<TriceEdneyWire.com. — Four Star Air Force General (and history-making fighter pilot) Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. was fired this week by a president who never bothered to serve his country—the country he claims to be able to Make America Great Again. One of his side-kicks, Pete Hegseth, barely made it to Secretary of Defense, because of his personal mis-behavior. They used, without recognizing it, DEI for White men! And we thought they didn’t like DEI. But they got the meaning of their DEI confused with ours. Before now, DEI was an honorable position because only our best and brightest had a chance to be considered.
Do racists really understand the meaning of DEI? The letters represent Diversity Equity and Inclusion. Our DEI only allows the best and brightest among Black people to earn an opportunity to get into the places where formerly all-White people got in. Never mind that there were no requirements, no academic qualifications, no special skills—just being White, and often being male. They still get top level positions because of who their daddy or granddaddy is.
Kash Patel was sworn in as FBI director. Before he was sworn in, he’d already developed his hit list, but that didn’t stop him from lying. He walked into the FBI office and had already decided who was to leave. One day someone will remind him he’s not White! He will also be reminded that his parents are immigrants—and the MAGA groups do not like people who came here from some other place! They believe they were here before Indigenous people—those from whom they stole this land. I’m just trying to prepare Kash. These are same people who find him useful now. But just look at what happened to Sen. Tim Scott and Rep. Byron Donalds and a few more. They had already been used to get a handful of Black votes from people who didn’t know any better. They didn’t know Trump said so many untrue things he was going to do for (not to) them. Trump convinced them he only meant that those ‘woke’ Black people were the problem.
I don’t mean to imply ‘The Donald’ only tries to misuse Black people. Just look at what he did to Ukraine President Zelensky. He chose Vladimir Putin, the well-known Communist, to praise. Then he insisted that our ‘true good friend’ President Zelensky needed to admit that he started the war against Russia. Then Trump insisted Ukraine give us 50% of their mineral rights. Remember when many of us were called Communists by right-wingers? Things sure are getting turned around. Maybe we need to teach some White history in our schools, because the Orange Man and his puppets sure are not aware of theirs.
The Orange Man wants no Black History in our schools, and will not allow diversity programs in federal agencies. Maybe more of us should do like the young people of Florida in the Black Panther Party days of old, i.e., begin using our time after school, on weekends, holidays, and summers to teach our history so that true history is finally told. I think people need to learn the full story. Many already know Black people invented so much—but had everything stolen so as to make it look like we didn’t do much when America was really a slave nation.
These are interesting times. We build, not destroy. I don’t know any Black people who went down to the Capitol on January 6th and caused so many criminal acts. No, don’t say Enrique Tarrio! He doesn’t claim his Blackness—and that’s a good thing. Also don’t worry about NASDAQ, S&P500 and the Dow. Most of us didn’t have anything there. Do support the Buy-Cott Saturday, February 28 all day. I mean, buy from those who support our causes. The others will get the message.
(Dr. E. Faye Williams is president of The Dick Gregory Society.)
