COLORED PEOPLE:
The STRIPES of Healing
Founding Statement:
This biweekly newsletter will seek to explain the pain and suffering mainly people of color endure through no fault of their own. The dehumanizing excuses our people always seem to elicit from people in power that make our Christian Brothers and Sisters accept their reasoning as if it was uttered by the Almighty. Lastly what I see with my own eyes begs the question from my conscience. “Are we loving or can we really love our neighbor as ourselves”.
Written by: Victor E. Moseley
Email: vemoseley@landcause.com
Blue Sky: vemoseley17.bsky.social
Issue 49: That Natural ‘Swag’ the ‘Blacks’ Have
Yes. I meant to have the ‘Header’ say exactly what it says and in that tone and belief. First. Let me give ‘props’ to Ryan Clark. Brother Ryan. You didn’t get your ‘swag’ from being on ESPN. You brought your swag to ESPN. Don’t get it twisted ESPN. You didn’t dismiss or tarnish anything about the ‘man’ Ryan Clark. Ryan Clark brought more ‘value’ to ESPN than you ever had before him.
Now moving on. Now I’m pleased with the way Ryan Clark left the presence of ESPN. We have a lesson that is taught in the Black Community in Birmingham, Alabama. I didn’t mean in any fashion or form that Black folks don’t teach it throughout the Deep South and across America. Here it is.
When someone tells you that you’re no longer welcome in their house, business, party, parking lot, whatever! ‘If you’re sitting, rise up. If you’re already standing. Gather your possessions. Git yo coat. Git yo hat, and head for the door’.
That lesson has taught me well for decades. Now.
Black people don’t have to strain to generate that calmness and surety that other people and races classify as ‘swag’. Let me tell you of a part of my people, Black people, that have taken of the ‘way’ they must move through this life. My ‘way’ took a long time to acknowledge our teachings as well. I didn’t credit my ancestors struggles through all their ‘obstacle’ courses to get me to the year of our Lord 2026. As a matter of fact, I was angry and defiant no matter the cost to me!
Only. Let me say that again. Only when I started to respect my elders did my understanding awaken. Yeah. You can say I ‘woke’ up. When I stopped acting erratically. I started progressing. When I started discerning the reasons why White people fired me from jobs. I gained more possessions. What really set me skyrocketing to true success is when I realized the ‘young’ coming up behind me had no ‘protector’. The ‘young’ needed somebody to teach and mentor them through all the torments of ‘obstacles’ that I conquered. My ancestors protected me. Now I knew what I had to do. I protected, mentored, admonished and guided the ‘young’ coming behind me.
I did that! That is how I embraced my ‘swag’. If you’ve followed this site, www.landcause.com, you know I have fondly spoken of all the soldiers, civilians, children, friends and family that are successful today.
I stopped believing no one has done anything for me. How fucking stupid I was for far too long! How I insulted my Black ancestors for too long! How I ‘sighed’ gutturally or scoffed at every stoppage of my acts by my elders. What a moronic asshole I must have been. The arrogance I recall makes me sick that I was ‘that’ young Black man. Whew! Thankfully I wasn’t abandoned by my people. Especially. Black women.
Man. Black women will tell you about yourself in a minute. God, I’m glad enough of them pulled me aside and told me my ‘shit’ did stank!
As many of you know I will from time to time give the actual book, chapter and verse scripture comes from, but for now I have another one. ‘He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight’.
Listen to me as I say this. You have to be totally right on this. ‘If somebody don’t want you around, please leave. If somebody is being destructive to your discernment, cut them loose’.
You can’t be a part of evil while simultaneously throwing your hands up like you didn’t throw a rock as well. Your ‘house’ is also you mind, body, and soul. If you let someone in, it will be difficult to get them out especially if you hold them in high regard.
Liars ‘erode’ the base of your ‘fortress’. You! Who you are is a structure as well. Metaphorically speaking. You are a construct that has taken time to build as I have told you of my ability to ‘erect’ my walls after my foundation was laid.
‘Dwelling’ within my house means your mind. Again. You have to be totally in the right here. If someone is tearing you down from ‘within’ your life, you better send them on their merry way. Or. You git up. Gather your things. Git yo coat. Git yo hat. And you. Head for the door.
Birmingham, Alabama never steered me wrong. I can’t say the same for my own driven nature.
Be well.