Posted by Min. Paul Scott on 1/27/2002, 10:15 pm Min. Paul Scott Recently, I asked my mother- in- law if she was It was not entirely our fault. I mean, we got mixed For many brothas who became frustrated with trying to Hip Hop has become one big killing field which leaves We are not worthy to even have the names of our This is why we are boycotting Black History Month First we are asking the Black community to join us in Secondly, as rap pioneer Kool Moe D established a Hip Thirdly, we must collectively ask our brothers and Only when we take steps like this will we prove
Why I'm Boycotting Black History Month
But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is
Christ not risen. And if Christ be not risen then is
our preaching vain and your faith is also vain.
1Corinthians 15:13-14
going to watch Roots in celebration of the 25th
anniversary of its first showing. She said she would
not and dropped hear head starring intently at the
floor. I was shocked because mamma always watched
stuff dealing with our history. She gave me that look
that only mother- in- laws can give. You know, the
kind of look that pierces your soul and makes you
think that maybe, you should have kept your big mouth
shut. I braced myself for a long sermon but she only
said, You know, 25 years ago, I thought things would
get better, but they have only gotten worst, and
walked out the room. Leaving me thinking about the
many ways in which my generation had failed her.
signals from the leaders of the 60s. Did we segregate
or integrate? Was it Black Power or Green Power? Did
we help build America up or did we burn it down ?
There was also no concrete definition of what the
struggle actually was. Was it cultural or economic,
personal or collective, academic or street? What
resulted was a vaguely defined war that was at the
beck and call of the power structure that was supposed
to be the enemy. When and why Black people protested
became controlled by the white owned media and public
relations firms. I always found it funny that a
company who was the Black communitys most hated
adversary, one year could become 21st century
abolitionists and proud sponsors of Black History
Month , the next. They say that money talks but it
also laughs as public relations firms have a good time
laughing at our fickleness.
decipher the Black Empowerment user manual, becoming a
g (gangsta) became a viable option.
Corporate America and its evil twin, the white
supremacist system was right there to capitalize off
of our confusion. While we were stalled at the
crossroads of indecision, cooperate America set up
Kill em All Records at the corner of Sell Out Street
and Liberation Lane. The genocide of Afrikan people
became big business and the number one form of
entertainment in America.
those who enter, mentally and spiritually dead. How
can we celebrate the achievements of Malcolm, Martin
and Marcus when we allow the media to tell our young
brothas to use the torch that these great men carried
to light a blunt?
While many are familiar with the old how many people
does it take to screw in a light bulb joke, the
question for us in 2002 is how many black
intellectuals, theologians and philosophers does it
take to defeat the Hip Hop Conspiracy to destroy Black
children?
With all of our think tanks and conferences, we still
have not been able to stop Holly hood from pimpin
our culture and using it against us. I guess having
the answer and having the courage to carry out the
solution are two different subjects. We are like the
preacha who whoops, hollas and turns back flips
before a congregation that will leave the service just
as broken as they were when they walked through the
door. If we are not about the business of resurrecting
the spiritually and mentally dead in our community,
then all of our intellectualizing , debating and
preaching is in vain.
ancestors pass through our lips.
Malcolm X once brilliantly analyzed the image making
role of the media and how they can make your enemy
your friend and your friend your enemy. Until we,
effectively, deal with the role that the media play in
our suffering, we will never reach the brotha on the
corner who sees another Black man as his sworn enemy.
this year and participating in Black Resurrection
Month, instead. During which we will destroy the Hip
Hop Conspiracy, once and for all. We are not looking
to engage in the usual 20 year plan for Black
Liberation but we are looking for our condition to be
changed in the twinkling of an eye.
a Hip Hop Fast, where we will abstain from listening
to or watching anything that disrespects the Black
community and portrays us in a negative light during
the month of February . As an admitted Hip Hop addict
for more than 20 years, if I can do without gangsta
rap for 28 days, anybody can . I guarantee that at the
end of the 28 days we will find ourselves spiritually
and mentally renewed.
Hop report card in the mid 80s to rate rappers on
their lyrical skills, we will set up a report card to
rate rappers in relation to their musical
contributions to the LIBERATION of Afrikan people (or
lack there of). As the Source magazine uses mics as
rating symbols, we will use Black Power Fists.
sisters in Hip Hop to join us in our quest to
resurrect the minds of our people. We must tell the
white Pharohs of the music industry to let our people
go to be free to serve their people through their
music and influence.
ourselves worthy to pick up the mantle left behind by
our ancestors. There will be a resurrection of the
Afrikan community and as they say in the church aint
nobody gonna be mad but the devil.
Minister Paul Scott is the founder of the New
Righteous Movement based in Durham NC which teaches
Afrikan Liberation Theology. He can be reached at
operationmedia@yahoo.com
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