irreversible

i say this with love in my heart - seriously - when i wonder out loud how white people view this zimbabwe issue. most white people i talk to about it immediately get morally righteous ... and they turn their noses down at mugabe and call him a monster ... he might indeed be a monster ... but as far as the land goes ... it didn't really belong to the white people ... not only that white people didn't turn their noses down when their ancestors stole it from afrikans and then passed it on to them ... uh my point is not about tit for tat. i am also not defending mugabe. i think mugabe did it for self-serving purposes and not for the common good of zimbabwe's people ... however, do i feel that white people have any moral ground to stand on when they act disappointed that their land got RE-stolen from them ... nah not one inch. sorry white folks. i guess your land can get stoled too. and here i am learning to love you despite the fact that you stole it from us. thereby teaching us how to steal it ... ah i won't continue. i just forgive white people for stealing and i forgive mugabe for stealing it back. and i pray a serious, afrikan leader gets raised up from the dust of zimbabwe who has also forgiven white people and mugabe. cuz if he aint then there will be more chaos and strife and death and decay ... but unlike court orders hate is not irreversible. hearts change ... we can transcend the hate and learn to love. all of us.

African leaders from right, South African President, Thabo Mbeki, Jakaya Kikwete, From Tanzania, Morgan Tsvangirai, new Prime Minster of Zimbabwe, King Mswati of Swaziland, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean President and Arthur Mutambara, new deputy prime minster of Zimbabwe at the signing of the power sharing deal ceremony in Harare Monday, Sept, 15, 2008. The signers pledged to make the deal work even as violence among rival supporters outside demonstrated the continuing bitterness and monumental challenges ahead. The deal describes the seizure of the farms as irreversible and say Britain should compensate those whose land was taken. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi) You can read the entire article here.

on vacation ... top 7

yep, i was on one. i was too busy relaxing to blog.

and i should have wrote this BEFORE i went on vacation but it's just my style to be prepared after the event. ask my mama ...

sooooo while i was away you shoulda read the OLD, OLD shit ... na mean? here's my top 7 blogs in no particular order:

1. the kingdom -- about how to forgive folks for genocide

2. self-reflexive racism or vomit in your mouth -- the most profound shit i ever had to say about racism (in my humble one-person opinion)

3. your breath smells like love -- i tell things bout myself others might consider embarassing, i connect the dots, and i'm honest with you and myself

4. tastes great/less filling: we could all be wright -- some of my thoughts on the rev wright/obama debacle (it will resurface in november or early october)

5. pump the brakes on the auto-assumption -- oooh VIDEO blog for those of you with short reading spans, i love this white pastor who is almost rev wright's best friend; he GIVES it to FIX news

6. pigs part two -- this a young brother who is doing something to make the world a better place ... no more whining about dirty cops ... wash ya mouth out with soap

7. will afrika unite -- pan africanism ... figure it out ...

yawn. i'm tired. need another vacation.

UPDATE: i went on another mini-vacation - i forgot it was july 4th weekend. you know even though we aint free black folks love to celebrate july 4th at a cookout or SOMEthing. so i did.