Chicken Sandwiches and You

I refuse to promote Popeyes in my header, or any of the other non-Black owned companies out there seeking Black attention.

This chicken sandwich push is yet another method on "How To Sell The Negro", and too many Black people don't see it. I'm not blowing up on anyone going out to get the sandwich, sometimes that's all there is in an area at a given time and you may need lunch at that time. I can't dictate where you spend your money, but you should reevaluate how it impacts you, your family, and your overall kin.

I want to highlight something about Popeyes, but just consider it a placeholder for any non-Black business. How many hands has the restaurant chain been passed to? How many of those hands belong to you or I?

Cheryl Bachelder is a White woman, and owned Popeyes from 2007 to 2017. Popeyes is currently a subsidiary of Restaurant Brands International out of Toronto, Canada.

3G Capital is majority owner of R.B.I., Pershing Square, and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway are owners.

These companies have their hands in many companies. Berkshire Hathaway was specifically investigated for discriminatory lending and collection practices that targeted what the investigation listed as minorities. The report also claimed that the Berkshire Hathaway's Clayton Homes company condoned racism, which also was used against employees at the company.

You may ask why i'm going this far off subject, but this is one of the owners of R.B.I. which owned the Popeyes restaurant chain.

It's most certainly not the Black woman you see in the commercials. She might say "My Chicken", but it's not her chicken, it's their chicken with a recipe they likely stole. They just learned how to sell the negro on their agendas by using a Black face as the spokesperson.

So now that some of you know that Deidrie Henry isn't the owner of the company, i'll take it a little further. They didn't scoop up a Black Louisiana native to sell this chicken either. Not only is Deidrie Henry not from Louisiana, she wasn't born in the United States. She was actually born in Barbados.

So remember all this the next time you see a commercial, and hear the hired actress doing her job for this White-owned chicken chain. Other companies have jumped on the bandwagon tryna talk a certain way thankin it's gon make Black people wanna go by their food, and that should really tell you something. First of all it should be offensive, but they've took to mocking Black people just as many have in the past and it's going unnoticed and unchecked.

These are White owned restaurant chains, talking in the most stereotypical way possible in order to sell us on their products.

Groom your child(ren) to have an interest in business ownership, and instill a desire to support Black owned businesses. Not only that, drive home the importance to keep those businesses in the family or at least in the hands of Black people. It's important, and the seeds have to be planted. Consider the silly destructive things the weeds in that garden. I'm not talking about the puff puff pass BS, i'm talking about the weeds that must be pulled so that they don't prevent the growth of those seeds that were planted.

If you don't have the means to build it and pass it on to them, at least helping them bypass your pitfalls and basic pitfalls can help them enrich their life and the lives of people in our communities. I say that to say, if there are enough seeds sewn, there could be a true replacement for these White-owned chains. They don't survive in our communities for nothing, and those resources can be shifted right back where they belong.

So I don't judge anyone going to buy these chicken sandwiches, but look at what these non-Black people are doing. Look at what too many foolish Black people have done to freely promote this chicken sandwich, and learn the power of our marketing abilities. That would reflect positively on Black-owned businesses if done right, followed by the financial backing given to these non-Black businesses.

There were and probably still are Black people fighting in Popeyes locations out of anger that the chicken sandwich was sold out. That's something to be ashamed of, and the fools doing it are part of the problem. Instead of fighting to give non-Black businesses their money, they could have tried to find a Black-owned restaurant in the area and experience one of their signature dishes.

If you take anything away from this, take away the promotion to groom your children for business and supporting the businesses of their kin. Not just basic business, the ins and outs are imperative (bills, taxes, overhead, expansion, and more). Also, running a business that's clean and inviting to patrons is a must, which must include good customer service. All paying customers should be welcomed just like any non-Black establishment, the only difference is where the resources from that financial support would be going.

