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Louis William Rose
Tag Archives: Racism
Thoughts on the Militia for a New Republic
We constantly hear about the second half of the Second Amendment, an independent clause which guarantees us the absolute right, free from any legislative impingement, to keep and bear arms. All laws to the contrary in my opinion are unconstitutional, … Continue reading
All Lives Matter, If You Don’t Think So, Maybe Yours Doesn’t Matter So Much
Life is cheap. That’s the truth. Hundreds of thousands die every day, some violently, some ignominiously, some of old age or sickness, some in infancy or the prime of life. All tragically. Today you are alive, and your life matters, … Continue reading
On Racism and Eclecticism
Race relations is a favorite subject of mine, because it is the only significant political debate that can be conclusively proven to be based on a fallacy. The fallacy is that there is such a thing as race in the … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Race and Gender
Tagged Adam Clayton Powell, Andrew Young, Arthur Ashe, Bill Cosby, Black Man, Cab Calloway, Chubby Checker, Clarence Thomas, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Count Basie, Dick Gregory, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Fats Domino, Fats Waller, Genetics, George Washington Carver, Jackie Robinson, James Brown, James Earl Jones, Jimi Hendrix, John Shaft, Johnny Mathis, Louis Armstrong, Mahalia Jackson, Muhammad Ali, Nat King Cole, Paul Robeson, Pearl Bailey, Quincy Jones, Race Relations, Racism, Ralph Abernathy, Ray Charles, Red Fox, Roy Innis, Shirley Chisolm, Stevie Wonder, Sydney Poitier, Thurgood Marshall, White Man
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Poem: You’re Not the Same Color as Me
You’re not the same color as me. Is that supposed to matter? Because it’s so easy to see, I’m also bald, and fatter than you and I know it’s a fact, they beat and killed the others. But does that … Continue reading
Posted in About People, Poetry, Race and Gender, Social Philosophy
Tagged Black, Brotherhood, Louis William Rose, Poem, Race, Race Relations, Racism, White
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Poem: The Afrocentric Pejorative
Now everybody knows there is a word you cannot say. It is much worse than other words that fill us with dismay. Greater by far than Kike, or Wop, or Dot-Head, or Ofay. Grave consequences loom for those who put … Continue reading
Posted in About Life, Freedom of Speech, Poetry, Race and Gender
Tagged Africa, African people, Afrocentrism, First Amendment, Freedom of Speech, hate speech, Lenny Bruce, Louis William Rose, Mel Gibson, N-Word, Nigger, Paula Deen, Poem, political correctness, Prejudice, Racial Slur, Racism
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In a cruel and uncaring world... 