Make No Mistake
When I talk about things like “renouncing blackness“, I think people sometimes get the wrong idea. I stated it clearly in the above-linked article, but let me say it again here. My renunciation of my race, my rejection of the whole concept of race, does not in any way distance me from my sense of justice and thereby my allegiance to those – to any – who find themselves discriminated against, marginalized, disenfranchised, or subjugated. Because my allegiance is to humanity.
So do not think – even for a nanosecond that because I say I’m “not black” that I won’t still punch you in the throat for calling me – or anyone in my presence – a nigger. Don’t think for an instant that I have abandoned “black people”, that I do not wish in the depths of my heart to see true equality, and do not ever think that I will be on the wrong side in any conflict where so-called black people are being mistreated. I choose mostly to fight my battles with ideology, to mark as my enemy the status quo which continues to allow racism and stupidity and divisiveness to prevail throughout the human condition. But please – please – do not ever mistake where my loyalties lie, and do not ever underestimate the methods I am willing to employ to see justice done.