Asian Businesswoman Confronts Black Consumer

Dear friends,

I just saw a video on Facebook that showed an African American man/consumer arguing with an Asian woman who was managing a restaurant where apparently he and a number of other folks had purchased some food. When he asked her for some water, an argument ensued, regarding him having paid for food or something. When he accused her of being racist towards him, she rejected that claiming that she too is a "minority".

Actually, her argument is cowardly and racist. She used the same argument that many exploitative Jews have used against Black consumers for decades. In fact, many Asians and Latinos identify themselves as "white".

But there's something else that is very sad here. That being: language is thought. Have you ever said to yourself, "I can't think of a word for it.".

Calling yourself a "minority" is a vicious term that our racist government began using in the late 60s in order to trivialize the value of our presence in this country. Uncle Tom and Aunt Thomasina Negroes from groups like the NAACP and the Urban League started using the term "minority" and popularizing it among us, in deference to our aforementioned racist government.

Additionally, it was important to our enemies that we used such a demeaning term for self-definition, because of the burgeoning Black Consciousness Movement that had replaced the accommodating Civil Rights Movement that died with Martin King. Who wants to be a "minority"? And who is the "majority"? After all, the very basis of White Supremacy lies in the fact that a woman or man can come from Europe yesterday, claim herself or himself as "white" and automatically become part of an artificial "majority" group, regardless of her or his true historical and cultural past.

Please remember,s/he isn't "white" in her or his real homeland, only economic factors distinguish her or him from her or his fellow citizens. We are NOT a minority! Rather, African peoples by ourselves are 40 million strong in this country We can build our own communities that are based upon love and prosperity. We just need to learn to operate within the context of "we" and stop hating each other/ourselves.

One Love!

G. Djata Bumpus