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Waitin’ for the world to change?

Nah, brah man how bout changin’ now?

I’m not stunned by this white male using that Nigger word, nor am I stunned by his racist potty mouth. Yes I read it right. I know I did cause I read it 5 times. He said my penis is a white supremacist.

Wow.

Here we have a sociopolitical art icon, damn near, who rode the success of a sociopolitical movement of apathy so common at the time right to major pop success. And when I call him a sociopolitical artist icon, I mean just that. A person made larger than life because of his art about the sociopolitical environment in America. What is so important about this is regardless of his status and wonderful lyrics of a song I never really liked because of its lyrics, this man is simply racist. And before I cover why he’s racist, let me say why I hate this song. This song is simply the quintessential statement of white political privilege. See the people gettin’ they aaaaaaassssssesssss kicked can not wait on the world to change. Usually black folks are gettin’ they asses kicked by the world…

Socially.

Politically.

Economically.

In front the cops, by the cops.

At the job. At the market. At the cleaners.

Whether they know it or not.

And at so many points in their lives, black folk have to make so many decisions to take on greater powers in their lives when believe me, they’d rather not, but their livelihoods or loved ones lives, or greater depend upon their fight on whatever level. See cause we can’t hide when it comes to racism.

Marked by the color of our skin we are forced to force change at so many crossroads since the original ancestor stepped foot in this country…. so difficult is this road that few choose to try to change what is so clearly wrong about the treatment of black people in this country. Even if a black person were to become political leader of this country that person would not try to change specifically the treatment of African Americans. That’s right Obama became President ostensibly by harnessing the social apathy Mayer confronted with his song and so prevalent under the republicans, but he has yet to directly confront clear racism in this country. And America, in every sound bite, and news cycle wants to follow suit as we hear more and more about a Post Racial America which is only media made fiction.

There has always been wealthy black folk since freedom done come. Didn’t stop the need for a Juneteenth. Didn’t stop lynchings. Has not stopped racism. And suddenly we’re supposed to believe racism’s done because a wealthy black male became President? When black folks are hit disproportionately by the recession. Still shot down like dogs in the street by the Po-po? Still gettin’ out(from under the)  jail after hell done froze over and the DNA hearing before the Appeals Court and Mama’s bout to be laid in the ground?

Now as I was sayin’ about Mayer’s racism…Yes he was being a cracka. And you know he’s not alone. Just the one dumb enough to say it. Right? And don’t look at me. He started it. Didn’t he wanna talk about his nigger card…called his penis a white supremacist…

We know about the historic treatment of the ancestors who were the first to hit these shores and endured the treatment as abused sex slaves for white supremacist Master Johnson’s all across the colonies. To call his penis a white supremacist and say he ain’t got a nigger hangout card all in one interview, I think summed up the historic racist slap of the year. Add to that his artistic political icon status and you have more than irony. You got…

Well America…

Truth is, if we were to tell the truth, Obama’s the President in America and if you want to say that this makes it a Post Racial America fine, but with all due respect, and with an incredibly ironic nod to the racist artistic icon of  political change John Mayer,  to a man or woman black folks all across America is waitin’ on crackas to change. Now that’s change we black people would really like to see yet the change we don’t believe in….