WHEN I COME BACK, I COMING BACK BLACK…

Oh what it must be like to be black in America today.  I’m serious!  Because it would seem that far too many blacks today are of the opinion that society’s rules simply don’t apply to them, and that they should therefore be free to abide by them, or not.  And if they choose not to, then by virtue of their skin color, they should not be forced to deal with any of the rather nasty consequences that those of us who are not black would typically be made to deal with.  Also, we non-blacks don’t have the equivalent of an Al Sharpton or a Jesse Jackson, but then most of us tend to act like adults and not juvenile delinquents, so our need for someone like that is not as great.       

And also if you happen to be black in America today, thanks to any number of various quotas that must be met and, of course, affirmative action, it’s far easier, and far cheaper, to get into college since you don’t need to be as bright as, or need to come up with near as much money, as your competition.  And once there, you’re pretty much shoved through to make sure you graduate.  From there it’s on to some cushy job in the local, state or federal government, a job that you have no aptitude for, are able to make a pretty decent living at and, oh by the way, that you can never be fired from.  It’s all a pretty good gig if you can get it.  All it takes is being black.

And also as we have learned a few months ago, if you’re black you can disregard what you’re told to do by a police officer, you can then assault and even attempt to kill that police officer, and when killed by that police officer, you can still be seen as a Saint.  And now word comes that if you happen to be an all black little league team there’s absolutely no reason why you should obey the rules if those rules prevent you from winning a championship. At least that’s what those associated with the Jackie Robinson West little league team claimed after Little League Baseball vacated all of the team’s wins from the 2014 Little League World Series tournament on Wednesday.

After investigating allegations that several players on JRW do not happen to reside within the team’s district borders, Little League Baseball (LLB) decided to strip the team of both its Great Lakes Regional and U.S. national titles.  Despite the open and shut nature of the case, several of the team’s supporters, including such well-known rabble-rousers like Jesse ‘The Extortionist’ Jackson and, rouge preacher, Michael Pfleger stated at a Wednesday press conference that JRW’s punishment had nothing whatsoever to do with any possible recruiting infractions and was born purely through…wait for it…RACISM!!!  Yup!  It’s all because it was an all black team.

What is it with so many of these faux preachers, these fraudulent men of God, who are so casually able to blame everything on racism?  To my way of thinking they not only do a great disservice to their parishioners, but to the black community as well.  For instance, according to Jesse ‘The Extortionist’ Jackson, “this decision is untimely and inappropriate at this time. It should not take six months after a team has played a championship game to determine eligibility to play the game in the first place… Is this about boundaries or race?”  Why, race of course!  It can’t be that they cheated, these days everyone cheats.   So it HAS to be because they are black.

And then we have this moron reverend Pfleger whose idiotic comments essentially expressed the same idiotic message.  He said, “When you’re going over to voter registration and going to birth certificates and doing all this time of hunting and a witch hunt that’s been going on for the last number of months, I can’t help but wonder the question if the same thing would have been done with another team from another place, another race.”  This moron has been around for years, doing his best to stoke the flames of hate, incite as much violence, with him being, at the end of the day, very proud of himself.  Another one of those fraudulent men of God.

While the team’s supporters made ample references to skin color, was it just a matter of coincidence that neither of our very stellar reverends, nor any of the parents of players on this team, bothered to mention either of the true culprits in this scam?  First there was Darold Butler, the team’s manager, and then Michael Kelly, the league’s district administrator; both have been identified as the scandal’s masterminds and have been indefinitely suspended from all Little League activity.  But to place the blame only on those two men would be to do nothing more than to use them as scapegoats.  Everyone, EVERYONE, knew what was going on here.

At the press conference during which accusations of racism were suggested, Jesse Jackson called Little League International’s decision to strip the national title from the Chicago-based Jackie Robinson West little league team for using players outside its boundaries “persecution.”  “This is persecution,” said Jackson, who is planning to hold a rally for the team Saturday. “This is not right, it is unnecessary and it is not fair.”  While he agreed the adults involved should be punished, he argued, the kids on the team should not.  Look, it’s obvious that what went on here was a concerted effort by all involved to garner for themselves a championship.  And all should be punished!

Players and parents also spoke up, including mother Venisa Green, who agreed that race played a role in the league's actions despite the clear violation of rules.  It was this mental midget that said, “It is amazing to me that whenever African-Americans exceed the expectations, that there is always going to be fault.”  This racist imbecile went on to say, “Little League says that they teach character and they teach courage, well this isn’t an act of courage and it sure isn’t an act of character."  So because they’re black, we should accept the fact that they cheated?  I’d also be curious to know if this supposed devoted mother, or any of the parents, knew what was up.

There are those in this country who make their fortunes from creating friction between the races.  These are the true racists in America today.  And it’s these individuals who are the haters and these are people who see themselves as being above the rules.  And these are examples of what it means to be black in America in the 21^st century.  Slavery, it seems, can still be blamed for just about everything, even though it ended 150 years ago and was, historically speaking, relatively short lived here in the United States.  That’s not to justify or to in any way provide an excuse for it, but to simply put it into the proper historical context.