In her words
One year ago
05/14/17 I just want to sit in the sun
05/15/17 My Spirit Animal
05/16/17 My Second Home
The tree life
05/18/17 I think I made the wrong career choice
05/20/17 It is all perception
For your predecessor, the first super-soldier...it was all so simple.
Captain America was right, because America was right.
And Captain America was good, because America was good.
So much has changed.
The great wars are over, they say.
The great causes, all decided.
Morality is a relic. All is choice. Everything, relative.
What is the import of "good" and "right" in this divided and muddled America?
I am told the super-solider still calls himself "Captain."
But captain of what?
I know what your media has told you.
But we are not what they say.
Like you, we rebelled against the old-world elites.
Like you, we embraced revolution.
You and I were allies once-- Revolutionary allies.
But not because we were good.
Because we were strong.
And I have always loved America for this reason.
America is right...Because America is strong.
So much has changed, my son.
We the strong are now plagued by parasites...feeble minds...and captains of nothing.
So, that boys, like you, die nameless in deserts and the people do not honor them.
But we who love America have forged a sacred trust.
Of defense...science...commerce...and God.
This sacred trust stands against the weak, the parasites the feeble minds.
And we will prevail my son.
So that America may be strong again...right again...born again.
-Captain America "We who love America: A Prologue", Ta-Nehisi Coates
I’m Not Black, I’m Kanye
Some very interesting turn of events caused me to discover that Ta-Nehisi Coates is about to write a Captain America run and that the first teaser was released on free comic book day.
Coates is an amazing writer, and while I'm no expert on his stuff what I have read has always been very helpful in my growth and attempt at understanding the different realities that others live in while on the same planet, even the same country.
Why America isn't the greatest country in the world anymore - Newsroom
Can you say why America is the greatest country in the world?
Aaron Sorkin through his character in Newsroom claims America use to be the greatest country in the world because of all of these reasons we stood up for what was right, we fought for moral reasons, we passed and struck down laws for moral reasons and so on and so forth.
America was the greatest country, he claims.
Ta-Nehisi Coates through his character in Captain America claims, this sacred trust stands against the weak, the parasites the feeble minds. And we will prevail my son. So that America may be strong again...right again...born again.
So that America can be strong again...
Make America Great Again.
But this is America.
We never fought for moral reasons. I think Coates knows this and that's why I'm so interested to read his Cap run.
The civil war was not about freeing slaves on the Union side...It was about keeping the states united.
It only became about slavery when the south was about to solicit aid from European countries who had already abolished slavery in a strategic move to prevent this help. Once the north declared it was about freeing slaves many of the northern soldiers stopped fighting for the Union and went home.
"We passed laws, struck down laws, for moral reason" Bull shit after slavery was abolished Jim Crow laws were passed anti voting rights were enforced. Our country should receive no applause for striking down and repealing terrible laws that should have never been in place or even on a ballot in the first place.
a member of the worst. generation. ever.
The millennials, me
We the strong are now plagued by parasites...feeble minds...and captains of nothing.
So, that boys, like you, die nameless in deserts and the people do not honor them...This sacred trust stands against the weak, the parasites the feeble minds. And we will prevail my son.
the worst. generation. ever.
parasites, feeble minds and captains of nothing.
We are the generation of #blacklivesmatter
We are the generation of #lovewins
We are the generation of #taketheknee
We are the generation of #metoo #timesup
"We reached for the stars, acted like men...We were able to be all these things and do all these things because we were informed… by great men, men who were revered."
-Aaron Sorkin
Back when "America was great" back before we, the worst generation ever, arrived We acted like men and we did all of these things because we were informed by great men who were revered...these very same men who grab women by the pussy, who sexually assault them, victim blame, and pay hush money.
Fuck that.
America was right because America's selfishness at times has also lined up with morality and America was great for white men and that's all it's ever been great for.
This is America. We were never great and we certainty aren't the greatest country in the world.
