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Obama, Gates, Crowley & Black Manhood

Obama, Gates, Crowley & Black Manhood

Ok, here we go. I was trying to let this topic go but it begs for someone to touch a side of the story that folks just want to dance around. I have been caught up with being Dad. Please pray for justice for my son. However, for now I have that situation stabilized. Let’s wade into this issue that caused President Obama to hold a brewski powwow. Everyone by now knows that Henry Louis Gates, Harvard Law Professor, was coming home from a trip to China. When he got home his front door was jammed so he went around to the back, opened the door with a key and tried to open the front door from the inside. The door would not open. While trying to get the door open, with the help of his driver, a neighbor, Ms. Lucia Whalen, thought that someone might be trying to break into the house so she called 911. When Sgt. James Crowley arrives upon the scene Gates had already gotten into the house and the driver had left. Crowley says he got a report that two black men were trying to break into the home. When the 911 call was released we find that Ms. Whalen did not ever mention that black men were trying to do anything. Yet in Sgt. Crowley’s report it clearly says that she reported it to be two black men breaking into the house. This little point makes it very clear that it was Sgt Crowley who brought up the issue of Black men breaking and entering. This is significant, here’s why.

If Sgt. Crowley does not know the racial description of the suspects supposedly breaking into the house then he has no reason to suspect Prof. Gates as being the crime suspect after Gates shows his driver’s license and his Harvard identification which both items show him to live at this address. At that point anything the neighbor said is neutralized, although it’s good that she was looking out, but when the officer gets to house and the person that lives in the house is not talking about someone has broken in the house then the officer has no more business at the house. But noooo, he wants to continue to do an investigation when an investigation is not warranted. Even when Prof. Gates has proven that he is the legal resident of the house and would like the officer to get out of his house, because the officer came into the house without an invitation, yet the officer wants to ignore Prof. Gates wishes for him to leave and continues the unwarranted investigation. Now I don’t know about you but I think Prof. Gates had every right in the world, and by law the legal right to be highly upset that someone was in his house without his permission. In fact, when Prof. Gates asked the officer to leave and the officer didn’t leave at that point the officer was trespassing. So now the officer is outside the law, and decides to arrest the legal resident of the home in which he is trespassing. The officer made an arrest out of no arrest. This is part of an officer’s training. What, yes that’s right. Officers are trained how to make it look like you broke the law when no law was broken. Looks like Sgt. Crowley learned the lesson well. So what do we have?  We have a police officer trespassing in Prof. Gates’ home who arrests Prof. Gates for no reason besides the Professor being Black in his own home. My Lord!!

President Obama rightly observed that the arrest of Prof. Gates was an act of stupidity. I agree. What is not stupid about a police officer arresting a man in his own home for no reason? There couldn’t have been a legitimate reason because the charges were dropped. Prof. Gates was being loud and obnoxious. That’s not a legal reason to rest anyone. And so what? The man is in his home. The call was not for disturbing the peace. The call was for breaking and entering. A man can be loud and obnoxious in his own home. This is not a police state we live in, or is it? What is America becoming, or has it already become? The last time I looked a man’s home is supposed to be his castle. You can get away with stuff at home that would be illegal on the streets. That’s what makes your home your castle. You can get highly intoxicated at home that would get you arrested if found intoxicated on the street, especially if you are behind the wheel of a car. Being able to do in your home what you can’t do on the streets is what makes your home your castle. Now this is what burns me up!!

When President Obama said the Cambridge police acted stupidly for arresting Prof. Gates in his own home the press jumped on him. Not only did the press jump on him but the Cambridge police came in full force against the President. The police even had some Black officers who clearly displayed that they were more Blue than Black. Not that they should have supported the Professor because they were Black but they should have broke the blue code and supported the professor because it did not make any sense for him to be arrested in his own home. The officers had already maligned Prof. Gates for saying he got racial profiled but now all the talking heads wanted to advise the President that he should not have gotten into a local issue. What happens locally has national implications, especially when the issue is race centered. The President was correct for weighing in. He himself is a Black man who has experienced the same nasty behavior by America’s finest. What burns me up is that both the President and the Professor backed up from continuing to telling the unadulterated truth. It was the cop that said two Black men were breaking into the house. The neighbor didn’t say it. It was the cop. So when the cop saw a Black man in the house the Black man had to be a criminal in the sight of the cop. Any time a Black man is near the scene of a crime then he becomes a prime suspect. This is racial profiling. Stopping a Black man because he is near the scene of a crime but has clear evidence that he didn’t commit a crime, yet he is still treated like a criminal is classic racial profiling. Prof. Gates showed concrete proof that he was in his own home and still got arrested because there was a report of a crime. Prof. Gates was too close to the report of the crime so he became the prime suspect. President Obama called the cop’s behavior stupid and stupid was the cop’s behavior. Yet, both of these Black men stepped back from telling the unadulterated truth. Why? This is where the ride gets really rough. Buckle up!!

