So much has been happening lately. In the world of sports, I'm not really happy for Golden State. That was as gift wrapped as championships get. To see a shoot-happy, anti-playoff team get away with a championship is a travesty in my opinion. As shot as the Cleveland roster was, they were more deserving of that trophy. Nevertheless, it's over. Now the new golden child can shine in Steph Curry.
In the boxing world, I laugh at the fact that Floyd Mayweather is now slowly becoming the authority on all things boxing. And this is facilitated by his fabricated undefeated record. He now appears in countless interviews giving his take on who's hot and who's not in the boxing world. Errol Spence has become his new lapdog. Personally, I'd love to see Errol level him. In this past couple of weeks there have been a few upsets. Cain Velasquez lost in a title defense match with Fabricio Werdum, in a fight that marked the end of a very long lay off, fought at an unfamiliar high altitude to Cain. He never looked properly conditioned in the fight, and lost via Guillotine submission. Then, in a fight that looked to showcase MMA vs. Street Fighting, Kimbo slice looked like the more complete fighter and knocked out Ken Shamrock, after escaping a deep rear naked choke. That fight had me shocked for a while. After all of the talk, it seemed like it should be a walk through for Ken, who said he could win the fight anywhere. From the opening bell, he shot for takedowns. He got them, but didn't do anything except try for transitions into submissions. No damage was accumulated. Kimbo showed so much growth in his technique escaping the choke. When Kimbo broke free and stood, he walked over to Ken with a fresh body and delivered a couple of right hooks that ended the fight.
Andre Ward actually looked very impressive in his comeback fight, and a lot like the fighter that GGG has been ducking. It's going to be interesting watching GGG convince his fans that he wants the fight now, while continuing to run. Shawn Porter pretty much ran through a loud mouth Adrien Broner in route to a UD victory in what I had pegged as fight of the year. It somewhat lived up to my expectations. I expected a bit more activity and versatility from Porter. He was sometimes open for the left hook, and was floored by one in the 12th round, when everyone thought Broner might stop him suddenly. I'm not sure how keen I am on Porter's eagerness for a Mayweather matchup. I honestly can still see his sparring partner- Pacquiao taking him out, with what I saw. Honestly, I'm looking at other weight classes lately, because I have no interest in the Mayweather sweepstakes any longer. Not only Mayweather, but the ignorant fans have killed my interest in anything involving him. He won't pick an opponent who is a threat to KO him in September, and as long as he survives, he can drop 12 rounds and convince every idiot out there, that it was another masterclass. I have no desire to see that. If he couldn't take the loss he deserved in the Pacman fight, I'm pretty sure it won't ever happen. I've sent video clips and breakdowns to countless people, and they are so mentally whipped into stupidity, they all fall back and retreat when faced with the fact that Mayweather lost his last fight. People despise being showed and confronted with how stupid they really are. That's a large part of the widespread continuing denial in his loss, despite the mountain of evidence. Apparently, he is considering Andre Berto or Karim Mayfield as his next opponent, overstepping Porter. I don't know who he'll pick, but apparently, he is avoiding Khan at the moment. He will most likely play the usual psychological game with the public, eventually being pushed into his actual choice.
More importantly, we have the Social news:
In other news, we have three stories that I've been saying are related in certain ways. One story is the escape of 2 "white" murderers from an upstate prison, who enlisted the help of a worker at the prison in their escape. They're still on the loose and could be anywhere. We also have the massacre of 9 people at a southern church by a little white boy who says he is seeking to start a race war. And we have the sudden uproar over Rachel Dolezal being a white woman, and pretending to be black for years before taking the seat as head of the NAACP chapter in Washington. Now, you've all heard just about everything regarding these cases, so I'm not going to go into reiterating what's been said a thousand times. But I will tell you what I'm pretty sure you haven't heard, and what ties these few stories together.
A friend of mine, and fellow trumpeter posted online, his take of things and how society is somewhat conditioned into seeing certain things as normal and other things as abnormal, and that leading to rifts in different groups. I can't recall the details of it, but he touched briefly on some powerful stuff. I'll take it all the way, when I say that society has been conditioned for countless years into believing in white supremacy. It's sad, because even those who don't want to feel that way, are so surrounded by that thinking, which this country was sadly built on, that their thought process is tailored to that. I had a deep discussion with my coworker a couple of weeks ago, when I said to him that this country has no culture at all. To have a culture, you have to have common bonds that unite all different groups in the region. The USA is not the only diverse country, and may not even be the most diverse actually. Yet, if you go to other lands, there just isn't the same kind of senseless racial divide that there is here. You can't use music, food, or any other common cultural sectors to identify this country, because all of those things divide it further. You can take 2 different looking people from Italy, or England, and regardless of what issues they may or may not have, they can both, in agreement show you a culture, and have many things that integrate them, from dialect, to interests. You couldn't do that in the USA, because as far as the inhabitants are concerned, they come from different countries, and each believes the other doesn't belong here. My coworker put it well when he said that you can't run from a culture, and destroy another, to build one. He pointed to how this country began, in the outing of the inhabiting Native Americans. Enough was said there.
