Black men are angry, Muslims are terrorists, and White men are______?

by Dr. Samori Swygert

One of the most frequently frustrating labels to me is the “angry black man”.  I detest and abhor it.  American society has persistently found a way to stigmatize and bastardize the black male image.  The media has utilized their cinematic, audio-visual apparatus to stereotype black men for ages.

However, when white males commit ghastly and atrocious murders, the conversation shifts to mental health, support, and help.  When has the media considered mental health as a contributing factor in murders committed by black men?  The answer is very few and far between.  I can only think of Colin Ferguson (the Long Island Railroad shooter) and the Washington Navy Yard shooter.  You can’t even say John Muhammad because it was ruled that in his case it was a well orchestrated and methodical plot.

A Probable Theory

I think that many white men who have committed “mass murderous acts” are mentally ill, but I also believe there are other confounding variables that America dismisses.  It’s my opinion that many of these white male mass murderers suffer from a trifecta of issues: 1) mental illness 2) belief in white supremacy 3) belief in white privilege.

If you’re white and reading this, think about how many cool, respectable, honest, hardworking, intelligent black men you work with and are friends with.  Does that friend resemble anything of the street thugs that pop up in media mugshots?  I doubt it.

How Does White Privilege Play a Role In These Murders?

The focusing on black males and Muslims has allowed white males to go unchecked and allows them to accomplish the most unimaginable and horrific schemes in American history.  This occurs because local authorities are distracted on young men with sagging pants and a hoodie, or a man in a turban with a full beard.

I have some questions:  If Elliot Rodger was a Muslim and made these type of threats, would his video be ignored?  If Elliot Roger was a Muslim, would the police inquiry simply stop at a doorstep wellness interview?  Eliot Rodger was given the benefit of the doubt and that doubt resulted in multiple murders and injuries.  However, we have innocent Muslims that have a whole NYPD task squad dedicated to dissecting each fabric of their lives (and they haven’t made one threat).

How Can White Supremacy Contribute to Mental Illness?

Lastly, Mark Cuban said he would cross the street if he saw a black kid in a hoodie approaching him. Yet, he could have crossed the path of a psychopath like Elliot Rodger (who looked harmless), and Elliot Rodger could have shot him to death……..think about it.

Donald Sterling and the DNA of Hate

by Dr. Samori Swygert

I have another angle and final thought about Donald Sterling that America should really consider.

This is how racism is transmitted from generation to generation to generation:

Donald Sterling  imposed this racist practice on his female trophy acquaintance. What do you think he would instill and indoctrinate in his offspring — someone he has a genuine vested interest in, someone that bares his last name and bloodline?  If he was concerned about how his friends and colleagues viewed his “glamour girl,” I’m speculating he would be even more concerned about how they view his children.

This is what cripples any hope about fixing racism.  Babies are born and children of various ethnic backgrounds will play together in fun and pleasantries, but the ideologies on race are encoded into the psyche of a young impressionable, and vulnerable mind.

Eventually this conditioning leads to habit, then to belief, and finally manifestation.  I remember growing up and going to summer camps in different states and cities.  I made good friends with children of all ethnic and cultural backgrounds; we shared lunches, played dodgeball, bowling, roller skating, baseball, basketball, had arts and crafts, went on biking trips and numerous field trips.  The irony was that we all got along, we were ignorant to the dynamic of racism.  Our concern was having fun and how we could make the next moment better.

However, we grow older, and centuries of indoctrination gets placed on a fragile mind.  We get fed disinformation about humanity, superiority, inferiority, and our innocence becomes corrupted.  That’s what’s so dangerous about Donald Sterling’s comments.  Children look to their parents for guidance, direction, support, and instruction.  As a child you are more liable to accept what your parent says because you have no true knowledge of the world and how it works.  Kids will believe their parents primarily because these are the individuals  that were routinely involved in their feeding, cleaning, clothing, education, spiritual development, and etc. So although racism is taught, it’s people like Sterling who are responsible for the transfer of racism like a bad chromosome or a contagion.

You then have to ask yourself: Where did he learn this, and who taught him this?  Who are these friends that he caters to about race relations?  What do these friends teach their kids about how to interact with African Americans and other ethnic groups?   No, I don’t know his children at all, thus I can’t make a statement about their beliefs.  However, you have to wonder what it would be like to be a fly on the wall in Donald Sterling’s household during conversations on race.

You have to think about the young fledgling  recruits in the KKK, Neo Nazis, Skinheads, and other hate groups. Think about these public acts of violence.  Many of these may be attributed to psychosis, but how many are racially motivated?

