Decoding Monkey Business

My great-grand history has given all so that I am able to have the luxuries of reading and writing. More importantly, my grand-history walked, talked, and protested so that my voice can be equal to the next verbal phrase, be it positive or negative. My history has accumulated into presidency and it's understandable that some, whose mind is framed around Willie Lynch anecdote on how to continually enslave the African mind, are in a mode of frustrating panic because their control if not taken, has diminished. In this curious case of Roy-jamin Blunt-an, racism was made officially clear that no matter what level of authority is held it's appropriate to display such derogatory affection, ONLY if you do it in a metaphor.

Roy Blunt racially narrates the comparison of President Obama and the Democratic Party to monkeys disrupting the golf game of British Imperial agents in India. Monkeys would come out of the jungle and grab golf balls as the agents attempted enjoyment in leisure activity.

Roy Blunt goes on to narrate, "...[tried] to eliminate the 'monkey problems' but never [did]... they passed a rule and the rule was, you have to play the ball where the monkeys throw it. And that is the rule in Washington today."

http://thepoliticalcarnival.blogspot.com/2009/09/video-roy-blunt-compares-obamadems-to.html

For many years and since President's Obama election, African- Americans has been placed in a continual competition of looks with gorillas, chimpanzees, and apes. Historically, it has been a comparison practically labeling African-Americans as untamed, need-to-be trained, animals that posses pure intelligence from birth. Today, it is a norm for anyone with a prejudice mind to feel comfortable with the audacity of racism.

Let's not forget the New York Post cartoon that sparked controversy that was a depiction of African-Americans and President Obama. 'This most certainly was not its intent; to those who were offended by the image, we apologise,' said the New York Post in an apology.

If that wasn't the intent, than what was? I mean you have a African- American President, you have a proposal for a Stimulus Bill, and you have a dead monkey shot by two white police officers. The intent was, a black man's ideas is not accepted by majority of whites in the house (Republicans)

The message via the video = Since President Obama and the Democrats (monkeys) has the majority in the house, the Republican party has to abide by their authority (passed the rule... you have to play the ball where the monkey throws it) and there are (ways to eliminate the monkey problem) like impeachment, veto of bills, and uncooperative members of the house, to show that Republicans has to 'play the ball where the monkeys throws it'.

If I've lost anyone, try this:

So imagine Republicans being the golfers, who wants to enjoy their leisure time (authority), their free will to do what they want. And, monkey(President Obama) comes out of no where, out of the bush and takes over their game (The White House). So as the monkey takes and throws their golf balls (Obama ideas and bills) the Republicans (the golfers) has to play the ball where President Obama throws it. No exceptions!

Our culture and ancestry have dedicated their efforts so that we can meet the opportunity to hold any authority. We hold ourselves responsible to allow such mockery of the African-American race and presidency, that it is exploited in such a degree. Is there room to settle in content because there's an African-American President? Indirect derogatory phrases gives racism the same meaning but in different messages.

Read between the lines, I'm already woke.

A New Birth for the First Born

It's like having John Campbell poured into a bowl of Benjamin Harris with a mix of John Russwurm and Samuel Cornish whipped up into the rocky texture of the yellow journalism style of William Hearst, baked by Benjamin Day and sold for a penny launching the rapid success of NEWSPAPER COOKIES! I mean isn't that how it went. A stiff treat with a dash of color to flavor it up to produce the first of all firsts. Print and Newspapers are no were near death. It's like the old saying 'Black don't crack'. The older something/someone gets the more value it retains. In the instance of print and newspaper, their significance is not fading but only redeveloping for a more intelligent and sophisticated generation. The value of print is only transforming from manual to digital. Maybe to save some trees. Whatever the case is, newspapers are moving to the most necessary form of communications, the Internet. More sophisticated techniques in writing are expected for more precise and time sensitive material. Everyone wants to be the first to produce the story. And, the quickest way to find it is the Internet. More newspapers and magazines have websites that are updated throughout the date so that their fans and readers can have the opportunity to view expedited information. Newspapers are transforming from hand held paper to clicking and scrolling. Their not losing their relevance but they are loosing their popularity just by having to go out in search for one. The ever-so-lazy people think 'Why buy information when I can receive it for free, quicker and faster than I can walk and purchase one?' Think of it as less paper better the environment. The less money we would have to spend for free information. The less shacks we will see on every other corner selling Bug Juice, fruit and newspapers. And, the less writing journalist would have to do that would eventually hinder their writing skills. (Who cares about writing skills when you have quick, concise, and to the point) The impatient fan base are growing more satisfactory towards online journalism, which created an evolutionized (not a word) environment and change of job performance for writers everywhere. I LOVE NEWSPAPER COOKIES!

