EATING THE OTHER. Says Uni Q. Mical , Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 12:17 PM, in Labels: beauty, black, consumption, dark meat, eating, other, woman

i went to NY this past weekend to perform at Columbia w/ my homegirl for the Latino Heritage Showcase. The topic? Color complexes. While there, it seemed EVERY public interaction gave us the reassurance that our poem was NOT in vain. i had the rude re-awakening that it's sooo hard trying to talk to white boys abt their privilege when i'm filled with so much RAGE from listening to their generalizations (those african-americans and spanish people with their 8 kids and child support)...AND dealing with being daily exotified and consumed and fetishized (hey, i LOVE dark meat!)...

WHAT'S A BLACK WOMYN TO DO????

respond with the poison. the word. 

so, here it is. one of many....eating the other. for all my survivors, my strong ones, my quiet ones, my loud ones. just living is a blessing...and a burden.

*this isnt the poem we performed, just a spark of inspiration sittin in class. more on the other piece later. 

and i’m

f  u  r  t  h  e  s  t

from your white conceptions of beauty.

 

lips been puffy since birth

to bite fruits is a blessing

the juices

keep them softened and blooming

like some tulips on Juneteenth

but don’t see me as all sweet,

cuz my expressions will school thee

jumpin off the tongue

same force as an army gun

warrior in the flesh

the casualties are historical rumps

shaking and baking

swaying hypnotic

rulers and rapings

repulsive and desired, such a brutal embracing

 

BUT I AM NOT YOUR PLAYTHING.

 

beautiful and on toppa my

natural clouds on my head got me on a knotty high

and don’t need you to validate it

not the fruit in your exotic pie

can't eat me 2 release me

cuz while the master’s sleeping

my sharpened knives are screeching

machete’d my way 2 freedom

YOUR WORST FEAR—

a chocolate womyn and her poison thoughts

independent of the gimmicks

from a system that wants me

auctioned off

unless i’m working within it

making you money while my top is off

the camera rolls

at how she flows

but that black bitch betta not ever talk

but even with that

my words scream louder than sapphire

fuckin ya flawed ideals like jezebel

telling mammy to retire

on a daily got me wired

like the streets of my city rollin

B-more in my blood, Afrika in my aorta

sick of adherin to what you told me

cuz you’re the reason i felt lonely

dark skinned & depressed

fit tighter than skin & bones

but i’ve grown 2 believe

that your history does not own me.

i’m uplifting so this brown

can drift like continents around the globe

WE

send the new memo of who we are

eres bella mama,

the stars

shine brighter on our skin

shout it until your throat is parched

give a big FUCK YOU to whoever denies our power

our past has shaped these bodies

but we must define us today for our tomorrow.

Americans Worried About State of the Nation? Never Thought I'd See The Day. Says Uni Q. Mical , Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 12:09 PM, in Labels: america, stress, wake up call, worry

So according to CNN, 75% of the nation is "angry, scared, and stressed out" at the way things are going, the way things have been, the way the future looks.

Y'all just catchin on???

Hmm...what was the wake up call?...oh, losing a house, maybe a job or two, college tuition payments, the war...? Institutionalized racism, incarceration, fucked up schools, police brutality, sexual violence, cutting welfare checks, garnishing paychecks...I mean, these are things some of us just live with on a daily. But the rude awakening for others...better late than never I guess. Finally woke up and got that cold out of our eyes that the TV kept in place.

And I can't help but wonder...WHAT THE FUCK IS THE OTHER 25% THINKING???

Ohhhh, they're the ruling class. They're the ones that put us in this shit. Still sittin back in the cut while we melt under their feet. 

Waitin on November 4th, y'all, just waiting.

In the meantime, let's swallow the harsh reality. Tell 'em what's good, Nas.

THE BITCH KNEW THAT I'D BE BACK... Says Uni Q. Mical , Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 3:06 PM, in Labels: miss honey, moi rene

Possibly one of the funniest things I've seen since OHIO STAAAATE !!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzzrPC-3xPM) 

Me and my peoples played it OUT in three days it was so hilarious. See the original video, and the parody we did below.

Wherever you are, Moi Rene, I bow down. You're amazing. And the brothas in the back too. Lmao eternally.

