INTRODUCTION

GREETINGS.


I AM THE SUBURBAN FIASCO AND THIS IS GOING TO BE MY ATTEMPT TO REACH THE PUBLIC ON WHAT WILL HOPEFULLY BECOME A LARGE SCALE. THE ISSUES I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS ARE THINGS THAT THE GENERAL POPULATION SHOULD DEFINITELY BE MADE AWARE OF. IN MY OPINION, THERE IS A HUGE DECLINE IN SOCIAL ORDER, MORAL, INTELLIGENCE, AND DIGNITY AMONG THE HUMAN RACE (SPECIFICALLY AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN AND WOMEN).

FOR A LONG TIME AFRICAN-AMERICANS* WERE OPPRESSED SEVERELY IN THIS COUNTRY AND IN MANY OTHER PLACES IN THE WORLD. THROUGH FATALITIES AND VIGOR, WITHOUT LOSING VISION, WE WERE ABLE TO OVERCOME MANY TRIBULATIONS (suffering or obsticles). IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION HOWEVER, THAT THE NEW OPPRESSION IS COMING FROM WITHIN. THERE IS MORE INTERNAL AFFLICTION THAN EVER! SELF DAMAGING IMAGES AND MIXED MESSAGES IN NEO-RAP AND HIP HOP SUBCULTURE (IE LITTLE WAYNE, KANYE WEST, DIRTY SOUTH, ETC); NEW MINSTREL***CINEMA AND TELEVISION PROGRAMMING (TYLER PERRY); ALL FORM OF SUPPORT TO THE THEORY THAT IN ORDER FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS TO BE RELATABLE THEY MUST FIT INTO THE DEMOGRAPHIC OF NEGATIVITY (IE GANG MEMBERS, UNEDUCATED RAP STARS, STRIPPERS OR PROSTITUTES, AND POVERTY STRICKEN SINGLE PARENTS.) THIS IS AN UNFAIR ASSUMPTION AND THE WORST PART ABOUT IT IS AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE STARTING TO EMBRACE THE CULTURAL AFFLICTION AS IF IT IS APART OF THEIR HERITAGE.

THIS ASSUMPTION IS EVEN MORE INFECTIOUS BECAUSE IT IS STARTING TO SPILL INTO THE MAINSTREAM AND POPULARITY OF ALL RACES, AGES, AND CULTURAL GROUPS AND IS SEEN AS COOL AND ACCEPTABLE.

IF WE DON'T HELP STOP THIS SELF INFLICTING NEGATIVITY ON OUR CULTURE, AS ALL AMERICANS, IGNORANCE WILL DEVOUR THE HUMAN RACE! THE OTHER GROUPS I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO (IN ADDITION TO AFRICAN-AMERICANS) AND HOPEFULLY INFLUENCE, WILL BE ADDRESSED BEFORE EACH TOPIC IN THE FOLLOWING FASHION:

IF YOU ARE A BLACK MAN, THIS IS FOR YOU.

IF YOU ARE A BLACK WOMAN, THIS IS FOR YOU.

IF YOU ARE AMONG ANY SOCIAL OR MUSICAL AFFILIATION WHICH UPHOLDS POPULARITY AMONG THE MASSES FOR THE SAKE OF SALES, THIS IS FOR YOU.

IF YOU ARE A PARTICIPANT / VICTIM OF THE URBAN SUBCULTURE KNOWN AS "THUG LIFE" THIS IS FOR YOU

IF YOU TOO ARE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR RACE AS A PEOPLE, THIS IS FOR YOU

IF YOU HAVE UNPROTECTED SEX, THIS IS FOR YOU

IF YOU HAVEN'T READ ANYTHING ASIDE FROM A PERIODICAL (MAGAZINE) IN A REALLY LONG TIME, THIS IS FOR YOU!!!!



REVOLUTION***, AND MORE TO COME......


***aside from physically distributed essays you can also view my thoughts and calls to action at the following blog address online: suburbanfiasco.blogspot.com***

SUBURBAN FIASCO.

THE REVOLUTION*** THAT I SPEAK OF IN THESE BLOGS, WRITINGS AND ESSAYS IS THE PARTICULAR REVOLT AGAINST SELF OPPRESSION; INDULGING IN IGNORANCE DUE TO ITS POPULARITY. I CHOSE TO REVOLT BY NOT GIVING INTO NEGATIVITY EVEN THOUGH ITS DEEMED POPULAR AMONG THE MASSES AS DISPLAYED IN POPULAR MUSICAL CULTURE, VIDEOS, MOVIES, DIALECT (language), AND DEMEANOR (conduct or behavior). IN SHORT, THE MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE, EVEN IF EVERYONE AROUND YOU IS DOING IT!!!



*JUST BECAUSE AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE NOTED IN THESE WORKS I BRING TO YOU DOES NOT EXCLUDE YOU IN ANY WAY IF YOU ARE NOT BLACK; ESPECIALLY IF YOU FEEL ENLIGHTENED OR WOULD LIKE TO SEND FEEDBACK ON ANYTHING OF MINE YOU MAY READ. ANYONE CAN BE OPPRESSED!


***Minstrel shows black people in negative and stereotypical ways: as ignorant, lazy, buffoonish, superstitious, joyous, and musical (commonly known as Black Face).