Micah Smith Speaks

Tonight my dad and I went to the gun range and had a great time. We took 2 .22 pistols, .22 rifle, and a .45 Cowboy Valero pistol with us to the range which isn’t the normal. The normal is just the pistols, and the main reason for going is to have the guys night out. Well after shooting about 100 rounds each we decided it was time to pack up and head out. We smelt like gun powder and of course had the guns in the Van. About 3 mins. into our drive I see a lot of sudden brake lights and then I see the turned over SUV in the center of the 2 lane road. I had to pull off the road so I could get out and see what I could do. On my jog to the car I saw a bicycle in the road and in my head I noted it and kept scanning for a kid while in route to the car. Once at the car I noticed that the passenger door was open and the drive was still stuck in the car with the seat belt holding him upside down. He had an open wound from the head and was speaking but nothing anyone could understand. The car started to rock and I ran to the other side and saw a guy rocking the car. I told him to stop it because none of us understand the injury’s to the driver and rocking it could make things worse. I asked out loud if there was a passenger and was told yes and a hand point to the side of the road. I went to the passenger who was sitting on the median with another person holding her. Apparently she had been pulled out of the vehicle moments before I got involved. I asked her how many people were in the car and she said 2. I then asked if the bicycle was theirs. She said the bike was hers and I immediately felt better. About that time a bystander came up to me and said asked if we had room for traffic to get by. In my head I was thinking “Fuck you jack. We got a dude dying in a car and all you can think about is getting past!”. I told him that traffic wasn’t the priority and we had to wait for medical assistance. He continued to push the traffic issue and I finally looked him in the eye and said, “I don’t care about traffic. We have lives at stack and those supercede any traffic concerns.” He then let out a sarcastic, “Okay boss.” and walked away. What the fuck is wrong with people? I wanted him to the be guy buckled in upside down in a pool of blood, then would he like it if everyone just drove on by. What an asshole.

I looked around and it looked like they either dodged something in the road, got pushed off the road, and the drive feel asleep at the wheel. The car then hit a road sign, up the side of a hill and rolled into the center of the highway. No other cars were damaged at the scene.

I finally made my way to the car after waving in the medics, fire, and police. Once I got back to the car it hit me. We have 5 firearms in our car, 1 visible, and several ammo box’s visible, and we had a police SUV right beside us with it’s lights going. I mentioned it to dad and he understood that it could be an issue. I was glad no one smelt the gun powder on me while I was helping - sometimes chaos can be a nice shield.

I hope the people in the wreck make it, and I hope that asshole gets into a wreck!

First of all I’m writing this because I get tired of hearing black American’s blame the current white population for slavery or trying to use it for leverage. I do feel that slavery was/is wrong and that all people are equal. I also believe that the only way you grow as a person is to learn from the past, not dwell on it. With that in mind lets just take a moment to look back at the naked truth of the slave trade.

“The institution of slavery existed in Africa long before the arrival of Europeans and was widespread at the period of economic contact. Private land ownership was largely absent from African societies during this era, and slaves were one of the few forms of wealth-producing property an individual could possess. Additionally, rulers often maintained corps of loyal, foreign-born slaves to guarantee their political security, and would encourage political centralization by appointing slaves from the imperial hinterlands to positions within the royal capital. Slaves were also exported across the desert to North Africa and to western Asia, Arabia, and India.” - lifted from http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/slav/hd_slav.htm.

Now lets break that down to simple bullet points.

1. Europeans didn’t invent the idea of taking slaves from Africa, African’s did.

2. Slaves were viewed by their own people as property to be traded for goods.

3. Slaves were sent to Asia, India, and Arabia also.(France, Spain, and Briton were not mentioned but they also traded for slaves)

“Slaves were generally the unfortunate victims of territorial expansion by imperialist African states or of raids led by predatory local strongmen, and various populations found themselves captured and sold as different regional powers came to prominence. Firearms, which were often exchanged for slaves, generally increased the level of fighting by lending military strength to previously marginal polities.” (same page as listed in prior paragraph)
Bullets points

1. Slaves were made slaves by other African’s during times of war.

2. Africa wasn’t a land of peace or happiness, it was a war torn country and they were looking for goods to increase their strength so they could continue to fight.

Now based on the 2 paragraphs provided by the world wide web we see more then just what’s thrown in white American’s faces. The Africa of the 1700’s to the 1800’s doesn’t look like the place to be for any race. At the time of the trades, BOTH sides were happy to get their goods - Guns/Tobacco to Africa and Slaves to America, Arabia, Asia, India, and so on.
Those people who purchased slaves were simply opportunistic as were those who purchased guns. I’d say that guns have had the worst overall impact then slavery. Those who have been killed by guns just don’t have a voice and can’t bitch about it.

What I’m trying to say is that if you pull this slavery shit out in a conversation or you are harboring hate about it…fuck off, I don’t want to hear it because if you took the time to research it you should be pissed at your own fucking people. If I can hear you bitching about it in America, then your family survived being slaves and you are free now. Would you rather be back in Africa in the 1700 to 1800’s? Would you rather have been rounded up and been enslaved by your own African people (then you wouldn’t be able to falsely accuse me of beating your ancestors)? Would you have rather been sold to Asia, Arabia, or India(you think America was bad on slaves - look at the laws of the other lands in 1700 - 1800)?

The white man ISN’T to blame for SLAVERY - Africa as a whole is - African Kings/Rulers ARE TO BLAME! Turn your hate on those who enslaved you in the first place.

Oh and by the way…if you don’t have duel citizenship both African and American I won’t call you nor should you refer to yourself as an African American (same for Asia, Mexico, and any other nationality). If you want to be an American then call yourself an American. If you don’t want to be in America and then get the fuck out. We need to stop splitting things up by race or nationality. We are simply 1 nation full of Americans. We have a diverse population, and that gives us the advantage of learning multiple cultures and absorbing them into our lives.
America is actual home to the Native Indians, if anyone wants to bitch at me for my skin color or what happened to their people, it’s them.