BLACKMAMBA SPEAKS - LISTEN TO HIM

I have today, December 19, been pointing out Blackmamba's New York Times comment to some of the twitterers whose tweets are connected to Thomas Chatterton Williams' memoir, Profile In Black and White - Unlearning Race. I had filed that comment in a longer post, still here below this one. But I want now to put it at the top. Blackmamba had unlearned race years ago, at least as many years ago since the first time I saw one of his comments. He has basically the same genome I have but but in America his kind was given a "race" name and placed long ago in a racial order the "Fatal Invention" of European and American racists. That phrase, "Fatal Invention" I borrow from Dorothy Roberts, she also in common with Blackmamba sees herself as belonging to the only "race", the human.

Blackmamba - New York Times Comment

There is only one biological DNA genetic evolutionary fit human race species that began in Africa 300, 000 years ago. What we call race aka color is an evolutionary fit pigmented response to varying levels of solar radiation at different altitudes and latitudes primarily related to producing Vitamin D and protecting genes from damaging mutations in ecologically isolated human populations over time and space. 

What we call race aka color aka ethnicity aka national origin is an evil malign socioeconomic political educational demographic historical white European American Judeo-Christian supremacist prejudiced myth meant to legally and morally justify humanity denying black Africa enslavement and equality defying separate and unequal black African Jim Crow. 

My earliest known European American ancestor was born in London in 1613 married in the Virginia colony in 1640 where he died in 1670. My earliest known free- person of color ancestors were living in South Carolina and Virginia during the American Revolution and fought on the side of the rebels. My earliest known black African enslaved ancestors were living in Georgia and South Carolina from 1830/35 where they were owned by and bred with my white American ancestors. My earliest known brown First Nations ancestors were living in Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia from 1830/35 where they mated with and married by black and white ancestors. 

Why does this heritage makes me just black in America?

Blackmamba speaks in the New York Times - There Is Only One Race, The Human

The New York Times had this article December 5, 2019.

"Why There Won’t Be A Black Woman Running for President" @ https://nyti.ms/2LnwyCC)

Many comments were critical of the author for placing so much emphasis on the importance of being “black”, with the author perhaps forgetting what Martin Luther King had so long ago, that what was important was what was in your mind and your ability to use what was there. The collection of comments was unusual for having so many so critical of the author’s focus on “race”

My effort to file a comment was blocked by a red error message, but my New York Times comment-land friend, Blackmamba was able to get his comment in print just before comments closed.

Today, December 6, I modified the text of the blocked submission and in one version mention Blackmamba promising to put his comment here in my blog. Blackmambas comment appears under ALL and was one of the last to appear before comments were closed.

Now I have done so.

Larry Lundgren

16:23 GMT 2019-12-06

Blackmamba

Illinois December  5

What is a 'black woman'?

First of all there is only one biological DNA genetic evolutionary fit human race species that began in Africa 300,000 years ago. What we call race aka color is an evolutionary fit pigmented response to varying levels of solar radiation at altitudes and latitudes primarily related to producing Vitamin D and protecting genes from damaging mutations in ecologically isolated populations over space and time.

Being Indian and Jamaican like Harris father and mother is about their national origin. Not hers. So is being American and Kenyan like Obama's parents. They are not racial markers. Nor are they ethnic sectarian markers. Kamala's mother is Tamil Hindu. Barack's father was Luo Muslim.

The notion that Harris and Obama are all and only black is an evil malign relict of enslavement that deemed one-drop aka 1/32nd of black blood as making you black enough to be legally enslaved and separate and unequal in America. The legacy of black enslavement has made a rainbow of black Africans in America. Few know nor share heritage as exotic as either Harris or Obama. Nor do they have parents as well educated as either of them growing up in relative isolation from black Africans.

Unlike the nations with the most Muslims-Indonesia, Pakistan, India and Bangladesh- America has had never had a female head of state/government. Every English speaking nation-Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom can make a similar claim.

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