The Role of a 'Role Model'

For some, a role is as simple as a particular function given to something or someone. it is expected behavior, persuasion, and manipulation which outcome result is in good or bad encouragements to believe differently. Mass Communications is a born and breed industry that was created on the boarder lines of all three. Through varies of newspapers, radio, magazines, television, and now the Internet, mass communications has always told society the rules and regulations of living and believing. It limited the room for teaching in all religion and following traditional beliefs. To me, mass communications exposed the truth behind the words written in the bible. More so, a reality check. From a young age television, with the aid of my environment, parenting, and grand-parenting, TV has always shown a more well-known example of behavior that has been adopted by many women. Beginning with which toys and dolls to play with and ending with what clothes and make-up flatters personal appearance. Mass Communications is used by different institutions to manipulate their thought about certain races, genders, cultures, etc. Who said only Koreans can do manicures good and Black people had the most rhythm. I don't understand why it is a debate anyway. According to my observations Salsa Dancers can move like the wind. But, it's situations like the ones aforementioned that media misconstrues. Now, it's limited room to limit the space that the government has over the media. I think it's out of hand. If a 'Role Models' goal is to make you think differently by any-means-necessary, than Mass Communications is one hell of a role model. Society says role models are "Good", I even heard someone say "We need more of them in our community" Why do we need them in our community if we have them in magazines, televisions, and the Internet. These mediums change the way we think. They change what we believe and how we behave. Hey, who needs an interpersonal role model, it'll only hinder our personal communication skills. But WHO CARES! We don't need personal communication for interviews, We can just e-mail our interview answers to them. What I'm saying is Mass Communication functions with the job society has found acceptable. Our generation behave off the basis of what is displayed through different mediums but is accepted by the government and most importantly society. There's nothing wrong with the role of Mass Communications but there is something wrong with what we as society consider what is or isn't acceptable. Mass Communications tell us what to do, how to act, what to buy, where to buy, how to think, what not to think, and changes our thoughts and beliefs.

The experience of the race shows that we get our most important education not through books but through our work. We are developed by our daily task, or else demoralized by it, as by nothing else.

Anna Spencer

Defining Mass Comm or Mass Comm Defining US

Instructors always asks, "What is Mass Communications?" Like they don't already know the answer. They have their degrees already, duh. One thing that I have realized is their not asking to get the same repetitive answer from students. But, to examine if students are digesting what and how Mass Media defines them. Of course according to Dynamics of Mass Communication, MC is "the process by which a complex organization, with the aid of one or more machines, produces and transmits public messages that are directed at large, heterogeneous, and scattered audiences." THAT'S BOOK DEFINITIONS. The actuality of mass communication is not only machines producing messages but the individuals operating those machines. That is the true media. the individuals who's mechanical transmitted messages emphasizes on race, gender, class, stereotypes, and et cetera, et cetera. This brand name labeling an over-a-century cover up for, what some call mass communication, distributing false accusations, and, or opinions about a particular subject "people" to a large quantity of fantasy land residents that is in a unison agreement.

Instead, instructors make us realize that mass communication for black students is more than looking in the back of the book for a meaning. We are the "meaning". We are the public message (discrimination, racism, sports, stereotype examples, what ever or which ever you choose) that is processed by a complex organizations (the people with the money and the power). And, who watches us? LARGE HETEROGENOUS AUDIENCES. For lack of a better term, different races who failed to study or even acknowledge our culture, religion, values, or norms. Even written, scholars claim that "The Negro is only an American and nothing else. He has no values and culture to guard and protect."(Nathan Glazer, Beyond the Melting Pot, p. 51)
Yet, they continue to make money for WHO?

Peers, if mass media is the channels (the controllers) and the institutions (complex organization) of mass communications. Than, the real definition of mass communication, is one or more machines helping the media produce graven images for our race and others.

Wake up..........