Civil Rights – Melanoid Nation Foundation

The Ongoing Rahowa and Living as Prisoners of War

tburton — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 08:05:10 +0000

Written by Tiffany Tubman

August 20, 2017

I dedicate this article to the legend Richard Claxton “Dick” Gregory comedian, civil rights activist, presidential candidate 1968 (Nixon won), author, nutritionist and father to us all. From the inception of civil rights until yesterday.

Sunrise: October 12, 1932

Sunset: August 19, 2017

Those of us remaining on this earth are living during a race war, the Rahowa. All Melanoid people are a part of this war, whether we want to be or not. Your melanin places you in this war and all persons with melanin are victims or this war. Melanoid people are prisoners of war.

The online dictionary defines a prisoner of war (POW) as a person who is captured and held by an enemy during war, especially a member of armed forces. Let us be clear, the dictionary does not limit this term to armed forces member. Any person can be a POW. Another name for POW is prisoner of war.

Because Melanoid people are held captive in this war that we cannot escape, by definition, we are POWs of America.

POW definition as described by Wikipedia: Belligerents hold prisoners of war in custody for a range of legitimate and illegitimate reasons, such as isolating them from enemy combatants still in the field (releasing and repatriating them in an orderly manner after hostilities), demonstrating military victory, punishing them, prosecuting them for war crimes, exploiting them for their labor, recruiting or even conscripting them as their own combatants, collecting military and political intelligence from them, or indoctrinating them in new political or religious beliefs.

The Code of Conduct also requires service members to resist giving information to the enemy (beyond identifying themselves, that is, “name, rank, serial number”), receiving special favors or parole, or otherwise providing their enemy captors aid and comfort. For this reason, cooning violates the code of conduct.

Many Melanoid people, consciously or subconsciously, understand that we are POW because we do not have freedom. Freedom is defined in the online dictionary as the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint. The state of not being imprisoned or enslaved.

Simply put, freedom is living without fear. As Melanoid people in America, our group experiences realistic fears on daily basis. We fear becoming a hashtag do to race soldiers or their deputized agents, we fear our children and elderly could be beaten or attacked at any times, we deal with church shootings in our places of worship, and the fear of losing our jobs if we act “too black” or expect racial equality in the workplace. Speaking out or resisting the system of white supremacy in America makes a Melanoid person a target and you could lose your life, your livelihood, or both.

If we look at the historical context of this belief, history easily explains this perspective. This is the US leading up to civil rights under the Jim Crow era.

As you can see above, into the 1940s America had no concept of how to deal with the freed Blacks in America. With slavery abolished, there was much concern over the future of these captive people that were not recognized as equal to a white person.

The Euro-centric interpretation of history would have you to believe that Black people got fed up in 1954 and the civil rights movement began. The challenge is to think critically and go beyond that narrative provided. Black folks were always tired and always resisting. America had to design a new form of psychological control.

Then in 1949, 196 state parties from around the world came together (Post WW2) at the Third Geneva Convention to develop treaties relative to the treatment of prisoners of war. The treaties defined humanitarian protections for prisoners of war.

The articles of the treaty described religious, intellectual, and physical activities, discipline, limiting financial resources (controlling their economy), and the allowance of a power structure among POWs that establishes rank and integration with the captors.

After this guidance, had been set, America was ready to end segregation and introduce a new formation to maintain the system of white supremacy. Although many whites opposed, the political majority decided it would be the best way to handle these freed Africans and continue their captivity and oppression with the least resistance from the group as possible.

Civil rights begin in 1954:

By the time The Civil Rights movement lost force, everybody had rights and Affirmative Action protections.

We must develop the prisoner of war mentality. We are beaten and murdered with impunity. Fortunately, there are some methods to bolster your mental strength which are proven to work in everyday life and which will also help a POW:

A positive outlook on your future will make you more resistant to psychological stress. Never give up hope!

