You Don’t Want to Hear me, but My Voice Will be Heard
By Tracy Gibson
I know. I know. You really don’t want to hear what I
have to say and you wish I would shut up, stand in the back of the room, or in
the corner someplace, or crawl under a rock. Well, I’m here speaking for
God, fairness, decency, freedom, self-LOVe among Black People, and
righteousness and I have a lot to say. My voice will not be quieted, like
Martin’s voice, Angela’s voice, Malcolm’s voice, Barbara Jordan’s voice, Huey
P. Newton’s voice, and Medgar Evers’ voices were not quieted. I am before
you today to talk about Gay rights / / HIV and decency as well as
everybody else acting more decently, including those who are vilifying the
Black Gay and Lesbian community. (By the Way I include transgendered Black
People and Black Bisexuals, Black queers and Black straight people who LOVe,
support and appreciate us as ``different’’ people in this bailiwick as well.)
Black Gay Activists must Get an Even Break
I get tired of people who are Gay and Lesbian – but
especially Gay men of all colors -- like most specifically some Black Gay
men -- – talking about Gay rights and what they don’t get and How they
are discriminated against when they go to Black Gay Pride in Atlanta and then
they act like a bunch of wild hooligans even after getting Gay Marriage and
other rights. One thing I must add is that we don’t just get such rights
delivered to us for free. We pay a dear price for them in labor, money and
effort. Some people pay with their lives. Some of these people are not even
really involved in Gay rights activities, but are a target because of
circumstance and fate. It doesn’t seem fair to me.
We need to stop taking advantage of rights and then
stepping on the people who fought for those rights. Why do some Gay Black men
abuse and disrespect those rights and the People who fought for them?
Many of us Ole Time Black Activists need and have earned respect and a lot
more. Our Black Gay men especially – not all of us, but many of us – work hard
at living decent lives and we try to buy something more than a designer pair of
sneakers from a White sneaker company or White distributors of sneakers when we
shop. We support Black stores, and Black shops and Black restaurants and
we expect respect and decency to come back to us triple fold. Often we also
expect the many Blessings of GOD and GOD’s wealth to come to us automatically,
but we have to pay some dues.
One thing is funny and it is something I have just recently
come to start thinking about. That is the idea that our young Black men are due
something without paying any so-called dues. Just by bringing our international
family into another generation, perhaps our African Ancient ancestors have said
``These Brothers are due something, so please make it happen.’’ I’m talking
about our younger Black males, both straight and gay or bisexual. (Some
People think one’s sexuality is a private matter. I agree to an extent, but I
also want you to hang in here with me and discover why I’m taking the time to
write this.) Some Gay Black men have sex (not that it is any of my business)
with three different People a week and think this is OK. Some straight Black
men are doing the same thing and have a cavalier attitude about sex and
sexuality. I think the time for this is past and GOD isn’t pleased with such
behavior. Not to sound conservative, but it is also a matter of germs and
keeping well and having more honor among our African people. Now I had so
``sow my own wild oats’’ as they say, so I know this sex thing is a
scary, secretive and sensitive subject, but just go with me on this
journey if you will for a while.
Whooping It Up in Atlanta
The Black young People (and ashamedly older Black
People as well), the young Black People travel to Atlanta, Georgia just to take
part in the free and open sex that is going on during Black Gay Pride in
September. (Some of the stories are still ringing and burning ears
throughout our Black community from this past September). The next time you go,
try learning something and grow as a person instead of just partying. You might
like it. During Free-Sex-Black-Gay-Pride week, they are seen almost
literally swinging off the rafters, switching down the halls of White-owned
hotels, ``doing’’ whatever with whoever and thinking this is OK.
Swimming naked when it was not allowed and not taking prisoners or asking
questions. At 63, for me, this is NOT OK. This new drug (PREP) is just
allowing this kind of behavior to happen with no holds barred. Does anyone know
where PREP comes from? Who is making the money from this legal medicine? And
what are the political connections this drug manufacturer has to other big
White-run businesses? I am glad People aren’t getting sick as much or as
seriously as they once were. (Believe me I lost more than my share of good
friends to HIV over the years. Some really great friends and really great
people have passed away. I don’t think they needed to die. I think HIV was
created to cut back on so-called oppressed communities and destroy Black
communities as gentrification takes hold. This is just a theory and I know how
paranoid and horrific it sounds. Please remember we live among people whose
ancestors ( some of them) were slave holders, and who right now don’t want to
consider REPARATIONS for Black people for the horrific suffering we have
suffered over about 400 years here in the United States.).
