Category Archives: american history

In Esquire, Shades Of Cosby

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Well, once again a discussion of a “deal” that half of us have supposedly reneged.

Once again, an “us” vs. “them” discussion in which both groups ARE THE SAME, coming from identically identifiable shacks in the Black historical backwoods. The ones that left the group—the “respectable” ones, the ones who were chosen or chose themselves—are “shocked! shocked!” to find that the ones they left don’t give a f*&k about the American history of any word. Or whether or not they “embarrass” the group that abandoned them.

So now I’m supposed to admire COLIN POWELL and CONDI, ignoring the prominent roles they’ve played for the past six years in maintaining white world supremacy, capitalism and—most relevant here—MILITARISM?

But, hey, it all makes good, provocative copy. I mean, how else are we going to get HBO comedy specials or articles about Black people in Esquire?  🙂

50 SHOTS This Time

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 Time to pull out our Bruce Springsteen CDs. 

41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots….
and we’ll take that ride
‘cross this bloody river
to the other side
41 shots… cut through the night
You’re kneeling over his body in the vestibule
Praying for his lifeIs it a gun, is it a knife
Is it a wallet, this is your life
It ain’t no secret
(It ain’t no secret)
It ain’t no secret
(It ain’t no secret)
No secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in
Your American skin

41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots and
Lena gets her son ready for school
She says “on these streets, Charles
You’ve got to understand the rules
If an officer stops you
Promise me you’ll always be polite,
that you’ll never ever run away
Promise Mama you’ll keep your hands in sight”

Is it a gun, is it a knife
Is it a wallet, this is your life
It ain’t no secret
It ain’t no secret
No secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in
Your American skin

41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
(music bit)
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
41 shots
Is it a gun, is it a knife
Is it in your heart, is it in your eyes
It ain’t no secret
(It ain’t no secret)
It ain’t no secret
(It ain’t no secret)
It ain’t no secret
(It ain’t no secret)

41 shots
And we’ll take that ride
Cross this bloody river
To the other side
41 shots
And my boots caked in this mud
We’re baptized in these waters
(baptized in these waters)
And in each other’s blood
(And in each others blood)

Is it a gun, is it a knife
Is it a wallet, this is your life
It ain’t no secret
It ain’t no secret
(It ain’t no secret)
It ain’t no secret
(It ain’t no secret)
No secret my friend
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
You can get killed just for living in
Your American Skin

(41 shots)You can get killed just for living in
(41 shots)You can get killed just for living in
(41 shots)You can get killed just for living in
(41 shots)You can get killed just for living in
(41 shots)You can get killed just for living in
(41 shots)You can get killed just for living in

Five Questions For Barack Obama

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Mr. Senator: 

1) How will you get the international experience you need to make a credible run for the White House?

2) Why are you the only politician who keeps feeling the need to publicly mention that you have a wife who keeps you in check?

3) Who are you AGAINST? Who do you OPPOSE? What about America today makes you ANGRY enough to make ENEMIES?

4) As John Edwards’s future running mate in 2008, how will you fulfill your role as Vice President?

5) With respect, how will you fulfill the legacies of the circa 1968 MLK and RFK when you haven’t really said anything?

Seen Them Yet?

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“Them,” of course, are the two pieces of video folks are talking about.

First, the tasering of the Iranian UCLA student.

Although it’s clear he didn’t use the best judgement in his dealings with the police (was he angry over being racially profiled?), it goes without saying…. REPEATEDLY TASERING someone who’s not ARMED? IN A COLLEGE LIBRARY??????

At least there’s a demonstration. Let’s see how this resolves.

And second, that Ward Connerly statement…….  🙂

Independent Audio/Video You Should Check Out (Fourth In A Long-Running Series)

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Another thing worth checking out.

          IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:    MELKI @       Onemelki@gmail.com
 
WAS MARTIN LUTHER KING A REPUBLICAN?


 
NEW HIPHOP & JAZZ ‘DOCUMIXTORY’ PODCAST ENDS SPECULATION ON WHERE HE STOOD ON THE ISSUES

RARE SPEECHES MIXED OVER A CORNUCOPIA OF GROOVES


November 16, 2006–Washington, D.C.—With current attempts by Republican candidates for office to label Martin Luther King, Jr., a Republican, and ongoing attempts by mainstream media to portray MLK as a “Dreamer,” author and Documixologist Melki releases his latest Documix, entitled “MLK: Blak At Ya.”

Melki fuses rare Marvin Gaye grooves with hiphop, funky R&B, and soul music as a backdrop to some of MLK’s most poignant speeches. In “Blak at Ya,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. discusses the following topics: Racism in America; America’s War Machine, Threats to his Life and the American Value System, in audio recordings culled from speeches rarely if ever heard by the American public.

Interjected as well into the nearly 40-minute Documix are comments from various generations of African Americans about what MLK meant to them. One of the key questions asked was “Would things be different for African Americans if MLK were alive today?” The answers are both raw and powerful.

“I thought it insane for folks to attempt to co-opt MLK in one way or another, especially with so much of his audio out there for people to hear themselves,” said Melki, the author of 21 Hustle, a futuristic hiphop, sci-fi and mystical novel set in the year 2021. “If people can now transform MLK into a ‘conservative,’ then it’s not out the question to pick up a newspaper 50 years from now and see Dubya listed as a 5-time winner on Jeopardy,” joked Melki.

Melki is also the producer of several documixes including one on the Iraqi War entitled “The Low-IQ War MIX.”

The Documix is available for downloads and streaming. The ‘MLK: Blak at Ya’ Documix is G-rated and available for commercial media and educational uses free of charge. To hear or download the Podcast of this Documix visit here.