Autosuggestion: Tell yourself that you’re strong and that you are a survivor. The human psyche is surprisingly susceptible to pep talk, even when it comes from yourself. I always called this method “Lying to myself.” It works miracles in all kind of situations.

Accept what you can’t change and live for the day: You must survive your captivity one day after the other, so don’t worry about tomorrow but be prepared. Keep at least a month food supply of non-perishable food and bottled water. Be armed and ready to protect yourself and your family by any means necessary.

There has been a sudden shift in focus from systematic racial injustice to removing statues. The focus should be on punishing white supremacists who harm Black people, but it is being ignored. The dominant society has used the recent domestic terrorism events in Charlottesville, to make symbolic changes and not systematic changes that would lead to a system of justice. There is a blatant refusal to disrupt the system of white supremacy that governs us.

However, if Melanoid people push equal rights or Black rights, we are labeled as a hate group. Recently the Southern Poverty Law Center (a white run organization claiming to fight racism) has identified a new category of hate called a black separatist including a black bookstore. Black empowerment in America is a war crime/hate crime.

The messages we communicate should be clear, concise, and consistent. We must be repeating to every person interested in how to help or how to make the racial conditions better in the United States the following:

We must replace the system of white supremacy with a system of justice.
We demand honest, critical thinking, and objective perspectives based on fact.
We demand reparations. That is the only way to have true justice and repair this country build by our Ancestors with no benefit. White people passed down property and wealth to their children that we generated and Blacks have passed down debt.

Tiffany Tubman

Twitter: @montswife16

Email: tubmanfights@gmail.com

McComb, Mississippi Was The “Bomb Capital of the World” In 1964

Melanoid Nation — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 19:02:56 +0000

Towards the end of freedom summer 1964, three civil rights workers were dug up from an earthen dam at depth from 14 feet on August 4, 1964 in Neshoba County, Mississippi. Their names were James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman. At the same time, many Black communities, across the state were experiencing the wrath of hatred from white racists who induced terrorism to maintain racial apartheid in Mississippi.

McComb, MS is a small town located about 80 miles outside of Jackson, MS, the state’s capital. McComb, Mississippi was deemed the “Bomb Capital of the world in 1964.” From June through September of 1964, the Black community experienced over a dozen bombings and a numerous number of violent acts during that summer. Any Blacks that were involved with the civil rights movement, voter registration, or providing any assistance to the movement were targeted. White business owners used economic punishment against Blacks who worked for them. The COFO (Council of Federated Organizations) headquarters on 702 Wall St. was bombed on July 8th. Two teenage Black students at a freedom school–who had been receiving harassing phone calls were arrested for using profanity over the phone–tried without counsel and sentenced one year each to jail under the “Mississippi Phone Harassment Law “.

Black churches were burned down in the area, and the sounds of explosions were so frequent that McComb residents couldn’t sleep, and most Blacks didn’t go to sleep until early morning hours. Local authorities and the federal government provided no protection from the violence. In most cases, local law were involved with the terror. They normally showed up after the bombings to intimidate victims and remove any evidence from the explosion site.

The bombing of Mrs. Aleyne Quinn’s home sparked a Black uprising in McComb on September 20, 1964. Being that this was after the 13^th bombing, Blacks were fed up at this point. They had accepted the fact that there wouldn’t be any protection for exercising their constitutional rights from local and federal authorities. Mrs. Quinn, also known as “Mama Quinn“, was a freedom fighter, entrepreneur, and a respected figure in the community. Fourteen sticks of dynamite exploded, just beneath of where her two young children slept. Luckily, there were only minor injuries. The local authorities arrested Mrs. Quinn for blowing up her own home. Another church was bombed the same night, marking the fourteenth bombing.

