This be the realiest shit I've ever known....

Ok...I know I already wrote once today, but I just read something that made me want to write again. Lastnight I talked about my friend Casey's clothing line. Standing next to Casey is a young man that goes by the name Havek Osten. Another real ass dude. Never had the privilege of actually meeting him, but I have had the opportunity of encountering his mind through his facebook page. He like Casey inspire me and give me hope that there are young black men out in the world still that are not afraid to stand up against what the world has precieved them to be. They are not afraid to challenge the status quo, they are not afraid to dig deep and try to follow in the footsteps of the many strong black men that came before them and sacrificed whos footsteps are all but gone from a world too concerned with dumbin everything down.

My aunt was a Black Panther one of the few women amongst the men paving the way for blacks in Seattle during the 1960's and 70's. Many times in my life I have admired her for being a Black Panther and standing up, for being apart of a movement...something real. I do not agree with the philosophy of the New Black Panther party and there are few other positive black groups to believe in. I guess that is why CentLess has drawn me in. That is why I am drawn to young black intellects like Casey, Havek and another friend of mine Kwapi. They speak truth that tries to build up, inspire and continue the movement that people like Martin Luther King Jr, Malcom X, Angela Davis, Huey P. Newton, Stokley Charmichael and the countless other revolutionaries and visionaries began so long ago.

I feel like as young black people we have lost sight of the greatness that we come from and the greatness that we are meant to be. Don't get me wrong I love the latest dances, fashions and other things fed to us, but I also never forget what is real. I never dumb myself down, I never let anyone intimidate me or take from me what I have earned though the work done by those who came before me. I might not be out here being an activist, but I do support whatever positive things I see my fellow young blacks doin. I do educate myself and take every opportunity given to me to display my intellect given to me. I may be going into a superficial field, but I believe that Sports was one of the first arenas of life in America to become integrated and I want to break into the field and make a difference and show that my young black brothers are more than their bodies and physical prowess...I want to give them the confidence they so desperately need to be more than what everyone thinks, wants or expects them to be. I want to use my education to continue the changing face of the front office...it has always been a dream of mine to knock the socks off "fat white guys" runnin shit, by showing them that a young black woman can "run with the big boys". I plan to make a change and do right by my people, in my own way.