's speaking from personal experience. His speech wasn't directed at the millions of brothas out there handling bizness, he was speaking to those who aren't....and a lot of em ain't.

Yes, the US is racist, we can all point to Rodney King, Sean Bell, Jena, the fact that the govt will pay more to incarcerate black people than educate us and state definatively, systematic racism is alive and well.... but no one speaks on one of the greatest forms of systemic racism affecting our community.... a mean spirited backlash against anybody who speaks truth about uplifting the black community. Martin Luther King was labeled a communist....Malcolm X was considered a terrorist, even Jello slangin' Bill Cosby was demonized when he called for more personal responsibility within the black community.

I'm not surprised at Jesse Jackson's comments....or any of the old guard, whether republican, democrat or civic rights leaders. An Obama presidency threatens the status quo....and none of these people who profit and are responsible for the fucked up state of the black community, the United States and the world for that matter are going to go quietly into the night...so like I said Jackson's comments didn't surprise me....however Nas' did.

Nas gave MTV his opinion on Jackson's comments:

"I think Jesse Jackson, he's the biggest player hater," Nas stated on his recent conference call with the media. "His time is up. All you old n---as, time is up. We heard your voice, we saw your marching, we heard your sermons. We don't wanna hear that sh-- no more. It's a new day. It's a new voice. I'm here now. We don't need Jesse; I'm here. I got this. We got Barack, we got David Banners and Young Jeezys. We're the voice now. It's no more Jesse. Sorry. Goodbye. You ain't helping nobody in the 'hood. That's the bottom line. Goodbye, Jesse. Bye!"

Has Nas lost his muthafuckin' mind? How the fuck do you equate Barack Obama or even Jesse Jackson for that matter with David Banner and Young Jeezy?

Think about it, world conference on Africa and the parallels between the plights of africans and blacks in America, similar to the conference Malcolm X was gonna attend before he got assassinated, you gonna call Young Jeezy? Jeezy, the embodiment of dang near every stereotype about black males...Nas considers him a voice, while he might be a voice for ex dope men turned stereotypical rapper, he isn't a leader, activist or community organizer...and judging from his riff with Monie Love, he's not even knowledgeable about the foundation or power of hip hop.

Sorry Nas, goodbye. Your statement is as detrimental to the hood as Jesse Jackson's were to Barack Obama. That's the bottom line. Goodbye, Nas. Bye!

- b

"I'm outspoken, my language is broken into a slang,
but that's just a dialect that I select when I hang".
Special Ed, I Got It Made