President Obama backed up because it was not good for him to get into a racial situation because it would cause his white support to erode. Erosion of white support could mean that the President might lose his job. Prof. Gates backed up because all that talk about racial profiling could cause him to lose stature and possibly his job. The reality of the situation is both of these prominent Black men, and the President supposedly the most powerful man in the world, got timid because they did not want to lose their positions. When I was on moving kind of tough on the streets we would have said they both got punked. They were given the choice of being Black men or rich punks and they chose the money. How do we expect our young men to respect these male models when they allow themselves to be less than men for their love of money? It looks like money has become their god. We cannot continue to run from having the discussion on race that this country needs to have. America, because of President Obama’s election, has not become a post racial society. I would go as far as to say that the issue about President Obama’s birth certificate, Prof. Gates arrest, and the accusation that has the nerve to get in the national dialogue about President Obama possibly being a sleeper agent is all based on the underlying effort of people trying to sustain the false concept of white supremacy. Another racial incident is going to come up again. In fact it is a very good bet that it has already happened several times since Prof. Gates arrest. However these racial incidents just didn’t make the national news. But be patient, it will. We cannot decrease the hate and increase the love if we are afraid to have an open and honest dialogue about what Condoleeza Rice called “America’s birth defect.” Making Black men choose between manhood and a descent quality of life is not the answer. That will only intensify Black rage that if not given a legitimate release will eventually explode into heaven knows what. We must talk before the explosion happens. Lord I pray y’all are feeling me. I run into a lot of young black males. Dem youngsters are fired up and can’t take it no mo’. We must get ahead of this looming curve!! Thank you for listening to AjabuSpeaks.

 

Posted on Monday, August 3, 2009 at 12:10AM by Registered CommenterRev. Ajabu | Comments56 Comments

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I just watch a report on CNN about Skip Gates and his arrest. Out of his own mouth he is talking about making a deal with Sgt. Crowley to get the Sgt. kids into Harvard if Crowley does not arrest him again. Why is Gates acting like he did something wrong? Offering to get Crowley's children into Harvard is offering an "olive branch." Skip's behavior gives the impression that he is accepting the role of the criminal. Its almost that Skip is trying to send the message that he was lucky that he only spent 4 hours in jail. Well, he was really lucky that he didn't spend longer in jail. He was real lucky that he exscaped with his life. Amadou Diallo was not so lucky. Y'all remember Amadou the African immigrant that was shout to death in New York City because the police officer thought his billfold was a gun. Being Black and male is a dangerous situation when police are on the prowl. Yes, Gates was lucky, but why is he acting like he was wrong? He wasn't wrong. What we are seeing is Skip suppressing the rage that initially erupted while the officerd displayed the behavior that led to Gates arrest. Other Black men are also suppressing this rage. If this rage is not orchestrated for an intentional legitimate release then there will be a trigger and the release of the rage will not be to the benefit of anyone. Gates, stand up and champion the dialogue. Helping unqualified children to get into Harvard so their dad won't arrest you is not a help to positively address America's "birth defect." You look like a big ol' chicken. I know W.E.B. DuBois is rolling over in his grave. Stand up. Be a man instead of a punk. Your job is safe. Stand up Black man. Stand up. If you believe in the one true and living God, then no weapon formed against you will prosper. However, you can't be scaaarrred.

