THOUGHTS ABOUT LIVING WHILE FIGHTING

THOUGHT ABOUT LIVING LAUGHING FIGHTING – my art of saying fuck-it while fucking with it The discussion, often argument, as to whether human behavior is shaped more by nature-nurture or environment-perception has been around since wo-man first started to be aware of her-is self. More recently epigeneticist discovered some answers, some light, at the cellular level of our being – African ancestors called it Blood Memory. We not only look like our parents but we are preconditioned, before we’re born, to adopt a parent’s behavior – saint or sinner, so to speak. This means a pimp might produce a pimp, a prostitute a prostitute, a preacher a preacher, a musician a musician, a liar a liar, a murderer a murderer, a racist a racist, and the list go on. Once we leave the womb and enter the realm of nurture and environment, what happens to us there affects and shapes our behavior. Remember that we are all preconditioned for certain behaviors. Both nurture and environment brings those predispositions into play – what was only possible and predictable becomes real. The reasons why we seem to be always dealing with the same human problems is that human behaviors are passed on from one generation to the next, to the next, to the next. Racism is a behavior. So, for me it is not a new and shocking reality. Instead of railing at the top of my lungs till I burst a brain vessel, I assess the value of the harm it is causing and decide how I should deal with it. If racism is causing me no real harm, fuck it. Someone calling me a nigger doesn’t even get the hand, fuck’em. When I assess the harm has significant value and can cause pain or worse, I move to thwart or reduce its impact. I will take a life or die defending my own and that of my kind before submitting to lethal harm. PLEASE SHARE. www.adolphusward.net

THOUGHTS ABOUT THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX

THOUGHTS ABOUT THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX – not following the crowd One thing that has helped me continue my development is my ability to think outside the box. Even as a young growing child WHY was always flowing from my mouth. Even when punitive rules didn’t encourage the inquiry I thought it silently. I was never one to just do what I was told when it didn’t make sense. Even when it seemed to make sense I wanted to know Who said it and Why. Mother was more tolerant with my Whys than Dad, but I still thought it. In primary school I was seldom mentally in class with the rest of the kids. I was always exploring the outside world visible to me or the world in my imagination; they were almost always more interesting than what was being told without ever allowing me to ask Why and Who said. As a young adult I had what I call a vision. In this dream state I was in a very dark place, so black I could see nothing, even though my eyes were wide open. The space was full of people; although some stood still most were moving opposite to the direction I was going. Some people tried to change my direction but I’d simply brush them away and continue walking. I could see nothing but intuition compelled me to keep moving. As I continued the numbers of people diminished to a point when I was alone. Soon there was a dim light ahead and I knew I was headed in the right direction – awake and more conscious. I have long been an independent thinker and am never confined to any box – religious, racist, political, sexist, social, or genetic. www.adolphusward.net

SECOND NOVEL IN A TRILOGY

MILK THE IRON COW is Book 2 of historical black family fiction and is set in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – early 1941. It is the eve of World War II; the time when black families were leaving farms in the south for work in northern factories. Black men were denied employment and barred from union membership. Go to for more information – PLEASE SHARE. GO TO WEB PAGE: www.adolphusward.net,

THOUGHTS ABOUT EUROPEAN AMERICAN PATHALOGY

THOUGHTS ABOUT EUROPEAN AMERICAN PATHOLOGY – white domination drives racism drives behavior The latest moves by the republican administration away from healthcare for all is no surprise to most thinking Americans. Now that our whole political system (republican, democrat, independent, others) is driven by the rich and powerful, those with the power are moving to forge the economic, political, and social systems in ways that not only maintains but increases white dominance – controlled by white wealth and power. Not all white people will share the benefits of this dominance; even though they are led to believe so. In an objective sense I salute the gamesmanship of the power brokers in the way they formed a coalition of the white wealthy and the white impoverished to win the election and an overt change in the economic-political direction of the United States Government. For the white wealthy the goal is, was, and will always be to maintain dominance through wealth and power; only the allusion of morals and ethical behavior is tolerated in this dominance. For the white impoverished the goal is to always be a little better off than people who are not white. Given the modest gains of some black people topped by a black man becoming president of all Americans, and given the so called browning of America, the white impoverished felt and feels themselves losing the ground they thought was theirs through inheritance. White wealth and power offered them a life line and they grabbed hold pledging hope and votes to white wealth and power. www.adolphusward.net