Michael Bennett is just the tip of the iceberg.

Unfortunately, it took a well-known athlete like Michael Bennett to become a victim, in order for this racist society, whose liberals tend to wear permanent rosy glasses, to even address the fact that police brutality against black people is systemic, and racial profiling is taught at the police academy. In light of Trump's decision to rescind the DACA program, which protected children of illegal immigrants that are mostly Hispanic, one would think Hispanic officers would have the decency to understand the plight of the marginalized black people. However, it's not about Hispanic, black or white officers. Racial profiling is part of the training for all officers at the police academy. I'm not absolving these two Hispanic cowards of responsibility for what they did to Michael Bennett, but we must take a closer look at the procedures and training that are in place at the police academy.
There's a 95% chance that most black men in this country, at some point in their lives, have been the victim of racial profiling. Personally, I've been profiled so many times, I lost count. Having a gun drawn to my head and being falsely arrested by ill-trained officers is regular happenstance in my life. Still, rich white team owners have decided to punish a man who decided to shed light on a situation that is too real to all black people. We will never stop talking about Kaepernick, because when he made the decision to bring scrutiny to this issue, he clearly understood the ramifications and he knew what was at stake. As the NFL season is underway tonight, I hope all black people in this country will blackout tonight's game, and the rest of the games for the entire season, in honor of Kaepernick.

Whether liberal or conservative, white people's established class system in this country benefits both groups. First of all, too many people are fooled into believing that slavery was just about capitalism. Yes, white people are some lazy fucks who don't want to work hard, but like to reap the fruits of somebody else's hard labor. That's true in every form. Over 400 years ago, they sailed to Africa to illegally kidnap and enslave black people. Nowadays, they rely more on Hispanic workers to do the hard work for the cheapest labor they can provide. If you don't believe me, ask the white farmers in Alabama how much money they have lost because migrant workers aren't around to pick their fruits. While mass deportation of Hispanics is taking place under the Trump administration, he's also offering H-1 visas to anybody who wants to be a migrant worker slave on the orange fields in Alabama and across the rest of the country. Since the mass deportation of illegal people which started under the Obama administration, the farm industry in America has lost close to a trillion dollars. White people don't want to do the hard work that Hispanic workers are willing to do to support their families. And black people will never goo back to the field, because it's reminiscent of slavery. Though capitalism played a major role in white people's greed and their determination to enslave black people, racism emerged in a classist society created from white people's actions.  White people will never own up to classism, because it breeds white supremacy. Without classism, racism cannot exist. Classism has nothing to do with wealth or your stance in society as it relates to culture, profession or religion. It has everything to do with skin color. Michael Bennett is a multi-millionaire athlete who entertains white America 16 weeks out of the year. He's better known and more recognizable than some of the wealthiest white people, but his skin color makes him a victim of classism, as well as racism. Classism has everything to do with white skin. No matter how poor a white person may be, or invaluable to society, he's of a higher class, and is taught that by society. Not only that, Bennett is also very elite as a player, and has been the voice for many people who have been silenced as little black boys to grown ass men. The police department enforces classism and racism. There are too many examples and instances where classism kept armed white people from getting murdered by police, while a 12 year-old innocent black boy was murdered for no reason. We have to look beyond racism to understand how white people value their class in society. Your white liberals will never submit to being second class citizens, no matter how loud they want to appear to be on behalf of justice and equality. Black people are treated like second class citizens, no matter how wealthy, famous, or educated we are.