August 3, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRev. Ajabu

Once again, my race,not my people do not want freedom . We want as was mention in the article
riches but we only get broken promises. Wise up
is your manhood worth trinkets. My race go back and understand we will not be free until we start addressing the will issues. We can hold all the town hall meetings with the so call race elite and we are getting further behind.
That is why I Love MY BLACK RAPPERS AND GHETTO THUGS atleast they understand but we persecute
them because they will not mainstream. Let's give them something to mainstream for not broken promises. How many young Blacks have become educated and have no worthwhile jobs? The rules have been changed on them. SOMEBODY ANYBODY GET SOME NUTS oooh!! I mean BALLS

August 3, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterlois hunter

Although whites control most of the venues that would allow us to voice our opinions, until we understand we are free and we also have the right to complain about the things they do,so they can spend time recanting it, we are no more better than we were during Jim Crow. We must now create a dialogue of truth to keep them on the defensive, since we have wasted years of growth doing the same.Most blacks just by lineage have been in this country longer than most whites and there's a multitudes of them here illegally.We accept them continuing to call us a minority,but it only labels us to be less than they are.But minority really only mean numbers not the quality of a people. We must also understand the police are only civilians,so using our smarts and challenging the law when we believe we have been mistreated,we can eventually level the playing field,before we end up getting shot.

August 3, 2009 | Unregistered Commentertomas

Lois,

I feel you. When Black men stand up I believe the whole race will stand. But watch this, you, the Black woman is the key to the Black man getting some backbone. If you do not give yourself to weak males then you make them weaklings become men. Y'all hold the key. If Black women set the following rule: No sex for males. Only men need apply. We would see a lot more males become men overnight. think about it. Much love.

Thomas,

I hear what you are saying but it is just hard for me to put my faith in the justice system. I have a son tied up in the prison system as we speak. The prison said he assaulted a guard. Took him through the administrative judicial process and found him guilty. Our family pushed for the prosecutor to take the boy to court. The prosecutor did and his investigation found my son was on the other side of the prison at the time of the beating and so could not have assaulted the guard. The prison put him in solitary confinement with total sensory deprivation anyhow, for over a year. He is in prison for murder, and again the Indiana Supreme court ruled that he killed no one. Still he was sentenced as a murderer. We are continuously in a struggle for his very life. Through it all, it is just hard for me to put my faith in America's justice system. My son, Skip Gates, Amodou diallo, Rodney King, and the list continues to go on and on. Justice for a Black man is very evasive in America's justice system. Maybe we should have a political strategy to take over all the Prosecutors offices in the country. If the prosecutor doesn't file charges then no one goes to court and no would then go to jail. We just have to make sure we choose a Prosecutor with some: what did you call them Lois? You know what I mean. God bless you both.

August 3, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRev. Ajabu

I was looking for Rev. Ajabu's address to send him something and noticed his comments regarding Professor Gate's. I found his opinion
to be at the very least prejudice. None of us were there. I do know from first hand experience that I was once raised my voice to an officer in my home trying to explain the incident. I was told in no uncertain terms that if I didn't calm down, I would be arrested.
Later the officer explained that when they approach a scene they don't have any idea what they are up against in spite of who the person is. We all have the possibility of going haywire when we get upset. We have only to look at the murders in our own city. People get angry,lose their tempers and sorrow strikes. I'm sure in talking with their family members they will all say they were good people and they probably were but they allowed their tempers to degrade their standing and leads them to take a life or forfeit their own.
So, is it the police officer in error or the person who allowed himself to lose control. It is always wrong when you lose control and that's something we all have to work on. No one respects the person who yells and makes any
kind of comment that is degrading. NO ONE should ever voice their opinion without knowing the facts. It makes an individual sound ignorant when they do.

Last, the comment regarding the prosecutor and the courts. If what you said is correct and the
prosecutors office found your son to be on the other side of the incident, then how did the courts sentence him with no prosecution. If your son is innocent any attorney would appeal the decision. If it was my son and without a shadow of doubt I knew he was innocent, I would
use every bit of support to help clear my boy.
By support, I mean your church, newspapers, legal defense, go back down to the prosecutors
office and get advice. We have a very good prosecutor who has about 300 deputy prosecutors
working under him. Start with the prosecutor who told you your son was on the other side and work your way up. They will listen and focus on the problem if you remain calm. If not, and you let emotions run wild, the focus will be switched to you and not your son.
Be blessed and I pray God's favor for you & your son.

