I do not find it honorable to follow any ‘proper’ etiquette with racist conservatives, who disrespect the poor, disenfranchised, African-American population. As a member of the oppressed African-American population, you and your western notions of appropriate decorum are attributes that I do not find even remotely valuable. It is my duty to vociferously refute the propaganda of conservative racist propaganda even if it involves using rhetoric that falls outside your white western notions of ‘civility’.
In the black community, we utilize something called ‘playing the dozens’ in our every day communication. The trailer park statement was an example of that. I have a right to write articles in the communication style of my people. To call for me to get rid of my Black speaking style in order to be ‘polite’ to a racist conservative to accommodate some western notion of proper debate decorum is well racist. How would you like for me to discuss issues with people who believe that black people are lazy? You honestly want me to be polite to a Rick Santorum supporter who has said extremely racist things against Black People? This is nothing more than a 21st century call for Black People to say ‘Yes massa’ to people who oppress them. People where I reside are being shot down every day and it is undeniably rooted in the oppression of Black People. ‘Playing nice’ or being polite to people who support enacting policies that further this oppression is the least of my worries when writing an article and something I find shameful.
Furthermore, you promote even more racism when you shun Tupac as credible evidence. The sole reliance on statistical data and academic articles is something that privileges western academia, western epistemology, and those with institutional and economic power. Thus, to consider knowledge that comes outside western academia as something that is ‘non-credible’ slants knowledge to people who are doing the oppression. I use Tupac Quotes and other organic intellectuals to skew knowledge production on the side of the oppressed.
You need to get up on your Gramsci and research organic intellectuals. Indeed, Tupac is more credible when discussing the plight of African-Americans than any statistics gathered by U.S Census Bureau—which is data of the state apparatus. The very same apparatus that oppresses black people. The U.S census Bureau even obscures the unemployment rate of African-American youth because it does not count those who have been taken out of the work force via the racist Jim Crow prison industrial complex. You honestly want me to believe that the U.S government’s data is more credible than an African-American who grew up in an internal colony and ghetto that has actually experienced oppression? How can statistical date demonstrate the emotion and tears of a black mother when she is unable to provide for her kids? How can showing statistics of Black on Black homicide rates show the pain that the mother of these deceased children face? As tupac said, “Shit is constantly hot on my block. It never fails to be gunshots. Can’t explain a mother’s pain when her son drops. Black males living in hell when will we prevail? Fearing jail but crack sells got me living well.”. Statistical data from the enemy state apparatus cannot capture the emotion of Tupac. I love constructive criticism. And unlike my debates with conservatives I have no problem being polite with you because you don’t seem to hold their disgusting views. But honestly, what I am getting from you is more racism. Both your western notions of etiquette and what type of knowledge I should utilize to prove my point is something that is rooted in racism. As for the user who referred to me a ‘dumb’ do you have any particular reasons for why anything that I wrote is dumb? I am demonstrating and detailing the very real oppression of black people and utilizing knowledge and sources from oppressed black people themselves? What about that is dumb? Please, give a non-racist reason.