I hurried to the soul food restaurant as fast as my
little legs would carry me. I was going to meet my mentor, that greatest
of ghetto philosophers, Cleophus Leroy Jones.
Normally, I seek him out whenever life becomes too puzzling, which, in
the Trump era, has been all the time.
But this time he summoned me! He
seemed super perturbed and I couldn’t wait to see what was on his mind.
“I’m glad you could make it
College Boy,” (his term of mock derision for me). “ What’s goin’ on out here is a real travesty.
It makes me sick to my stomach, and somebody
has got to say somethin’ about
it! Somebody’s got to do somethin’ about it!”
“I’m confused,” I sighed. “ I
thought we had covered every major issue known to man; especially black folks.”
“This has just recently come
to my attention and it is really serious and disgraceful. I’m talkin’ about how these major educational
institutions are takin’ advantage of these young folks, robbin’ them blind, then
leavin ‘em wit no education to speak of.
They leave these schools with undisciplined minds, can’t think clearly
or analytically, no skills to do nothin’ and they wind up bein’ a drag on
society, not contributin’ nothin, except
hustlin’ and anxiety! It’s disgustin’.”
“A smile crossed my lips as I
finally understood where he was coming from.
But I was still a bit perplexed: “I hear you Cleo. But we’ve been discussing how these schools
use up our black kids, especially out athletes, for years now. You’re probably thinking about Kyrie Irving
saying the
Earth is flat, right?”
“
That’s the problem with some
of you Negroes. Soon as somebody say somebody was victimized, y’all
think they talkin’ ‘bout black folks. I
aint talkin’ ‘bout no black folks. Kyrie
Irving is just a basketball player. The
most he gone mess up is a layup or a fast break. I’m talkin’ ‘bout them folks without a
education who go out and tear up everything in sight! I’m talkin’ ‘bout them overprivileged white
folks whose folks pay good money for them to attend fancy high falutin’ schools
where they don’t get no education at all!”
“Like who?” I could np
longer contain myself.
“How ‘bout good ole Donald J Trump? His wealthy daddy paid big bucks to get him
an education at a Ivy League school-the
University of Pennsylvania! And what
good did it do him? He can’t spell
“tap,” got no idea why we fought the Civil War, caint tell the difference
between Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Jackson, in terms of who was president at
the time, caint pronounce “acumen” and thinks Frederick Douglass is still
alive. Like I said, a real drain of
society,”
“Uh, Cleo, the man is a
billionaire who just happens to be president.
I’d say that would constitute success in anybody’s book.”
“College Boy, I been teachin’
but you aint been listenin’. In the
first place his daddy gave him a million dollars back when a million meant you
were really rich! And in the second
place, even you could be rich if you never had to pay for your supplies on
account a filing for bankruptcy every time your bills came due. That aint a
businessman, tha’s a thug! Only thing he
good at is runnin’ for president; and in his case that ain’t nothin’ but lyin;’
like he told all those contractors he was gone pay ‘em before filing for
bankruptcy or settin’ up a fake university to rip people off, or tellin’ folks
he gone build a wall and make another country pay for it! That aint contributin’ to society. It’s a form of high class welfare. Yeah, tha’s what it is: High class welfare! They must a had affirmative action for the
wealthy for him to get into a Ivy League school, cause I’m pretty sure he didn’t
play no ball. I’m sick of it and I’m
gone do somethin’ about it. I am formally
announcing that I am founding the brand new NAAURWP! Wanna join?”
“What do the letters stand
for?”
“National Association for the
Advancement of Uneducated Rich White People.
I’ma call George
W. Bush right after Trump.”
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