Rev.Ajabu... President Obama is a sleeper agent
when he is rushing to sign a bill that he didn't write or read. That's not white supremacy that's stupidity unless there is a hidden agenda to limit our freedom and choices.
Yes we need reform but at state level where we
can hold the elected leaders accountable to be transparent and keep our freedom. If you read the bill you would hit your knees in prayer and
yell GOD SAVE AMERICA. A short version is on its way to you in hopes the people in your church will know the truth. God Bless

August 3, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMary

Pastor Ajabu, your comment to Skip "helping unqualified children getting into Harvard is not a help to positively address America's birth defect makes one wonder. These are young
kids, who knows if they'll be qualified or not
and everyone could use a helping hand.

Many unqualified individuals have been admitted
to universities all over this country. It's called Affirmative Action I'm sure Skip's comment "if you don't arrest me again" was a joke. I applaud Professor Gates to continue the
dialogue with Sgt.Crowley and share their different views and the merit or lack of from which they stand.Isn't that what we want?

August 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterToni

NEW YORK TIMES
August 1, 2009
Op-Ed Columnist
Anger Has Its Place
By BOB HERBERT
Cambridge, Mass.

No more than five or six minutes elapsed from the time the police were alerted to the possibility of a break-in at a home in a quiet residential neighborhood and the awful clamping of handcuffs on the wrists of the distinguished Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.

If Professor Gates ranted and raved at the cop who entered his home uninvited with a badge, a gun and an attitude, he didn’t rant and rave for long. The 911 call came in at about 12:45 on the afternoon of July 16 and, as The Times has reported, Mr. Gates was arrested, cuffed and about to be led off to jail by 12:51.

The charge: angry while black.

The president of the United States has suggested that we use this flare-up as a “teachable moment,” but so far exactly the wrong lessons are being drawn from it — especially for black people. The message that has gone out to the public is that powerful African-American leaders like Mr. Gates and President Obama will be very publicly slapped down for speaking up and speaking out about police misbehavior, and that the proper response if you think you are being unfairly targeted by the police because of your race is to chill.

I have nothing but contempt for that message.

Mr. Gates is a friend, and I was selected some months ago to receive an award from an institute that he runs at Harvard. I made no attempt to speak to him while researching this column.

The very first lesson that should be drawn from the encounter between Mr. Gates and the arresting officer, Sgt. James Crowley, is that Professor Gates did absolutely nothing wrong. He did not swear at the officer or threaten him. He was never a danger to anyone. At worst, if you believe the police report, he yelled at Sergeant Crowley. He demanded to know if he was being treated the way he was being treated because he was black.

You can yell at a cop in America. This is not Iran. And if some people don’t like what you’re saying, too bad. You can even be wrong in what you are saying. There is no law against that. It is not an offense for which you are supposed to be arrested.

That’s a lesson that should have emerged clearly from this contretemps.

It was the police officer, Sergeant Crowley, who did something wrong in this instance. He arrested a man who had already demonstrated to the officer’s satisfaction that he was in his own home and had been minding his own business, bothering no one. Sergeant Crowley arrested Professor Gates and had him paraded off to jail for no good reason, and that brings us to the most important lesson to be drawn from this case. Black people are constantly being stopped, searched, harassed, publicly humiliated, assaulted, arrested and sometimes killed by police officers in this country for no good reason.

New York City cops make upwards of a half-million stops of private citizens each year, questioning and frequently frisking these men, women and children. The overwhelming majority of those stopped are black or Latino, and the overwhelming majority are innocent of any wrongdoing. A true “teachable moment” would focus a spotlight on such outrages and the urgent need to stop them.

But this country is not interested in that.

I wrote a number of columns about the arrests of more than 30 black and Hispanic youngsters — male and female — who were doing nothing more than walking peacefully down a quiet street in Brooklyn in broad daylight in the spring of 2007. The kids had to hire lawyers and fight the case for nearly two frustrating years before the charges were dropped and a settlement for their outlandish arrests worked out.

