Rootsbag12/27: Yusef Bey and Fundamentalist Abomination, Debra Dickerson and The End of Blackness

cultural predators: malachi, yusef and fundamentalist abomination

malachi york (aka chief black thunderbird and other assorted titles )
of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors is going on trial
for allegedly raping underage girls at his compound in Georgia.

believers claiming whitefolk out to get them
a modern day lynching

(chilling the folk who claim the modern day lynching bit
clarence thomas, michael jackson and now malachi et al)

the nuwaubian nation comes off cultic to me
and malachi claims to be from another planet.

i will however reserve judgment,
based on the innocent until proven guilty premise.

but this raises an issue that came up at the death of oaklands yusef bey
43 wives and numerous children and and accused of
fathering children on 13 year olds and on his own underage children

he died before he could be brought to trail
so I will reserve judgement on his guilt

but i take issue w/supporters who claim such behavior
justified according to traditional african values

at the bey memorial one maleek al maleek said "he was a born leader in the sense of an african chief or a muslim caliph. what is prohibited here is not prohibited in east india, where there are child marriages. i can show you chiefs in africa who have 30 wives ....the ways of the high priests are not shared by the commoner."

indeed. well spare me that fundamentalist bullshit.

if anything we should hold our leadership to a higher standard
than that of 'commoners'.

if he did these things he should have been sanctioned by the community
apparently his power and good works innoculated him from
years of accusation

now his supporters claim the whitefolk out to get him
well this aint got nothing to do with whitefolk

this is black outlaws hiding unacceptable behavior behind
a figleaf of racial solidarity
and cheapens everything black unity stands for

malcom didnt accept it and neither do i

this is an example of fundamentalist cultural traditionalism gone wrong
fundamentalism is probolematic be it islamic, christian or african
may have been appropriate in some ancient african context
but it is clearly inappropriate in the here and now

it is not only against the law it is fundamentally wrong.
a felony charge in the great black book of generations

his epitaph shall read
"here lies yusef bey, he could have been a great black man."

debra dickerson and the end of blackness

debra dickerson wrote a curious nyt op ed piece (12/26/03) accusing kwanza
of denying african americans christian heritage

im not going to worry about kwanza, kwanza can take care of itself
my favorite principle is kujichagulia. self determination.

i live and breath kujichagulia

but the tone of the piece was interesting
this neocon/progressive blend that was hard to pin down

shes a good writer and she knows how to code the unacceptable
her bio said she had a new book coming out, the end of blackness
this was not a reassuring title so I went to her website and checked it out.
an interesting piece in the racial uplift tradition.

only an excerpt but I have to say in agreement with one of her primary premises

that blackfolk should stop depending on whitefolk to save and/or validate them
that we have to take responsibility for our own condition.

i have to say im impressed with her strategic focus on the future
and self determination. her concerns with an ethics of blackness.
her concern with a viable black paradigm for the future.

sound like kujichagulia to me.

somebody i can work with

but the kwanza piece was classic sellout. not a good sign.
and her defense of ward, condelezza and tigers right to be what they want to be
was unfortunately simplistic

i will reserve judgement until i read the book
i asume we will hear much of it
the system loves to support the latest flavor in counterblack intellectuals

and its so easy to sell out these days

we will have to see how those progressive/neocon tensions of hers play out
and just hope they playout in our favor
that she uses her new platform to make the contribution shes capable of

shes obviously got identification issues
but who doesnt

she strikes me as a powerful potential force
that will be either an historically significant power on our side

or sell herself out to the
highest bidder

stewardship and the geas of rickydoc

lord legba open this gate

as an elder practitioner of the hoodoo way
stewardship is something that very much concerns me

occasionally the question of ethics come up in hoodoo forums
usually related to the use of spells on or against people without their knowledge

there are a wide range of positions on this matter
from a moralist concern with the ethics of soulcare
to a total rejection of ethical restraint on magic

most fall somewhere in between, the long as i dont hurt nobody position
and of course there are those who just dont care

i somewhat abashedly tend to the soulcare extreme.
if its not about caring for souls, it its not about healing and nurturing souls
its not about anything far as im concerned.

ima spiritdoctor

and souls are very fragile entities
to be handled w/a very light touch
w/a very delicate hand

its all stewardship:
at the moment and for some reason
this clients soul has been entrusted to my care

i man not speaking to the folk who have no sense of stewardship,
the predators among us who specialize in taking advantage of the weak and the desperate
pigs grown fat on the pain of those who come to them for help or guidance

i man speaking only to the righteous.and i will not abide
a thief of souls.

i speaking only to those who do consider this a calling of service
and believe that it is in that service that we find our strongest power
a true and significant power, a power capable of changing the world

i believe that sense of stewardship once restricted to client
family, house or immediate community
must be expanded to encompass the whole of human destiny.

