I don't think the reason Eglee fired @TheOrlandoJones from his brilliant portrayal of Mr Nancy was because he portrayed an angry black man:
It was because he could elucidate the origin of that rage with such clarity and cadence that it would grab hold of people 'like' himself.
It was because he could elucidate the origin of that rage with such clarity and cadence that it would grab hold of people 'like' himself.
The people like himself - who have sat by in complacency for the past 40 years as the industrialization of human trafficking grew and grew under the guise of "keeping us safe" from criminal pot smokers and refugees...
The people who don't give a shit, so long as they get theirs.
The people who don't give a shit, so long as they get theirs.
Because the children of those people, taught in school that caste-based systems, predetermination of fate by class was the problem of the Other countries, not the grand old United States of America - we're realizing that has become little more than an origin myth...
But when that realization finally hits people "like" him - the reason their adult children AND parents have been forced to move back in with them is because of their own complacency and permissiveness...
When people 'like' him realize that it's all part and parcel of the use of psychosocial control - the cycle of comfort and instant gratification driving entitlement?
People _like_ him know: they're fucked.
And they're scared enough to fire anyone who eloquently speaks truth.
People _like_ him know: they're fucked.
And they're scared enough to fire anyone who eloquently speaks truth.
We need more anger in television.
More rage.
But not from amongst the legions of artificially coloured old men that those in power seek to deify.
From amongst those who have real reason to express righteous anger, not fake outrage.
More rage.
But not from amongst the legions of artificially coloured old men that those in power seek to deify.
From amongst those who have real reason to express righteous anger, not fake outrage.
From those who are legitimately entitled to express their truth - without being cast as "emotional" or "uppity" or using other pejorative terms mashed up with descriptors of whatever federally protected classes they were born into.
But we also need to have that rage expressed in universal terms - terms that apply to the full spectrum of the human condition.
The treatment of one is the eventual treatment of all.
The treatment of one is the eventual treatment of all.
And that's what this piece does so brilliantly.
The markers of oppression are physical - they are varied in the hue along the spectrum, they are all marked by the melanin in their skin.
But we ALL have melanin in our skin.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11936268
The markers of oppression are physical - they are varied in the hue along the spectrum, they are all marked by the melanin in their skin.
But we ALL have melanin in our skin.
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11936268
To those who view humans as little more commodities, there will always be markers of Otherness that can be used to isolate + dehumanize, to justify their subjugation of your humanity for profit.
You are the product.
We all have melanin in our skin.
It's just a matter of time.
You are the product.
We all have melanin in our skin.
It's just a matter of time.