And I hope we did it justice:

So...I Voted. But Are Really We In The Building? Says Uni Q. Mical , at 2:45 PM, in Labels: colorblind, obama, racism, white people

After having my absentee ballot chillin' at the bottom of my bookbag for 5 days or so, I couldn't get any inspiration to actually fill out the little ovals in pencil. Until I'm in the school store with my homegirl, and we see Obama on the cover of Vibe magazine...he actually wrote a personal letter to the readers, telling us that it's NECESSARY now, more than ever, to vote. He understands our cynicism, but that shouldn't be the excuse we give for why we didn't put our two cents in. 

Of course, in a perfect democracy, this would all make sense. I can't help but go conspiracy crazy once November 4th gets here, and Palin rifles her way to the White House. Neverthless, I jetted to the mailroom and filled out every.last.oval (for Baltimore City, they want us to vote for 5011 different things--namely a $40,000,000 loan to the school system). I guess you can say I felt accomplished.

But in all reality, I haven't been pleased in listening to Obama lately. His war-hungry rhetoric is obviously him saving his ass from being called a Muslim, and his "save the middle class" just seems far too safe for me to relate to. It almost feels like he's not even speaking to us (yeah, US) at all anymore, but trynna walk this tightrope for Joe 6-pack and them middle america white muthafuckas who wouldn't think twice about voting for him. Grant it, he can't be a Jesse Jackson and solely discuss the needs of people of color, but he could AT LEAST mention us. But no, any specifics would deem him playing 'the race card', and would ACTUALLY admit to the fact that wow, there IS racism in this country, and people of color ARE affected by it! 

I'm so sick of white folk i dont know what to do. 

And not just any white folk, no...the Six Flags America,  "I'm not racist, I have black friends" muthafuckas who cannot comprehend their own privilege, and see how racism not only marginalizes us, but elevates them, just by virtue of being white and in this country. I don't care if you, personally, haven't called anyone nigger in ur LIFE, but the system around you that you exist in has fucked us over since the ships. And that's just the gospel truth. So you could at least be aware of this, and of your own accountability in perpetuating this...your naivete and denial doesn't help either.

Okay, I said all that to say Obama's got a hell of a position. These folks are gonna be watchin him like a hawk. And is it wrong of me to think, that just because he gets in office, all of a sudden he's gonna REALLY start talking about our interests? Naw, cuz at any given moment, he has to remain colorblind. To be colorblind is to remain neutral on race and how it has EVERYTHING to do with our positions in this country, and to appease those white folks that think we're soooo over racism and can move on to more important things. Yes. We've definitely reached that promised land. 

Come November 4th, I'll be sittin by the TV with my bottle of Captain Morgan's and an icegrill. It's gonna be a long night.

"in the magical land of youtube, racism doesn't exist" Says Uni Q. Mical , Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 10:55 PM, in Labels: black, dancing, kid, racism, youtube

...but i've gotten some of my most VISCERAL reactions of the day just by looking at the comments UNDER the videos. i can't possibly be the only person that notices this shit is a problem.

i spend most of my day fighting off the dreadhead hippies and "post-racist" hipsters at my school for their privileged and still blatantly racist comments (your hair's so amaaaazing unique--no, lovely--no, jova? i dont know, you all look alike)...but this shit reminds me that when white folks get in the CYBER world, where they can remain anonymous enough to not get the shit kicked out of them...they wanna get gully. real gully.

so i think i might've set me up for this by typing "black kids dancing". but you know, they luhhhh us when we tappin for 'em! firstly, the pig who posted this says this about the video:

"lol ok so i don't even care anymore. maybe if you stupid ass black people wouldn't make your own damn stereotype and jump to conclusions about other people bein "racist" towards you than we wouldn't have so much fuss about it. and really all the comments typed out in like black people language aren't doing you any good, i can't undertand you and neither can anyone else. have the common courtesy to argue your point with some real words."

and the peanut gallery speaks:

ignoramos

Do you know how to keep a nigger from drowning? Lift your foot of the back of its head...

mrsunderwood7

I wish you would come to my town saying nigger. We have something waiting for you and ya family. After its over we will see who goes home to their family that night. Ill tell you now you wouldnt be going home. But we will give your family money to help out with the cost.

ignoramos

Now why in the hell would I ever want to go into the projects...You are one retarded shitskin...
NObama 08

mrsunderwood7

I dont live in the projects "SHITSKIN" no how on our street is worth less than $250,000.00 you do the math. Our community is rich but we will still crack a head open fool!!

ignoramos

"no how on our street" What the fuck is that liverlips... And just so you know, you niggers are shitskins you dumb fuck...

...and honestly, i wouldnt even BEGIN to stereotype their kind as some redneck southerners. they're living right next door to you, going to school with you, and can go home to their affluent, comfortable, sparkling white abodes.

