Posted on 11/15/2002 6:59:03 PM PST by RMrattlesnake
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It's a long story. Nevertheless, I, rdb3, am a "sellout."
No mercy.
Coming soon: Tha SYNDICATE.
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Well, you know, since you put me on the spot and all. Maybe I can tell a li'l sumpin sumpin... ;-)
I meant what I said. I, rdb3, am a "sellout."
I've sold out the notion that I need to look to others for leadership, for my leaders are Christ Jesus, my father, and the man who stares back at me when I look in the mirror.
I've sold out the idea that I need others to do my thinking for me. I've been blessed with full mental faculties and can do my own thinking.
I've sold out the idea that I owe the black community, or any other community, anything whatsoever. I owe myself the absolute best that I can do with what I've been given when I'm given it. If I give myself these things, then I give to others who need as I see fit, whether that be bread, water, encouragement, or a friend. If I've given myself my best from the sweat of my own brow, then and only then do I have anything to give to anyone.
I've sold out the notion that I'm a black man over everything else. I'm a man first. And defining this man, like it is for virtually every other man or woman, is a herculean task that cannot be contained by pigmentation. Sure, I have carmel-brown skin. But I didn't have a choice in that. And since I'm comfortable with the skin I'm in, I'm comfortable with the man behind the skin. He's far more important, for my skin color doesn't pay my mortgage, okay? Okay! ;-)
I've sold out the notion that it is somehow righteous to profit off of the backs of my ancestors who have long ago shuffled off their mortal coil. If I didn't suffer like they did to get me where I am, what business do I have using what they went through so that my bank account gets a bit larger? That's utter disrespect for them, and it amounts to urinating and defecating on their graves. They didn't suffer for that. For every man who was denied (and they were indeed denied) his dreams due to his blackness, my achievements are dedicated to each and every one of them who didn't enjoy the rights that I now have. I owe this to them.
I've sold out the silliness which tells me that, because I'm black, I can't truly be an American. I'm told that I'm an African in America. Well, first off, I don't know much about Africa. I can learn anything I desire about Africa, but that does not make me an African any more than learning about Great Britain makes me British. To tell the truth, I am a full-fledged American (no hyphens needed). I have the privilege of being able to trace my ancestry all the way back to 1798 on a rather large Georgia plantation. Since my bloodlines have been present here in America for 204 years, how can I not be an American? My citizenship was bought and paid for, and I have the receipt to prove it. Wanna see it? Look at Old Glory. See those red stripes? There you'll find it.
I've sold out the preposterous idea that I have the get the green light from some self-appointed "leader" who is nothing more than a charlatan before I can do what I want to do. Slavery ended in 1865. Jim Crow died, too. What does that mean? It means that I, the "sellout," am a free man. So since I'm free, I'mma do what I'mma do and say what I'mma say, you unnastand what I'm sayin'?
You better.
In summary, I've "sold out" all that is Left. I've taken my position on the Right standing firm because it is right to be here. And I won't be moved regardless of who doesn't like it, be he black or white.
I, rdb3, am a "sellout." And a proud one at that.
No mercy.
Coming soon: Tha SYNDICATE.
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Amen!
Stay tuned, mfreddy. Stay tuned. I'm not promising anything as huge as Moses leading the Children of Israel out of Egypt, but there will soon be enough.
Keep your eyes on '04, especially.
Welcome to reality.
Oooh! You bad! ;-)
People like us will be the left's downfall.
You got that right. We know where the soft underbelly of the Left is. Let the demarxitization (my term) of America begin!
No mercy.
Coming soon: Tha SYNDICATE.
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