Not that ugly, pitch dark, fight-the-system-with-Mumia-Abu-Jamal-and-Bobby-Seale-leading-50-black-panthers-with-AK's Old Black. That Malcolm X, By Any Means Necessary Old Black. The Old Black so old it plays James Brown's "I'm Black And I'm Proud" on repeat.
We off that. Last year, Pharrell definedNew Black as a force that "doesn't blame other races for our issues. The New Black dreams and realizes that it's not pigmentation: it's a mentality and it's either going to work for you or it's going to work against you. And you've got to pick the side you're going to be on."
Millenia from now, history will note this as Skateboard P's "Drops Mic" moment. The point in his life where he separated himself from regular Nubian peoples and created a special class of melanin citizen, one completely immune to societal impasses at all economic levels.
And since Ferguson erupted and crept into the open crevices of 'Murica's face of shame, more Black intellectuals have revealed themselves as card-carrying members of "New Black."
Enter Kanye West. The man with such unintended idiocy that his shrug is in our social media lexicon; yet, simultaneously smart enough to con average folks into blowing 100+ on plain white tees. How did Yeezus reveal his acceptance into the cult of Talented Tenth Negroes in the 21st Century?
By calling racism a "dated concept." Specifically a "silly concept that people try to touch on...to separate, to alienate, to pinpoint anything, it's stupid. It's something that was used to hold people back in the past, but now there's been so many leaps and breaking of the rules that it's played out, like a style from the 1800s."
See, we were with Ye' up until the part we bolded.
Racism is out of fashion? Guess somebody forgot to hand certain hiring managers, SAE and those troublesome Law Upholders in uniform the memo. Then again, half of them probably still dress like it's the 1800s anyways.
And not even African America's most socially-conscious members can resist the New Black allure. Chi-Town's Common is already steps ahead of his contemporaries on this list, because unlike the rest of them, he has a solution to end skin-colored bias!
Turns out, racism can be stopped by blacks shaking white people's hands: "We all know that there has been some bad history in our country and we know that racism exists. I'm like saying, "Hey, ya'll, I'm extending a hand and I'm hoping...that we can get past this."
The Civil Rights era was a waste of time. Those guys were dumb enough to stand up for what they believed in, when all the time they should've been shaking digits with the officers armed with attack dogs and the restaurant owners who barred them because of their color. So, so simple.
Which takes us to one Raven Symone. Last year, Rave denied she's an African-American-simply "an American. And that's a colorless person."
But during an interview last month, the former Disney star proved she'd make a great substitute for a geography teacher when she noted she's "from every continent in Africa-except for one-and I'm also from every continent in Europe except for one."
New Black has expanded so much that it needs no connections to Africa! Matter of fact, Africa is so small its a country that poses as a continent. That'll teach that puny nation to think its the second largest main landmass in the world.
Who's next to join the New Black bandwagon? We'll be watching.
Credit for picture goes to https://news.missouri.edu/2014/the-new-black/