March 23, 2015

Africa: Continues to Pay France a Colonial Tax

Global Economic Slavery - Part 1

For the past two years I have ponder the question of why the natural resource rich continent of Africa, continues to be riddled with poverty and conflict. Just recently I was speaking with a friend and we began discussing this very topic. But before I begin to examine why, with all of Africa’s natural resources, this country remains in poverty and war torn, let me first present you with some interesting  facts that I stumbled across while researching information about Africa’s natural wealth.

Did you know that today, at this very second, 14 African countries continue to be forced by France to pay a Colonial Tax for the benefit of their independence in 1958??   Sylvanus Olympio, the first president of the Republic of Togo, a tiny country in West Africa, found a middle ground solution with the French.  He didn’t want his country to continue to be a French dominion, and had visions of a free country therefore he refused to sign the colonization continuation pact De Gaule proposed, but agree to pay an annual debt to France for the so called benefits Togo got from French colonization.  

The French were also to leave without causing any destruction however, that was not the case.  Everything from schools, nurseries, public administration buildings were destroyed; cars, books, medicine, research institute instruments, tractors were crushed and sabotaged; horses, cows in the farms were killed, and food in warehouses were burned or poisoned.

On January 13, 1963, three days after he started printing his country own currency, a squad of illiterate soldiers backed by France killed the first elected president of newly independent Africa. Olympio was killed by an ex French Foreign Legionnaire army sergeant who supposedly received a bounty of $612 from the local French embassy. This story continues to repeat itself throughout several other countries in Africa.

As of January 2014, there were 14 African countries that required through a colonial pact with France, to put 85% of their foreign reserve into France central bank and under the strict control of the French minister of Finance. They are putting in 500 Billion dollars every year to the French treasury!!!  500 Billion!!! In fact France allows them to access only 15% of the money in any given year. If there is need for any more, they need to borrow the extra money from their own 65% from the French Treasury at commercial rates. African leaders who refuse to do so, are killed or victim of coup. Those who obey are rewarded by France with lavish lifestyle while their people endure extreme poverty, and desperation.

In addition the colonial pact also includes the following:

• Right of first refusal on any raw or natural resource discovered in the country. France has the first right to buy any natural resources found in the land of its ex-colonies. It’s only after France would say, “I’m not interested”, that the African countries are allowed to seek other partners.

•  Priority to French interests and companies in public procurement and public biding. In the award of government contracts, French companies must be considered first, and only after that these countries could look elsewhere. It doesn’t matter if the African countries can obtain better value for money elsewhere.

•   Exclusive right to supply military equipment and train the country military officers. Through a sophisticated scheme of scholarships, grants, and “Defense Agreements” attached to the Colonial Pact, the Africans should send their senior military officers for training in France or French ran-training facilities. The situation on the continent now is that France has trained hundreds, even thousands of traitors and nourishes them. They are dormant when they are not needed, and activated when needed for a coup or any other purpose!

•  Right for France to pre-deploy troops and  intervene military in the country to defend its interests. Under something called “Defense Agreements” attached to the Colonial Pact, France had the legal right to intervene militarily in the African countries, and also to station troops permanently in bases and military facilities in those countries, run entirely by the French.

                                French Military Bases in Africa

• Obligation to make French the official language of the country and the language for education. A French language and culture dissemination organization has been created called “Francophonie” with several satellites and affiliates organizations supervised by the French Minister of Foreign Affairs.  Obligation to use France colonial money FCFA

That’s the real milk cow for France, but it’s such an evil system even denounced by the European Union, but France is not ready to move from that colonial system which puts about 500 billion dollars from Africa to its treasury. 

• Obligation to send France annual balance and reserve report. Without the report, no money.

Anyway the secretary of the Central banks of the ex-colonies and the secretary of the bi-annual meeting of the Ministers of Finance of the ex-colonies is carried out by France Central bank / Treasury.

• Renunciation to enter into military alliance with any other country unless authorized by France.

