Laidbackman
All Star
Even though I don't like to disagree with Smokey, especially after how his music got us through hard times back in the day, but he lost me on this one. With all the information out today, I thought he was gonna go ahead and say he was a Hebrew Israelite, or a Israelite. I'm sure Smokey know who we really are by now. I guess he didn't wanna get the De Sean Jackson, or Nick Cannon treatment.
What Smokey said about black always being linked to things negative, is something I've heard for years. I think Dr. King even said this. But in reality, black already had a negative meaning. In other words, Whites didn't created the name black for us, they just linked us to that name. And til this day, we still shouldn't be going by that name. Anybody can see we are brown, even though that name would have been incorrect too. I'm not gonna get into the entomology of the word black, and what it really meant for us during slavery, but it was one of the bi-words given to us to mean we were servants. The others bi-words were Negro and Colored, with the last one being African-American, the one Jesse Jackson helped give us. But Black was the worst out of the four. Why we choose to hang on to the worst bi-word Black, is one of the biggest psych games ever.
This all started after James Brown released, "I'm Black and I'm Proud". I know this is gonna sound crazy to yall, and I'm not saying we should ever go by this name again that I'm about to mention, but I felt more "Black and Proud" so to speak, when we were Colored. I felt more unity. You could never say you were more Colorer than another brother, like you can say you are more Blacker than another brother, trying to indicate you're more pure or original, which makes no sense, and can lead to division. During this time, being Colored was equal to saying you were Melanated. Tbh, White people were more envious of us when we were called Colored, since they couldn't be Colored, just like they can't be called Melanated. Being Colored meant you could have been dark-brown, brown, light-brown, golden-yellow, a so-called red-bone, or any shade of brown, or in between. It was beautiful. Nobody wanted to be White, or too close to it, unless you wanted to live with them. Tbh, when "Black and I'm Proud" came out, dark-skinned Black people who didn't really listen to the lyrics, felt more like the song was for them, even though the song didn't mention anything about skin-tone. But when you look at James Brown, I believe people still think it was made more for dark-skinned Blacks in their subconscious. I mean dark-skin is more closer to black than light-skin...lets not fool ourselves. So you probably still have grown-ups today who think the song was about dark-skin, when it was really about us as a people, who are really the Hebrews, or the Israelites. Calling ourselves Black can also subconsciously divide us sometimes, when we're together, and not uniting from Whites. If you don't believe me, say black one time too many, when you're the only light-skinned person in the room. You would have thought you called somebody a spook, especially with all the focus on colorism these last two decades. What's so sad is, this can happen within your own family. I think it was done on purpose.
Btw, if you search the word black in the King James Version, you'll see that every time it's associated with the Israelites, it's always linked to our lamentations and sufferings: Job:30:30, Song of Songs 1:5-6, Jeremiah 8:12 , Jeremiah 14:2, and Lamentations 5:10. I see why our ancestors fought so hard against the bi-word Black. That word seems to be linked with our curses, and away from our blessings. If you can see this, and you know you're really a Israelite, then something is wrong with you if you still want us to be called Black. I know we're not gonna stop going by the name Black overnight, and for now we have to go by that name, but no way in the world should anybody be fighting to keep that name.
What Smokey said about black always being linked to things negative, is something I've heard for years. I think Dr. King even said this. But in reality, black already had a negative meaning. In other words, Whites didn't created the name black for us, they just linked us to that name. And til this day, we still shouldn't be going by that name. Anybody can see we are brown, even though that name would have been incorrect too. I'm not gonna get into the entomology of the word black, and what it really meant for us during slavery, but it was one of the bi-words given to us to mean we were servants. The others bi-words were Negro and Colored, with the last one being African-American, the one Jesse Jackson helped give us. But Black was the worst out of the four. Why we choose to hang on to the worst bi-word Black, is one of the biggest psych games ever.
This all started after James Brown released, "I'm Black and I'm Proud". I know this is gonna sound crazy to yall, and I'm not saying we should ever go by this name again that I'm about to mention, but I felt more "Black and Proud" so to speak, when we were Colored. I felt more unity. You could never say you were more Colorer than another brother, like you can say you are more Blacker than another brother, trying to indicate you're more pure or original, which makes no sense, and can lead to division. During this time, being Colored was equal to saying you were Melanated. Tbh, White people were more envious of us when we were called Colored, since they couldn't be Colored, just like they can't be called Melanated. Being Colored meant you could have been dark-brown, brown, light-brown, golden-yellow, a so-called red-bone, or any shade of brown, or in between. It was beautiful. Nobody wanted to be White, or too close to it, unless you wanted to live with them. Tbh, when "Black and I'm Proud" came out, dark-skinned Black people who didn't really listen to the lyrics, felt more like the song was for them, even though the song didn't mention anything about skin-tone. But when you look at James Brown, I believe people still think it was made more for dark-skinned Blacks in their subconscious. I mean dark-skin is more closer to black than light-skin...lets not fool ourselves. So you probably still have grown-ups today who think the song was about dark-skin, when it was really about us as a people, who are really the Hebrews, or the Israelites. Calling ourselves Black can also subconsciously divide us sometimes, when we're together, and not uniting from Whites. If you don't believe me, say black one time too many, when you're the only light-skinned person in the room. You would have thought you called somebody a spook, especially with all the focus on colorism these last two decades. What's so sad is, this can happen within your own family. I think it was done on purpose.
Btw, if you search the word black in the King James Version, you'll see that every time it's associated with the Israelites, it's always linked to our lamentations and sufferings: Job:30:30, Song of Songs 1:5-6, Jeremiah 8:12 , Jeremiah 14:2, and Lamentations 5:10. I see why our ancestors fought so hard against the bi-word Black. That word seems to be linked with our curses, and away from our blessings. If you can see this, and you know you're really a Israelite, then something is wrong with you if you still want us to be called Black. I know we're not gonna stop going by the name Black overnight, and for now we have to go by that name, but no way in the world should anybody be fighting to keep that name.
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