I recently had to unfriend someone I knew from elementary school on Facebook because of his Overly Conscious views. (This post is not about him. Being overly conscious was Not the only reason why I would date him. And he wasn't checking for me either) My mouse stays on the block button when they pop up in my followers' lists on Twitter & Instagram.
I've always said I grew up All-Black until I was in middle school. So, there are a lot of Black facts and thoughts I've known about for years. There are many things I read and have read that some people are just now reading. I understand that. I was afforded that (and others) opportunity in life and some others were not. But when these people who get a little knowledge and decide to bash everybody with it, I don't understand that. I remember when I chose to go to a state university and not an HBCU, a childhood friend was appalled. So I asked her what was the oldest secular organization in the United States. She was stumped and she left me alone So, the mindset is not foreign to me but it is very annoying.
I am Very Annoyed with these men who feel like the definition of being black is a monolith and you are not this definition the White man has fooled you. Around social media, some people call these men, Hotep N-words. Here is the definition from Urban Dictionary.
A Hotep N-words is a black person who knows nothing about black history outside of Ancient Egypt. Hotep N-words will attribute anything and everything to Egypt while ignoring the rest of Africa and the far east. The majority of Hotep Niggas have no sincere interest in black history as they are only looking for an alternative to monotheistic religion.
Hotep N-words will also end every sentence with Hotep.
hotep N-words: Christ was a fictional character created by the white man to enslave you! Hotep!
Hebrew Israelite: According to Roman Historian Flavius Josephus, Christ was "a man of simple appearance, mature age, DARK SKIN, small stature, three cubits high, hunchbacked with a long face, long nose, and meeting eyebrows, so that they who see him might be affrighted, with scanty hair with a parting in the middle of his head, after the manner of the Nazarites, and with an undeveloped beard."
He existed and was black man.
hotep n-word: Lies! that's the white mans book. white man! white man! white man! Ma'at! Hotep!
Urban Dictionary is a great starter definition. Oh but these men do so much more. I used to ignore them Then the day I saw them call Black Feminists or "Womanists" white man bed wenches or agents to take the Black man down I knew then my tolerance for their BS was over. I want you to search for the "#YouOKSis campaign. The opposition is cringe-worthy.
Oh Lord, every Sunday the Black Christian church gets attacked by these men almost as bad as the KKK & all the other racist folks that set off bombs, set fire & shoot in them. Just like lumping all black people in one category, putting all churches, Black churches in one group is unfair also, Oh yeah, I don't worship the image that pop culture tells me is Jesus. In the world of these men, if you don't think like them or let them teach you their ways, then you are a waste of melanin-rich skin. They are so Negative!!!
I will Never date these guys. I want a man of any race that can accept that we All with our different races, religions, creeds, sexualities, and Lives deserve to live here. I don't want a man that is so Negative about everything that is Not their definition of Blackness. There are enough negativity and racist smoke screens manufactured by pop culture and stereotypes that it is not needed by someone who looks like us. I thought I didn't want to date an Uncle Tom growing up. I was ready for the fake Black power brother that secretly dates white girls. Oh and black men who think they have arrived once they finally get them a white girl, you still make me frown. Well, add the Overly Conscious to my list. I want a Racially proud man that still cares about other humans. That's all!!!
As Always, Talking to You in Adult Terms