African countries in general are the ones with will less regional military alliances. Most of the countries have only military alliances with their ex-colonizers!. In the case France ex-colonies, France forbids them to seek other military alliance except the one it offered them.

• Obligation to ally with France in situation of war or global crisis

Over one million Africans soldiers fought for the defeat of Nazism and fascism during the Second World  War. Their contribution is often ignored  or minimized, but when you think that it  took only 6 weeks for Germany to defeat France in 1940, France knows that Africans could be useful for fighting for la “Grandeur de la France” in the future.

 The article illustrates just one of many factors which continue to chain the countries of Africa to the white and European slave owners of the 21st Century. What does one say to all of this?? This angry white woman could rant and rave and rant some more, insult those I feel are the perpetrators of all this abuse and murder …maybe even throw in a few vile cuss words!! But I am so astounded and almost in shock, that everywhere I turn, I seem to find another set of chains and shackles which continues to enslave the African and Black Americans, that I am totally dumbfounded! 

I wanted to post this ASAP but by the same token, I need a minute to process and put the facts into the proper perspective and context, in order to respond appropriately. So I will provide a response when I post Part 2 - “Africa’s Natural Resources”.

 In the same way that I have  attempted to process the American plan to destroy the Black community, is the same way in which I have to attempt to look at Africa’s story.  I had to sit and reflect on the enormity of a history which progresses into a longstanding current event!  The very thought of the level of desperation and pure agony for which I have absolutely NO CLUE as to its level, extent, variety and depth of misery, torment, hopelessness and sorrow of the African people, made my eyes fill up.

But this is NOT about me and how the nightmare affects my core. It is about humanity and the price of evil verses goodness. The very thought that the people who happen to have a dark skin color and a variety of unique features as each one of us all have,  continue to endure and suffer such vile acts of racial hatred, oppression, despicable murderous acts, leads me to one and only one conclusion. No matter what the end result may be, my bet is on the fact that the following is an undeniable truth: 

I have concluded, embrace  and find some level of comfort knowing, that the worldwide Black race, are  truly....

Gods Only Chosen People! 

Excerpts from  Mawuna Remarque KOUTONIN Mawuna Koutonin is a world peace activist who relentlessly works to empower people to express their full potential and pursue their dreams, regardless of their background. He is the Editior of SiliconAfrica.com, Founder of Goodbuzz.net, and Social activist for Africa Renaissance. Koutonin’s ultimate dream is to open a world-class human potential development school in Africa in 2017.

The music video "Take a Stand  Against Racism" will be updated in the next several months to include the innocent lives that were murdered in the past year or more.

March 17th, 2015

COATESVILLE'S CHILDREN

It has been almost two years ago, when hundreds of pages of racist  text  messages between Coatesville's superintendent and the athletic director came to light ultimately  forcing them to resign WITH THEIR PENSIONS!!The Racist x-superintendent who traded his white sheet and hood for a business suit, will now go to trial for the money that he stole from the children and families of the Coatesville School District. He faces dozens of felony counts of theft, conflict of interest, ethics code violations, and other related offenses. 

While I think the "White Collar" crme he committed needs to be criminally prosecuted, let us NOT forget what led to this investigation. The criminal prosecution of these crimes by no means erases the pain he has caused by his racist text messages which described innocent children in vile hateful ways!! I'll carry another sign anytime anywhere to get rid of the filth....and so should YOU!

I find it despicable that this racist tyrant, isn't being prosecuted for hate crimes. Okkk his racist text messages using tax payers phone equipment, does not rise to the level which defines "hate crimes" under the law. The law  in short, states that the use of any weapon in an "....attempt to cause bodily injury to any person, because of the actual or perceived race, color, religion, or national origin of any person is termed a hate crime". 

Well the hate crimes of this generation have been redesigned to be covertly done as I illustrated in past posts. Everyone should sit and reflect on the state of affairs that this country is currently operating on. To my mind, we as a nation need to start developing new strategies in which to combat, yes combat this blatant disregard for our communities, children and families!

White people wake up!

Get a F'in clue folks!!! 