Black people need to roar out their anger at such treatment, lift up their voices and demand change. Anyone counseling a less militant approach is counseling self-defeat. As of mid-2008, there were 4,777 black men imprisoned in America for every 100,000 black men in the population. By comparison, there were only 727 white male inmates per 100,000 white men.

While whites use illegal drugs at substantially higher percentages than blacks, black men are sent to prison on drug charges at 13 times the rate of white men.

Most whites do not want to hear about racial problems, and President Obama would rather walk through fire than spend his time dealing with them. We’re never going to have a serious national conversation about race. So that leaves it up to ordinary black Americans to rant and to rave, to demonstrate and to lobby, to march and confront and to sue and generally do whatever is necessary to stop a continuing and deeply racist criminal justice outrage.

August 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterBob Herbert

Mary

I am glad you were able to find the website. I rest assured that Bob Herbert of the New York Times answered all the points you raised concerning the arrest of Prof. Gates. One does not to be on the scene to have an opinion. Prejudiced means to form an opinion before the fact. My opinion was formed after the fact. If Prof. Gates had broken the law then the case would not have been dropped. This is a good point of departure to speak about my son's case.

As stated above, my son was exonerated by a court of law for the same charged that the Indiana Prison system found him guilty. Our family has been working for more than two years to get the prison system to accept the court's findings. The lack of justice on the part of the prison system does not breed faith in the system. Far too often this lack of justice is the experience of Black men. These experiences do not breed faith in the system. Below is pasted the Prosecutor's motion asking the court to drop the charges against my son. Also below, you will find the order of the court that drops the charges against my son. Still today, as of this writing the prison system has not made him whole. The governor can solve all of this. If you are trying to do the right thing then call Governor Mitch Daniels @ 317-232-4567 and implore him to order the prison to stop punishing my son for something he did not do. Transfer him back to Pendleton and remove the restrictions upon his visitation. I anxiously wait your response to this information. May God continue to order our steps. God bless.

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One American Square, Suite 2300
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August 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRev. Ajabu

Toni,

Overwhelmingly, most children are not qualified to get into Harvard. Gates is not offereing to help Crowley's children get into because they are qualified. Looking at the age of Sgt. Crowley it would be a good bet that his children are not college age. Therefore, they have not gone through the pre preparation to be qualified to get into college.

Gates may have been joking about getting Crowley's children into Harvard if Crowley agreed not to arrest him anymore. But that is the point!! His arrest, which is the experience of too many other Black men, is not a joke.

Now your slight at Affirmative Action is unwarranted and a mis-representation. Affirmative Action does not give unqualified people a chance to succeed in universities. Affirmative Action gives qualified people a chance because the university would not let people in because of their race. Affirmative Action was the government's attempt to overcome its racist birth defect. Racism has denied many Black children opportunity to get into many universities, among other things. This is the type of national dialogue that could be had if Skip Gates quits playing with the issue. He is squandering the teaching moment. That is very unfortunate. God bless.

August 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRev. Ajabu

We cannot decrease the hate and increase the love if we are afraid to have an open and honest dialogue about what Condoleeza Rice called “America’s birth defect.” AMEN, BROTHER! You are right on target. Also, check out my blog.

August 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterJanet

Janet:

I checked out your blog and found the following:

To quote Eric Alterman in The Nation, "we live in media world driven by cable idiots and Murdoch minions." And these "idiots" have been in an orgiastic frenzy regarding Henry Louis Gates' arrest. While some months earlier in Paris,Texas, a hate crime that killed another black man has been virtually ignored. I know the media are in thrall to anything that happens on the east coast, let alone something to do with Harvard University, but does that render everything else (and everyone else) meaningless and not worthy of coverage? Is the brutal killing of Brandon McClelland, a black man without credentials not worth mentioning?

At the same time that the media was frothing at the mouth about whether or not a Cambridge policeman was guilty of racial profiling, the two white men, for whom forensic evidence indicated guilt in the murder of McClelland, were set free. This did not set well with blacks in Paris, Texas. Members of the Nation of Islam and the new Black Panthers protested this miscarriage of justice and were opposed by the local KKK and Nazis. However, this was not newsworthy in the mainstream media.

