KNOWING IS GROWING

IT  was my Junior year, WE were sitting around a very long rectangular table in NC A and T St Un 's Student Union, entering the final stages of "induction"  Of Alpha Kappa Mu (or something that sounded like that).  This was a prestigious "Black" honor society, I was told. Or at least that is what I believed.

After much long winded banter among the "hosts", celebrities in their own mind, after completing long forms , the President of said prestigious organization , explained our ability to answer his "Question",  was critical to our final act of pledging.

His question; "If you were a slave, what kind of slave would you be?".  The "question" circled around the table and sure enough some "pledge", some super scholar, someone  that never earned less than a B+,  in any subject, beamed with pride describing their "slave job".

Some were coachmen, cooks, upstairs maids, etc. When they finally got to me I simply said; "I would be a RUN AWAY SLAVE!"

You shall not believe the reaction. One said, "That's NOT what he meant."  another : "Well, I didn't think about it that way."

I was horrified! Fellow black men turned on me!  Wo/men too. Called me a smart ass!

Smart ass is right! Thank You LORD! I hate racists! I hate RACISM!  I hate any and every muthafucker that dares to tell me how to think, what to accept or how to live my life.

Sure, I had a tragic life.So! Them muthafuckers are DEAD! I AM TRYING TO WARN THIS WORLD ABOUT CLOSET DEMONS JUST LIKE THEM!

I am not less than. Sure, I have less money. I've never had much money. Never. Cool. It shall never rule me. My GOD  is still  awesome!

While some evil people did some very evil things to me, I was made better .

BEAMING! PRESSING ON....

PIMPING...CRIP WALKING FOR OUR JESUS!