People of all ages, races, sexual persuasions,
nationalities and economic levels need to learn some decorum, decency, respect
and kindness towards each other—and towards themselves… We must try
monogamous relationships on for size and take our time with each other more.
Slow down a bit. Get excited about something other than sex. Try to be intimate
with one person for a while. Really intimate, while understanding what true
intimacy really is. Read a book with your mate. Take a bath together and talk.
Go for a long walk. Go see a foreign movie. Go to an exotic, quant museum ( not
just the ones who advertise). . Go see the Liberty Bell. Go to the Franklyn
Institute. Go to the African or African American Museum in D.C. or the one here
in Philadelphia. Try couple’s counseling when things get rocky instead of
giving up. Talk to your Pastor with pride and honesty. Go to a Black and Gay
friendly church that is serious about Self-Growth, Self-Help and moving
positively into the future. (I have found Unity Fellowship Christ Church of
Philadelphia to be such a friendly and positive church for all people, not just
Gay people. There are some 18 such affiliated churches in the * United States
of Native America). I rarely visit other churches except for outreach. I
have made Unity Fellowship Christ Church of Philadelphia my home church.
Treating people like animals is un-GODly, and unholy. (Why not try calling your
best friends something other than ``DOG’’ for a change. This doesn’t only go
for Black Gay men, but for the host of ranges of people and behaviors on this
planet -- this still-alive little planet earth we hear so much about but,
strangely, refuse to spend the money it takes to hold it together and protect
its resources and the environment. ( I have a very limited income right now –
which is improving as I speak – but I still have money to give to all kinds of
groups working to make the planet and its people better, including my own
company.
Sex addicted free-for-all folks – straight and Gay --
(Believe me I know about it because I put myself through years of therapy at a
significant cost and am a recovering sex addict myself) these sex addicted
people haven’t $5,000.00 [ Five Thousand Dollars ], to share with people who are
Black Gay activists? I find this preposterous and unacceptable. Having a
decent life and wanting to better this Black Gay community from the inside out
and all the Way through is a great goal, and it is only one of the goals I have
as a Black person.
A Need for Church and Positive Cultural Experiences
Not only will they [Our Sex-focused Brothers] not stop
hanging from the Rafters with no jock straps on long enough to give decent
folks [$ Five Hundred Dollars], ; they won’t go to church; they won’t go
to Mosque; they won’t go to Synagogue, and they won’t even think about more
refined things in life like going to the Opera or a refined play; enjoying fine
dining at a nice upscale restaurant like Relish or Miss Tootsie’s in
Philadelphia; listening to Classical European Music like Fyodor Mikhailovich
Dostoyevsky, Beethoven or Pyotr IlyichTchaikovsky; looking
seriously at an incredibly beautiful and politically worthy painting by Sister
Claudia Aziza Gibson Hunter, Tanner or Rembrandt; buying into the stock
markets / and bond markets; listening to Classic jazz like Miles Davis, Ella
Fitzgerald, Billy Holiday, Lonnie Liston Smith or (Black Flutist Bobbi
Humphrey). ( We ALL, as sophisticated, well-raised Black people, we must
all do these things and more! If you were raised poor, this does not
leave you out in the cold this winter or any other winter!). Some Black
Gay men – and believe me I know because I’m a Black Gay man – some of us would
not stop from having sex long enough to think that they deserve to attend Black
hotels in Atlanta (and other cities) and treat those hotels and their
employees, owners, fellow customers, and managers with respect, decency,
kindness and dignity. We MUST also treat ourselves like this as well!
They don’t understand that they need to live GODly lives, even if they are
homosexuals or heterosexuals with a penchant for living outside the so-called
norm. Some people think living a so-called normal life leaves people who
live different lives in any way out in the cold. I am sorry, I don’t
agree. Just because you are left-handed, or have a severe burn, or are
unable to speak foreign languages – this doesn’t mean you are a problem or
strange. ( Please read my article entitled ``What’s so Queer about Being GAY?’’
Africa
Town = Stability
Acting decently is easier to establish if and when a
community, like the Black community here in Philadelphia, is irrevocably linked
to and part of an unstoppable, positive Black economic movement. The economic
movement in Philadelphia to make Africa Town from Baltimore
Avenue to Lancaster Avenue on 52nd Street; (Fifty Second Street) is a
worthwhile movement and one that I work towards and endorse. There is China
Town for Philadelphia’s mostly Asian community; The Italian
Market for Philadelphia’s mostly Italian community and the Down Town
area is somewhat dominated by White Males as far as business goes. ( YOU
actually have to do some research on this because I’m only going by what I
perceive. I asked for some research study material at the Free Library, but
they didn’t have what I wanted as I researched BLACK business ownership
statistics here in Philadelphia. ) This European domination needs to change
drastically throughout this entire Nation by including Africa Towns in the
equation in EVERY CITY IN THE NATION!. This is a Nation, as it were,
which I call the United States of Native America. ( or Turtle Island)
It is time—Past Time, it is Right Now, for Africa Town. It is time
for decency, fairness and equality. Demand Africa Town! Call
your politicians. Write letters. Call me and I’ll help you. 1
(215) 823 9985. BrotherTracy11@GMail.Com.