Secondly, if OUR people in OUR country are divided, the security of our land is placed in a vulnerable position for outsiders to  reek havoc. 

Just sayin'!!

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December 16th, 2014

12 Things White People Can Do

 Now Because of Ferguson

This article first appeared on What Matters with Janee Woods

As we all know by now, Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, was gunned down by the police while walking to his grandmother’s house in the middle of the afternoon. For the past few days my Facebook news feed has been full of stories about the incidents unfolding in Ferguson, Missouri.

But then I realized something....

For the first couple of days, almost all of the status updates expressing anger and grief about yet another extrajudicial killing of an unarmed black boy, the news articles about the militarized police altercations with community members and the horrifying pictures of his dead body on the city concrete were posted by people of color. Outpourings of rage and demands for justice were voiced by black people, Latinos, Asian Americans, Arab American Muslims. But posts by white people were few at first and those that I saw were posted mostly by my white activist or academic friends who are committed to putting themselves on the front lines of any conversation about racial or economic injustice in America. And almost nothing, silence practically, from the majority of my non activist, nonacademic white friends—those same people who gleefully jumped on the bandwagon to dump buckets of ice over their heads to raise money for ALS and who wrote heartfelt messages about reaching out to loved ones suffering from depression following the suicide of Robin Williams, may he rest in peace. But an unarmed black teenager walking down the street in broad daylight gets harassed and murdered by a white police officer and those same people seem to have nothing urgent to say about pervasive, systemic, deadly racism in America?

White people who are sick and tired of racism should work hard to become white allies. In the aftermath of the murder of Michael Brown, may he rest in power, here are some ways for white people to become white allies who are engaged thoughtfully and critically in examining the situation in Ferguson and standing on the side of justice and equity. This list is a good place to start your fight to dismantle racial inequity and shine a light on the oppressive structures that lead to yet another extrajudicial killing of a black person.

1. Learn about the racialized history of Ferguson and how it reflects the racialized history of America.  Michael Brown’s murder is not a social anomaly or statistical outlier. It is the direct product of deadly tensions born from decades of housing discrimination, white flight, intergenerational poverty and racial profiling. The militarized police response to peaceful assembly by the people mirrors what happened in the 1960s during the Civil Rights Movement.

2. Reject the “He Was a Good Kid” narrative and lift up the “Black Lives Matter” narrative. Michael Brown was a good kid, by accounts of those who knew him during his short life. But that’s not why his death is tragic. His death isn’t tragic because he was a sweet kid on his way to college next week. His death is tragic because he was a human being and his life mattered. The Good Kid narrative might provoke some sympathy but what it really does is support the lie that as a rule black people, black men in particular, have a norm of violence or criminal behavior. The Good Kid narrative says that this kid didn’t deserve to die because his goodness was the exception to the rule. This is wrong. This kid didn’t deserve to die because he was a human being and black lives matter.

3. Use words that speak the truth about the disempowerment, oppression, disinvestment and racism that are rampant in our communities.  Be mindful, political and socially aware with your language. Notice how the mainstream news outlets are using words like riot and looting to describe the uprising in Ferguson.  What’s happening is not a riot. The people are protesting and engaging in a justified rebellion. They have a righteous anger and are revolting against the police who have terrorized them for years.

4. Understand the modern forms of race oppression and slavery and how they are intertwined with policing, the courts and the prison industrial complex.  We don’t enslave black people on the plantation cotton fields anymore. Now we lock them up in for profit prisons at disproportionate rates and for longer sentences for the same crimes than white people. And when they are released, they are second class citizens stripped of voting rights and denied access to housing, employment and education.  Mass incarceration is The New Jim Crow .

5. Examine the interplay between poverty and racial equity. The twin pillar of racism is economic injustice but do not use class issues to trump race issues and avoid the racism conversation. While racism and class oppression are tangled together in this country, the fact remains that the number one predictor of prosperity and access to opportunity is race.

6. Diversify your media. Be intentional about looking for and paying close attention to diverse voices of color on the TV, on the internet and on the radio to help shape your awareness, understanding and thinking about political, economic and social issues. Check out Colorlines, The Root or This Week in Blackness to get started.