Blacks took to the streets with rage, moltov cocktails, rifles, and shotguns. Police cars were burned. State police were dispatched to the area. White citizens were shot at by snipers. The local white community was met with extreme resistance. A small riot ensued. Although there were causalities on both sides, whites feared for their life and retreated. Realizing that this had boiled over, the local authorities reached out to the federal government for assistance. Mike Wallace, an American journalist, broadcasted on the air that there was a “Negro riot” in McComb ,Mississippi. Two days later, Mrs. Quinn and three other freedom fighters traveled to the nation’s capital , and met with President Lyndon B. Johnson. The next week, three white men were brought up on charges for carrying out some of the racial bombings.

When we think of bombings, we think of instances like the bombing that occurred at the 2013 Boston Marathon, and how horrific that was. Imagine the pain these residents endured during that summer of 1964.

Below is information pulled from Historical Manuscripts. This is witness account from Freedom Fighters, who were working in McComb that summer. This is a written note from Sept 20, 1964.

Society Hill Baptist Church, bombed on 9/20/64.

The first bomb comes at 10:50. Most of the Negros of McComb are in bed, but only some are sleeping.These days, most Adult Negroes in McComb don’t fall asleep until the wee hours of the morning. Then the blast–that sickening, anguishing sound that has been heard twelve previous times over the last three months–that sound that Negros in McComb have come to know so well. Everyone in McComb hears the sound of the blast. McComb is a small town and very very quiet. At night, the sound of the blast can be heard for miles. And so tonight, the blast is heard for the 13^th and shortly later for the 14^th time . Tonight, the sound is even more anguishing. The pain grows worse with each bombing. Every negro in McComb instantly knows what that sound means…And then the moments of torment—who’s house, who is dead ? Its not mine. Then who? My neighbor? My friend –my mother ,my brother, my son, or maybe COFO again. Who? And one’s stomach aches with pain, and the pain seeps up into the chest and the head, and comes out of every paw. Who? Is someone dead? The fear and the suspense grows . The anguish becomes unbearable. People grab whatever clothing they can find and run out into the streets.

by Reginald Mazique

New Trend Among Melanoid Men Sparks Debate

Melanoid Nation — Sun, 16 Aug 2015 16:56:01 +0000

Sometimes, clarity is needed to discern whether something is good, or not as good as we may perceive it to be.

There has been a recent trend in Black Society which sees a segment of Melanoid men opt to wear suits almost everywhere they go. The reason why, you ask? Allegedly, the Brothers are doing so in response to the recent occurrences of Melanoid people being murdered by white supremacist race soldiers. In an article from Mashable, several Melanoid gentlemen were featured, explaining their need to be dressed well at all times:

“If they dress up, they showed how grateful and sacred they saw freedom as, therefore showing white people that they could be recognized as humans”, says Calvin Warren, an assistant professor of American Studies at George Washington University. Mr. Warren, who also happens to be a Melanoid man, recently spoke to a class he taught, titled “Representing Black Men”. Several of the Melanoid students asked Mr. Warren what could be done to prevent racial profiling by race soldiers, and Warren’s reply was an interesting one:

“Clothing choices are life or death choices.”

Although the aforementioned statement may appear to be simple to many, Mr. Warren articulated a certain perception that has been shared in Black Society that is quite complex. For years, it has been stated that Melanoid people–particularly the men of Black Society–need to veer away from the fashion choices that many believe Melanoid men make. Those choices include the more laid-back clothing combos of jeans, t-shirts, hoodies (in cooler temperatures), with sneakers.

What should be emphasized, is the unfortunate fact that many of the Melanoid men (and in many cases Melanoid women as well) who were lynched, beaten, and harassed by law enforcement were well-dressed individuals whose “presentable” image was totally disregarded by their assailants. Check out the following images which show that the Melanoid victims were actually very presentable in their appearance.

Lawrence Otis Graham, a member of Black Society who is a well-known attorney and bestselling author, seemed to echo the sentiments expressed in the Mashable article. Last year, Mr. Graham was featured in an ABC News report. In the interview from the report, Graham explained why his sons aren’t allowed to wear dark clothing, hoodies, or shirts with labels of any sort. You can see the interview in the video below.

