PICK & SHOVEL:
A BLACK MAN’S POLITICAL LOVE AFFAIR
Written by: Victor E. Moseley
Email: vemoseley@landcause.com
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As I sit comfortably, I wonder what thoughts would arise in my mind in this particular moment of serenity on my couch? Would the ‘crease’ of information cast a shadow over which thought would rule in that moment? Is that the most important ‘concern’ that must be addressed, or that thought that would make humanity lose ‘decency’ and ‘order’ rule the debate?
It is long known that Black people make calculations based on spiritual clarity for all given situations. Now the keys to this discernment was taught to all of us long ago in the ‘fold’. The ‘fold’ is the place, the energy, where the two choices lie. The barrier between the ‘fold’ is the darkness that separates called the ‘crease’. As Black people, we don’t necessarily chose the option that is free of ‘shadow’. Black people choose wisely between the two choices available because making no choice is worse.
So, we use a ‘pick’ to break the surface to know what’s underneath, or we use a ‘shovel’ to remove the debris and clutter that hides the ‘purpose’ beneath.
Issue 17: Remember the ‘Black Codes’ Before you dismiss ‘WOKE 1’
Let me promise something I know I will probably end up breaking. I won’t come to the rescue of my Democratic contenders for public office anymore if another ‘blasphemous’ mistake is made on the meaning of ‘woke’ in Black culture. So, permit me to go back a bit further in American history. After the Civil War ended and the ‘black codes’ were established.
Follow me Ms. AOC if you will. This will further validate why you or anyone that attempts to co-op Black History and Culture should read up on their Black History.
The ‘black codes’ prohibited everything indicative of being a human being. Human rights were outlawed for Black people. No interracial marriage. That’s an easy one. How about Black testimony in court was prohibited against Whites. How about if a White person attacked a Black person; the Black person couldn’t fight back? Black persons could not read, write, or possess inflammatory material(I’d say ‘woke’ material). Black persons could not marry. White ‘patrols’(the forerunners of police in America) kept the slaves under watch. I could go on but I’ll end on a high note.
If there was any large scale unrest detected, the machinery of the ‘State’ would be alerted to suppress the ‘Blacks’. Now does that sound like a need to fight for civil rights? Soon after, a government agency was created to help us. The ‘Freedmen’s Bureau’ was created in 1865 and it answered all the prayers of Black folk. (Put your right or left thumb and your index finger in the shape of an ‘L’ on your temple’). Yeah.
Tying up loose ends on Black History is an understatement. It’s like calling ‘Civil Rights’ a righteous achievement. It’s an ‘oxymoron’. Granting civil rights would mean that the oppressor and their descendants would have to acknowledge a massive wrong, slavery, was committed against Black people.
So my Democratic contenders for public office. Stop with the ‘workaround’ word play trying to smooth out the ‘jagged’ lines of sadistic American History. If you can’t fix the ‘root’ cause of the problem which is slavery and the benefits it gave to the perpetrators of it, there will never be an acknowledgement by Republicans stating exactly that. So stop giving Republicans an easy way out with their stupid ass shit eating grins on their faces! Stop!
By no means did I cover all the unjust provisions of the ‘Black Codes’ which I must also remind you that dovetailed into the ‘Jim Crow’ laws.
Again. Don’t co-op a struggle if you’re not going to do even a cursory attempt of research on the matter. Please. That’s a nice way of saying it.
Here’s the ugly way. If you don’t know shit about Black History and why we’re still struggling now, stay the fuck away from the horrors of it. In other words, keep your fucking mouth shut if you’re not ready with the facts on Black History.
‘Pick’ your own ‘Shovel’ and clear your own people’s shit before you attach yourself to something you can’t possibly understand!
Be well.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, black codes, 2007, Micropaedia, Book 2, page 252-253.


