My, how things have changed (dated)

 A reader sent this commentary to me. It is 23 years old.  It is titled I Don't Want to Be Black Anymore. I read it light heartedly and smiled to myself and then the humor began to melt away as it occurred to me I was no longer living in the late 90s or early 2000s when things were really clicking for me. Even back then I realized the things pointed out by Johnson were "wrong". Most people did. We simply tolerated, ignored, and/or bypassed them. I was young and like most similar minded folks of that era, we could usually find away to navigate the lunacy of the left. As I got older, I began to notice "things" happening in our country that were wrong  and were being intentionally repeated. The "things" I am speaking of were basically the same issues/logic Mr. Johnson lays out in his essay. There were things that blatantly punished productive people who worked hard, paid taxes, voted in elections and all the other things Traditional Americans had done in the past while simultaneously rewarding  different groups within our country who seemingly contributed nothing to society but drag, and now in some cases to be "at war with the nation".  There were patterns. These acts were growing more severe and frequent with each passing year. I began to realize these acts of what appeared to be incompetence, party lockstep, etc. were being perpetrated on Americans intentionally. The racial division grew wider and wider with each act of social injustice. This insanity was by DESIGN. The traitorous commies in government refused to see or did not care that these and future transgressions carried out against "Americans" in the future would impact their lives along with the lives of their future offspring. This madness will affect them as much as any other person living in North America. We live CLOWNWORLD now. I no longer recognize the country where I was raised. . Of course, I am not talking where I actually reside, the land, etc. I am talking about the mentality of the people who hold offices either elected or appointed. (well get on info-retarded voters another day). I am talking about the majority of people running the show. Growing up, I believed the government had the best interest of the people in mind. As I bean to mature it turned out to be another "finding out that Santa was not real". The things Johnson pokes fun and ridicules seem almost minor today. We now have torn down the vast majority of our monuments (not just Confederate). Certainly all battle flags of the Confederacy have been erased from state flags and state capitol buildings. These forces of darkness have renamed practically every major military installation/fort named for Confederated generals as a gesture towards reconciliation  after the first CW. We have had BHM for eons now. All of this BS plus much, much, more to come our way in the future and not a damn thing has changed except the quality of life and living conditions in America continues to plummet. I believe if Mr. Johnson were real and alive today, he would probably have a "heartAstroke" after seeing how much further this nation has fallen in the last twenty odd years since the passing of the misnamed Patriot Act, basically.  

by J.J. Johnson
June/July 2000
It’s not working, folks.
I have tried to do everything I can to be the African-American I’m supposed to be, but I just cannot continue. I am hereby resigning myself from the Black Race. And before I get death threats from my Black brethren out there, hear me out.
In February, I made it through another Black history month, in which I was supposed to do all I could to insult White people for 28 days. I guess I should even say the Black History month is a racial conspiracy by White people since they only gave us 28 (or 29) days to rip their dignity to shreds, while the other months have 30 or 31 days. I guess it’s just another example of the Black man not getting his fair share.
Frankly, many of my Black brothas and sistas are starting to…well…embarrass me. Can I turn on the television and not hear some Black liberal puke complaining about something?
I’ll start there – television. First we had the NAACP (Notorious African American Communist Pigs) lambasting Hollywood for not having enough Blacks in front of (or behind) the cameras. “We don’t see enough Black folk on TV.” An economic boycott is threatened, the ugly “R” word is used, and Hollywood (you know, those rich White guys) capitulate. Did anyone ask were the accusations true? And if so, who really cares?
Whenever I turn my television to watch my favorite programs, I see plenty of very wealthy and successful Black men excelling in their trade/craft. But I guess the NFL, the NBA, and Major League baseball doesn’t count. It must be just me. I guess the “quota kings and queens” don’t count those folks. Then another ‘study’ comes out. This one says, ‘While Blacks are over-represented on television, they are still given only minor roles, or are on screen for less than 5 seconds at a time.’ And, of course, this too is unfair. The easy defense against this eternal whining was for anyone to just mention three letters: B.E.T.
That’s right, Black Entertainment Television, where you can get all the Blackness you want, 24/7 with all those Black folks in front of (and behind) all those cameras. Gee, only about 60 million cable viewers can see that.
I guess it’s just me. Maybe Momma didn’t raise me right. Now we have that flag issue in Dixie. Most folks thought if they just took down that flag, all this controversy would just go away. After all, it’s a horrible reminder of slavery.
Strange, I can’t find a Black person in this country who can remember being a slave. I also can’t find one White person in the country who will admit to owning slaves. In fact, most of the Whites in this country (according to my investigation) had ancestors who landed on these shores long after slavery ended in North America. And I can’t repeat what some of those Irish folks told me. But, for one month I’m supposed to hate the Confederate flag. Not just waving over the South Carolina Statehouse, but on police cars in Mississippi and in front of livestock shows in Houston. I’m supposed to call for the changing of the names of bridges in Virginia, parks in Tennessee and the defacing of portraits of General Lee. I’m even supposed to support Rep. King’s (R-NY) demonizing of every Southerner in the halls on Congress. I’m supposed to support and endorse all of this because I’m a Black man.