But we could be...If we stopped acting like America use to be this perfect place and stopped looking back with rose tinted glasses. If we looked back only to acknowledge our flaws, our errors, our fuck ups (and there have been many) But we need to focus on the future, on forward, on the dream of tomorrow being a better place for every human in our borders and out. America was never great from the first invasion of this land colonizing and displacing native people who already had great nations. To today where our politicians and parents rant and whine about how this country has gone to shit. It's always been shit don't blame our systemic brokenness on the young adult generation of today, don't get upset with us because you wasted your time in the country worrying about what it "use to be"
Childish Gambino - This Is America
One year ago
05/14/17 I just want to sit in the sun
05/15/17 My Spirit Animal
05/16/17 My Second Home
The tree life
05/18/17 I think I made the wrong career choice
05/20/17 It is all perception
Captain America was right, because America was right.
And Captain America was good, because America was good.
So much has changed.
The great wars are over, they say.
The great causes, all decided.
Morality is a relic. All is choice. Everything, relative.
What is the import of "good" and "right" in this divided and muddled America?
I am told the super-solider still calls himself "Captain."
But captain of what?
I know what your media has told you.
But we are not what they say.
Like you, we rebelled against the old-world elites.
Like you, we embraced revolution.
You and I were allies once-- Revolutionary allies.
But not because we were good.
Because we were strong.
And I have always loved America for this reason.
America is right...Because America is strong.
So much has changed, my son.
We the strong are now plagued by parasites...feeble minds...and captains of nothing.
So, that boys, like you, die nameless in deserts and the people do not honor them.
But we who love America have forged a sacred trust.
Of defense...science...commerce...and God.
This sacred trust stands against the weak, the parasites the feeble minds.
And we will prevail my son.
So that America may be strong again...right again...born again.
-Captain America "We who love America: A Prologue", Ta-Nehisi Coates
I’m Not Black, I’m Kanye
Some very interesting turn of events caused me to discover that Ta-Nehisi Coates is about to write a Captain America run and that the first teaser was released on free comic book day.
Coates is an amazing writer, and while I'm no expert on his stuff what I have read has always been very helpful in my growth and attempt at understanding the different realities that others live in while on the same planet, even the same country.
Why America isn't the greatest country in the world anymore - Newsroom
Can you say why America is the greatest country in the world?
It’s not the greatest country in the world. That’s my answer... the NEA is a loser. Yeah, it accounts for a penny out of our paycheck, but he gets to hit you with it anytime he wants. It doesn’t cost money, it costs votes. It costs airtime and column inches. You know why people don’t like liberals? Because they lose. If liberals are so fucking smart, how come they lose so goddamn always? And with a straight face, you’re gonna tell students that America is so star-spangled awesome that we’re the only ones in the world who have freedom? Canada has freedom. Japan has freedom. The UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Australia, Belgium has freedom! So, 207 sovereign states in the world, like 180 of them have freedom. And yeah, you… sorority girl. Just in case you accidentally wander into a voting booth one day, there’s some things you should know. One of them is: there’s absolutely no evidence to support the statement that we’re the greatest country in the world. We’re 7th in literacy, 27th in math, 22nd in science, 49th in life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, 3rd in median household income, number 4 in labor force and number 4 in exports. We lead the world in only three categories: number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real and defense spending, where we spend more than the next 26 countries combined, 25 of whom are allies. Now, none of this is the fault of a 20-year-old college student, but you, nonetheless, are, without a doubt, a member of the worst period generation period ever period, so when you ask what makes us the greatest country in the world, I don’t know what the fuck you’re talking about! Yosemite?!a member of the worst. generation. ever.
It sure used to be… We stood up for what was right. We fought for moral reason. We passed laws, struck down laws, for moral reason. We waged wars on poverty, not on poor people. We sacrificed, we cared about our neighbors, we put our money where our mouths were and we never beat our chest. We built great, big things, made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe, cured diseases and we cultivated the world’s greatest artists AND the world’s greatest economy. We reached for the stars, acted like men. We aspired to intelligence, we didn’t belittle it. It didn’t make us feel inferior. We didn’t identify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election and we didn’t scare so easy. We were able to be all these things and do all these things because we were informed… by great men, men who were revered. First step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one. America is not the greatest country in the world anymore.”