this i believe could be construed as a naturally evolving function of hoodoo magic
and our role as spiritworkers
reaching for a greater influence in the course of human events
and manifesting an afrospiritual vision unto the world

in this context i believe stewardship an unequaled power
and were we to take up the challenge of it
we could guide our generations and all others
into a prosperous and illuminated future

i believe that stewardship at its most fundamental entails
being effective forces for evolutionary change in this world

this reality

its only a question of how deep do you want to take it

there are many %s of stewardship:

striving yourself to always be greater than you are.
helping your clients grow and evolve
empowering and illuminating your chosen tradition/house
encouraging whenever possible the highroad in the traditions of others
accepting responsibility for humanity’s march into its ever greater self

gods instrument

now i understand this dont speak to everybody
no sense in me getting a attitude cause folk dont see my vision
thats why they call it a vision

my personal understanding of stewardship is that i must always strive to be a positive and empowered force in human destiny and that whenever the choice is given, grace lies in chosing the greater me

this i must do

beyond that i go with the flow. good stewardship is apparently something along the lines of fa, something i must constantly strive to understand

i do know that as a wouldbe visionary my vision of human destiny must at all times be a great and grand and glorious one, one worthy of the people I would our generations be

listen then o ye firstborn to the geas of rickydoc and i will give you
a vision greater than your adversity

this then is my vision, this is what i see:

i see struggle, i looking generations down the line and i see generations of struggle

but i see humanity always striving towards its ever greater self, always striving to evolve and take the next step in human evolution, whatever it is, whatever that be

and i see a great and grand and glorious people. humanitys living ancestors and gods true chosen striving always to be greater than you are

for if you would reclaim your legacy as gods holy instrument you must stand on higher ground

and when you come to the crossroads always take the highroad
guardian of humanitys march into its ever greater self.

it is the geas of rickydoc

may the gods be good
to you

Comments

[ndelamiko]

I always knew there was something not quite right with that whole Nuwaupian thing. It was just too fringed and too much in one direction. We started a thread about York questioning is legitimacy about three years ago on Tribe Life, Is Dr. Malachi Z. York A Fraud? - Bring your evidence of this! Reading his 'scrolls' was almost a journey into hate speech and meglomania.

[Cmeans19*]

To The Lady Reserving The Judgments for Everyone - I Like To Know When Will You Come Wit It And End All Devlishment? On This Rock And Others? Goddess Is Your Title Correct? I Mean You Are God Right? The Female?
And Since You And Your Male Counter Part Created All Things It Should Be Nothing To Destroy It Correct? Just Like It Hurts You To See People Sell Out (As You Say) It Hurt Others To See Your Game. You Are Nothing More Than A Child - Transformed Into A Woman - Who's Been Denied - Gained A Tad Bit Of Knowledge - Sees A Small Part(Very Small)Of This Game - Now You Know It All & Feel Its Your Duty To Right The Wrongs - And Now You Vent Your Confused Fustrated Hurt Mind On Men (some deserving) Under The Letters G.O.D.D.E.S.S> Who Are You? And Why Do You Help Keep The Minds Of Natives To This Land
In A Maze? You Support The Character Sniping Of The Greatest Being Ever Created! Thats Right - DR MALACHI Z YORK! If You Truly Meant To Help Others You Would Study This Brotha And Find Out For Yourself That His Teachings On All Topics On This Planet Are Sound And True! If Not, Then You Are Nothing But A Disagreeable Snake - A UnderCover Mishap - And A Liar To The People You Claim To Help! We Cherish Our Sisters & All Sisters Of Virtue No Matter What They Claim To Be As Long As It's Not The Devil (for Lack Of You Not Knowing A Better Word) If You Are Real And Truly Stand On The Foundations Of Real Women - The True Caretakers Of The Universe - Then Come Home And Lets Build For Real! http://www.unnm.com/index.php
Lets Talk About It And Heal Our Wounds! Come And View The New Evidence From The Same People That Lied About Being Molested By The Master Teacher - Come And See Them Spill The Beans On The Whole Plot Organized By One Of Malachi's Sons & Government Agents! Can You Handle The Truth? If yes then Come And Lets talk About It! HOTEP!

[rickydoc]

dont want to get into a pissing contest
but im kinda offended at the personal nature
of the attack on sister lord

im the one who posted the orignal commentary
if you gon come down hard on somebody
probably should be me rather than my goddess
of a sister

i will look at the link you provided
and try to be openminded about it all,
sometimes i shoot from the hip

but my sister lord is in truth a goddess
whom i love and respect almost as much as i do
her input

in struggle

arf