7. Adhere to the philosophy of nonviolence as you resist racism and oppression. Dr. Martin Luther King advocated for nonviolent conflict reconciliation as the primary strategy of the Civil Rights Movement and the charge of His Final Marching Orders .  East Point Peace Academy offers online resources and in person training on nonviolence that is accessible to all people regardless of ability to pay.

8. Find support from fellow white allies. Challenge and encourage each other to dig deeper, even when it hurts and especially when you feel confused and angry and sad and hopeless, so that you can be more authentic in your shared journey with people of color to uphold and protect principles of anti-racism and equity in our society.  Go to workshops like Training for Change’s Whites Confronting Racism  or European Dissent by The People’s Institute.  Attend The White Privilege Conference  or the Facing Race conference. Some organizations offer scholarships or reduced fees to help people attend if funding is an issue.

9. If you are a person of faith, look to your scriptures or holy texts for guidance. Seek out faith based organizations like Sojourners  and follow faith leaders that incorporate social justice into their ministry. Ask your clergy person to address anti-racism in their sermons and teachings. If you are not a person of faith, learn how the world’s religions view social justice issues so that when you have opportunity to invite people of faith to also become white allies, you can talk with them meaningfully about why being a white ally is supported by their spiritual beliefs.

10. Don’t be afraid to be unpopular. 

Let’s be realistic. If you start calling out all the racism you witness (and it will be a lot once you know what you’re looking at) some people might not want to hang out with you as much. That’s a risk you’ll need to accept. But think about it like this: staying silent when you witness oppression is the same as supporting oppression. So you can be the popular person who stands with the oppressor or you can be the (maybe) unpopular person who stands for equality and dignity for all people. Which person would you prefer to be? And honestly, if some people don’t want to hang out with you anymore once you show yourself as a white ally then why would you even want to be friends with them anyway? They’re probably racists.

11.  Be proactive in your own community. As a white ally, you are not limited to being reactionary and only rising up to stand on the side of justice when black people are being subjected to violence very visibly and publicly. Moments of crisis do not need to be the catalyst because taking action against systemic racism is always appropriate because systemic racism permeates nearly every institution and community in this country. Some ideas for action: organize a community conversation about the state of police-community relations in your neighborhood, support leaders of color by donating your time or money to their campaigns or causes, ask the local library to host a showing and discussion group about the documentary RACE: The Power of an Illusion, attend workshops to learn how to transform conflict into opportunity for dialogue. Gather together diverse white allies that represent the diversity of backgrounds in your community. Antiracism is not a liberals only cause. Antiracism is a movement for all people, whether they be conservative, progressive, rich, poor, urban or rural.

12. Don’t give up.  We’re 400 years into this racist system and it’s going to take a long, long, long time to dismantle these atrocities. The antiracism movement is a struggle for generations, not simply the hot button issue of the moment. Transformation of a broken system doesn’t happen quickly or easily. You may not see or feel the positive impact of your white allyship in the next month, the next year, the next decade or even your lifetime. But don’t ever stop. Being a white ally matters because your thoughts, deeds

This is a list of just 12 ways to be an ally. There are many more ways and I invite you to consider what else you can do to become a strong and loyal white ally. People of color, black people especially, cannot and should not shoulder the burden for dismantling the racist, white supremacist system that devalues and criminalizes black life without the all in support, blood, sweat and tears of white people. If you are not already a white ally, now is the time to become one.

People are literally dying.

Black people are dying and it’s not your personal fault that black people are dying because you’re white but if you don’t make a purposeful choice to become a white ally and actively work to dismantle the racist system running America for the benefit of white people then it becomes your shame because you are white and black lives matter. And if you live your whole life and then die without making a purposeful choice to become a white ally then American racism becomes your legacy.

The choice is yours.

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November 26, 2014

FERGUSON

I have been reading and listening to numerous opinionated commentaries, rumors and out right untruths about the events surrounding the murder of Michael, the grand Jury proceedings and the ultimate decision not to indite. The bottom line always returns to the core of the issue.