Regardless of Color, We Need to Be Decent
No matter what our sexual proclivities are or who we
go to bed with, we as humans – regardless if we are Black, red, yellow, brown,
tan, orange or White – no matter what we are we need to take into consideration
that we need to build lives of decency, good will, respect, an orientation
towards justice, freedom, inclusiveness and fair play, openness, acceptance of
our fellow humans and Godliness. I, frankly, don’t think or feel all this
decency emanates only from the Holy Bible. [Go ahead and burn me in effigy if
you like, but I’m not a Devil worshiper or a demon or a gargoyle. Those things
are conjured up to scare your pants off and stop you from thinking clearly.
Please read my other article on my blog at
http://ThePoliticsOfREAL.BLOGSPOT.com look
up the article about Devils, Gargoyles, Demons, and Monsters & how these
things are used to create fear when we need courage. ]. One is not barred from
decent behavior just because one is Gay, bisexual, lesbian or
transgendered. This is (the rights involved in being different in this
regard) this is a reward -- a reward that comes along with being accepted as
humans who want to marry – if we so choose - and it is part of the unspoken
equation that comes along with marriage rights or commitment rights and the
other rights Gay, Lesbian, Straight and Transgendered People are getting such
rights to a good-paying job with multiple benefits; not being sexually
identified on our SEPTA trans passes; and having the right to protest,
congregate, own successful businesses, and support Gay and Black owned
businesses if we so wish, choose and want to. Some of these rights have
been long fought for. Some of these rights are just being won while Donald Trump
and His not-so-mighty crew gear up to snatch these rights, right away from us
before the ink has dried on the pages of Congressional law, state law and even
local laws. People like him will fail because GOD is not on his side.
Giving Ourselves a Chance at REAL Justice
Moreover, He (The Donald) will find it quite easy to
snatch these rights away unless we not only vote with our votes, but vote also
and often with our designer Pocket books and Chanel handbags by buying Black
and buying progressive and buying Black and buying Gay. The Donald might
find such things as taking away our rights easy because we are not doing our
homework and fighting back in an organized, decent, timely, consistent,
on-going, intelligent and did I say economically supported and organized
fashion?!!
Investing Wisely & Spending Money [ $ ] Wisely
You buy a Black hotel by owning your own house and buying
income properties and buying stocks and bonds in about 5 years, with reading
books on Real Estate, economics, the economy, handling money correctly and
wisely, and being serious with what you invest in five years you have done the
research and are ready to start and you are on your way. It is a great idea to
buy and sell things along the WAY so you can have a large part of the money you
will need to buy Real Estate and businesses... (You would be surprised how much
you spend on Hoagies and potato chips in a year. Save that money instead! To be
realistic, a hoagie once a month and chips once a month won’t hurt you
much, but when you save and are ready to properly invest, you will be a much
happier person. A wise Black man or a wise Black woman – regardless of
age--is not buying lottery tickets, but investing wisely in the future. Houses,
Stocks, Bonds, investment property, research into businesses, books on Black
Capitalism, books on saving and investing and other such financial literacy
books are a BIG help! Parlaying those houses, stocks and bonds into
enough credit and Capital (along with taking on other Black partners if you
need to or having a good job is what more of us as Black People need to
do.) Getting a good credit rating and being responsible with all
money is a must also. Another idea is to join civic organizations like
Urban League of Philadelphia. (Some people like The Donald are born with a
hotel and $250,000.00 around their neck or in their pocket. You and I,
maybe, are just as lucky. If you do not own hotels, apartment buildings, office
buildings and large to very large businesses by swinging off the Rafters at the
Sheraton Hotel in Center City or acting irresponsibly in other ways when you
travel by White-owned means to Atlanta, Georgia for Black Gay Pride or Gay Fest
Weekend, take other more responsible actions like I have outlined here. Time
for games and play is fine, but in controlled and measured way. We must think
before we spend our $5,00.00 [$ Five Hundred dollars]at any White owned store
or Asian owned store. That money [ $ ] needs to go into BLACK hands so it can
come back to us and our Black community! Are other races helping our liberation
like the ole Geovanni’s Room did in the 1990’s or 1980’s? Or are they playing
games that could even be considered terroristic with our dollars? We have to
think of these things and be frank with our answers and answer by buying at
places that support us. Just buying a service or a product from just
anyone need is not a good enough reason to spend our cash if we don’t want it
to be so. Think before you buy. Yes, feel guilty for buying from a company
like Dixie Cup or Brawny Paper Towels that are owned by the Koch Brothers who
would take away every right a Black person ever had in life if they could. [ By
the WAY they can’t any longer because people like me and hundreds of thousands
of other such people are and have been fighting for economic rights for BLACK
people for generations. Buy another brand. Feel proud for making the
correct decisions.
