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Monday, May 14, 2012

OPEN MIND Special: Race Relations in Crisis 6/12/63 - 11/13/92

Watch OPEN MIND Special: Race Relations in Crisis 6/12/63 - 11/13/92 on PBS. See more from The Open Mind.

Friday, May 11, 2012

Most whites are still racists - AZAPO Thole Somdaka 09 May 2012



And, Thole Somdaka says, their racism is being protected by the ANC govt

As the country just celebrated 18 years of democracy, racism still continues to loom large in our country and our body politic. AZAPO is not surprised at all as we have argued that never died in the first instance - instead it continues to change shape in order to be modern and appealing.

Whether we accept it or not, Black people are the ones confronted by racist attitude and actions. White farms, banks, insurance companies, media, etc all stand accused of racist practices in one form or another against Black people, and, somehow, as a nation we seem to have accepted this as the norm.

In the last few days there has been a lot of talk over a racist comments made on Twitter by SA model Jessica Leandra dos Santos, and Ken Sinclair who posted many more derogatory statements on Facebook about Black people, as expect, our media went crazy as if it was the only time Blacks suffered from racism, or as if these tweets were the worst form of racism, when actually Blacks live with racists insults in their RDP houses, in their schools under the tree, with their long queues on street intersections as they beg for jobs and food.

AZAPO believes that to date, most whites are still racists, and their racism is protected by the current ruling party as it needs their votes and their approval of government policies and programmes. Recently, ANC sent a high level delegation to meet with Afrikaans scholars in order to ascertain what the ANC should do in order to get the votes of Afrikaans speakers.

This happened as many Black communities have taken to the streets to demonstrate their displeasure on how services are rendered to Blacks as compared to whites. No high delegation has ever been sent to Black academics to ascertain what government should do in order to respond to needs by Blacks. This is largely because in the racist ANC's books, Blacks do not matter.

AZAPO believes in building an anti-racist society, ANTI being an operative word that denotes an active role in fighting racism, and that Black people must lead that fight in order to restore the dignity that they lost under apartheid and continued to lose even under the current ruling party. This fight must not only be about allowing Blacks to walk tall in the country of their birth economically, but culturally and social.

While the Human Rights Commission which is entrusted with the mandate of ensuring equality, continues to be irrelevant under the leadership of Lawrence Mushwana, AZAPO would like to make a call to remind all victims of racist practise that God is not in the habit of stepping down here to fight our battles for us against our equals - we should be on our own!

Statement issued by Thole Somdaka, Member of AZAPO Communication Desk, May 9 2012



Inquirer: "Synq, what do you think about what Thole Somdaka said?"


SynQ: "Thole Somdaka, said what he said. Every Victim of Racism (White Supremacy) is qualified to say and do or not say and do whatever they think is necessary in regards to their experiences with Racism (White Supremacy).

Inquirer: "Synq, do you agree with Thole Somdaka, when he says "most whites are still racists."


SynQ:"Well, I do not know enough about Racism (White Supremacy) or "White" people to make that determination, so no I don't agree. However, we are in a system of White Supremacy, and it appears to me that not enough "White" people are behaving in a manner that produces justice, so they appear to be Racists to many Victims of Racism ("non-white" people). The major characteristic of a Racist (White Supremacist) is that they are a "White" person who chooses to mistreat a "Non-white" person on the basis of skin color. The major tool for that kind of mistreatment is deception, therefore Counter Racist Compensatory Logic says that while under the system of White Supremacy all "White" people should be called "Racist Suspects".


Stay Strong In The Struggle To Replace White Supremacy With Justice.


Saturday, May 05, 2012

If the U.I.C.C.S.C. Isn't Allowed In Greater Confinement Then......

you definitely should be reading it.

I remember back in 2010, an associate of mine ended up in Greater Confinement (Prison). He had been in and out (not without my offering suggestions for staying out) since I had met him in 2004. He was really into the teachings of the Hon. Elijah Muhammad, well only into studying it, not practicing it. Anyway, in 2005 he went to Greater Confinement and asked if I could send him a Message To The Blackman by Elijah Muhammad, which qualifies as authorized reading material in there. I had already given him one before he went in, so I mailed him a copy of The United Independent Compensatory Code by Neely Fuller Jr, instead.

The Enforcement Officials (E.O's.) sent it back stating that they'll only accept books that are shipped to them from Amazon.com. So, I used Amazon to ship a copy of Message To The Blackman (because he kept asking for it) and The U.I.C.C.S.C. together. The Enforcement Officials shipped the U.I.C.C.S.C. back to the seller, and the seller (who turned out to be Mr. Edward Williams by the way) notified me by email. I spoke with him and he said that Mr.Fuller told him that they will not allow the code book in there.

Mr. Williams sent me the whole returned package. It had a sticker on it (from the E.O's.)stating that the reason for their returning it was because of a CD within the pages. Mr. Williams had placed a CD of Fuller speaking, within the pages. I didn't ask Mr. Williams why he put it in there, but I assumed that, was the real reason that the Enforcement Officials had sent the book back.

