Black Male Repression Aint Anti-Democratic it’s White Supremacy the Ideology American Democracy is Founded On!

by Kenny Anderson

Recently when Tennessee Black male House Democrats Justin Jones and Justin Pearson were expelled by the racist Republican super-majority they said it was an anti-democratic expelling act.

I differ with them, I would describe their expulsion as 'BLACK MALE PERSECUTION' that's always been the repressive case under American democracy. Their white female protesting House member was not expelled by anti-democracy, democracy worked for her, but not y’all!

Black folks let us remember not forgetting that during Reconstruction the period immediately after slavery there were hundreds of Black male state legislatures in office throughout the South but they were expelled through racist Klan intimidation and violence.

I also differ with both Justins regarding the Republicans actions being anti-democratic that implies America as whole is a democracy. From my perspective based on historical facts America has always been a white supremacy 'Anti-Democratic Democracy' regarding Black folks as Malcolm X stated:

“And when I speak, I don't speak as a Democrat or a Republican, nor an American. I speak as a victim of America's so-called democracy. You and I have never seen democracy - all we've seen is hypocrisy. When we open our eyes today and look around America, we see America not through the eyes of someone who has enjoyed the fruits of Americanism. We see America through the eyes of someone who has been the victim of Americanism. We don't see any American dream. We've experienced only the American nightmare.”

American anti-democracy established in 1776 was founded on Black enslavement. Under the U.S. constitution Blacks were 'dehumanized' defined as 'chattel'. Of the first 18 U.S. presidents overseeing democracy 12 of them owned slaves.

From the beginning of democracy slavery lasted until 1865 a period of 89 years that extended and institutionalized the pre-democracy enslavement of Blacks since 1619 a period of 157 years that totals 246 years of Black enslavement.

Black folks if we add another 100 years that it took for Blacks to gain Civil Rights (1965) that's 346 years. Under American institutional racist 'Anti-Democratic Democracy' since 1776 we've only had so-called democracy and civil rights (1965) for 58 years.

Yes, we’ve only had voting rights and civil rights 14% of the time since being forced in this country 404 years ago. Yes, Black male repression existed in America before democracy, when democracy was established, and still continues under democracy to this day.

Yes, I support Justin Jones and Justin Pearson outspokenness and resistance exposing Black male political repression something millions of more Black men should be doing across the board.