Donald Sterling is not an anomaly, I’m certain there’s  lot more people that concur with his sentiments. Sadly, there’s probably another young generation that probably supports him because they were taught this hate speech.  This fosters what I call, blind hate.  This is the type of hate you have for someone you never even met, and are willing to exact hateful ACTIONS or IN-ACTIONS……..just because.

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Athletes may be banned for life now

by Dr. Samori Swygert

As many professional athletes revel in their delight of NBA Commissioner Silver’s banning of Donald Sterling, they need to be cognizant of their own emotions while playing and in the locker room.  The commissioner’s ruling is not restricted to NBA owners. It seems to apply to all individuals within the league.  This has set a precedent that players need to  think about.

Many times players get so caught up emotionally that they let racial and sëxual epithets out during a confrontation with another player or referee.  This ruling will now be held to such a stringent standard that the most miniscule slip of the tongue can result in players being banned for life from the profession they love.

The byproduct of this ruling will place many athletes under scrutiny when they express derogatory and inflammatory phrases during the game and off the court/field.  Being that this punishment was so stern to a wealthy owner, I’m sure the level of tolerance will be lowered for a player like Riley Cooper or what happened with the Miami Dolphins.  This ruling has essentially opened Pandora’s Box for insensitive remarks and appears to foster a zero-tolerance policy in the league.

Players will no longer be able to hurl the word N*gga /Nigg*r (however you want to interpret the phraseology) and try to explain the dubious cultural interpretations and derivations of it. You can no longer explain away how you pronounce, accentuate, or syncopate on a vowel or consonant.  The moment this happens, the news, owners, lawyers, and offended parties will cry foul and unfairness.

This also goes to players that may call another player a fagg*t or a s*ssy.  You will run the risk of being banned for life.  I’m only extrapolating the outcome, but I put money on this.  So it’s wise to think before you speak and control your emotions because you never know where the next hot mic is or locker room drone.  I’m also sure this will spill over into the music industry, but I’ll wait to speak on that.  I think I’m going to start a new career as a professional sports language referee,  I’ll run up and down the court with a high fidelity microphone watching players mouths.  That’s job creation!

Boxer suspended for racial slur

by:  Dr. Samori Swygert

I previously wrote an article addressing the warranted jubilee expressed by NBA players and other sports affiliates on the NBA’s decision to ban Donald Sterling for his racist remarks.  My angle was that the NBA’s ruling will set a historical precedent that can also apply to the athletes on teams and other sports.  I gave an example of how Riley Cooper could get banned or suspended now if he said his earlier statements after the banning of Donald Sterling.

I asserted and extrapolated what the future implications of the decision would be.  My hypothesis is that athletes can soon expect to be banned from sports when they utter expletives like: nigg*/nigg*r, fagg*t/ que*r and other racial and sëxual oriented insults when they become emotionally fueled on and off the court.

In the comment section I was berated for having foresight and understanding how America applies precedents and interpretations after monumental rulings.  However, no more than a week later, this has begun to manifest in boxing.

According to the Daily Mail, an African-American boxer named Adrien Broner has been indefinitely suspended until he publicly apologizes to the WBC, his opponent, and explains what he meant to the satisfaction of the world for tweeting that he “beat the f*ck out of a Mexi-can.”

This is an excerpt from the statement released by WBC, as reported by Daily Mail article :

‘The World Boxing Council holds human equality as its banner and will not accept a former WBC champion to make racially offensive statements.

Since words have different meanings and can be interpreted in different ways , the WBC is issuing this open letter to Adrien Broner to either clarify what he meant with his words or to issue a public apology if those words were intended to be despective and offensive.

Adrien Broner is hereby suspended from participating in any WBC sanctioned Championship and will be excluded from the WBC Ratings until the time he makes a public apology satisfactorily to the public of the world.’

So as I said in my previous article, it’s good that the sports world and NBA are holding Donald Sterling responsible for his racial diatribe with his girlfriend, but athletes need to be cognizant that this is not a one-way street: You can and will be banned and suspended for what you say.  Furthermore, I encourage commenters to think a little, extract, and then extrapolate information into future scenarios before casting such belittling commentary.  I only try to provide my perspective without disrespect to the readers. Thank you and peace

Black boys officially sabotaged and people think it’s cute: Watch this sick video

by: Dr. Samori Swygert

In the most disgusting, disrespectful, feminizing display of the degradation of black male character, we have sunk to a new low. My friend showed me one of the most saddest videos yesterday.

