State of the Black Union: Randall Robinson Rocks

"If you're indifferent to evil, that's more invidious than evil itself."

Dr. Cornel West is sharing that he thinks demonizing people is not working anymore as a political strategy. The Southern Strategy is no longer working and in effect. He says Michael Steele is the proof of that. -- Is that statement true? Wouldn't that be getting on the current post-racial bandwagon??? Because I have a feeling what he's saying might not be. Not on a community, local level anyway.

By the way, Michael Steele looks so uncomfortable sitting next to Dr. West.

Dr. West's saying he was a supporter of Obama two years ago. Um, no, Dr. West, I don't think you were supporting Obama two years ago and neither was Tavis. Y'all trashed him every chance you could get. I sure remember that "All skin is not kin!" discussion from last year. And that's fine, but just admit you changed of mind.

I have no idea what West's talking about now. He's doing intellectual rambling and everybody's gonna think it sounds brilliant because it's Cornel West.

Why do I feel like both Tavis and Dr. West are still feeling that, "We're not the Black Superman HNIC" jealousy?

Randall Robinson is up next and says that when the country elected Obama, it may have had self-interest in mind because the man is brilliant. He says we don't have a lot of experience, both black AND white are globally illiterate. We don't know very much and it's not our fault because you can't know what you can't know.

Robinson feels it would surprise many Americans that we have become the major obstruction to the human rights movement around the world. He gives the example of the treaties for the Human Rights for Women, for children, and a treaty for International Judicial Courts . They were ratified by an overwhelming majority of nations but the U.S. is against all three.

Says the disadvantage of watching American news is that you get controlled news and when you watch news in other coutries, you get a better view of this country.

Oh wow, the woman in front of me is jumping up testifying like she's in church, "YESSS!!! COME ON, NOW! TELL THE TRUTH!" Please don't have a heart attack, sista!

I feel her though because Randall Robinson is dropping crazy knowledge about how U.S. forces went into Haiti and kidnapped the Hatian President and his wife. He and Maxine Waters had to go charter a plane to go rescue the Hatian President and his wife, and they're now in South Africa.

He's breaking down history about Haiti and how Toussaint L'Overture freed Haiti and her slaves from European rule and the country has been paying for it ever since 1805.

Ooh, Tavis is trying to cut him off. What, Tavis, you don't like what Robinson says because he hasn't said you're the most amazing person on earth?

LOL, Randall Robinson is quoting Beyonce saying that when she sees President Obama, it makes her want to be smarter. He's saying that's what we need all the kids to say.

Tavis is coming around to asking Robinson what makes him think Obama's so brilliant.

Robinson says, "I read his books and I don't think they were fiction!" That response has me cracking up laughing because that was seriously the most stupid question ever!

Robinson makes a good point that Obama has only been in office for 40 days so we need to give him some time. Now he's talking about how important it is to encourage rigorous scholarship in our children. "We've got to turn around this business of hero identification. He also talks about how news makers and editors have extraordinary power."

He's talking about how nobody covered the kidnapping of Aristide. Do you think that if the president of Austria or Belgium were kidnapped by the U.S. and dragged halfway around the world, that the press wouldn't cover it? It doesn't matter what you think about Aristide. He's the person the people elected in Haiti!

Note to self: Read more Randall Robinson.