MY AMERICAN FAMILY

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Americans don't come in one color.

We do, however, come in one culture.


My American sisters and brothers come in all colors. As the latest waves of Arab hatred wash against our embassies it's worth noting the ties that bind.


Making peace with America creates this close bond. I made peace with American bias by acknowledging American beauty in all its individual glory!


I have great-great grandfathers who founded America and obviously ones brought here against their will.

Some were already on scene when English colonists arrived while others came afterward.

Abraham Lincoln; Jefferson Davis; Ulysses Grant and Robert E Lee- my family once waged a war between its own states and bloodily amended the constitution.


My great-grand fathers include legends like Theodore Roosevelt; Booker T Washington; Frederick Douglass; etc.

Great-grand mothers Soljourner Truth and Harriet Tubman set the standard for courage and still inspire generations.

Admired grand fathers include Paul Robeson; Jackie Robinson; Jesse Owens; Dr King; Medgar Evers; Charlton Heston; George Patton; Douglas MacArthur; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; A. Phillip Randolph; Van Scott; William Holden; Charles Hamilton Huston; Thurgood Marshall; James Farmer; Don King; Arther Fletcher; Jack Kemp etc.


President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are also brothers of mine. Obviously my family has many branches!

Recently my sister Nikki Haley became governor of South Carolina; along side brother Bobby Jindal, Louisiana's governor.


My brother Marco Rubio is a US Senator in Florida while brother Jack Kingston is the Congressman for my hometown.


Speaking of my hometown my big brother Floyd Adams was her first Black mayor and my other local big brother Clarence Thomas sits on the US Supreme Court.


Notable big brothers Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X have special places in my heart alongside Arthur Ashe and Dick Gregory. 

New family members Sonnie Johnson; Shamara " Shay " Riley; Lenny McAllister; Chris Arps; " CC " ( you know who you are ); Jeff Crouere; Denny Shafer and K. Carl Smith tirelessly promote what's best about ourselves in these trying times!

God bless unnamed American sisters and brothers wearing badges and serving in either military or other government service.


I ask a special blessing for the families of my late brother
 Ambassador Chris Stevens and his three coworkers recently killed overseas simply because they were Americans.  

Brother Chris body was dragged through the streets where he died serving his country. You don't do that to a member of my American family and not expect justice in return.


Some people despise us simply because we exist. Faced with such homicidal hatred should that make partisan or other squabbles seem even more petty? 


My family is America... and sometimes we don't get along. At times like these distant enemies remind us that, like it or not, we're all we have!


Cap Black, The Hood Conservative

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  • As a young boy, the neighborhood that I lived in was very integrated, before we even new what that word meant. There were white and black families living as neighbors on our street. My old people are Lenape(native) and my Grandmother made sure that I and my sister knew about our ancestory. So, we had white, black and red/brown people living along our street. As I recall, we all got along pretty good. Was there discrimination in our town? Absolutely, but you didn't see it in our neighborhood. All of us kids' learned about it later. A few years ago I was working on a project in Kenya, north of Nairobi and I had the opportunity to go to the village school and tell Lenape stories to the children. Everyone in the village knew several days ahead that I would be at the school and when I arrived the school was packed with parents, grandparents and several old village elders. I told several stories and the children completely understood the lessons of each story. They listened and were very respectful. Everyone liked the "red indian stories", I was told, and as we were leaving the school, one of the village elders came up to me, gave me a hug and said how she enjoyed the stories and how they reminded her of the stories she had heard when she was a young girl. I told her thanks for coming to the school and how respectful the children are. She told that there was a reason the children were respectful. When I ask the reason, she replied, "they haven't been to town yet". Her reply reminded me of all us kids that lived in my neighborhood when I was a young boy and how we all were before we "went to town".

  • Paul Robeson?

    Hmm...

  • Your post brought me to tears, Cap. I pray that others will hear your message of love.

  • Great Post, Cap. 

    American people may be "diversified" in terms of our countries of origin, races, and other considerations but if we are "unified" in our love for freedom, the Constitution and G-d , we will be continue to enjoy the blessings that the Lord Jesus Christ and his father bestowed upon America.

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