I predict that more such hate crimes will occur as unemployment continues to rise and prices continue to inflate. Angry, disappointed whites, who are already pissed off because we have a black president, and encouraged by the "Murdoch minions," will vent their frustrations on blacks as has been their custom in this country. I hope the mainstream media will bring attention to these signs of unrest before they become a national conflagration.

Janet Bell.

August 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRev. Ajabu

I have a couple of comments regarding the above. First, I will call Gov. Daniel's office in hopes that my voice will be one of many. What I don't understand is, Light of the World is a well known, powerful church who has the ear of many VIP'S in this city. Can't their persuasive powers help in this???? Forgive me if I am intruding. Me as an individual,I turn over every rock, knock on every door and call every number until the end justifies the means.
Can Andre Carson help? You have my prayers for you and your family to receive justice,

Also, the original idea of affirmative action might have been designed to help the cause but like everything else it gets off track. I have seen it be abused in the schools and workplace.
It's like asking people what does the Constitution say about the separation of church
and state. You get all kinds of explanations except the one described by the Constitution and I think we all have seen the abuses of it.

Second, I have very little respect if any for the NY Times and other print vehicles. If truth would be printed regarding all matters, not just those that are prejudice in view. Bob, will you print the health care reform bill for the people to read what they are really getting(there is a plain talk version written by Mat Staver of the Freedom Foundation and Liberty Counsel) or is that against the agenda. I am not disputing facts regarding racism in this country, I am simply saying stiring up hate and anger is wrong and
when that happens, people will not take your cause serious. Is racism wrong..you bet. That anger, no matter how righteous it may be influences the mind and to some it becomes fatal. How you may ask???? When we lose respect
for mankind we also lose respect for life. Here
in Indy our neighbors want peace in the streets. It won't come if we are all wearing chips on our shouldersin everyday life. I am not speaking of Pastor Ajabu's son. That is a legitimate cause but to look under every rock for a devil is absurd. Did you happen to see the picture of the three leaving the White House. President Obama walked ahead and it was
that white racist cop assisted Professor Gates
down the stairs. One would have thought it would have been the other way around. After all,forgetting his professional status, he is the senior member of the trio and therefore commands respect and it came from a white guy.

August 4, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMary

Rev Ajabu

I will call the governor's office on behalf of Kofi.
The rage and hatred spewing from the conservative right wing Republicans and Southern Blue Dog Democrats is summed up in a New York Times article that reminds us that in 30 years Whites will become a minority. In 2042, the census bureau predicts that Whites will be a minority. That sends those insecure and racist Whites into a frenzied tailspin.

When they [White racists] see Barack Obama as president, Oprah Winfrey as a powerful media mogul, and Eric Holder as the attorney general, Black chairpersons in the House of Representatives, and even Gen Colin Powell speaking up for his people they become frightened and panicky.

The Gates situation was a disappointment for me as well because our president and Gates should have made an example out of that slick racist cop in Cambridge. He falsified his police report and his behind should have been fired. He was hiding behind his position as an instructor on racial profiling but his actions against professor Gates demonstrate that he doesn't know how to make a proper arrest. A non racist cop would have defused the situation and would have left Gates home without arresting him. I agree with president Obama, the police acted stupidly. I think Barack scored political points by taking the high road but he and Gates come across among Blacks as weak and impotent. That racist cop needed the teachable moment moreso than the average citizen. They let him get away.

john

August 5, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterjohn marshall

Minister Ajabu,
Most white Americans will never accept African-Americans as equals. How much time must pass before we accept this fact? Our president is an African-American and despite that reality, white America refuses to accept it.

When will we, as ex-slaves, ever comprehend that in the eyes of most white Americans, we are still something less than human? We have already discussed the insanity of hating people because of the color of their skin. Can we not understand the some of that insanity has rubbed off on us? Otherwise, how do you explain our willingness to go to war and kill innocent people (as is the case with Iraq) to defend a country that refuses to accept you as an equal?

Yet, when it is suggested that we return to Africa and help build a society of our own, the idea is met with, "Nigger, are you crazy?" The very idea is met with incredulity. Help me understand why are we so quick to defend America and reject Africa?

We can only be truly free when we are on our own land, husbanding our own resources, fighting for our own freedom and living amongst our own people. Until then, we will continue to be frustrated by being unable to hide a fly in buttermilk. Intergration is out of the question. Seperating and living our own lives offers hope of something better. After all, 400 years of servitude in this country should convince any sane African-American intergration is not working.

