>Meanwhile, I'm trying to keep my teenage BLACK MALE nephew on
>the right path. Blkfolx ain't got time to be dialoguing about
>these smug-ass NPR pussies, man--America tryin' to KILL me and
>my people, man.
>
>Fuck her. No time. Bigger issues on the table.
>
>And Kamau-whatzisname needs to fuckin' STAY FOCUSED. HELL WITH
>HER, man--go help your damn people. Take your eyes off these
>(certain and guilty) smartass whitefolx, man...all they doing
>is shakin' your balance and throwin' you off from where your
>anger REALLY needs to be. DAMN, nigga, get back on your
>fuckin' square.

Couldn't it be possible that THIS is my square? Couldn't be possible that in the ongoing struggle, no fuck that, in the ongoing WAR to end racism, that we all have different jobs and responsibilties and that anything that is done to help in any small way to repair the damage of half a millenium of oppression is a good thing? I believe Cornell West, himself, would agree with me on this point, pop culture critic that he (ocassionally) is. And don't get it twisted. It ain't like I sit on the Internet all day writing Sarah Silverman blogs. I wrote that two months ago. And I say again, just because you just read it yesterday, it doesn't mean that I was still thinking about it. (Until Nick dragged my back in Godfather 3 style.)

Good luck with your nephew. If there is anything I can do to help, let me know.

I believe all of this (ALL OF THIS!) begins and ends with respect.

Kamau Whatzisname