What we have witnessed is a travesty of justice, because there's no justification for humiliation when someone has done nothing wrong. The two Hispanic officers who decided to violate the civil rights of Michael Bennett, did so because we live in a society where classism precedes racism, and people like Zimmerman and these Hispanic officers feel they can benefit from the classism that has put a hierarchy in place over 4 centuries ago that places black people at the bottom of the barrel. I don't know these 2 cowardice Hispanic officers, but I can guess they were trained to command more respect from black people, in order to set the tone even in the most indisputable irrelevant case to diffuse a situation. This classism is also the reason why so many Hispanics voted for Trump, and later found themselves on a one-way charter bus back to their countries of birth. They don't even understand this type of classism that has more to do with white people putting themselves on a pedestal, than somebody else's status in society. White people don't give a shit about anybody's class in society but their own. Unfortunately, many Hispanics were delusional enough to believe Trump thought they were close enough to white, as if he didn't set that tone from the very beginning of his campaign, when he called them rapists and murderers.

The silencing of Kaepernick is bigger than Kaepernick.

I understand that a lot of people are looking at Keapernick's former fortunate position as an NFL quarterback, and feel he had it made, and should have kept his mouth shut. Only the top 1% of people get to earn the amount of money Kaepernick has earned during his short illustrious career as an NFL quarterback. That's a position of a lifetime earning for most people. Some people don't even get to earn a quarter of what Kaepernick has earned during his short career. Okay, now that we have that out of the way, we can now look at what he has risked and lost for the betterment of black people. At the age of 29, Kaepernick is just beginning his career as a quarterback. Even the worst quarterbacks in football history have gone on to play in their late 30's. Kaepernick has only signed one big contract after taking his team to the super bowl. Essentially, he was positioned to earn at least 2 more long term contracts, which could have easily placed his salary over 200 million dollars in the next 10 years. If you don't believe 200 million dollars is a lot of money for a man who was adopted by white people, led pretty much a privileged life, and could have chosen to turn a blind eye to the injustice against back people, but took a risk on us instead, then we shouldn't even be engaged in any type of exchanges about social injustice.

If every black leader took a selfish disposition to only worry about themselves and their immediate family, black folks would still be in shackles today. Dr. King could've easily led a prosperous life as a preacher, but he chose to forgo all of it by making the personal sacrifice to fight on behalf of black people. It takes a very selfless person to turn their life on options that most people are willing to denigrate themselves for, in order to attain the American dream. That's just one side of the equation.

There's always more than one side to every complicated situation. We have a myriad of black people who swallow their pride and lose their dignity on a daily basis for survival sake. The white bosses don't necessarily have to humiliate with action, their intent with words can sometime force the marginalized into silence. Once a person's voice is taken from them, they've pretty much assumed the position of subhuman. Jerry Jones was the first owner to threaten his players, if they didn't stand for the National Anthem, and fall in line with their own subjugation. Don't be fooled with white billionaires who are willing to pay millions of dollars for football players with checkered past. It doesn't mean they aren't racist. Jerry Jones has put his racism on center stage, and James Harrison who plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers, echoed those sentiments to his teammates before his master even had a chance to say a word. The battle against white supremacy will not easily be won, because we have too many white supremacists in black skin. These lost souls are the reason why white supremacy thrives. The list will get longer by the weeks, because people like George Foreman who's been hit too many on his head, feels he has a valid opinion on Kaepernick that supports the white supremacist system in place that allowed him to be exploited with a grill that bears his name that only nets him less than 1% of the annual revenues. People like Michael Jordan who stayed silent on social issues during his career are only netting about 1% of the revenues that white supremacy has built on his name. Nike generates billions of dollars from the Jordan brand every year, but Jordan gets a check for about 90 million dollars, which is less than 1% of Nike's annual sales for his brand. It's difficult to get these people to see their own exploitation, much less somebody else's.

While we should all band together to fight for Kaepernick, this fight is actually bigger than Kaepernick. We are standing for all those black people that are silenced every day, because they have financial responsibilities to their families. The mortgage/rent, utilities, food. clothing etc must be paid, and in order to do that, some black people must relinquish their voice, which is why the courageous ones must always have our support, and we must do everything in our power to push back this white transgression toward a marginalized group. Money tends to have a "rosy glasses" affect on the less fortunate. A Ray Lewis can pay so very little attention to his own son's situation who's under investigation for sexual aggravation against 2 women, because his voice against Kaepernick gives credence to white supremacy. We must learn!
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The Social Network activist: The Media and Facebook work in cahoots with the NF...