We hope all is well with you and yours, my brother. Continue to speak truth to power. See you in Africa. There is no future freedom for African-Americans in this country.

Wes Barnard

August 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterWes Barnard

Mary,

Our family truly appreciates you making the call. It will be another voice among many. That brings me to your next point. Most of those voices have been Saints at Light Of The World Christian Church. We believe that do to those calls the Commissioner wants to meet concerning Kofi's situation. We are supposed to meet on August 17, 2009 at 11AM. I have written the following words to the Commissioner.

Our family would appreciate you responding to the following questions before the meeting so the meeting moves as efficiently as possible:

Do you understand and agree that the accusation of Kofi M. Ajabu (955750) for assaulting a guard was dismissed by the Madison County Superior Court (order attached) because strong electronic evidence proves that Kofi's location in the prison at the time of the assault makes it impossible for him to have been the one that carried out the assault?

Therefore, Do you agree that the Pendleton administration judicial process came to an eroneous finding of guilty by concluding that Kofi was the one who assaulted the guard?

Do you understand that if the finding by the Pendleton administration judicial process came to an erroneous decision then the act of moving Kofi to Wabash because of the assault is also erroneous and a miscarriage of justice?

Therefore, we respectfully ask that Kofi be transferred back to Pendleton. Would you agree to do so as an act of justice considering the above facts?

When you call the Governor please make mention of the above. As of this writing there has been no response from the Commissioner.

I mention all of that to say that LWCC is a church of love. Our family is feeling the as is the governor. LWCC's faith is known by its works. LWCC is in the vineyard working. And Andre Carson's office has indicated that they will look into Kofi's situation. I will keep all abreast of that development.

As far as Affirmative Action, we all know that with time everything changes. And I won't deny there might have been some abuses. However, from my understanding it has done much more good than it has been abused. It is just hard, if not impossible to get perfection.

Racism and anger go together. The key with the anger is how one expresses it. The person experiencing the racism really does have to be careful on how the anger is express because history is replete with instances of the perpetrator of the racism killing the victim because of how the victim express the anger that comes when the experience. This is why I am livid with Skip Gates. He is making jokes our of a very serious situation. Now this is going to shock you. A racist does not have to necessary be a bad person all the time. In fact, when the public spotlight is on them, most are intelligent enough not to display their racist inclinations. I am not saying that is the case with Crowley, but often it is the case. Now some hardcore racist just don't care. Like Governor George said, racist today, racist tomorrow, racist forever. Maybe he said segregation. At that point in history it was the same message. Protocol calls for the President to lead. It was proper for him to lead Gates and Crowley. If Gates needed help it was proper for Crowley to help him. Crowley's help for Gates in no way reflects negatively on the President. It just shows that in that instance Crowley displayed sensitivity for humanity. The same should have been shown when he was uninvited in Gates' house. I appreciate your attempt at genuine dialogue. God bless.

August 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRev. Ajabu

John,

Our family also appreciates you making the call.As I instructed Mary, please raise the issue of lack of response to our email to Commissioner Buss.

Wes,

You, and Cindy have already made the call. Our family really appreciates you both. You and John know that there is plenty of work still needing to be done when it comes to race relations in this country. I pray that Gates does not squander the opportunity to bring it to the national psyche. God bless you both.

August 5, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRev. Ajabu

Rev. Ajabu, isn't it just possible that Sgt. Crowley and Professor Gates handled the situation wrong. If Sgt.Crowley demonstrated
human sensitivity to Professor Gates why does it have to be portrayed as a racist under the spotlight trying to look good, This was an informal meeting, how do we say it was protocal
for the President to walk ahead.


In my opinion, this is where communication breaks down. We are never willing to give the
benefit of a doubt. When it was reported that Professor Gates referred to Sgt.Crowley's mother, we want to push that under the rug. The racist cop is always wrong and Professor Gates is always right. Reading the comments on your site disturbs me because of the depth of the hatred expressed
I know a young lady who is quiet and reserve. She attends a local high school and has been pushed up against lockers, called horrible names and never once defended herself
physically or verbally. She is a white girl and the many experiences have come from 2,3,and
sometimes 4 students who are African American.
Is that not racism also...to hate the white person. If sincere, problem solving dialogue is needed to expose the depth of racism, that pendalum swings both ways.