People always want to act like there isn’t a deliberate, intentional, and malicious attempt to sabotage the masculinity of black males these days. I’ve grown tired of the acceptance of bad behavior masquerading as fashionable contemporary expression.  This stuff is killing our community.  I’m here to tell you it exists, and it’s in full effect.  These skinny jeans (denim leotards), skirts, and sagging pants are all methods of a strategy to attack black males via fashion.  The TV shows do it through media, and now a song has hit YouTube called “ Throw Dat Boy P*ssy.”

This videos has our young black men in spandex shorts twerking to a beat that is easily considered a club banger, and will hypnotize and tranquilize the average unassuming ear.  You have no idea of how devastating this is until you actually see the video.  The quest for fame, stardom, and notoriety has our children doing any and everything now because they aren’t receiving the proper and healthy attention and recognition from inside our homes.

We have officially allowed pop culture to co-opt our young boys, using our own culture of hip-hop to accomplish their mission.  PARENTS GET ON TASK!!! GRANDPARENTS GET ON TASK!!! PREACHERS GET ON TASK!!!! TEACHERS GET ON TASK!!!! WE’VE GOT WORK TO DO, STOP THE EXCUSES.  WE’LL THEN BE WONDERING WHO WILL MARRY OUR DAUGHTERS!

I’m sick of this.  We’ve become so obsessed with being acceptive of inappropriate behavior, and obsessed with freedom of expression that we are failing to analyze the failures of freedom of expression.  Furthermore, true freedom of expression is false now because when you try to express your opposing view, you’ll be effectively ostracized, blacklisted, and branded.  So freedom of expression is only applicable to the dictators of contemporary pop-culture.  I’m not saying we need a dictator, but where are the boundaries and red lines of inappropriateness, and cultural pride?

We’ve become an exploited commodity and mockery for the world to see.

Look at how we’ve been tricked into pop culture:

• You don’t see music videos of Asian, East Indian, Muslim or Jewish men twerking like women.
• You don’t see “Divorce Court” featuring Asian, East Indian, Muslim or Jewish husband and wives acting silly on camera and arguing over child support.
• You don’t see “reality shows” with Asian, East Indian, Jewish or Muslim men and women acting like they have no home training or respect for themselves.
• You don’t see Asian, East Indian, Jewish or Muslim men and women on Jerry Springer and Maury Povich getting exploited for money and TV ratings.
• You don’t see Asian, East Indian, Muslim, or Jewish communities exploiting their women as strippers for music videos.
• You don’t see Asian, East Indian, Muslim, or Jewish communities making songs about how they will kill their brethren.

No you don’t, and I’m not entertaining anybody’s one or two examples they’ve witnessed once just to have a comment in the comment section in an attempt to look unique or deep.  Go somewhere else with that.

You do see the Asian, Middle Eastern, Jewish, and East Indian demographics quietly getting their financial and economic demands met, controlling resources, and having soci0-political impact.  I’m not beholding to any of the aforementioned demographics but they’re an excellent demographic to illustrate what they do and do not participate in.  They have a fortified solidarity dedicated to the perpetuation of their cultural posterity.

The new black leadership has to start at home, not at any political convention, not on Capitol Hill, not at some rally, not at some march, not even at these fake Hollywood churches… It has to start at home. Unplug that idiot box and detox.  The case for increased mental and spiritual hygiene is here!

D.C. murder case pleads the case for fathers

by Dr. Samori Swygert

We’ve heard about how actor Terry Crews was criticized on public TV for saying that boys need fathers in their lives. Well consider this story!  This may be lengthy but trust me, it’s worth your while, I’ll never write about nonsense to waste your time.

What you are about to read is a true story.  This is centered in the streets of Washington, D.C., however, it reads like the climax to the plot of an inner city crime novel or a big screen MiraMax film.  Unfortunately, this is real life like an episode of  “The First 48.”

I highlight this story as a cautionary case study for parents, family members, and our youth.  The role of a parent is crucial.  I also say that the presence of a contributory, productive, concerned, and dedicated father is critical.

The following individuals are either implicated, murdered, or sentenced.  The main youth Arvel Crawford was just sentenced to 75 years in jail.

