America Get it Together

Howard Homecoming is finally over.

The Hubub of females scantily clad and males with false jewels has died down and we students are left with nothing but the mess and relief from getting through midterms without breaking down.

After shooting Yardfest, I developed a new appreciation for Howard. AJ and Angie Ang were present, as well as countless other Howard alumni. It made me feel proud to see that there were individuals who came back - who were happy to come back. And they, as I see this in motion I understand, have returned to Howard to pull what they can out of it.

Although to her students, Homecoming has lost its flair and pizzaz, it, like all other Howard events, was not created for us (the students). As a matter of fact, there is nothing that is publicly televised in the past three years that I've been here that has been directly for the students. The Jena 6 rally - for the media, Homecoming - for the alumni, and the list goes on and on and on. I see that Howard, as I have been told numerous times, is definitely the place where the saying is so true - "If you can make it at Howard, then you can make it anywhere." The things that one has to deal with (inefficient wifi, lack of punctuality in paid transportation, a campus police force that would rather spend money on segways rather than the call boxes located at various places around the campus that have been broken since before I stepped foot in the District) are beyond imagination, and are definitely not a part of the facade most colleges have built up.

I passed a group of people on the yard today. They were all Howard students, and two of the people were instructing the others on how to give a tour. I decided to peek in.

Wow.

"And if they ask about whether or not there is any air conditioning in the Quad [the all girls' dorm], then say that there isn't. But then talk about the sisterhood and the bonding that goes on."

Right.

Yes Howard.

The story of Africans in America.

Let's make sure that everything is recognized, even if it is separate and unequal, but make sure you elaborate on the core African values - values that stemmed from the systemic racism that Howardites are to be bred to mature out of. (It's one thing to go through a rite of passage when all of those involved are focused on the progression of the whole, but it's anothing thing when there are alterior motives and the perception is perpetuated for insane reasons)

Ok Howard. Get it together.

In addition, while reading the BBC today, I saw an article in relation to our dear Barak.

Obama: McCain will 'endanger' US

Tee - hee hee.

Please read that.

I have this to say:

I support Barak Obama. Honestly, if I had my way, Cynthia McKinney would be in his place. However, one has to play with the cards they are dealt.

Barak Obama is a very positive individual. He seems to be in complete conjunction with the poor and downtrodden of America. He seems to have come from where the 'true American' has come from, financially fighting his way through law school and the like. I remembered that it stuck with me that he was just paying off his college loans. His wife is (excuse my Blackness) da realest thang that ever hit the fan. His family is an exemplary nuclear construct, and, oh! Yes he did step off the campaign path to tend to his WHITE grandmother. Isn't he just the best choice, the savior for the American people to pull them from the depths of this mess that imperialistic endeavors have brought upon us?

While he may be great and all that other hooplah, he is still very young. He is still somewhat inexperienced. And, honestly - we still don't know what he is capable of incapable of. Furthermore, he has not had the time to publicly solidify his ties to any particular people, methodologies, or any determining factor that would allow his true past to steer the American people's perception.

I feel as if anything affiliated with the so-called 'American Dream,' or an Imperialist Fantasy (as it truly is) is not to be trust one hundred percent. It is to be treated with caution, and absolute hesitancy.


As my friend would say, "it sounds sweet, but don't bring me lies and fairy tales."