4 posts tagged “just genius”

Perhaps the greatest understanding is that the Black Arts Movement is something that has already happened. We, the Black Children of the 80's, are the culmination of the direct understanding of that which had just previously occurred. There is no neo-movement, rebirth, or resurrection of the forgotten but we are involved in a conscious continuation of the present progressive. And with this collective understanding ... we create, not in a vacuum but in relation to whom we have been created to be. Walk on. Liberation is no longer a sought after idea (or ideal existence), it is an innate and tangible reality that we must work towards embodying and exalt in the hard won sense of the limitlessness of our freedom and cultural identity. 

People always talking bout Niggas (or Niggers) ... what they do or don't do or should do. My creative commissioner, Mr. 2.0, and I came up with a little parody about the lies people tell persons designated as Niggas (or Niggers). This skit evolved into a short PSA called Nigga.

CaughtMagazine.com featured our short a few months ago. Here's the write-up from their site:

Nigga: A Public Service Announcement

The word on the state of Young America!

The word Nigga has been a soar in Black America's side for over 4 centuries. Although the word has recently passed away and been buried due to the efforts of the NAACP and the recent tirades by "Seinfeld" actor Micheal Richards and radio shock jock Don Imus, will this word continue to hold  power over an entire nation?  The "N"-word is definitely having the "best week ever" every week for  the entire year of 2007.  Hopefully next year, the  media  and American society will give it a rest and let it marinate. Many feel the "N" word will always and forever be a part of the Black American lexicon, regardless of its negative connotation  passed down from years of oppression and white degradation.

After centuries of the use of this term within the black community, questions still remain unanswered within ourselves. Have we, being the victims of oppresion, turned the oppression towards our own people by allowing this word to hold us back from aquiring an abundance of knowledge, success, and wealth? Has the entire existence of what we call blackness been cast away by this simple but powerful five letter word. This short PSA "Nigga: A Public Service Announcement" provided by our friends over at J Genius may have a solution.  Imagine being institutionalized into believing that you were only capable of succeeding and making a living in one career/job, only to have it taken away before you can even say the word "Nigga". Imagine That!