• Arvel Crawford- convicted and incarcerated, first documented murder at age 18
• Arvel Alston- 40-year-old murdered by his son, Arvel Crawford
• Johnquan Wright- 18-year-old victim of homicide secondary to retaliation
• Nolan Cooper- Victim of homicide, 61-year-old innocent bystander
• Tyrone Herring- 45-year-old, targeted drug dealer
• Jarvis Clark- accomplice
• Roshun “Too sharp” Parker- 27-year-old accomplice, and police informant
• Reginald Jones- 40-year-old corrupt D.C. police officer
• Lynn Wilkerson- cousin of police officer, and auto-shop owner

Let’s get started

On May 2014, a D.C. court judge sentenced 23-year-old Arvel Crawford to 75 years in prison for the murder of Johnquan Wright and Nolan Cooper.  Arvel Crawford was only 18-years-old at the time of those murders (2008).  However, at the time he was sentenced for 75 years, he was already serving 18 years in shooting and killing his father (Arvel Alston) in a botched robbery of a drug dealer (2009).

Arvel Crawford was born six months after his father was incarcerated in 1990 for the shooting death of a man during a robbery.  His father (Arvel Alston) was sentenced to 25 years, but the sentence was reduced to 17 years.  Arvel Crawford’s father was released in 2007, less than a year later he would be murdered by his own son (accidentally).  Arvel Crawford would only know his dad as a free man for a matter of months because from birth to 2007 his father was incarcerated.

In 2008, Arvel Crawford’s cousin was killed.  Crawford allegedly figured out who killed his cousin.  His cousin’s alleged killer was Johnquan Wright.  Late one night, Arvel Crawford crept up behind Johnquan with a .45 caliber handgun and fired multiple shots into his back.  One shot was an entry-exit wound, which went through Johnquan and hit 61-year-old Nolan Cooper.  Nolan Cooper was a 61-year-old homeless innocent bystander, Nolan fatally succumbed to his wounds.  Arvel was not caught for that double homicide.

In 2009, Arvel Alston ( the father), orchestrated a robbery of a local drug dealer.  Arvel Alston  enlisted the help of his own teenage son, a few of the above the above accomplices, and a D.C. police officer ( Reginal Jones) that was down on his luck financially.  The target of the robbery was a local drug dealer by the name of Tyrone Herring.

Arvel Alston ( the father), Arvel Crawford, Reginald Jones ( D.C. cop), Lynn Wilkerson, and the rest of the crew met at Lynn Wilkerson’s auto-shop to devise the plan to rob Tyrone Herring.

That night, the crew posted up in the parking lot of Tyrone’s girlfriend’s apartment, and awaited his exit.  They were going to apprehend him at gun point, and push their way into her apartment to rob her, then take his Infiniti to his house and rob him of all money, drugs, and whatever else was considered valuable. The robbery scene would be watched and protected by the D.C. police officer.  He would serve as lookout and scare away anyone that approached the scene of the robbery.  Some of the scheme went according to plan.

Tyrone exited his girl’s apartment.  He was approached by the group, a gun was drawn on him, and he was dragged to the door of his girl’s apartment.  They rang her buzzer but she never responded.  The scuffle continued as they tried to get him into his Infiniti.  Tyrone screamed out for help to the D.C. police cruiser, but no help was afforded him because the D.C. cop was in on the robbery.

Arvel Crawford drew his gun and fired.  He missed and shot his dad in the torso.  His dad got out the Infiniti, and eventually stumbled to the ground while asking his son, “What the f*ck are you doing?”  Arvel Crawford was screaming, ” Get up dad, Get up!”.

Rashun ” Too sharp” Parker snitched on all his partners to get a reduced sentence.  Rashun Parker had a long history with D.C. police on informing them of crimes and committing crimes, he had a give-and-take relationship with D.C.P.D.

Reginald Jones (the cop) was already upside down in his mortgage ($28,000 in delinquent mortgage payments), facing foreclosure, and had tens of thousands of dollars in consumer debt.  Reginald Jones plead guilty and was sentenced to 15 years in jail.

The other accomplices were charged with murder because they were accomplices in commission of a crime when somebody was killed.  Tyrone Herrings was found with $ 4,700 in cash and 31.4 grams of crack on the night in question. Reportedly, his misdeeds revealed his secret girlfriend to his wife, and he faces legal troubles stemming from the drug possession.

So May 2014, Arvel Crawford was sentenced to an additional 75 years for the double homicide.

This young man will never see the light of day as a free man.  He never really knew his father, and his father never really knew himself.  His father served 17 years in jail, basically his son’s whole life (at the time) just to get released and involve his son in criminal activity that ultimately led to his own son shooting and killing him by accident.  The Bible talks about how the sins of the father shall visit upon the children ( Exodus 20:5).  His father robbed and killed a man in 1990, and the karma came back twice as hard.

