The Last Slaves of Mississippi.

Though I had planned only to write on this post once or twice a week, I had remembered a store I had read a few years back. It was about the Wall family who had been living in Peonage in the Mississippi delta. The complete storey can be read here. http://v-103.com/pages/325891.php

Although slavery had long since ended, the Wall family was still living the horror of this blemish in American history. The family had been traded between two family's for decades unbeknownst to the rest of the world. Their story is filled with rape and torture by their so called white slave masters.

For years the family was forced to pick cotton, clean houses, and milk cows. All without being paid, under threat of whipping, rape, and even death. And all of this was during the 21st century.

To the Walls, McDaniel, and Gordon families, your day in hell is coming.

The Black Tax

Per the Urban Dictionary; http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=black%20tax


Black Tax
The higher prices that black people have to pay for.

1) goods - often due to a lack of large grocery stores, mass market discounters

2) insurance, mortages, loans

Due to their ethnicity
Buffy and Biff can get a lower rate on a home mortgage than Rasheed and LaShawna due to the black tax.

The terms above no longer apply due to new laws and regulations. However, if one were to visit let’s say a mechanic for repairs he may get this sort of treatment. I know this for a fact as I have experienced it personally.


This term not only applies to goods and services as well, but also in the work place. Note: I am writing this post on my own personal experiences and this is not meant to be fact based.

I am a man of some education, and certified in Lean Six Sigma. I know this may mean nothing to you, however if you run a Corporation this would mean something to you. Before becoming self-employed I worked in corporate America as an analyst and was very good at what I did.

I never took the time to count the amount of blacks in upper management. Looking back now, there were none. I worked hard at my job, first in, last out everyday. Sometimes working 70 hour weeks, coming into work when the Misses was in the hospital, and even when my mother was ill. I was dedicated!

I was the "go to" guy if you were having any sort of issue. However, when it came time for me to move up the ladder, I then saw the ceiling that I had not noticed before. I was praised at every turn, given pats on the back, called into executive meetings to explain complex issues, but when I asked for a slight bump in the ladder, I was told "we don’t feel that you have the experience", or "I can’t loose you on the team, your too valuable." NO instead the positions were given to Whites who were much less qualified then I. One in fact, was given a position I had applied for and he not only had NO degree, but no previous experience in our field. It was my responsibility to show him the ropes.

Someone who is not Afro-American would probably read this and think, "black man with a chip" of course you would. I would if I were not. However, lets look at it from this prospective. Other then myself, there were four other Afro-American working at he firm. Two of which had MBA’s and the others with a BS and BA.

None of us were in any position of authority. Not only this, but the gentleman I described in the above who had no education at all was over half of these who had more experience and education. Still think I have a chip?
I still face the "Black Tax" though I am now self-employed. But its not as hard as having to deal with those you know you know better then.

Obama, Is He or Isn't He?

A friend of mine and I had an interesting conversation the other day about the past election and why he did not vote at all.

My point was that he should have voted regardless of what he felt for either party or person running in the election because there was a time that his vote not only would not have counted, but he did not have the right to vote. You know the whole spill, "those who came before you, who died in fighting to give you that right." He, a Hispanic male who is first generation can’t grasp this concept. Not only this, he’s not really first generation, as he was not born here in the United States.

He however did bring up a very good point. Some minorities have this since that Obama is going to change the rules to suite them. I can’t say that I have blatantly heard this but one does get this since that some feel this way.

From one Black Man’s Prospective, nothing can be further from the truth. Just because the man happens to be…doesn’t mean that he can or will right the wrongs of this country. Those who feel that he will now come in and change the name of the White House to the Black House, or try his best to enact some sort of laws that will give minorities the upper hand are sadly mistaken. No, no, he is just that a politician no matter what shade of brown or pink he may be.

What some of you out there fail to understand is that there are indeed several races out there, but one we do not count in this country or the world for that matter is that there is another race or creed if you will, and that is the politician. Oh, yes he has spoken about change, and he is striving for some of those changes. However, did you really think that he would deliver everything that he has promised? How can he?

In the end to put it in my dear friend’s words, " I know the kind of man Obama is, because he’s just like me. I will say anything to get into a woman’s panties, and once I do, I could care less about her." Though vile, he has a point.