Aaron Sorkin through his character in Newsroom claims America use to be the greatest country in the world because of all of these reasons we stood up for what was right, we fought for moral reasons, we passed and struck down laws for moral reasons and so on and so forth.
America was the greatest country, he claims.
Ta-Nehisi Coates through his character in Captain America claims, this sacred trust stands against the weak, the parasites the feeble minds. And we will prevail my son. So that America may be strong again...right again...born again.
So that America can be strong again...
Make America Great Again.
But this is America.
We never fought for moral reasons. I think Coates knows this and that's why I'm so interested to read his Cap run.
The civil war was not about freeing slaves on the Union side...It was about keeping the states united.
It only became about slavery when the south was about to solicit aid from European countries who had already abolished slavery in a strategic move to prevent this help. Once the north declared it was about freeing slaves many of the northern soldiers stopped fighting for the Union and went home.
Lincoln continued to insist that this was a war to save the Union, not to free slaves. But by 1862, Lincoln was considering emancipation as a necessary step toward winning the war. The South was using enslaved people to aid the war effort. Black men and women were forced to build fortifications, work as blacksmiths, nurses, boatmen, and laundresses, and to work in factories, hospitals, and armories. In the meantime, the North was refusing to accept the services of black volunteers and freed slaves, the very people who most wanted to defeat the slaveholders. In addition, several governments in Europe were considering recognizing the Confederacy and intervening against the Union. If Lincoln declared this a war to free the slaves, European public opinion would overwhelmingly back the North.We did not join in the fight of WWII until 1941 the war began in 1939 when Nazi Germany invaded Poland. The battle of Dunkirk happened in 1940 Germany had consumed most of Western Europe and had Britain's back up against a wall, all the while we stayed completely silent and out of the war, while Jews were being massacred and our allies were being invaded. It wasn't until our own territory was attacked that we decided to join the war..."moral reasons"
-The Civil War and emancipation, PBS
"We passed laws, struck down laws, for moral reason" Bull shit after slavery was abolished Jim Crow laws were passed anti voting rights were enforced. Our country should receive no applause for striking down and repealing terrible laws that should have never been in place or even on a ballot in the first place.
a member of the worst. generation. ever.
The millennials, me
We the strong are now plagued by parasites...feeble minds...and captains of nothing.
So, that boys, like you, die nameless in deserts and the people do not honor them...This sacred trust stands against the weak, the parasites the feeble minds. And we will prevail my son.
the worst. generation. ever.
parasites, feeble minds and captains of nothing.
We are the generation of #blacklivesmatter
We are the generation of #lovewins
We are the generation of #taketheknee
We are the generation of #metoo #timesup
"We reached for the stars, acted like men...We were able to be all these things and do all these things because we were informed… by great men, men who were revered."
-Aaron Sorkin
Back when "America was great" back before we, the worst generation ever, arrived We acted like men and we did all of these things because we were informed by great men who were revered...these very same men who grab women by the pussy, who sexually assault them, victim blame, and pay hush money.
Fuck that.
America was right because America's selfishness at times has also lined up with morality and America was great for white men and that's all it's ever been great for.
This is America. We were never great and we certainty aren't the greatest country in the world.
But we could be...If we stopped acting like America use to be this perfect place and stopped looking back with rose tinted glasses. If we looked back only to acknowledge our flaws, our errors, our fuck ups (and there have been many) But we need to focus on the future, on forward, on the dream of tomorrow being a better place for every human in our borders and out. America was never great from the first invasion of this land colonizing and displacing native people who already had great nations. To today where our politicians and parents rant and whine about how this country has gone to shit. It's always been shit don't blame our systemic brokenness on the young adult generation of today, don't get upset with us because you wasted your time in the country worrying about what it "use to be"
Childish Gambino - This Is America