Another prime example of how this issue is highly questionable would be none other than Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King was arrested, harassed by law enforcement, and eventually assassinated because of his position as a prominent leader in Black Society. In a nutshell, he was deemed a serious threat by those in the dominant society. That being stated, we’d be hard pressed to find pictures of people like Patrice Lumumba, Dr. King, Malcolm X, and many other Melanoid martyrs wearing “threatening” looking clothing, because we’ve mostly seen them in suits and ties. The oppressive and system of white supremacy disregards what style of clothing Melanoid people choose to wear, because its murderous agenda is anti-Black to its core…whether we decide to wear Timberlands OR Tom Ford.

B. Clark

So Much For Black Symbolism…

Melanoid Nation — Wed, 12 Aug 2015 20:38:57 +0000

The strong move silent, and the weak cause riots.

You’ve heard the old saying above, right? Of course, this isn’t indicative of ALL members of Black Society, because the occasional uprising is merely the voice of the unheard and downtrodden Melanoid people who seek outlets to vent their pent up frustrations with the injustices served by systematic white supremacy. What’s disappointing, however, are the Melanoid people who choose to participate in movements with ulterior objectives such as the Black Lives Matter movement, and “Hands up, don’t shoot”.

Over the course of our colorful history, symbolism HAS been used, yet it was used strategically. One prime example of this was when the Honorable Marcus Garvey’s UNIA opted to design a flag that would serve as a biting rebuttal to the dehumanizing song released in 1900, titled: Every Race Has A Flag But The Coon. On another occasion, Montgomery, Alabama’s bus boycotts in the mid 1950’s (in response to the Rosa Parks arrest) were a symbolic, yet action-based gesture that eventually crippled the local economy in the state’s capital city.

In 2015, many (not all) of our movements have been reduced to the level of empty promises and hot air-powered rhetoric. In spite of this, there is no one particular group in Black Society to blame, because this issue isn’t limited to just one group. For future reference, let us as Melanoid people be mindful about co-signing movements that may appear to be Black on paper, yet anti-Black in its truest essence. Movements with catchy slogans come and go, yet codes of conduct have true staying power.

Saluting Two Black Heroes: John Carlos & Tommie Smith

Melanoid Nation — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 08:16:44 +0000

This week, two Black heroes were born.

John Carlos and Tommie Smith, the Melanoid Track & Field athletes who dominated the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, were both born on this week, with Mr. Carlos being born on June 5, and Mr. Smith’s birthday taking place the following day. However, their connection was much deeper than their birthday weeks, or even the university they both attended (San Jose State University). They were both immortalized for the powerful statement they made by raising the Black Power fist as a defiant and empowering gesture in the face of White supremacy that occurred in the United States during the tumultuous decade of the 1960s.

Mr. Carlos and Mr. Smith were pioneers in that they were athletes who took such a stance, which has become a foreign concept in today’s sporting world. Check out this short documentary that shows John Carlos and Tommie Smith in a more in-depth light. This is an excellent viewing source for many of our Melanoid youth who may not be familiar with the two historical figures.

by B. Clark

Federal Investigation Finds ‘No Evidence’ That Lynching of Otis Byrd Was a Homicide

Melanoid Nation — Fri, 29 May 2015 23:23:33 +0000

In March, we here at Melanoid Nation ran a story that was a reminder that Jim Crow has returned to the United States.

Otis Byrd, the 54-year-old Melanoid man who was found hanging from a tree–quite likely from lynching–was denied of posthumous justice. The incident, which occurred in Claiborne County Mississippi, sparked much concern, and was the center of national news outlets.

Fast forward to today, and it has been ruled by the Department of Justice that there appears to be a lack of evidence needed to proceed with criminal civil rights charges in the death of Mr. Byrd.

Check out the story here for the rundown.

by B. Clark