Yes, boycott South Carolina. Boycott the entire South until they get their “minds right.” This means, no Blacks (like me) should do any business with the South period. So, to that Black businessman in Memphis, sorry. Hope you can get some of those racist White folks to patronize your store. The NAACP says I can’t go there.
About the family reunion this year in South Carolina – forget it. Nope, not me. Our un-elected Black leadership says we gotta boycott. Don’t worry, I’ll explain to that Black soul food caterer in Columbia that the reason he’s losing so much business this year is because of a piece of cloth hanging over the capitol building. He’ll understand.
And Florida… we’ll have to leave you out, too. You see, Governor Jeb Bush enacted a program called “One Florida” in which anyone who finishes in the top 20% of his or her class gets a scholarship to a public University in Florida. I can’t figure it out for the life of me, but according to my Black leaders, that’s racist, too. The NAACP head (case) says we’ll boycott Florida until that’s changed. By the way, isn’t it interesting that the same people who say we should boycott everything economically are the same people who say Blacks are economically deprived in this “White dominated” society? What they’re telling me is that Black people are too stupid to make it into the top 20% of the graduating class, and that most Black people are too stupid to see through their lies. And most of these self-appointed Black leaders probably NEVER made it into the top 20% of anything. But nevertheless, they’re my leaders. Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, Peter Jennings, Bill Bradley and Al Gore say they are, and since all these self-appointed “oracles” are White, they must be right.
Even Secret Service is getting into the act. Some of these guys, even though they get to guard the President and the Vice President, say they haven’t got the promotions they deserve. Where’s the dignity? I guess those White Secret Service agents get to guard folks more important.
Here’s a suggestion for the Black Secret Service agents who guard those important White folks (from the south): Wanna become heroes and restore your dignity? Quit. That’ll teach ‘em.
As a Black man, I’m told I should pin my hopes on making it rich when the NAACP gets their “fair share” from suing all those guns dealers. After all it’s those gun dealers’ fault for all those Black folks shooting all those Black folks. Perhaps next year, they’ll be suing bed-sheet makers, rope manufacturers, and the South American drug cartels.
I have asked my Black leaders to sue the ATF, since the only product in America that “requires” you to list your race before purchasing it is a firearm. They haven’t returned my call. But then again, the right to keep and bear arms isn’t listed under “civil rights” anyway, is it?
It’s okay. We’ll just sue the gun-makers instead. That’ll teach them to not sell guns to us Black folks (so we can get gunned down for reaching for a wallet.) Yes, if we just sue a few more White folks, harass and slander the rest, one day -– maybe one day — we won’t have to put a prefix in front of the word “American” anymore.
Well, I’m not waiting for that. I have done everything to try to advance the cause of personal freedom as a Black man, and to enjoy the liberty that my parents fought for, but it is just not working. These White people are just too smart for me. They made sure that I never had to wait at a Denny’s restaurant longer than anyone else does. Some of them hired me for simply having the brains to do the job. Some of them (the real sneaky ones) had the gall to judge me by the content of my character, and not the color of my skin. They’ve paid me in dollars with White slave-owners’ photos on them. And, damn them, they made me earn it first.
They have allowed me to own my own business. They even went so far as to steal tax dollars from other White people to make sure I got an education – so I could like…make it in this world.
What an evil plot. Since there is almost no reason to bitch about anything anymore, it must be…institutional racism.
I am through being used. I am fed up with trying to conform. This year, when I filled out my Census form, I let them know that I quit. I wish to no longer be a Black American. I want nothing to do with race baiting, whining, pandering for more tax dollars, family breakdowns, and the Al Sharptons of the world.
I don’t want to be Black anymore.
I am somebody, and I don’t need Jesse Jackson to tell me that. My father already did.
I don’t want to be Black anymore.
I refuse to be used as a statistic to get more left-wing socialists into Congress.
I don’t want to be Black anymore.
There is no need to make me part of a “protected group” as the California Governor recently stated. I can protect myself, thank you.
I don’t want to be Black anymore.
Please do not feel sorry for me anymore, White folks. That liberal pity-party really insults me, anyway.
I don’t want to be Black anymore.
You Democrats don’t have to act like you like me. I know it’s an election year. I am tired of being the Black “sheep” of the party. Leave me alone.
I don’t want to be Black anymore.
If it means disgracing my own heritage by insulting Southern history.
I don’t want to be Black anymore.
Since making the same statements Martin Luther King, Jr. made in 1963 are now considered “racist” and “insensitive…”
I don’t want to be Black anymore.
If it means more innocent White people are forced to go through “sensitivity training…”
I don’t want to be Black anymore.
If it means that everyone loses their freedom of speech, freedom to peaceably assemble, and their right to keep and bear arms…
I don’t want to be Black anymore.
If it means being a ward of the State, rather than a Child of God…
I don’t want to be Black anymore.
I’ll sign the papers, dammit. I’ll file the lawsuit. I’ll start the boycott this time. I have every right. I am sick of these media-selected Black prostitutes making a mockery out of my country, out of everything America stands for. I’m sick of them giving everyone else a reason to hate me.
I quit.
I no longer want a prefix in front of my label. From this point forward, I, J.J. Johnson, DEMAND that I be simply called…
…American.
J.J. Johnson is the Editor & Chief of SierraTimes.com. He lives somewhere in the Sierra Nevadas.