The Welfare Brats, Pimps, and Whores

I first really like the figurative language of using the slang term of pimp as the representation of the socialist body. A socialist being a person that believes everyone should be equal and everyone contributes to their society, and a pimp believing in nothing but the collaboration of systems to earn him respect and money at the end of the day. Seeing how socialist can be seen as the pimps of society really broaden my perspective. This article “The Welfare Brats” from the book The Destruction of Black American mentions how the pimps of society are egged onto the democratic side and how them having their ways and view in society has driven the black culture through turmoil. Given respect to blacks wanting respect and abolishing discrimination by forging the civil rights movement, through we pressed for change and equality we still gave the white society the upper hand. We protest for equality of schools and placement, yet we force our african american students into the white society, contradicting the intelligence and proving schools in our community don't have much to offer. We contradict ourselves even more by accepting affirmative action jobs. Quoted “We are going to help you get out from under the weight of racism, but you are going to have to sell us your community to experiment with socialism in america,” thats what these PIMPS of politics are trying to instill in the black culture, which in the end give the white society control of what is open for all to participate in or what is secured only to the dominant right side of the fence. As the welfare brats come along, these brats sit comfortably under the totem bar. Many Brats excepting their place in society and to accept conditions in which they live and survive off of. The PIMPS tell them everything is going to be alright, when an opening is available we'll sit you out there for the world to see, but that brat or in other terms those whom are underneath the totem pole will only be seen in the ways society will accept their presence. So in the end are the PIMPS doing their job, setting equality straight, or is their job more over to accept the RIGHTS ways and force the LEFTS side to accept and force them into acceptance to? Is the LEFT to quiet on their views and is the LEFT giving up on titles and topics worth fighting equality for?

Examples: Voting democrat or republican.... The number of Black votes compared to Whites... The mindset that many minorities have, claiming that their vote won't matter.

Are the Brats sitting comfortably after years of protest and civil rights actions, to now just allow society to be shaped in the eye of the RIGHT?

By: Lara Aiyegbusi

Roles of Black Women: Failures or Victories

When watching block buster hits such as “The  Color Purple”, “Losing Isaiah”, “Eve’s Bayou” etc., have you ever questioned the perspectives of which the movies were made or the effects they may have on the publics’ view about African-American Women? Ever so often, when a black woman is present within a movie, there is always something to downgrade her worthiness to the public eye. The character is either being abused, has an addiction, living in poverty, or illiterate. However when this takes place we are challenged to ask, “Is this notion intentional , produced to mock African-American Women and set in stone what they believe her place should be in society or does it happen mistakenly from trying to tell a story of a struggle and victory?” I believe that most of the time the movie is produced to expose to the public the strength of African-American women and their ability to overcome the hardships they are challenged with because of societal values such as race, gender, and class. However I will not deny the fact that movies have been made to define the Black Woman’s role. I highly encourage the addition of black women in movies with roles of power, wealth, and prestige, Maybe there should be more movies depicted the women that I’ve gotten the chance to encounter.

Posted By: Monique Henderson