The Illusion of Inclusion: The Separate But

Equal Ideology of Everybody-ism by

Strong_BlackMan

Im here to talk to you all about a very serious topic. I can guarantee you that many
of you will not like what I have to say, while others will respect what I have to say
and will perfectly understand where Im coming from. When youre in the business
of telling the truth, the unadulterated, uncut truth, youre bound to ruffle a few
feathers. Malcolm X once said, If you have no critics, youll likely have no
success and Im certain that statement he made was extremely accurate. Being a
native of Newark, NJ, I was brought up in an environment where if you didnt have
tough skin, you were fresh meat for the blood-thirsty wolves out there, for real.
With that being said, let me continue with this detailed public service
announcement for Black people.
As a youngster we used to have a little slang term we would always say to each
other when we were trying to make somebody aware that they were about to get
played; wed say Peep game. Game was another word for trickery, deceit,
manipulation, exploitation, sly maneuvering, opportunistic usery, getting over on
somebody, playing somebody for a fool, or getting away with something. So
whenever we told our homies to peep game, it was a warning. It took a lot of trial
and error to recognize game, but if you were the type who listened to what the
older Brothers told you about their life experiences, you could minimize your own
mistakes if you took heed to what they were telling you. Im gonna tell you right
now to peep game because Im about to put you up on some game.
Nowadays, we live in a time where technology is moving fast, people are quick to
forget the past, and everything is all about making cash. We live in a time where
we witness so many changes that we sometimes forget to see the things that stay
the same. One of those things is racism. Today, people are so clueless about what
racism is(especially white people) that if you ask ten people what it is, you will
most likely get ten different answers. The way things are in todays social and
political climate, a white person can say the most racist comments and still turn
around insisting theyre not racist. It happens all the time, over and over again,
with the same lame, predictable apologies and excuses. Most whites will admit that
racism is still alive, but they will act like the only people who could possibly be
racist are KKK members, Neo Nazis, or Tea Party Republicans. Its treated like its
the Boogeyman, or the mysterious culprit in a Scooby-Doo episode. The sad part
about that is that a large majority of Black people actually believe that.
We have a lot of people who claim they are anti-discrimination, anti-racism, anti-
inequality, but from what I see going on, they only say that because its the
politically correct thing to say and basically everybody else is saying it. Now thats
that game I was talking about earlier. These same people who champion this
progressive platform say a lot of egalitarian things, but what they actually
practice is something entirely different. The way I see it, America has always been
that way; saying one thing while doing the exact opposite of what they just said
they were doing.
To illustrate my point, Im going to show you some simple observations I made
about the separate but equal, double standard that white liberals and
progressives expect Black people to live by and the majority of us gladly accept.
First, I want to address how they go about solidifying this separate but equal
status on Black people in the name of what I call everybody-ism, better known as
all inclusiveness or the illusion of inclusion. The white liberal establishment is
very skilled in these methods because they have historically always posed as a
friend of the Negro while manipulating us to their social, economic, and political
advantage. The reason they are so successful in utilizing these tactics is because
they are well aware that most Black people are extremely desperate for friendship
with other races as a result of being degraded and dehumanized by pretty much
every other group, on a global scale. Some of us are just happy now with being
recognized as a human being.
Seeing that as a weakness, the white liberal establishment uses that desperation for
friendship like a dope dealer uses a free sample of pure heroin to get a potential
dope fiend strung out. They use terms like all people, all Americans, every
citizen, we the people, all humanity, all persons or they use ambiguous, non-
specific terms when referencing Black people like, minorities, urban
population, at risk residents, neglected citizens, victims of discrimination, or
the most popular one, people of color. Most Black people, in our insatiable thirst
for acceptance and inclusion naively identify with these non-specific labels
without even realizing that we are the only group of people who are held to this
universal standard. To further illustrate my assessment, we will take a
comparative look at three major so-called Afrikan-American organizations, their
mission statements and objectives in comparison with other ethnic groups
organizations to see if they are held equally to the same standards.
First we will take a look at the most prominent and well known so-called Afrikan-
American organization in America, the NAACP. Their mission statement is as
follows:

As you can clearly see here, the terms all persons, all individuals, all citizens,
and persons do not, in any shape or form, specifically identify Black people, nor
does this so-called Afrikan-American organization claim to be dedicated to serving
Black people or the Black community. Let us move on.
The next highly recognizable and prestigious, so-called Black organization is the
Congressional Black Caucus. They are Black in name & membership, but upon
further examination we see that they also have this same methodology of
everybody-ism. Their mission objective is as follows:

As we see here, they used the terms people of color, vulnerable communities,
everyone in the United States and even took it to a whole other level with all
peoples of the world!! All those terms and not once did they even stop to mention
Black(ironic how thats in their title, though) people, Afrikan-Americans, or the
Afrikan-American community. They sure dont forget to garner up very specific
support from Afrikan-Americans during election time, without even having to say
anything about serving us or being dedicated to our interests. Lets move along.
Next, I want to address another prominent so-called Black organization, the
National Urban League. The Urban League was a little bit more specific in naming
Afrikan-Americans(which I give them at least some credit for doing), but they
make sure to plaster the methodology of everybody-ism all over their website to
clean up all that Afrikan-American specificity. Lets look at their mission
statement:



As I have stated, they are the only one out of those major three that did get specific
about who they want to enable. On the surface, this is a very admirable goal, very
clear cut, and seemingly focused. However, when you look at the website more,
this is what you see:

As you can see, they quickly shifted that one specific reference to Afrikan-
Americans right back to four, very visible references of every American. Once
again, we see this consistent theme of everybody-ism.
Now lets take a look at some other ethnic organizations to see if we see this same
all inclusiveness, everybody-ism rhetoric that we see so much in the major so-
called Black organizations. We will start with the National Council of La Raza, a
very prominent Hispanic organization. Their mission statement is as follows:


As you can clearly see here, you see Hispanic, Hispanic Americans,
Hispanics, Latino, and all Hispanic subgroups. All these terms are very
specific, very exclusive, and very straight forward about who they serve. I
commend Hispanics for being unapologetic about being dedicated to serving their
communities without having to use any vague, ambiguous, and non-specific
references.
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is another major organization for the Hispanic
community that is dedicated to basically the same, specific purposes:

Once again, you can see Hispanics arent playing any games; they are focused on
their people.
Let us examine the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans organizations to
see if we can find that same all inclusiveness, everybody-ism that the socalled
Black organizations seem to champion so much. Their mission objective is as
follows:

As you can see here as well, the terms Asian Pacific American, the greater Asian
American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander communities are straight to the
point and it is self-explanatory who this organization is representing and serving.
No sign of that everybody-ism here.
Now, I could go on with many, many more organizations to display this clear
unequal status on an organizational level but there is no need to. The purpose of
this paper was only to highlight the hypocrisy in the concept of all-inclusiveness
that Black people in particular, have grown so accustomed to accepting, adopting,
championing, and tolerating to our own detriment. In all actuality, we have only
our Black leadership and ourselves to blame for blindly settling for this Separate
But Equal status for our people, in the name of some nave ideal of inclusivity that
only we seem to be practicing. Knowing how much most Black people are opposed
to being specific about doing something for our people out of the negative backlash
that would proceed from white America, and all the countless accusations of
racism or separatism, it is a blatant slap in the face of Afrikan-Americans when we
are faced with the reality that only we are accused of this when every ethnic group
in America is doing for their own people exclusively. Maybe if we loved ourselves
enough and stopped needing the love of everybody else, we may be able to do for
ourselves and be respected as a people. Just a little food for thought. Bon
appetite