Tag: Black

Underscore

February 9th 2018

Nothing like a good old fashion argument on Facebook to get your blood boiling.

I’ll be brief: basically the discussion was how would Idiris Elba do as a Black James Bond? 

I commented that it’s fine as long as Blacks stop complaining when someone White tries to be a Black character.

The room exploded. Everyone defending that no one should play a Black fictional character and then some guy in the chat said something rude and I gave him two warning shots to watch his mouth or we’ll certainly take this offline.

I really don’t play that. As someone who crafts words, if you need to start cursing at me over a dialogue, then I know you got problems and your point isn’t very sharp. I stated my point clearly and left it after one last statement. Essentially calling out the so-called elusive black racism. True artists do and allow for all. You can’t complain that you want a Black man to play a white character, then turn around and be insulted when whites show their racism. THEN when a white man plays a Black character, turn around and not allow it.

I admitted history favors blacks with the whitewashing issues. 

But I also said black culture is global and people of color influence many, many things. We should be proud and not limiting. I challenged them to listen to white racist complaints and not sound the same way when they do the same thing to whites about Black characters.

Of course, they didn’t get it and ended up spewing racist things about how a White person can’t play a black character.

I mean … really. I said my peace, made sure that fool understood I wasn’t allowing him to be an asshole without consequences and left the chat alone. Ruined the first part of my day and I got a headache … but on a lighter note: I got all A’s in all the assignments in the first Unit Biology. 

The feelings and mood I had two days ago were just a very dark point. Not sure why and how I got there, but it’s lifted…regardless of this mornings events. I let it go. 

Still, this is my underscore of why I can’t stand people. ANY people. Other humans. No matter the race. They are clogged and pig-headed. Determined to self-destruct. Why should I venture to be close to that kind of cancerous social atmosphere; trying to weed out “good sensible” people from the choking bulk of racist, narrow minds? I don’t have the energy or ability to find the good.

Can it be so hard to see that color of skin doesn’t matter in art?

Can it be so hard to see that color of skin doesn’t matter?

Advantage

January 30th 2018

The thing I’m working on isn’t 100% new. There are many companies working on the same thing but they have cash to see it through into prototyping faster than me. So, I wake up this morning to find out a couple of ex-Google engineers have revealed a similar project (a few phases in) for the same end-resulting idea.

Of course, a little put off, but I’m pressing forward regardless. My advantage and, believe it or not, goes back to my thoughts about ‘people’.

All these well-financed projects always, always, ALWAYS favor the rich, and particularly, the rich White communities. Rarely for the common person and NEVER for Black or Hispanic communities.

On one hand, no matter what I do, I can bank on institutionalized and general passive racism to own a market no one else will touch.

On the other hand, no matter what I do, the Black and Hispanic communities fail to embrace technology development, so I’ll always be the first of my kind to create in the community. The Black and Hispanic communities are consumers of technology — that’s for sure — but producers? Nope. Wide open field.

This is the heart of the ‘crab-basket’ life of wanting more in communities that don’t strive for more. It’s not the game plan to ‘ignore’ these communities and serve the rich. They can still be served. Maybe — just maybe — in the process of providing excellent service and continuing to be witnessed as progressive, the rest will follow. But it can’t be a selfish act. More on this probably in the year.

I’ll give that to ‘some’ white communities. Not all of them, but some. They have rat trap white trash communities like anyone else. But places like Silicon Valley, areas of San Francisco, etc are thriving. 

No matter what’s developed, the Black and Hispanic communities are the last to get it. My market (when all is said and done) are all people below the affordability and access radar. 

I can say this: the project is two fold. I’m 1000% interested in finding missing people still. A little technology to help with that goes a long way. I’ve noticed, each day I work on the project, I gain new open roads of ideas. This is why I’m seeing it through to the end. I might just solve a bunch of bucket-list like concepts all in one swoop.

All this talk of service for people and helping to find missing people. You’d almost think I actually cared about people.