Racism is Universal - Let's Acknowledge that Fact Shall We?

On top is a photo of twin sisters Lamb and Lynx Gaede. On the bottom is Autum Ashante (yes, that is how her name is spelled). Last fall, the Gaede twins became a rather big news story, because hiding behind those cute bubbly faces is an insidious hatred that they express in the music and dancing they perform as the "white nationalist", Bakersfield-based rock group, Prussian Blue. That hatred is prominently illustrated by their t-shirts. There is nothing like a have-a-nice-day smiley face made up like Adolf Hitler to brighten your day. Yeeeuck! During their live performances, Lamb and Lynx have been known to do a circle dance around a Nazi swastika on the stage floor. Here is an example of some of their lyrics. They are from a little song with the charming title, Aryan Man Awake:

When the man who plows the fields is driven from his lands. When the carpenter must give away what he's built with his own hands. When a mother's only children belong to her no more. And black masked men with guns come bashing down the doors. Where freedom exists for only those with darker skin. Where lies and propaganda will never let you win. Where symbols of your heritage are held with such contempt, and benefits of country 'cept tax are you exempt .

Aryan man awake, How much more will you take, Turn that fear to hate, Aryan man awake.

Can you see how they lie to warp your daughter's minds? Can you let your sons be trodden down or held behind? Can you apologize for things you did not do, and leave this battle that we fight to the proud and the few? What will it take for you to waken to the truth? What will it take for you to remember your own youth? What will you give up to help this worthy Cause, and strike with force and fury, without a single pause?

What will it take for you to remember your own folk? What will it take for you to break that heavy yoke? Why do you still cast your eyes downward to the ground? Worry lest what you say have prejudicial sound. Who will stand beside us when the war begins? Who will run and hide their heads and wait to see who wins? Who will face the end and watch a Valkyrie ride forth To join the gods and fallen stormtroopers of the North?

Ah yes, "Turn that fear to hate". That will solve your problems. These two are still in the news; I listened to two local morning talk hosts talking about them a couple of weeks ago, and there is an article about them in the latest edition of GQ magazine.

With their continuing national coverage in mind, I now bring your attention to Autum Ashante. Autum is a 7 year old New Yorker, and is in big demand as a poet. She recently came to the attention of the New York press after her controversial poetry reading at a high school and middle school in Peekskill, New York. Why was little Autum's poetry reading so controversial? Here is her poem, entitled, White Nationalism Put U in Bondage:

White nationalism is what put you in bondage
Pirate and vampires like Columbus, Morgan, and Darwin
Drank the blood of the sheep, trampled all over them with
Steel, tricks and deceit.
Nothing has changed take a look in our streets
The mis-education of she and Hegro — leaves you on your knee2grow
Black lands taken from your hands, by vampires with no remorse
They took the gold, the wisdom and all of the storytellers
They took the black women, with the black man weak
Made to watch as they changed the paradigm
Of our village
They killed the blind, they killed the lazy, they went
So far as to kill the unborn baby
Yeah White nationalism is what put you in bondage
Pirates and vampires like Columbus, Morgan, and Darwin
They drank the blood of the sheep, trampled all over them with
Steel laden feet, throw in the tricks alcohol and deceit.
Nothing has changed take a look at our streets.

So I, being a white person, am a vampire who has sucked the lifeblood of the black race? Someone might retort to me that, No no Chanman, she isn't calling you a vampire, she is referring to men like Christopher Columbus, Charles Darwin, and J.P. Morgan. Little Autum and her father cleared up any confusion about that when they were asked for comment about the backlash from members of the Peekskill audience following Autum's poetry reading, and the recorded apology that school officials sent out to the parents of the children at those schools. According to Michelle Malkin, Autum was quoted in a Westchester newspaper as saying, White people are "devils, and they should be gone. We should be away from them and still be in Africa." Batin Ashante, Autum's father, called the school officials, "racist crackers". "Cracker"? I believe that is a racist term itself there Batin. In the same linked article, it was revealed that Autum led only the black and hispanic students in a recital of the "Black Childrens' Pledge". She told the white students to remain seated.

Once again, we have a clear double standard. The Gaede twins of Prussian Blue have been universally condemned, as they certainly should be. However, when it comes to the racist rhetoric of Autum Ashante and her father, they have in their corner such local heavyweights as The "Reverend" Al Sharpton (remember folks, he was considered by the Democrats to be a legitimate candidate for President of the United States), and NYC Councilman Charles Barron, a former Black Panther who famously replied a couple of years ago that he would like to slap white people. This has always been the difference between the left-wing and the right-wing in this country - the loony right (e.g. David Duke and company) is condemned by the mainstream right. The loony left (Jesse Jackson, Cindy Sheehan, etc.) is embraced by the mainstream left.

One other comment/question: is Mr. Ashante aware that the season after summer is spelled a-u-t-u-m-n? Just wondering.

Good Day to You, Sir