As C'mon People, it's the 21st Freakin' Century,
Wake Up!
Was doing my typical Sunday night routine of
listening to the Freaks via Ye Intrawoods', nee internet, when at the top of
the Speed Freaks program's second hour Kenny Sargent read the Despicable News
via NASCAR responding to some Unconciousable Person having placed a Noose in
the legendous' #43 Richard Petty Motorsports (RPM) Garage Stall of Darrell Bubba'
Wallace, the sport's only Black Driver; WTF!
This is not only inexcusable, but is beyond
any words I can type right now, as it Pained me hearing Statmann Caruthers'
Incredulous tone and loss for words he could say on the Radio regarding this unbelievable
turn of events occurring at Talladega on Father's Day No less!
Oh Wait, that's right, Talladega's in
Alabama, and this is a Sickening twist of the ever Ratcheting Up of the
Pugnacious Mental Aptitude of NASCAR's Good 'Ol Southern Base.
As I'm not gonna even bother discussing the
Yeahoos' driving round with Thar Confederate Flags outside Talladega Super Speedway,
BARF! But what Pains me worse about this incident, Statmann' eluded to by
noting how there's been multiple Hangings of Black Men (and Latino's) lately in
California, Texas and New York, and paints an Ominous note to the long standing
tradition of Lynching's in our Country.
Not to mention the proximity of having just
celebrated the 155th Anniversary of Juneteenth' 48 hours previously, when the
last Holdout to Slavery, Texas was finally Abolished in 1865!
Along with just having also commemorated the
99th Anniversary of Tulsa, Oklahoma having the largest ever Massacre of Black
People when Whites Rioted, Looted, Pillaged, Plundered and Burned Greenwood to
the Ground! Murdering possibly as many as 300 African Americans! Not to mention
the Displacement of 8,000 people from their once proud town! Once known as the
Black Wall Street.
Or in the Immortal words of the late Rodney King, "Can't We All
just Get Along?"
VIDEO: Ebony and Ivory Song
Update
By now if you're following this story at All,
then you already know that the FBI has Concluded their Investigation regarding
the Noose found in Darrell Wallace Jr's Garage at Talladega Super Speedway.
Having ruled that it was Not a Hate Crime after photographic evidence confirmed
that the Garage Door Pull-down rope was there during last October's race, if
not longer.
While one of racing's most polarizing
figures, partially due to his Brashness, Willy T. Ribbs knows a thing or two
about Racism. As he laments after NASCAR finally Banned the Confederate Flag
from All of its Premises.
Ribbs recalled when visiting Talladega in the
late 1970's, Fans Spitting on the ground he was walking on and thinking
"That's Nice, They're trying to shine my shoes for Me!"
And I certainly
don't need to tell Y'all that NASCAR, and America have a very, very long way to
go towards overcoming it's inherant Racism. But how can you not be moved by the
Overwhelming Show of Support for Darrell Wallace Jr. by All of the NASCAR
Drivers and Team Members during Monday's Pre-race festivities...