Reposted from Rezinate Blog; 2/10/13
(http://rezinate.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/perry-ray-robinson-jr-and-no-more-trouble/)
It has been said
that when Ray Robinson in filling out the required birth certificate
information for his daughter Desiree crossed out the various ethnic
choices and penned in human being.
I like that, and I
believe it speaks to the nature of the man, his outlook on life, and commitment
to civil rights.
It speaks to a
personal awakening and a desire for societal change, which Ray spent years
advocating for, years of putting his beliefs and physical self on the line for.
Ray’s life wasn’t
taken from him by any of what would be considered the usual suspects-no rabid
ku klux klaner or other white supremists group.
Cointel and the
feds had no part in it-his murder came at the hands of another self
proclaimed group of “freedom fighters” who cast themselves as liberators
and patriots-the American Indian Movement.
In the years
following Ray’s murder and consignment to an unmarked grave in Pine Ridge AIM
has routinely denied his very presence during what has become known as Wounded
Knee 2, gone deaf, dumb, and blind, or left it to those lower on the totem to
fabricate various versions of events.
Versions that
flucuate between Ray was shot and hobbled out eating a candy bar never to be
seen or heard from again, to having “threatened” the farcical “spiritual leader”
of AIM, Leonard Crow Dog, which resulted in Ray being shot.
There was a time
when all among the nations understood the meaning of the word human being, and
we often spoke of ourselves in such terms.
With the advent of
AIM that understanding has diminished greatly, and while AIM has been quick to
couch all things in terms of racism they have shown themselves to be not only
racists, but liars, murders, and thieves in the bargain.
AIM plays the race
card at any and every opportunity, and usually it is done to facilitate the
flow of revenue-their penchant for this has always struck me as the pot calling
the kettle black-but it is often what racists do…to claim victimization while
victimizing others.
A collateral
oppression exists among the nations having to do with blood quantum, that too
is a form of racism, but one AIM was willing to mitigate if and when it served
their purpose-they would even go so far when the scent of money was in the air
to beguile the unsuspecting mark by saying they were a reverse apple-white on
the outside and red on the inside-a favorite ploy of Russell Means.
They engage in this
deception presently in the selling of ceremonies-if you’re willing to pay to
pray or be supportive of them then you’re a genuine reverse apple. Not only
that but you’re entitled to tell your friends that you are as well- they might
even invite you to smoke a pipe with them or bestow some bogus title like
firekeeper upon you.
Ray remains
sequestered in what AIM hopes will become a forgotten unmarked grave-murdered
by racists who have never understood the meaning of the word human being.
Self anointed
Brahmans affecting a caste system of their own design.
In the Brahman
caste system of India, the highest ranking, only the offspring qualify as new
inductees-we see much the same in the AIM leaderships grooming of their
offspring to fill the vacancies they will leave when they pass on-it is as
degenerative a closed system as the intermarriage that was once a common
practice among the “bluebloods” of nobility in Europe.
Martin Luther King
Jr. had a dream-Ray did as well, his was that people would be seen as human
beings and he would be able to raise his children.
Playing for change sings
a song called War/No More Trouble, a celebration of ethnic diversity and human
beings – one of the verses is “we don’t need no more trouble”, and indeed the
nations don’t, but likewise we don’t need no more AIM.
"In the Spirit of Coler and Williams"