Are the Wealthy Just Not Thinking of Sustainability and a
Good Future for our Black People and Our Black earth? Why are they threatened
by BLACK Businesses People? They make a Great Deal of Money from Us & We
Have Earned Respect..
Don’t think some of the People who own much of the means of
production (the factories, houses, markets, grocery stores, office buildings,
day-care centers, etc.) don’t think these folks are not silly and out of
control also to some very small degree. [By the Way, there are plenty of Black
day-care centers in most large cities. Find one you trust and use it. Why not
ask your friends? There are new BLACK locater services springing up all the
time that can help us as BLACK people find BLACK businesses to support.] We
don’t have to accept just spending for spending’s sake. We don’t have to
accept crazy behavior among ourselves and just spending freely without
restraints and without at least trying to spend with a Black businessman is not
the correct thing to do in 2020. There I said it. More often than
not, big business owners are NOT completely out of control in the way we might
think they are. As Capitalists they might be out of control, but the veneer of
decency is all over them. Corporate America puts up a good front, but generally
lurking behind the facade is sometimes – but not always – something
funky. (For example, you all know the wonderful wholesome image Disney
Company presents to the world. Well, I have evidence that they have most of
their cheap trinkets – like dolls, little flash lights and key chains -- that
they sell for way too much money at Disney World and Disney Land, I have
evidence that these items are made in Haiti and Disney paid in the distant
past, less than good standing wages to Black workers ). That is the façade I’m
talking about, and yes, it is the bordering on illegal or should be turned
around as back pay is given to BLACK workers and their families
retroactively. We want real decency for our Black People and our
Black elders and our Black Youth—Gay, Straight, Lesbian and Transgendered.
There are always exceptions to every rule. There are People (mostly White) who
own major business chains like McDonalds; Burger King; Hill and Knowlton
[Public Relations]; Macy’s [retail]; Haliburton (defense contractors); British
Petroleum; General Electric etc. who are a bit out of control. They are a bit
out of control in thinking we as Black People, and other so-called oppressed
People are going to continue to not share in a large piece of the pie. (
AND BAKE NEW PIES AS NEEDED ). They must share, but don’t want to share
The wealthy need to think more about sustainability and a reasonable
future where all the earth’s People (GOD’s People can peacefully coexist.
We, as Black People, need to start all kinds of boycotts to make sure the rich
share and that we get our share of the pie. Share. It is easy to
spell. S – h – a – r -e. If our Black politicians are not for
all kinds of organized boycotts and other economic moves to make sure we get
what we need and deserve as Black People, these politicians and activists are
not serious about our liberation as Black People. Some of the
things (related to the development and establishment of Western policy and
taking advantage of that policy) some of the things these White corporations do
in this regard seem to be uncaring and they will be exposed soon as People no
longer shop at their stores and shops. And that comes very soon… very
soon….
The 2020 Elections
I have been confused at who to vote for in the 2020 primary
in Philadelphia. April 25th is Voting Day in Philadelphia
( LOOK Up and do the research).
