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BLACK-POWER POEM - Black Lazerus - 03-17-2006
March 13, 2006 -- YOUNGSTER'S BLACK-POWER POEM RILES SCHOOL
A 7-year-old prodigy unleashed a firestorm when she recited a poem she wrote comparing Christopher Columbus and Charles Darwin to "pirates" and "vampires" who robbed blacks of their identities and human rights.
Hundreds of parents of Peekskill middle- and high-school students received a recorded phone message last week apologizing for little Autum Ashante's poem, titled "White Nationalism Put U in Bondage."
"Black lands taken from your hands, by vampires with no remorse," the aspiring actress and poet wrote. "They took the gold, the wisdom and all the storytellers. They took the black women, with the black man weak. Made to watch as they changed the paradigm of our village.
"Yeah white nationalism is what put you in bondage. Pirates and vampires like Columbus, Morgan and Darwin."
Autum was invited to speak at the Westchester schools on Feb. 28 by Melvin Bolden, a music teacher at the middle school who advises the high school's Black Culture Club and is a member of the Peekskill City Council.
Autum, whose résumé includes several television appearances and performances at the Apollo Theater and the African Burial Ground in Manhattan, told The Post that her poem was meant to instill pride in black students and to encourage them to steer clear of violence.
"I don't think there's anything wrong with my poem. I was trying to tell them the straight-up truth," Autum said. "I'm trying to tell them not to fight because they're killing the brothers and sisters."
Autum, who is home-schooled in Mount Vernon and speaks several languages, prefaced her performance at the high school with a Black Panthers' pledge asking black youngsters to not harm one another.
It did not sit well with parents.
In a telephone interview with The Post, Bolden said Autum has been "unofficially" banned from performing in a district school again and that school officials would review transcripts of future speakers.
"It's unfortunate, because some teachers said they wanted this little girl to explain the things she said to their students, but some parents don't want her on school grounds," Bolden said.
"[The poem] might have been a little too aggressive for what the middle-school kids are ready to handle," Bolden added.
Kimberly Greene, a mother of children in the high school and middle school, said she was shocked when she got the recorded phone message.
"If there are people who are upset about what she said, the schools should have talked about and analyzed it rather than send a message to everyone saying this little girl was offensive," Greene said.
Autum's father, Batin Ashante, said he can't believe the fuss over his daughter's poem.
"She's a little girl who does poetry about real things. She doesn't do poetry about cotton candy," Ashante said. "She's a serious little person."
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- Mad - 03-17-2006
Care?
I think not.
- HedCold - 03-17-2006
she should have also worked in how jesus was a black man
- Ronin - 03-17-2006
anyone pick up that new Prussian Blue album?
- Mad - 03-17-2006
Jesus was more brown then black, you Jesus hater.
- GonzoStyle - 03-17-2006
who the fuck knows what jesus looked like, he coulda been chinese for all you know, god is a gook.
- Mad - 03-17-2006
Jesus was a Jew, which are BROWN people in the Middle East, similar to those smelly Arabs.
- GonzoStyle - 03-17-2006
yeah cause accounts from 2 thousand years ago by a bunch of guys who didnt even see the nigger are accurate, he coulda been indian.
- HollywoodJewMoses - 03-17-2006
why did they have to apologize for somebody reading a poem?
- Mad - 03-17-2006
GonzoStyle Wrote:yeah cause accounts from 2 thousand years ago by a bunch of guys who didnt even see the nigger are accurate, he coulda been indian.
No way was Jesus a dot head. But, you are correct they is no way to confirm what his actual color was so Jesus was a shade lighter then nigger, agreed?
- Goatweed - 03-17-2006
too many words.
- Keyser Soze - 03-17-2006
i hope that little girl grows up and mad's son marries her.
- Luna - 03-17-2006
Jesus never really existed in the flesh. He is a metaphor for the sun's path across the solar calendar... aka a solar allegory.
He was merely a renewal of Dionysis, Horus and Krishna (older myths).
- Mad - 03-17-2006
Keyser Soze Wrote:i hope that little girl grows up and mad's son marries her.
I'd welcome her to the family with arms wide open.
- HollywoodJewMoses - 03-17-2006
Luna Wrote:Jesus never really existed in the flesh. He is a metaphor for the sun's path across the solar calendar... aka a solar allegory.
He was merely a renewal of Dionysis, Horus and Krishna (older myths).
hahah go fuck yourself
- Charles Manson - 03-17-2006
Whoa that's deep. We're like kindred spirits.
I bet that's what sluggo and her told each other when they FUCKED
- Keyser Soze - 03-18-2006
Luna Wrote:Jesus never really existed in the flesh. He is a metaphor for the sun's path across the solar calendar... aka a solar allegory.
He was merely a renewal of Dionysis, Horus and Krishna (older myths).
your myth has as much creedence as your assertion that jesus was a myth, at least be honest and say you're just as full of shit as the catholics.
- Luna - 03-18-2006
Keyser Soze Wrote:weeee! I forgot how much I love these debates. woohooLuna Wrote:Jesus never really existed in the flesh. He is a metaphor for the sun's path across the solar calendar... aka a solar allegory.
He was merely a renewal of Dionysis, Horus and Krishna (older myths).
your myth has as much creedence as your assertion that jesus was a myth, at least be honest and say you're just as full of shit as the catholics.
The catholics?? hahaaaa... what a joke. The Catholics were the first fascist group of *ahem* christians... alot of it has to do with Emporer Constantine in Rome who must have been sniffing glue and "saw crosses in the sky" and was told he would conquer under the sign of the cross by imaginary voices in his head... then you have the big protestant movement redefining christianity and breaking away from catholicism.
Why don't the Romans have any records of Jesus? They kept meticulous records, but oddly there is no record of Jesus. If there is please do enlighten me.
Shall we continue?
Quote:at least be honest and say you're just as full of shit as the catholics.I very well could be "full of shit" but my theory is more logical than the jesus story.
- Keyser Soze - 03-18-2006
you're barking up the wrong tree. your little wiccan, or whatever the fuck it is you believe in, fairy tale is as laughable as the one you just described. you're as much of a kook as the people you're mocking.
- Luna - 03-18-2006
Keyser Soze Wrote:you're barking up the wrong tree. your little wiccan, or whatever the fuck it is you believe in, fairy tale is as laughable as the one you just described. you're as much of a kook as the people you're mocking.I don't affiliate myself with any religious group.... I can only say I'm agnostic.
Wicca is a new movement (shism) and a direct backlash toward christianity.
BOOYAH.