Rev.Ajabu, I wanted to send you a copy of the
Healthcare Reform Bill that highlights bullets
from each of the 1000+ pages. My hope was to allow individuals to see the dangers in that bill. As stated before, we know Pres. Obama
didn't write or read the bill,yet he's fighting with every breathe to pass it. He is being opposed not because he's black but because the bill is dangerous to the american people. Those that will voice their opinions
strongly,calling people racist will have never read the bill. Their hatred triumphs over all.

It is hard for me to understand people who label themselves as christians have such contempt for mankind. If what you sow, you will reap is true and we know it is, then we all better think twice about our thoughts and our actions. Nothing is hidden from HIM.

This will be my last communication. Please be assured that your family will be in my prayers
and I'll be petitioning the JUDGE of all for a
speedy end in Kofi's favor.

God Bless & Thank You.

August 6, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMary

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HOW IS IT GOING, MY HOMEBOY?

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WE CALL THIS COSMIC IDENTITY, AN IDENTITY THAT IS NOT BASED ON THE COLOR OF YOUR EYES, HAIR NOR SKIN, BUT RATHER IT IS BASED ON THAT SPECIAL MOMENT IN TIME THAT YOU DREW YOUR FIRST BREATH OF LIFE.

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mazatzin

August 7, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterMazatzin

I don't advertise on Glenn Beck, but if I did I would double it. You are the type of minister that sells the idea that that the white people of this country are holding you back. Obama's election is just what you wanted because he believes that too. For those of you who believe you need a special circumstance, or special condition, or special person to bring you out of your situation, you will be in the same spot when Obama is out of office.

August 8, 2009 | Unregistered Commentermikelarc

Mikelarc

As a Black person who has been around for 63 years, I can prove to you that Whites in this country have kept many Blacks down. When I witnessed those Whites who are disrupting the town hall meetings on healthcare, I was reminded of the Whites [especially the White women] who yelled and taunted young Black children trying to integrate schools like the one in Little Rock, Arkansas.
I am reminded of the brutal killing of those little girls in Sunday school in Birmingham, Alabama.
How unAmerican is the need to monitor the voting rights of Blacks is certain states especially in the Confederate South.

Obama knows how we have had to fight to survive the stumbling blocks that have been laid down by Whites in this country. Of course, there are some Whites who have given many of us stepping stones along this journey in America. But the racist, fearful White haters are so afraid of the the day when they will become a minority and America will finally be post racial.
Whites [mostly Southern racists] knew when they supported Judge Clarence Thomas for the US Supreme Court that he would be a traitor to the Black community. On the other hand,they have opposed the confirmation of Judge Sotomayor, a brilliant attorney who happens to be Latina because she might help some nonWhites.
Many Whites in this country are so jealous of the genius of the many ethnic groups and it is just a matter of time that their reign of terror will be over.
You must not be from this country if you don't know what Whites have done to Black, Brown, Yellow, and even to their own Whites if they happen to be Liberal.

When you don't know about Whites in America, just ask somebody like me.

john

August 9, 2009 | Unregistered Commenterjohn marshall

John Marshall,

I will use you as a reference.

August 9, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRev. Ajabu

Y'all please forgive me. I will post another article, however, right now being father is consuming most of my time. I am fighting for my son's life. Literally. Be patient with me. God bless.

August 11, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRev Ajabu

Reverend Ajabu,
My prayer list is long. I will add your son to it.

I read the other day some information on line about your son's case and it sounds like he has been unfairly implicated. I will pray that he receives justice.

Always remember that God uses all things for his purpose. It has always helped me during those times in my daughter's illness where her life was literally at risk.

Please accept my sincere good wishes.
Dawn

August 13, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterChristian Conservative

Ajabu speaks.I hope you are all taking this with a grain of salt.I hope you heard his rants from years ago.

August 14, 2009 | Unregistered Commentertodd

Dawn,

Thank you for your kind words. God bless

August 19, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterRev. Ajabu

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