I started out supporting Cory Booker, but heard He was a bit
too supportive of European-run established businesses. I actually put Him on my
REPARATIONS board and His name is still there. I then switched to
Elizabeth Warren and voted for her secretly as a write-in candidate in the
Mayoral election here in Philadelphia. I like her background as a consumer’s
advocate, but I wasn’t feeling the start of Her official campaign with beer and
fun. (It harkened back to the beer with the Black History professor that was a
real wash down during the Obama days). Something about Warren seems
unstable to me and I have a lack of trust. Now I’m switching towards Sistah
Kamala Harris because She is a Howard University graduate. Reading Her
book I saw plenty of support for Gay and Lesbian marriage rights, but I didn’t
see enough advocacy for BLACK issues ( This also sounds like OBAMA to me so I’m
concerned.) Harris gets my vote right now, but with reservations. I need to
hear about Black business ownership; Anti-brutality voiced about police abuse;
and leveraging BLACK men especially out of jail with good jobs in the BLACK
communities they return to. I didn’t see a smack of this in her book, so it is
up to the BLACK community to take the appropriate actions to politely remind Ms
Harris that we can’t have another BLACk face and a lack of action for BLACK
People. ( Please know that I supported President Barack Obama in
2008. I was very proud of His victory and worked on His early campaign in
Delaware. I was very pleased with the image of BLACKNESS and His
formulating a great health plan. However, I jumped ship in 2012 when I saw the
bombing of parts of AFRICA by a BLACk president; the retention of a BUSH
left-over at the Defense Department ( who turned out to have the nerve to be
critical of the Obama Administration ) and bogus Europeans,, &
high-faluting European talent at the Treasury Department. I
couldn’t pull the lever and vote for Him a second time with that on my mind. I
hope and Pray the Black community will understand this.).
**
Some Paid-Off Hateful People are Among Those Who Rule
Africa. Thank GOD there are More Good and Gracious Black People in Power all
Over the World Who Want Decency, Peace, Justice and Sharing of Wealth
There is something else related that I have to talk about.
It doesn’t only have to do with Gay and Lesbian Black People at all, much. It
has to do with the People who rule Africa who hate Gay people. (By the Way,
that is not ALL Africans by a long shot). People like some Black Kings
and some Black Queens and some Black leaders, and some Black military people,
and some Black leading government officials, and some Black generals and some
Black wealthy in Africa who want to rid the entire African continent of all
footprints and history of Black Lesbians, Black Gays, Black Bisexuals and Black
Transgendered People—even though such sexually different People are all
throughout Africa – and it’s history. I understand why this is so, but I think
it is inherent upon Black people who are different sexually to prove themselves
worthy of trust, respect, and fellowship by acting properly, not engaging in
too much rowdy behaviors, and being respectful of children, women, the Black
family, the laws in Africa, and what community standards say is good behavior.
I think a Black person can still be sexually different and abide by these
standards mentioned in a good and proper Way as long as the standards are
reasonable and as long as people know what these standards are and are given
reasonable time to abide properly. Such sexually different Black People
are often spiritually powerful, diverse and have often contributed greatly to
African society. They have also contributed greatly to African history, world
society & world history. Also: Black Gay and Black Lesbian leaders do
have a right to ask for decorum among their ranks, but they need to check
themselves out as well. No matter what, traditional Black leadership ( no
matter what their personal lives are like) do not have a right to try to, by
whatever means they might try, they do not have a right to try to undermine any
group or formation of Black People that are only tending to their businesses,
or living reasonable lives within limits. Most Black Gays and Black Lesbians
only want to live in peace and with decency. (There’s that word decency
again). – There’s that news van again.—Smile Mr. President.
Honest Africa LOVers…
There are some fantastic Black People who rule Africa
as well. There are some of the best Black minds who want to see the best for
All Africans all over the world who are in leadership positions in Africa as
well. There are plenty of honest Africans, hard-working Africans, dedicated
Africans, LOVing Africans and loyal Africans. Black Gays and Black lesbians
must enlist with them. Be one with them, regardless of what your personal
intimate habits are. Believe me, I don’t mean to say that every African
King and every African Queen and every African government official and or
African wealthy person, or African tribal leader is on the take, dishonest and hopelessly
out of touch with cultural differences within Black communities
internationally. Hopefully, the on-the-take Brothers and on-the-take Sisters
are a dying bread and fewer and fewer in numbers. But do your due diligence as
Black People and help to make this loyal, educated and dedicated group of us
Black folks expand and grow. Maybe it will grow into an international movement.
Read up on Africa and do some self-imposed homework like trying to remember
some African countries, their major industries, their religious beliefs, their
leaders, their history, and the majority of some of the People’s tribal names
and languages. This will pay off, I tell you, much sooner than you think. You
will feel better as a Black person doing this than you will remembering the
latest music lyrics.
We ALL Must Get to Acting Correctly…
We ALL have to get to acting correctly as Black
people. We really have no choice. It comes along with the whole nugget of
acceptance for us from our World and Our Black World, Our Black African
continent, and the African Diaspora. It is not only us as Black Gay
People. It is all of us. Storming into Africa like a Black Rock Star with 13
women on your arm and hanging from the rafters with free booze, wild sex
parties, illegal drugs, spousal violence, and other mischief is and must be
totally unacceptable in the Black Caribbean and in Black Africa as well.