 We as white people MUST educate ourselves to our country’s true history, if not, we do not have the right to make uneducated comments about the murder of Michael Brown.  Like it or not, the history of the Black community in America  is unique and unlike and other minority group other than  the Native First Americans, because of the  hundreds of years of salary, vile torturous, murders, oppression and the continued contemporary racism etc. etc. etc. The residual effect of this history, is the cement blocks which built and fortifies our white dominant legal, social, political, and global economic systems and safe guards this nations resources. They are the white dominant decision makers who decide how these resources will be distributed and by what rules of govern. As a white person I can go anywhere without needing to think about what situation I might be walking into etc.

 Case in point, on my way to the Justice Center for a work related court hearing, I took the alley way and coming towards me was a black man approximately 6’ 3”, sunglasses, and dressed casual. As I walked by I looked directly at him and gave him the warmest hello, and said it’s a great day. He reciprocated however, he was noticeably stunned. Why do you think that is? What was he thinking? If that were a white man I guarantee you, that a white man would not be thinking the same thoughts of maintaining his guard!!

White privilege is what America and the US Constitution was founded on and continues to be the cement which fortifies every state, institution and the laws of order. I don't care who you are including myself, if your skin is white, you have and live your life drenched in white privilege. I wake up every day with white privilege and like the American Express Card, I not only don’t leave home without it, I can’t leave home without it.

October 20th, 2014

A Softer Gentler Approach Once Again!

Ok folks I am going to try again to use a softer approach in getting the message across about the state of affairs in our country regarding racial issues. I am human and there are times it becomes so very frustrating that folks will not even be open minded enough to look at the issues on their own. For me it was so very plain to see, once I really examined the issues. Also, when I had questions about race and went to my Black associates, I had to learn that when they attempted to give me an answer based on their lived experiences, that I needed to NOT say BUT and learn to SHUT - UP and truly LISTEN to what they were so kind to share with me. Then and only then, did the pieces begin to fit. And now when I go out into the community, I see those small injustices for myself on a daily basis! I could never live day in and day out, living in a society that does not value your race! 

An Example of What a Bisis is:

·        You are given a choice to eat dinner at  the neighborhood Steak House or Seafood House and you choose the Steak House because you knew they had great food. Another person tried to convince you that the Seafood House also had great food but you refused to even consider eating at the Seafood house because you never ate there so you base your decision on what you know without having an open mind to try something different. 

·        It doesn’t mean you are a bad person or you  hate seafood. It simply means that based on  never experiencing the Seafood House and based on your past experiences with the Steak House, you are you have a bias towards the  Steak House.

So why not keep an open mind and try the Seafood House in order to experience both?

October 7th, 2014

Ferguson Editor Says 

This Cartoon Was Not Intended 

To Be Racist

Now you tell me what this cartoon is saying 
about the Black Community????

      The Nation continues to watch and wait for the grand jury to make a decision in the beginning of the year 2015 on whether or not the person (I won’t dignify this killer by stating his name) who shot and killed unarmed Michael Brown will be criminally charged. Michael Brown was a teenager who was scheduled to begin his freshmen year in college, the teen who has been unjustifiably labeled a gang member and a thug…Wow I think I just wrote a blog entry not too long ago about a young football player who was also unjustifiably labeled a gang member and a thug. Hmmm, is this the behavioral pattern of scared white men in authority???

Michael Brown

With the continued justified unrest surrounding the killing of unarmed Michael Brown in Ferguson Missouri, I decided to search the internet for any updates regarding this racist cartoon (above) drawn by Gary McCoy and published in the Columbia Daily Tribune. I must have been operating on the notion that professional journalist and nationally known newspaper editors would weigh in on the negative impact of the media on the issues of racism in America today. To date, I cannot find one published opinion or editorial column from any of the highly publicized Newspapers, the heavy hitters such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, and the like exploring. Where’s the conversation, where’s the dialog on racism in America today which we keep saying needs to occur??