This father had a chance to tell his son not to emulate him and to teach him to be everything he’s not and to seek higher ground.  His father could’ve intervened, or been an obstacle to his son’s road to destruction.  So much can be said about this story, but I tried to be brief for readers’ sake.  However, this must be said:  We must also actively assume a father figure in lives of our young black men.  We never know who they are looking to for guidance and direction.  We don’t have to be related by blood and DNA to claim the kids of our village.

Check out the original Washington Post articles here and here for full details.

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Doubling down on Damon Dash and the music industry

by Dr. Samori Swygert

I wrote an article back in May about the very same thing Damon Dash discussed about the music industry, but I never published it. I think this is the perfect time to publish it, so here it is.

We’re far too familiar with the character assassination strategies of the American media. Black males are regularly propagandized as thugs, gang members, drug dealers, pimps, and more. You can turn on Fox News and watch Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity lambast rappers ad nauseam infinitum. You’ll also see Donald Trump and Rush Limbaugh throw in their cheap convenient jabs from time to time.

However, there is a unique dynamic that you won’t see on these news networks. Why?

We’ve seen how Trayvon Martin was minding his business and was harassed and killed by George Zimmerman. The media made it their business to criminalize him as a weed smoking thug. We’ve seen how Richard Sherman was transformed into a “thug” under the media microscope for having an opinion. DeSean Jackson was dismissed because of “alleged gang affiliation.”

However, the media won’t ever publicly come out and ask the following questions to their contemporary media partners in the entertainment industry: Why are you funding, subsidizing, and promoting a culture of crime, drugs, and sëxual promiscuity by luring young black men with million dollar contracts? Why are you promoting the very thing we fear, hate, and criminalize about thugs and drug dealers? Why are you endorsing and supporting this lifestyle, instead of providing million-dollar deals to music artists with a positive message?

Have you ever seen a 60 Minutes or Fox News interview about this with record executives?

The American citizenry will say that they’re scared and fearful of these gangsters, thugs, and menaces to society. Let’s be clear: The heads of these major record labels and distribution companies are not black. Instead of calling Lil Wayne a thug, why hasn’t Bill O’Reilly invited record label heads on his show to interrogate them? Why not interview them, and ask why they would give million dollar deals to individuals to rap about killing, pimping, and drug dealing?

No, you never ever see the news stations have this discussion.

The “scary black thug” that the American citizenry fears and complains about is financed and funded by white record label and radio executives. We can’t have it both ways.

Many of these “gangsta thugs” wouldn’t even have a voice to exert their national influence had it not been for major labels and radio executives giving them million dollar contracts, publicity, and airplay. So in essence, the media hates the bread but never criticizes the baker. We all know how hard it is for positive rappers to get a record deal, publicity, and radio play.

The following example is strictly for illustration, because America is familiar with terrοrism.

EXAMPLE: America has waged an all-out war on terrοrism. The media has clearly defined who America’s enemy is. The media has many American citizens fearful and resentful of terrοrists. What actions would America take if they were able to identify who was financing terrοrist groups? They would cripple their finances, charge them with supporting, aiding, and abetting terrorism.

Now that was only to illustrate an example of how America would handle groups that fund terrοrism. I don’t believe African American young men are terrοrists. I believe many of our young men are deprived of positive role models, parents, economically depressed, lack support and opportunity in many cases. Thus, many of them look to pseudo role models of rappers, gangs, and etc. for relevance, recognition, and respect.

However, the American news media never ever calls the record and radio station execs on the carpet for funding and profiteering off propagandizing young black males. No, the news media would rather conduct a 24 hour news cycle smear campaign against the puppet but remain mute about the funding from the puppeteer. The record executives are just as liable, culpable, complicit, and responsible for the proliferation of drugs, viοlence, and misogyny, but they’re never taken to task by the news.

Here’s one more example for the road:

This is also like your mother complaining about how she’s scared of these masked pocketbook snatchers, but your dad is paying you to go out and s****h pocketbooks at night to finance his gambling habit. Your mother chastises and scolds you when she finds out you’re doing it but knows your father is paying you to rοb people, and says nothing at all to your father.

I would love to see a debate between news outlets and record/radio execs. I want to see them explain on live TV why they pump millions of dollars into the promotion of the very thing Americans say they’re afraid of and the justice system criminalizes. The media’s attention and target is misdirected, and young black men are the convenient scapegoat. If you think I’m lying, look up the CEOs of all the major record labels, radio execs, and the private equity fund managers that own them. This is a duplicitous hypocrisy between the American news media and the American entertainment industry. Furthermore, many of the news agencies are under the same umbrella as the record labels. Is this deliberate? What say you?