– OR ANYWHERE ELSE FOR THAT MATTER! - Even if you are as straight as an
arrow—this cannot be tolerated in the New Africa and the New Black
Caribbean. But the microscope is even more fine-tuned and focused on us
if we are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered and Black People as well.
That is not fair, but that is how it is. We can, must and will prove
ourselves in a positive Way and in a positive light.
Don’t Give Europeans an Excuse to Rough Us Up and
Close down Our Beautiful African Continent
Moreover, the African Generals, African leaders,
African Tribal leaders, African Military leaders, African elders, African
wealthy, who are ``homophobic’’ are partly that way because of the hooligan
behavior we Black Lesbians and Black Gays are accused of taking part in.
(Sometimes we are guilty.). We must take a real look at what such lured
behavior does to our Black ancestor’s Spirit world; our Black children; our
African traditions; and our African traditional tribal beliefs. Often such
lured behaviors fly in the face of such African traditions and this is a large
part of why we are getting harassed and even killed on the African continent
when we ``come out.’’ This is partly why I said we need to pull back on some of
the more extravagant aspects of these behaviors and start acting considerably
cooler; more respectful; more kind towards each other and act like decent
humans no matter what city or continent we are on. As Black People, we can do
much better. We can and have been in the past model citizens and models of good
behaviors. By the Way, Black Gays are also, parents, leaders,
accountants, activists, stock brokers, lawyers, doctors, fork-lift operators,
librarians, singers, Rap artists, journalists, teachers, public relations
people, Muslims, Christians, English professors, Jewish People, math
experts, writers, photographers, movie directors, community leaders, political
experts, and Democrats. Some of us are even socialists or Republicans. To
get back on point, why am I Talking about the aforementioned Africans and how
they hate us, even the professionals among us? South Africa has it
written in their Constitution that the rights of Lesbians and Gays are
protected. South Africa is the only place I know of in Africa where this is
true. I am afraid that many of the African leaders I spoke of are on the
payroll of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon, the conservative
Billionaires (like the Koch Brothers), the conservative Black mega churches,
and other money interests who want to and do have very negative views of Black
Gay people. Taking such bribes and money from these interests is hypocritical
and wrong. Such money influences have a disproportionate impact on what
Our Black People and other People think about the Black Gay community. Another
group that has an undue impact on how Black Gay People are vilified in Africa
are the political and military mercenaries—the so-called soldiers of fortune.
These soldiers of fortune operate illegally in Africa and have in the past,
disrupted entire African villages and caused hurt and pain. They are sometimes
paid to do this harm by forces I mentioned earlier. This destabilizes Africa
and African people and there is a lively, vivid, powerful and well-funded
civilian force in the present world and the afterlife that is well trained and
properly honed to rid Africa of such soldiers of fortune. The competing
alternative is to retrain soldiers of fortune to be decent, whole, LOVing and
kind people dedicated to a rich and thriving Africa for all BLACK people and
many more people who want to help Africa and Africans do well. The work centers
on Africans and Africa being of help to itself first by stabilizing itself
economically and ending so many diseases that have been a problem. This is why
I have a campaign going on – through my corporations - to provide clean and
pristine water for Africa. This helps stabilize entire villages by lowering the
levels of diseases and creating comfort instead of problems. Some,
if not most, of these mercenaries, have deep pockets and are well paid and
spread money around to promote hatred, ill will, violence, and inflammatory
views about Black Gay People. The first step in changing this is to expose it
in the media and talk about it in an informed, open-minded, knowledgeable and
critical Way. ( this is one of the main reasons I am writing this article.)
Fairness and Due Process
While we are pulling back on our indecent behavior as
straight Black People and Gay Black People in excess, ( we also need to curb
the influence of these Africans (Who are acting so ruthlessly, hypocritically,
thoughtlessly, and unjustly and are basically traders to their race [those who
take big bribes from the INTELLIGENCE PEOPLE the Pentagon and other arms of the
UNITED STATES military and racist billionaires like the Koch Brothers].
We make sure these folks HAVE to operate with decency, fairness, due process,
and equality. (I need your help in making this happen. See editor’s note and
write me. ) This is why I proposed a set of African Rules ( that are by no
means mandatory) several years ago. (Call me and I’ll e-mail you a copy of
these African Rules) and this is why I am still touting these same rules
today. We have to help our Black community – locally and internationally
– understand that ole tribal influences that have ruled in tribes for several
generations will not and most likely should not die out very soon -- even if
some of their beliefs are so-called ``homophobic’’. Part of the problem
is our being, as Black Gays, being lumped together with non-Black people who
have similar behaviors and who are often at the root of such lured behaviors
I’m talking about. This is why there is a movement afoot in the United States
to recreate Black Gay culture, make it more people - friendly, less youth-worshiping,
kinder to Black Gay elders, less Capitalistic, and more respectful of Africans,
the African village, African women and African children and or more pro
Afro-centric while also being more LOVing. There are examples of organized
efforts among Black Gays & Africans in Africa to rectify some of the
differences going on in Africa along the lines of sexual orientation. Youthful
organizing has found a great deal of success recently. This is what being Black
and Gay really should be about – creating honor, decency and Black trusts.
