First off...I have to acknowledge the 5-year-publishing anniversary of my novel "Demure Nights" (CreateSpace, 2015).
Dropped this project FIVE years ago. My...how time flies :-O. This novel was actually an experiment; I wanted to see if I could write something other than something that was politically tinged. Wanted to see if I had the skills to write something that would've been deemed out of character for me. Of course, people seem to not know that I have a dirty mind, lol, lol, lol....
Secondly.....I dropped episode TWELVE of "The Rough Draft"! We're hitting the double digits, y'all!! If you're on YouTube, PLEASE check out the videos, and drop a comment! A writer/creator loves nothing more than to hear feedback on their work. You can check out the link for it here:
Episode 12:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfsX1uWWFfY&t=37s
In Episode 12, I profile my THIRD book "In My Lifetime: Funny Stories of Life Experiences" (Outskirts Press, 2014), and what lead me to write it.....
Okay...now that that shit is out of the way...
I'm about to get political on your asses. Haven't really done that here for a LOOOONG while, but because of recent events, I felt the need to get back to my political speak....
The weekend of May 30th & 31st was hectic. After the killing of a brother in Minnesota named #GeorgeFloyd, the streets erupted in protest and anger; deservedly so. The killing of yet ANOTHER Black body by the police/powers-that-be, caught on camera (again) at that. Since I live in Delaware, I saw the affects of that in nearby Philadelphia. We had protests here in Delaware, as well, but let me get to my point. People came out and protested and were rightfully MAD. As the day wore on, it went from protest, to rebellion.
I agree with rebellion. Fuck all this peaceful shit. We've been doing peaceful shit for SIXTY years, now. We gain some concessions, and then they take them back through laws and other political trickery.
What I DON'T agree with....is the aftermath. You originally rebelled in THEIR financial districts. Good...that was smart of you; disrupt their capacity to financially gain from your oppression, or fund their oppression of you.. Then...you took that shit back to YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS, and looted.
NOT smart!!!! :-(
I was glad to see what was done in Center City; fuck 'em all. Then...y'all did some nigga ass shit, and went back to West and North Philly, and ransacked your own 'hoods.
WHYYYYYYYYYY?!?!?!?!??!
That defeated the whole purpose of what you were rebelling for. It's bad enough that Black businesses don't get supported by the greater Black community as it is; then you went back to your own neighborhoods, and tore shit up?! Don't start out doing a revolutionary act, and then do some nigga ass shit afterwards! STOP listening to YouTube niggas, and READ some REAL revolutionary, conscious history and political thought! Learn about the BPP-SD, Deacons For Defense, Umknoto We Sizwe, or read some Frantz Fanon, Amilcar Cabral, Amos Wilson, or Robert F. Williams!! LEARN what you need to know about how to actually be real revolutionaries, and activists! Keep the rebellion FOCUSED!!!
Anyway........
Keeping my nose to the grindstone. Trying to continue to pump out episodes of "The Rough Draft", and promote the dual releases. Hoping to catch on, and gain a following, so that I can make my writing career my full-time gig. Check out the videos, purchase/download the books, continue to support me.
Keep the fist raised.
#AlwaysOnMyLiteraryGrind
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