Ohhhh, I get it, not only is it a “ Good Ole’ Boys Club”, I completely forgot, it is a “Good Ole’ White Privileged Boys Club”! Please forgive this white woman’s nativity. I forgot that this “club” if you will, is still closed to Black Men … this explains the high level of stupidity and club mentality!!!     I then read an article on another blog detailing that Robertson so eloquently stated that he would have axed the cartoon if he had insight that the cartoon would have caused such an uproar! Oh really??!! 

Mr. Robertson was also quoted as saying:

"Even though I don't necessarily agree that it had no value, it's not worth the trouble it has caused," he says. "There is no journalistic principle involved here. You'd rather not piss people off."

Since when do racist messages 
have value??

To my mind, a newspaper editor has the responsibility to report the news, fact finding news not to spew biases, stereotypic characterization of OUR Black community who did more than just help to build this country…but rather the thread that keeps our US flag from fraying. The idea that the editor had the pure audacity to state the Ferguson cartoon was not intended to be racist….Lol! Are you serious or like another pompous rich white man, did you eat too many of your Glaucoma brownies??  Please do enlighten this white person and tell me then, what was the intent? I would bet my paycheck that if the tables were turned and a white teen from a wealthy community was murdered, and the editor allowed the publication of a cartoon depicting this teen with a silver spoon in his mouth and who was asking to be murdered, the out cry for justice would resonate throughout this country!!

Mr. Robertson please try and educate yourself on the true definition of racism.  Once educated then maybe you will speak with a tad more intelligence rather than compare this racist cartoon with that of George Bush!  Depicting George Bush with Dumbo ears is not a disparaging stereotype of a racial group but rather a derogatory slight of one person‘s intelligence.

Racism is: 

·  An underlying belief in the superiority of one race over another and its right to dominate. 

·  Generalizing one group of people by believing in simplistic stereotypes of that group. 

·   Affects every aspect of the lives of communities of color: social, economic, political, health, etc.

·   May take three main forms (though all work together to maintain a system of oppression). 

·    Individual Racism-individual acts that overtly reflect racist attitudes/beliefs. This is the easiest one to identify. I.e. racial slurs, jokes, etc.

·    Systemic Racism and Institutional Racism-organizational policies and practices at the structural level that indirectly target communities of color and maintain white privilege. I.e. racism in the criminal justice system (police profiling); racism in the educational system (all white authors on a course reading list.) 

·    Cultural Racism-value system that supports and allows discriminatory actions against racially and ethno culturally marginalized communities. I.e. white privilege.

By: Anti-Racism Media Education (ARMEd) 

New Poems Added on Page 3!

White People Have White Privilege and

the Obligation To Improve Race Relations

April 15, 2014

DeSean Jackson reportedly skipped 

exit meeting with Philadelphia Eagles...

and your point is??????

There is something sooo sad in  DeSean eyes. I'm sorry that the Eagles

 did this to you DeSean. Turn it around and show them that you are better than that!!

           I was talking with a male friend of mine about the recent situation where the Eagles football organization “released” DeSean Jackson. Now it is truly amazing to me that beyond the locker room, decisions were made to tarnish the name of DeSean Jackson. Their feeble and gutless attempt to associate DeSean with gang activity…notice I added the word activity, was nothing more than an attempt to hide the truth! Whether DeSean has an association or friendship with alleged gang members or not, does not make DeSean a criminal, a bad person or a person with no morals or principles. It merely indicates that he is a 27 year old male who may not be making the best of decisions. The news continued to print innuendos that an apparent association with two alleged Crips gang members involved more than just that.

Here is what DeSean had to say upon his release from the Eagles:

“First I would like to thank the Eagles organization, the Eagles fans and the city of Philadelphia for my time in Philly. I would also like to thank Coach Andy Reid for bringing me in. Secondly, I would like to address the misleading and unfounded reports that my release has anything to do with any affiliation that has been speculated surrounding the company I keep off of the field. I would like to make it very clear that I am not and never have been part of any gang. I am not a gang member and to speculate and assume that I am involved in such activity off the field is reckless and irresponsible. I work very hard on and off the field and I am a good person with good values. I am proud of the accomplishments that I have made both on and off the field. I have worked tirelessly to give back to my community and have a positive impact on those in need. It is unfortunate that I now have to defend myself and my intentions. These reports are irresponsible and just not true. I look forward to working hard for my new team. God Bless”.