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2019
Freedoms in South Africa
By the same token, maybe there should be safe states
like South Africa where Black Gays and Black Lesbians who are of African
descent can congregate freely and unhampered. (Most of Uganda is a place where
Black Gays and Black Lesbians take their lives in their own hands by being open
about their sexuality. Uganda needs help in this regard, as does much of the
rest of Africa. A balance needs to be struck where tolerance, acceptable behaviors,
traditional and Tribal concerns, family values, the need for children to be
safe, and general decency, peace and justice are all given a fair and open
voice and REALLY heard.
The Wealth of Africa Creates More Complexity
Add to this equation the fact that Africa holds much of the
world’s silver, gold, diamonds, rubies, bauxite, copper, and uranium and you
have a very complex situation that has a lot of troublesome variables,
difficult money influences, racial tensions, economic stresses and political
problems that are often ripe for corruption and the influences of Big Money. A person like President Donald Trump being in
the White House means someone who doesn’t have a clue about what to do about
this issue makes it inherently important for us as Black People to become more
knowledgeable about Africa, Black Gay and Black Lesbian issues and similar
situations and variables as they impact on our entire African Diaspora.
Some solutions: To Black women of all ages, (Our Black
Sisters) I ask you to have your children later, after you have achieved a
stable job or have achieved a degree or two from academia. (There is
plenty of scholarship money out there. Give me a call and my company will help
you find college funding.). Tell your sons and daughters this and tell them
each year you wait to have children a child is taken off the welfare rolls.
Having children too early destabilizes our Black community as the goods and
services for that child have to sometimes come from the state or the family
since the fathers are sometimes absent and unable to provide for the child.
(I want to point out and honor Black Fathers and Black mothers who take full
responsibility for the care, education, welfare and well-being of their Black
children. Their numbers are many. Please know that is my heart-felt position.
If you need help finding education money and scholarships for your Black youths
or Black children please read the end of this article and contact me.) Our
young Brothers must listen to this hue and cry also. Get a degree, graduate
from High School and go on further to a trade school or college. ( Preferably a
BLACK college or a BLACK University the reason being that such BLACK
institutions are known to foster better grades, more dedicated work,
long-lasting relationships between students, Black faculty and BLAck staff, and
a greater possibility to reach into the Black community for lucrative jobs.) Get into
some of the special programs that exist out there to find work such as at
People Emergency Center in West Philadelphia, or Opportunities Industrial
Centers on North Broad Street. Also: look up the Urban League and the Urban
Coalition and work towards getting a good job early in life, or getting a
business off the ground. Stop by the Enterprise Center in West
Philadelphia and ask about job listings and what they offer to Blacks in
business. There are inexpensive places to get a business plan done. Apply for a
job at places like Universal Companies in South Philadelphia (Owned by record
producer and lyricist Brother Kenny Gamble. Work to be a teacher or a
librarian (they especially need Black males), work for SPETA (start as a
sweeper or clean up person and work your way up in a very strong union. Those
union wages have been hard fought for and can maintain a family.) If you are young and willing to put in the
hours you can get yourself together and find good work still in this great land
of ours – The United States of Native America. You can personally call my
company and I’ll help you find a situation in life that will be productive and
helpful in your stabilizing yourself especially economically, which is very,
very important. As Black youth, you are
our future. We need you to be stable [economically], be able-bodied and hard working. ( There is
also a need to be yourself and enjoy life, so don’t think I’m saying not to
have good friends, party and enjoy life. I think the important thing is to have
balance and be safe by using condoms when having sex. You can still be a bus driver or a mechanic
and make good money. If you want to have sex, just be careful and use condoms
or other effective forms of contraceptives. You will have plenty of time in the
future after 32 (THIRTY TWO) to have children. Read about and visit
AFRICA!! (Parts of my forthcoming book talk about this). By the Way, you must
also consider adopting children. There are plenty of beautiful Black babies at
our Black adoption centers that need stable Black fathers and stable Black
mothers. The funny thing about this is, you can get cash from the state, and
hold your head high, if you decide to be a good, working Foster father or a
good, working Foster mother. If you are young, you can do these things