Even when you look at argument over the confederate flag in the south, it's laughable. There are actually many, who feel as if they support the flag as non-racists, and to remember their fallen ancestors. And they may honestly feel that way on the surface. But the truth is that, just like the argument for same sex marriages, the flag argument only hides deeper issues under a layer of so-called good intent. The flag clearly represented those who believed in the former ideal of an enslaved America. Period. Supporting one supports the other. Yet, they can't, or refuse to see it that way. I said jokingly earlier, that if the 2 prisoners were minorities, I wonder how far they would have gotten. Or if the boy who shot the church up was black, how far would he have gotten. It's funny, but if we're honest, we have to admit they would have likely been gunned down before even doing much at all. Now, we have residents of an upstate area, with mixed feelings, because criminals are on the loose, who would be, on any other day, folk they associate with. The 2 convicts blend right into the area they escaped from, which is likely a big part of why they got so far. But if they should happen to harm or kill one of the local residents, the same brainwashed people will be forced to revisit who exactly, they choose to diligently hate. That's the interesting part. There is so much hatred towards blacks at this time, that other criminals are being totally forgotten, as they reek whatever havok they can.
The boy who shot the church up, was able to escape from the police's grasp initially, which is amazing in itself. Then, a hunt went on, until he was turned in. There were countless things that could have went down in that span of time, that I'll let you speculate on.
It's sad to have to say that, but it's the truth. And on the other side of things, the truth is that race separation is indeed a man-made concept. There are a variety of different people in the world, but as one reporter stated in the Dolezal story, "who is what," is a concept that society has made up on its own. What Rachel did is a bit sad, but the funny thing is that she has also exposed a bit of hypocrisy. If you look at many African countries, as well as Mexico, and other lands of tan skinned minorities, you will see that someone as "White" as possible in the public eye, is often elected to the highest seat of official. Rachel did her hair to appear "black," but in truth, she looked as black as people chose to see. If you look at Saul Canelo Alvarez, he is a hero in Mexico, and no Mexican will accept that he isn't 100% Mexican, because they're proud to have his face as their symbol, although he is clearly of Irish decent. In many African countries, elected officials often look similar to Rachel. Not that race is a prerequisite for those positions or Rachel's, but it speaks of an undertone. On Wendy Williams' show, they put up pictures, and talked about how black she looked. She looked "blackish," but in truth, many non-blacks can pass for that typical androracial look that she took on. It's the look that is often portrayed in commercials, sought after by every black woman to the best of their ability, and used as the face of the American black. It's become shameful over the years to put anything "less" forward. And that is a subtlety that has creeped into black society as well. The truth is that when you genuinely mistake a "non-black" for a "black," it's just evidence of the fact that we are all related, and come from Noah. As science has revealed, there are more variations within races than without. These differences are reached for.
But anyway, I just wanted to speak on current events. Don't be put off by my blatant stating of the facts. It's not intended to stir any pot of separation, as I love all races, and identify with all. I come from African, Mediterranean, Asian, and Caucasian ancestry, as far as these man-made classifications go. That's why I think perspectives like mine are useful at times. Personally, I hate to have to use race handles like "white" or "black." To me it's stupid, and shouldn't even exist. That's why I usually put it in quotations, due to the fact that it's often fabricated. Look, for instance, because it's attractive now, a brown-skin Kim Kardashian is white in today's world. Just like any other prominent celebrity in that position or what would formerly have been a hispanic George Zimmerman, who wants to suddenly gun down blacks in the name of justice, is now as white as anyone else. No one knows where I come from, or my roots. They label me based off of what they feel I socially should be characterized as, and my social "status," regardless of how far off it may be. The truth is that love should supercede all imposed borders. Just like I love Floyd Mayweather, but I love the sport more, so when I see him take a loss in front of my eyes, I'm not controlled by feelings as far as what I say. I would respect the boxing world more if they were the same. Unless better officiating is done, I don't see a point in even watching big events. As society gets dumber, you will only see more of this nonsense, and more support of it from the masses. Until next time.
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