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What do you do when the Black Police come knocking? No, not black police -- the Black Police, the self-appointed officers patrolling the streets, airwaves and Internet for Black Code violators. With the goal "to serve and protect," -- Who? -- they make their presence and authority known.I recently spent time with a friend who wanted to talk about the Black Police issue because she found herself, again, under the watchful eye of these unofficial officials, whose job title involves measuring just how "black" black people are. In case you didn't know that there's a measuring stick for that, there is. It weighs words, body language, friends, clothes, success, etc.,-- all of which, apparently, determine whether you're really black or, to use an expression I heard thrown around in college, "incognegro." (Say it out loud: You'll get it.) ...Because you don't see racism around every corner, won't defend a black celebrity who is a rapist or, God forbid, choose to vote for principles rather than political party -- now, you lost touch, broke The Code. "They done made you a slave!" they say, and they hate that -- because the only people they want you enslaved to is ... them.It's annoying. It's insulting. It's wrong. But it's even worse than that. It's counterproductive to our own progress. ...
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Topic: You ain't black enough,' says the 'black police' (Read 259 times)