AND, the finale for me. i thought i was gonna be "colorblind" and just type "funny kids"...the fucking crowd went wild.



now while i know this evokes the deep-seated love and compassion america has for the exaggeratedly black and unkempt pick-a-ninny, getting devoured by alligators, standing alongside alfalfa shouting "ohhhh-taaaaay!!!!" you'd think we were soooooo over this type of racism, right? WRONG. and disregard the fact that he's actually in a suit and not wearing a piece of savage cloth.

come on y'all, you GOTTA love this shit:

ognimoddd

THIS KID IS SO BLACK OMFG NEEGROUH

omg man i need some duck tape,a bannana,and vasoline.lol

fucking ugly kid! thats all

pixelsword

The racists are just jealous because at age five, that kid will already have a bigger penis than them.

MTLYOUTH

stop da hate against dat nigga yallz
cuz he might steal your bicycle

sloth11223344

happylobe........u,one dumb mother fucker!!!!!fucking fagget,ur noone to juge me!!!!go get fucked by a big black guy named tank

robertobobedd

What is it?? Is it an animal?? :)
Ohhh yhea is a Monkey.

(i'm not racist, i voted for obama. this country's not racist, a black man's running for president...racism is a social construct...affirmative action--isn't that, like, reverse racism?...my grandfather fought in the civil war, so you owe him an apology...wu-tang's soooo awesome, yo!...oh my god my black boyfriend had the BIGGEST cock i'd ever seen!...! oh shit! lebron james on a pack of bubbilicious!)

i can't go on anymore. honestly, i don't even wanna share the same country with these muthafuckas. this the shit that makes me PERMANENTLY bitter. that makes me say, if you're white, you're racist. point. blank. period. whether the blatant, slur-filled triggering bigots, or their mean-well "i'm not racist, but..." cousins.

where IS the forum to actually have a constructive conversation about race in youtube and the like? hell, will there ever be one? especially in times when no one sees this as a major problem, or says we're being too sensitive? SINCE WHEN WAS RACISM EVER OVER FOR US TO BE SENSITIVE ABOUT IT? obviously the ones sayin this shit don't have to deal with it everyday. fuck 'em. we gotta push thru this blind ignorance.

aight, just hadda get that off my chest. now back to lookin at TLC videos.

we wear the mask, y'all. Says Uni Q. Mical , at 1:05 AM, in Labels: hood, hot ass day, pissed, reporter

no matter how much time goes by, i hadda revisit this.

"what really happened that day at augusta high school... SHEEEEEIT!!!"

this has got to be the greatest example of that double consciousness we always hear about.
and watch JUST how fast homeboy gets hood on em.

the only thing i could think of...i guess there's a little nigger in all of us.

LaBruzzo...another white man who JUST DOESN'T GET IT. Says Uni Q. Mical , Monday, September 29, 2008 at 10:19 PM, in Labels: eugenics, labruzzo, racism, reproductive rights, women of color

should i even be surprised anymore?

somewhere in new orleans, ANOTHER white republican wishes to jerk off his conservative peers by talking of how he wants to pass legislation to pay poor women $1,000 to have their tubes tied. his reason? to shun them away from "generational welfare to generational welfare." what's better is how he's willing to give tax incentives to "college-educated" families to have MORE children.

aside from this being a clear and literal INSULT on the bodies and lives of poor women and women of color, it also illustrates the complete disregard for us to make our own decisions of what to do with our bodies. it also bleeds of the eugenicist mindset of our government towards us, thinking that weeding out the "unfit"--the poor, the disabled, the anything-but-white--will lead us into a sudden surplus of wealth and resources.

apparently $1000 is supposed to compensate for the centuries of generational poverty we've been in. this is not at ALL by faults of our own, but decades of racism, neglect, and down right disapproval of our bodies even making it beyond 'scratchin n survivin'. cuz then, we'd be a threat (and BURN THIS MUTHAFUCKA DOWWWN). but obviously if we had any power and resources, we wouldn't need to rely on the government, now would we?

but of course, to them, it's easier to scapegoat and blame our bodies and neighborhoods so they can justify NOT pouring resources into our schools, hospitals, housing, et cetera. and as long as we think we're the problem too, they're doing their jobs perfectly. no matter WHAT economic situation women of color find themselves in, this does NOT give the government control to decide how we conduct ourselves. trust, they havin just as many babies as we are. (hello palin.)