It became apparent rather quickly that the Eagles lame attempt to taint DeSean’s name and reputation was going absolutely nowhere. As a matter of fact, I am guessing that their attempt may have even bordered a slanderous law suit of some kind.

           We are into April and reports seem to now solely focus on DeSean’s irresponsibility regarding his work ethic. DeSean spoke to reporters and thanked the Eagles organization, the Philly fans for his time here in Philadelphia…the front office of the Eagles was damn lucky to get that much!! But OHHH no wHITE PRIVILEGE reared its ugly head once again!! 

Now...

...the newest focus as reported by the online Sports Illustrated Dibbles, is the fact that the Eagles were pissed off with Jackson because  he was the “only longtime member of the Eagles organization who departed this off -season without a well-wishing from team chairman Jeffrey Lurie in a press release”. Ohhhh my, what an awful crime!! How dare you DeSean not kiss his wealthy white perivillaged butt, what were you thinking...yeah right!! Well I am sorry, why would anyone want to say goodbye and get a "well-wishing" in front of the whole world with the chairmen of an organization which tried to destroy DeSean's reputation with the use of stereotypical, visual racial labels to boot???? If the front office was that concerned with alleged gang affiliation then they should have done something about it way before this!

Jefferey Lurie, you white privileged, pompous, arrogant, wealthy narcissist... are you serious, have you smoked too much Glaucoma medicine or maybe drank too much vodka Jeff??? Who the hell do you think you are to expect more than a "thank you" in a press release from a man who you tried to destroy his stardom, his reputation, credibility, manhood and most importantly his Blackness all for the ALMIGHTY DOLLAR?? As a white person I am so sick of  people like YOU!

To my mind, the entire incident is based on a relatively simple explanation. As fatherly as Andy Reid was, his tenure ended as a coach in Philadelphia a long time ago. Chip Kelly just came on board and a new promise was born based on the team’s ability to turn the tide with consecutive wins which equates to BIG, BIG money. My friend made an awesome point. Now mind you, before the Eagles, Chip Kelly was a College football coach of college age boys. He never had experience in the NFL dealing with wealthy football players who all of a sudden are in the national spotlight and who are also grown ass men!! Moreover, it has been written that “Chip Kelly did not see eye-to-eye with Jackson, and questioned his star's work ethic”. Although I believe this point has merit, I also believe that Jeff did not want to spend the money on DeSean. Fine be a man and say that Jeff!

Back to Chip...First off Chip, let’s get something straight from the door.  DeSean Jackson was not "yours" or anyone elses star…DeSean Jackson is his own star! Secondly, Chip, you need to gain some interpersonal engagement skills in order to know how to effectively deal with men, men who are not use to being treated like boys but men who maybe having a difficult time in life and men who may not know or understand who you are.  Also, look at the players and the lens in which they view the world. Take a look at DeSean’s family losses, including an important male role model and how that loss impacted him during his younger years and maybe, just maybe,  Chip, the light bulb will go off in that head of yours.  Well guess what guys, I am going to use my white privilege and try to get this viewpoint on the books!! (Continued below)

LeSean McCoy offered something DeSean Jackson hasn't received since  the Philadelphia Eagles released him...public support  from an ex-teammate!!!

Are you trying to set DeSean up for failure by publically discrediting him so all of you in the Eagles organization can say "See DeSean isn't the person he proclaims to be...we did do the right thing by releasing him from the Eagles organization" The saddest aspect involving this entire situation is the fact that in a national spotlight Jeffrey baby, you and Chip humiliated DeSean and solely because of your inability to lead your organization and workforce in an ethical manner. 

I cannot wait to see what happens in the 2014 season!

It is times like this that I wish my job was driving the Karma Bus!!!