Gov. Perry’s talk about secession, has scored him big points with supremacist groups

“We’ve got a great union. There’s absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, ...”

When myths become reality they take on a life of their own. This is true of the way White supremacy has ritualized the symbols of its ideal. Recently, Governor Rick Perry made a remark that will go down in history as one of the most ignorant things a person could say in the 21st Century.
Speaking at an anti-tax rally, one of many that extreme right-wing nuts are trying to infiltrate and take over, Governor Perry said that Texas had the right to secede from the United States.

Dr. Nathan Hare managed the first Black Studies Program

An African-American studies program, or Black studies, was created at colleges and universities to offset the dominant views of American society, much of which was built upon the foundations of White supremacy. Its roots go all the way back to the first efforts to publicize the historical contributions of African-Americans in Black newspapers in the early 1800 and later by Black scholars W.E.B. DuBois and Carter G. Woodson. Black studies seek to reveal the racialized nature of the American historical process and the struggle of African- Americans against racism, and to reveal their place in the historical record.

According to researcher Michael L. Collins, in his book “Texas Devils,” Wild Cat, a Seminole Indian chief, led the Seminoles of Florida and later Texas in a fight against genocide. Wild Cat, whose real name was Coacoochee, befriended African-American slaves who escaped from the slave plantations of Georgia and elsewhere. 

Rev. Claude Black

SAN ANTONIO- Rev. Claude W. Black passed away on March 13, 2009 after years of serving as the pastor of Mt. Zion First Baptist Church in San Antonio, and as a civil rights leader that served as a mentor to the entire community.  Rev. Black is listed on the Veterans of the Civil Rights Movement homepage as a speaker for having put the ugly face of segregation and racism before the public as he fought the system of White supremacy.  Rev. Black was known not only as a great pastor who shepherded Mount Zion First Baptist for 49 years, but he is also known as a champion for civil rights dedicated to changing the lives of oppressed people.

The creation of democracy in America was done along racial lines as European settlers began to pour into this country.  The Native Americans were considered ignorant and savage even though the White settlers had little formal education. The settlers did have a racial belief that they considered themselves superior on the basis of “race.”

Many African-American middle class members are so confused about their role in the civil and human rights events that it has created a problem that needs explanation. Every year some speaker is chosen to speak at some Martin Luther King Day event. In some cases, I wonder why the person chosen was picked when they have no scars from the civil rights movement.

I don’t remember seeing many of the individuals that are now claiming leadership positions in the Martin Luther King activities on the frontlines of the war against segregation and racism. I look around and see people that never did a damn thing in the war to end segregation and racism, and are doing nothing now to end police abuse, but yet receive M.L.K. awards and big hat honors. What a farce!

One of the biggest lies out there, and being propagandized by a group that is calls itself the Sons of Confederate Veterans, is the falsehood that Blacks fought to protect their slave owning masters. We can suppose that there were some that did, just like there were some who sold out Martin Luther King and were paid snitches against the Black Panthers and SNCC. But the overwhelming majority of African- Americans would have never been trusted with a gun given to them by a racist, slave-owning Confederate government.