Undeserved Loyalty: Give and Take

It's time to switch things up, I don't post often because a lot of my previous posts apply to things in the past, present, and future. You might not be able to afford a billboard sign, but the right messages for Black Americans can also be put on yard signs in the community too. There are numerous ways to sound off without a social platform trying to block our message.

Black Americans, ask yourselves these questions:

Do you think it's right that our ancestors were forced into slavery?

Do you think they had a good time working in those fields being beaten, raped, tortured, decapitated, and literally worked to death in too many cases?

Do you think that it would be a great experience to be castrated?

What about being tied up and burned alive or hung? Sound fun or fucked up?

You don't need to know every single bit of history to know that the devil's kin were making our ancestors lives a living hell and have made it their mission in life to continue that tradition into the present day.

How far have we come and how far do we have to go in order for more Black Americans to actually get the message and understand it without out being naysayers and saboteurs for something that would actually benefit them?

I've mentioned this before and i'll say it again, the skinfolk that look like us and work against our best interest are not people we can afford to have in our lives. They don't deserve understanding or any of the sort, and it doesn't matter if they're a cousin or otherwise.

If your family or friends are against us receiving reparations, do you think that's right?

Some might say "It's not right, BUT" and i'd have to say there is no but. You have people willfully standing with the opposition against our betterment, does that sound like someone you should consider family, friends, or foes?

Everyone must be on code on the home front, and the same must apply to your circle. No need to argue, there are no debates about it, it's just high time the allegiance is applied to the right people.

The Congressional "Black" Caucus is already exposed as a Trojan horse, they're the Congressional Immigrant Caucus and the name should be changed so that they can stop with the roadblocks and misrepresentation of Black Americans. If they slither up to you seeking donations, tell them to go to hell because they want your resources to help non-Black Americans while passing us by.

The Congressional Black American Caucus has a nice ring to it.

This may seem divisive, but just like I've pointed out in many cases of undeserved loyalty, how many non-Black American groups are divisive with us while using us at the same time? The Congressional Black Caucus covers the needs of immigrants while neglecting us. Look at how they yelled and cried during the ice raids, when we don't even hear a damn peep out of the God Damned pieces of shit when Black Americans are blown away. There are members like Kamala Harris (who conveniently came on in 2017) that have separated Black families through incarceration, so you know they really have some nerve.

Do they invest any of that energy into corralling everyone up to push for us to receive reparations? Hell no they don't, so it's the same situation of people coming to our potluck to eat off of Black American support, which they shouldn't get without giving anything in return.

It was never give and take, its just take and take from Black Americans for far too many which is why we don't have comparable resources. Black Americans have been A-1 since day one, our work sweat and tears, building the nation, creating inventions that were stolen, fighting for injustice that benefits others more than us, and you still have a large majority of people giving us their ass to kiss.

Since it was never give and take, you know what it has to be now for the betterment of Black Americans. Reparations are a must and we can't be bashful about expecting true support in return for the non-stop support we give. We literally have non-Black American business thriving in areas where the majority of us living and they're thriving without giving anything back. Most don't even hire Black Americans and won't shop at our businesses.

Do you want reparations? It's time to ransom off our support for it in as many ways possible. If someone wants your business, you need their support. Nike should be lobbying heavy for our reparations. Before I go, be specific with the hashtag, because anyone can take #Reparations and use all that thunder for their group. After the unified decision to provide Gay Reparations, I switched to #ReparationsForBlackAmericans.

I urge you to take a look at this list of members in the Congressional Anti-Black American Caucus and do some digging. What are they doing for the majority Black community in the area? Also just like other groups have their little setups, don't be bashful about having something for Black Americans. There are numerous groups that will even include Black Americans so that they can receive more funding, did you know that? Look at https://aspira.org/, that's all about the betterment of Latinos but I know for a fact that they include Black students so that they can get the additional funding. 

Black owned organizations need to be the ones receiving the funding to make a positive impact on Black youth, they can't be add-ons of someone else's movement to ultimately help their people.

We have to know what our numbers look like, who shares the desire for a reciprocal relationship and we can go from there.