The Social Network activist: The Media and Facebook work in cahoots with the NF...: I'm sure many of you have seen the picture of Marshawn Lynch sitting on the bench during the National Anthem by himself. His heroic effo...

The Media and Facebook work in cahoots with the NFL to protect their brand.

I'm sure many of you have seen the picture of Marshawn Lynch sitting on the bench during the National Anthem by himself. His heroic efforts have rubbed the overt Nationalists the wrong way, but the covert Nationalists are the ones downplaying the movement that has been joined by many other Raiders players, as well as other NFL players. I'm sure many of you have not seen the picture of the myriad of Raiders players who knelt for the National Anthem, in support of Kaepernick and Marshawn Lynch. The media hides those pictures on purpose, because they don't want us to know this movement is moving full speed ahead.

The job of the media is to keep black people uninformed and misinformed. They want us to believe that no one black person can stand alone to fight against them, and it's difficult to get black people to unite in support of one another. You should be able to smell bullshit when it's thrown in your face. There are plenty of players who are willing to kneel or sit during the National Anthem, and many have done so. The televised games work in favor of the NFL owners. It's no coincidence that ESPN had a fantasy football auction yesterday, and all the people buying players were white. They can't get away from who they really are.
We have to be mindful of the fact that most of these white billionaires and millionaires who control sports and the media are very close friends. When you see a guy like Bob Kraft or Bill Bellichick canoodling with Trump, you must wonder if they share the same views or not. Racist people owned slaves, so racist coaches can coach black players, and racist owners are more than willing to pay big money for the black players who will yield them the highest return. Don't be fooled or deterred by the amount of money these athletes are making. A slave is still a slave, no matter how posh his lifestyle may be. If his voice is taken away, he's a slave nonetheless. While they are quick to talk about Michael Bennett, Malcolm Jenkins and Marshawn Lynch, they're purposely leaving out all the other unknown black players who decided to risk their job by taking a knee for the cause. For this reason alone, no Black household in this country should tune in to the NFL games for the entire season.

The other day, I wrote a post addressing Hue Jackson's and James Harrison's comments regarding players taking a seat during the National Anthem, and I was quickly blocked by Facebook. While Facebook encourages cooning by men like James Harrison, Ray Lewis, Hugh Jackson whose Cleveland Browns I hope will end up with a record of 0-16 this year, they are quick to shut down anybody who's willing to shed light on white supremacy. These rich black men have become the voice for white supremacy, and white people give them full access to the media.
I made the decision to terminate my account on Facebook, because of their racist policies toward the enlightenment of black people. If nobody on my page is offended by what I post, Facebook shouldn't have the right to tell me I'm not in compliance with the Facebook community. The community on my page is created by me. My friends are selected by me, and some of them choose to be on my page, because they support what I have to say about the issues regarding the state of black people. Everyone on Facebook has a community that's created by them, not Facebook. The owners of Facebook seem to forget that Facebook is only a platform used by people to create communities. White people and control go hand in hand, as it relates to anybody but white people. The Alt-right has spread hate on Facebook without any interference. The censorship by Facebook has everything to do with racism and nothing to do with compliance. I don't have a public page. Everything I write is private, and there should be no reason for Facebook to tell me I'm not in compliance. The bigger picture, though, lies in the fact that Facebook is now considered the biggest media conglomerate in the world. They've bought every social media company and outlet, and you can't join anything without signing on with your Facebook page. I'm on to them, and you should be too.

The fact that we are at a point in this country where white men feel the need to walk around with Tiki torches to intimidate people for their white privilege, should be enough to wake us out of our coma. The multitude of issues facing the black community is being censored on a platform owned by a bunch of rich white billionaires. Think about that for a minute!