Okay, it's 2012 and another black male that I know is in Greater Confinement. I sent the U.I.C.C.S.C. to him and the Enforcement Officials there returned it too! I took a photo of it this time. I blurred out his name for privacy reasons. But, left the address to the facility visible.


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The next photo is of the sticker with the option "REFUSED UNAPPROVED MAIL" check marked.

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Now, they are not out right denying this material, because that would be a violation of the "prisoner's" civil rights. The key is to use deception by constantly requesting that you meet there standards for the material being sent. After the code was returned, the "black" male that I sent it to, wrote back saying do not send him any "black militant material or anything along those lines" ( I'm paraphrasing, because my attempted wife misplaced the letter), because it may affect his case. I found that to be interesting since his case is about committing fraud, which has absolutely nothing to do with practicing the code. I could easily challenge him (them really), by asking how is it that the U.I.C.C.S.C. would be considered "black militant material or anything along those lines"? However, is it worth my time and energy? No, because it is not my duty to ram the code down anyone's throat. I do suspect that the E.O's. put pressure on him about receiving such the U.I.C.C./S./C.


Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Special Message to "Bluesky"


Dear Victims,

A listener by the name of "Bluesky" posted a comment on here based on something that I said on the 4/29/12 6pm pacific time C.O.W.S. show (Thanks GUS for having me on your show!). The subject of the show was how to find ways to Minimize The Conflict with people, especially conflict with other people classified as "Non-white". There was a part in the show where I was discussing the reason for why "Non-white" people should recognize the reality of being a Victim Of Racism in a system of Racism (White Supremacy). To describe it, I used an example of a real story whereby a 5' to 5'5", approximately 200 to 300 pound "Non-white" female squeezed her foot into a shoe that was obviously too small and looked extremely painful, because of the fact that she refused to believe that her foot was as big as it was. My point was that she was willing to force herself to go through the unnecessary pain that came with the false belief of her foot being too large for that shoe. The reality of it was that she either needed to accept the fact that she was too big for the shoe or that the shoe was too small for her (depending on how she looked at it). There is only one key factor that would have helped her and that was that she needed to see the truth about her size in order to stop experiencing unnecessary pain.

Username "Bluesky" stated this in response which appears to have been broken into pieces. I could not allow her comments to be posted, because there was some kind of spam or spyware tags that came with them:

"It's? not nice to hide behind a silly youtube account and make fun of women especially pertaining to their weight. What kind of man are you, what kind of person publicly for all people to see and read would do that. I feel sorry for your upbringing, you have no manners and if calling out people by their physical. The fifth thing is to pay close attention to what is being said. In fact, it would be better if you had some kind of recording device. Many people talk extremely fast, even after you've asked them to speak slowly."

First. I would like to apologize to you "Bluesky", and anyone else who my have assumed that I was making fun of a person because they are overweight. I was not attempting to do that. I understand that there are huge (no pun) numbers of "Non-white" people who are overweight and that some are in fact overweight because they seek comfort from stress by overeating. I do not see anything funny about it all. I do believe however that if a person has a lot of issues because they are overweight, and they complain about those issues, while overlooking the fact that they must lose weight in order to eliminate those issues, they are setting themselves up for failure. When such a person sees the truth about it, they can begin making the changes that are needed.

That "Bluesky" is why I see myself as a Victim of Racism and not as a "man" as you do. Being a Victim allows me to admit the truth in that I am not everything that a "Man" can be in system of Racism (White Supremacy). It allows me to not beat myself up, when I fail, because I know that I will in fact fail, a number of times, in the process of accomplishing my objectives. How can I see myself as a man, when I don't have the ability to protect myself and those that I love from the deception and violence of this world? I believe that I must see myself as a Victim in order to get free.

There are many Victims Of Racism who refuse to see the fact that they are victimized by White Supremacy, and yet they complain about the very issues that are keeping them victimized, while overlooking the fact that they must strive to de-victimize in order to eliminate those issues, they are setting themselves up for failure, because they don't start with the recognition of their being a victim first. When such a person sees the truth about it, they can begin making the changes that are needed.

Now, I will attempt to use what I have learned from the two books that were the subject of last night's broadcast, as well as the U.I.C.C.S.C.(textbook/workbook). I will do this as though "Bluesky" said them to me on the show.

Gus: "hello, caller... questions or comments?"

Bluesky: "It's? not nice to hide behind a silly youtube account and make fun of women especially pertaining to their weight. What kind of man are you, what kind of person publicly for all people to see and read would do that."

Me: "I heard what you said and did not intend to make fun of anyone for any reason. I am a Victim of Racism."

Bluesky: "I feel sorry for your upbringing, you have no manners and if calling out people by their physical."

Me: (says nothing at all)


Bluesky: "The fifth thing (it appears that there were of things that bluesky said, but, somehow did not reach me) is to pay close attention to what is being said. In fact, it would be better if you had some kind of recording device. Many people talk extremely fast, even after you've asked them to speak slowly."

Me: "Thank you for your comments. Have a nice day."


The leave a comment part of this blog appears to be malfunctioning and I cannot respond. So, if "Bluesky" and anyone else would like to send me a comment, email me at counterracismnow@gmail.com, if you want a response from me.

Thanks