even if you are Transgendered, Gay, Lesbian or Bisexual as well. Think before
you act. Some people, some Black elders, have been telling you these
things until they are blue in the face, but somehow – with TV, Radio, IPhones,
Video, movies, organized sports, and other distractions from society we
have not gotten through to you. The free library is a fantastic resource for
taking workshops that can open your thinking and get you away from the
``street’’ mentality and the ``hustle’’ mentality that spellbinds far too many
of our Black youth. You don’t have to believe the hype! We need you to take on
the banner and act correctly and take us into a clear, bright, clean,
trustworthy, responsible, honorable, fresh, lucrative and hopeful BLACK future,
no matter what kind of person gets into the White House. You can also
pool your money with close friends (get a lawyer and decide who handles what
aspect of this endeavor – read some books on Real Estate and business) and buy
some property, start a business and by all means DO THE RESEARCH! Utilize
property for things that will fundamentally improve our Black community—like
rental property, honest banks & honest credit unions, well-run and
well-managed restaurants, hotels, elder-care facilities, car dealerships,
childcare facilities, and so forth. I want to hear positive and good
things from our Black youth from now on. Also: back on the reason I
wrote this article, let us not forget that much of the heterosexual lifestyle
can easily cross over into some homosexual activities and behaviors and vice
versa. Let’s cool down the finger pointing, name calling and other such
immature activity and discover what we have in common – Our similarities.
Political conservatives do not have a curb or a monopoly on the decency
market. Racism itself, which many conservatives espouse as a norm, is
socially and politically reprehensible, anti-social and unacceptable by most
norms in most countries and cultures around the globe. By the Way,
also listen to WURD 900 AM or 96.1 FM Black Talk Radio, where our recently late
Brother Wayne Moore used to call in and teach us about CUBA, Africa, the
Caribbean, our corrupt United States, and everything imaginable in between that
impacted on us as Black People. I know, as I live and breathe, His good,
wholesome and clear Black Spirit is with me here even as I write this to you.
LISTEN TO YOUR BLACK ELDERS OF GREAT REPUTATION AND GREAT RESPONSIBILITY,
PROVEN RESPONSIBILITY.
There are some Black Gay men who are simply terrific as role
models. Some of them are NOT as ole as I am.
They lead health organizations; play professional sports; star in movies
and television shows; serve as architects and draftsmen; are union members on
the front lines of shops; are successful businessmen; are respected elders who
are educators; are Pastors of their own churches; are successful restaurateurs;
are creative people with Rap contracts; are genouses at fine BLACK academic
institutions; are successful artists and successful scholars; and are
successful businessmen. You don’t have to try to reinvent the wheel or make a
cake the same way every time without leaving it out in the rain. Some of these people will let you learn about
them without the sexual innuendo. (It is always best, I feel, to work through
existing institutions to find out about such legitimate opportunities. If you
call me I can help you find such opportunities). I know
these people exist because I’m one of them.
Here is a little about me: Educated at Ohio State, I worked
for the Philadelphia Tribune for a
time after getting my undergraduate degree.
I was rather open about my relationship with a fellow student at Ohio
State and found the relationship helpful in my maintaining a B+ average. I worked in media for about 13 years ( at TV Guide magazine), and was hampered by
mental illness, but kept my pride intact through 39 years of therapy. I came
out a champion and will shine brightly as a business leader in the near future.
I don’t need to or want to be in the Lime Light, because I think helping others
and myself with money is not only powerful, but spiritually enriching. I have
found that LOVing BLACK people is one of the most moving and empowering aspects
of being myself as a REAL BLACK man.
Being Gay and BLACK is NOT a double-edged sword, but a JOY and a
pleasure, even though I am still seeking the right man to share it all with.
God bless you.
One last thing: If we don’t
have the rule of law, the ability to legally – through an accepted process--
change laws, and change policy, and an innate ability to discern right from
wrong, as well as a solid goal of adhering to a decent level of humanity and
decorum, we in fact, as it were, have tyranny and anarchy – not the democracy
we seek and fight for.
Editor’s Note: I HAVE A LIST OF BOOKS YOU CAN
ASK ME FOR THAT WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THESE SITUATIONS BETTER AND HELP YOU
GET A BETTER HAND ON WHAT TO DO TO INCREASE POWER FOR YOURSELF AND END THE
FEELING OF HOPELESSNESS YOU MIGHT BE FEELING. Call me at 1 (215) 823 9985 and
send me your e-mail address [or leave it clearly on my phone] and I’ll send my
book list to you. You can also buy a copy of my poetry book
``Let the Children Gather,’’ by Tracy
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