Thank You For Making Black Folks Safe
Manhattan Institute’s Coleman Hughes and Rafael Mangual along with Jamil Jivani, author of Why Young Men, have an important discussion about race, riots, and the police -moderated by Jason Riley.
As a bonafide Negro, I sure feel safer now. All of my other dark skinned brethren feel the same.
The more often the Marxist Black Lives Matter logo is displayed, I am comforted knowing that I won’t get followed in a retail store. The more pop bands change their names, I know the police won’t pull me over on my way home from a gig. A gig I USED to have before we stopped the world to save every human being on earth.
I feel great knowing that that slave juice “Aunt Jemima” is no longer going to be poured down my throat, burning my esophagus. It often reminded me of how awful slavery was with each bite of my fluffy waffle. I also am comforted with the decorations the Democrats wore when they donned Kente Cloth. It reminded me of what life was like in the motherland (Manchester, Connecticut).
I know that things will be better once I pack up all of my belongings and head to the new free-man’s zone of CHAZ/CHOP. It’s a new world being set aside for a new utopian society. Will they have broadway shows there? Maybe they will only have BLACK shows. Black shows, with black orchestras, black crew, black themes and black casts.
Everybody has a “woke” breaking point - a moment where you can no longer deny the reality that what’s going on around you is a bizarre nightmare - a moment where you say, "ENOUGH!"
What’s yours?
I feel more people will get there soon.
I reached my breaking point on May 1st. I got tired of seeing so many of my colleagues and friends becoming so unquestionably obedient. What happened to “RESIST?” If anyone questions what is going on nowadays, they are shunned, attacked by the mob and are called grandma killers. It’s beyond crazy.
Look, can I give all of the readers of this post some food for thought? All black people don’t think alike. All of us don’t support Black Lives Matter, rioting, mass protests with no clear legislative goals, toppling statues, vandalism, changing band names and the perpetual pandering we see from businesses, organizations and people expressing their white guilt...guilt over something they shouldn’t feel guilty of! We also want the police. We may not want to “defund” them. We certainly don’t want to abolish them. Most of us actually have property we own and possessions we value.
Check out this discussion. I have a few black men who I talk to regularly. This is EXACTLY how we sound. We say many of the same things:
Something Worth Watching:
I was a fan of Wu-Tang, but I became a little more of a fan after watching this. I never knew the history of the group before. VERY interesting:
Clayton Craddock is an independent thinker, father of two beautiful children in New York City. He is the drummer of the hit broadway musical Ain’t Too Proud. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from Howard University’s School of Business and is a 25 year veteran of the fast paced New York City music scene. He has played drums in a number of hit broadway and off-broadway musicals including “Tick, tick…BOOM!, Altar Boyz, Memphis The Musical and Lady Day At Emerson’s Bar and Grill. In addition, Clayton has worked on: Footloose, Motown, The Color Purple, Rent, Little Shop of Horrors, Evita, Cats, and Avenue Q.