Yo, yo come on now, y’all – the concept of slavery ain’t so bad. It’s the subjects of the concept that has sucked so far!!! Y’all wouldn’t mind havin’ y’own -!
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Robots = Hobots: Race Replaced As Slavery Base
And now, a special in a series of posts where mOOn platOOn examines the foundations of civilization. Despite the centuries of untold anguish imposed by slavery, it seems that civilizations require it...
Thank you, God, for slavery.
In the United States and many other nations of the world, slavery made the difference. Allah be praised.
What great civilization did not have slaves? Every empire used its slaves for no more than it cost to feed and meagerly sustain them. Before it made its universe of blood and bullets on an economy of war, the USA depended on slavery. From Massachusetts to New York to Rhode Island and even in the South - ! – all local economies thrived onthe slave trade perpetuated by the Dutch and the British.
Historically, you cannot have a super-rich class without having slaves. The fewer slaves there are, the more “middle-class” citizens there are who must be compensated for work instead of exploited. Very expensive.
Hasn’t New Amsterdam turned out great? One of the largest cities in the world, the most interesting concentration of culture within a small geographical area anywhere, the best street hot dogs on Earth…oh yes, you probably know it today as New York City. A solid foundation built by slaves!
As soon as the empire builders arrived in 1620, they imported 20 Africans to do their bidding. Everything was going fine until those slaves, aparticularly uppity brand called by several popular names in subsequent centuries including “Negro,” “nigga” and “gangsta” (characterized by dark skin, a fine sense of rhythm and an appreciation of chicken-based cuisine) decided that they weren’t happy with the easy life of no personal responsibility, no paying taxes, no having to think about what the hell to do with your life and three square meals a day. No, that wasn’t good enough.
Now, these blacks might even get BACK PAY (reparations) for what happened to them. In light of recent discoveries about reincarnation certain orgs are now trying to get money from companies and governments that sold black slaves and still exist. Imagine the innocent white Americans of today, all of whom struggled to get their piece of the American pie, now suddenly on a level playing field with Homeboy Washington, who gets a make-up check from Uncle Samfor $3 million because he spent 3 incarnations as an American slave.
Can’t anyone understand that 400 years of slavery should just be forgotten? We have to move on. And quickly.
And so, Lord, we thank you also for the new slaves. The new slaves are working out SO much better than any kind of slaves before them. They never complain! They don’t eat much and we don’t have to build any shacks for them. They get a thousand times more work done than anyother slaves in history within the same amount of time! Okay, they don’t make very good “bed-warmers” – yet! We’re workin’on it! But ever since the late 18th century they’ve been getting better, growing in number, and gradually replacing our “coloreds.”
Yes, praise the Almighty for the coming of the automated machine. It don’t give the master no back talk, no sir! We love automation! Robots, ho! Today’s slaves don’t care about no kinda compensation.
True, they don’t sing very well, but if you install speakers you can plug in your pod...
It Came From Out Of The Script
Tastes Like Chicken
By Steve Games
Excerpt from a science fiction screenplay about a mysterious and popular new restaurant…
DORMA
Welcome to Tastes Like Chicken. Can I get you something to drink?
MAX
Looks like you can to me - !
DORMA [Trying again, patiently]
Welcome to Tastes Like Chicken. Are you thirsty or are your lips always that crusty?
MAX [Self-conscious of battle-scars]
Oh - ! It’s just, uh, I was in a…there was a little brawl at a bar last night, and I got caught up in it, you know, took some shrapnel. Yeah, yeah thanks, I’ll have a water. Tap.
[ERROL nods “the same.”]
DORMA
Gee, would you like to supersize that?
[She leaves a basket of snacks before them.]
DORMA
Help yourselves to a delicious bowl of Tastes-Like-Chicken appetizers while you wait. I’ll be back with your “drinks” in a minute.
MAX [Peering cautiously into the appetizers]
So…this is chicken?
DORMA
You seem surprised. What were you expecting, a cat?
MAX
Why? Do they taste like chicken?
DORMA
That’s just what I heard.
[She leaves.]
MAX
Man, why did you bring me here?
ERROL
My friend said it was great!
MAX
You’re sure this is the place?
ERROL
This is the corner, this is the chicken place…
MAX
No, it’s the “tastes like” chicken place…
ERROL
What’s the matter, all the sudden you’re a puritan? Someday all the food is gonna be made outta cardboard anyway and it’ll all be “tastes like” somethin’ instead of somethin’. And compared to what’s to come, this ain’t bad…
MAX
Why aren’t I feeling the relief?
[Dorma returns with water, hands out menus.]
MAX
So…I’ll bet that the Health Inspector drops by all the time with a name like “Tastes Like Chicken,” huh?
DORMA
Charlie…(sigh)…Yeah.
MAX [Aside]
Oh, great! She’s doing it with the Health Inspector on the carving table!
DORMA
You’re not very smart, are you?
MAX
I’m smart enough. I know the meaning of antidisestablishmentarianism.
DORMA
Yeah? Use it in a sentence.
MAX
Okay. If you want to know the meaning of antidisestablishmentarianism, look it up in a dictionary. That’s how you learn new words.
DORMA
That was two sentences. Ding!
ERROL
Wow. These are really good prices. How do you guys do it? I mean, Chicken Steak Dinner, four bucks? “Chicken” a la King, two bucks? Chicken gumbo, a dollar – hey, wait. Why is the chicken in Chicken a la King in quotation marks?
DORMA
It’s actually a poultry mix.
MAX
Define “poultry.”
DORMA
I’d have to look it up in the dictionary.
MAX
Tastes Like Chicken. That’s a weird name for a restaurant.
DORMA
Everybody likes chicken.
MAX
Yeah, but lots of things taste like chicken!
DORMA
That’s crazy. Chicken is the only chicken.
MAX
Yeah, but snakes - ! Snakes taste like chicken.
DORMA
You eat snakes?
MAX
No! That’s my point. I don’t wanna eat snakes.
DORMA
Then don’t go to that deli across the street.
[She points. They look.]
MAX
“Tastes Like Snake?”
If I Were Casting Now
MAX: Joe Montegna
DORMA: Leslie Ann Warren
ERROL: Jonathan Tucker
(reference these actors at www.imdb.com the internet movie data base)
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Biracial Lobby?
I'm leaning toward lobbying for a law that requires any agency or organization to include "biracial" as a choice if they ask for any ethnic or racial information.
Acknowledging the existence of crossover race / ethnicity offspring will promote a more accurate answer to the question "What is your race / ethnicity?"for generations to come. It would help track, for example, the number of apparent white people carrying black genes from generations past.
Acknowledging the existence of biracials will make for a more equitable quota system, aligning politics with reality and preventing innocent biracials from slipping through the cracks of opportunity.
I further believe that acknowledging the truth will dampen the fire of racism by demonstrating the folly of self-hatred.
Consider this post's Comments section as the beginning of such a petition, won't you? Let me know if you support such a biracial lobby.
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