Omega Psi Phi warming up the crowd at Morehouse

[KeepItReal]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/morehouse-college-bernie-sanders-rally_us_56c43a0ee4b08ffac1270dc8

Nice steppin', Greeks! Sigmas still the best, tho.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

1. Alphas are the best. And my dad was an Alpha and a Morehouse Man, too. PRIDE!! :)

[1StrongBlackMan]

2. I beg to differ ... Shout out for the Pretty Boys (and Animals) of K-A-Psi!

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https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=youtube+kappa+stroll&view=detail&mid=278B5306C765299852FF278B5306C765299852FF&FORM=VIRE5

Oh ... Back in the day!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

3. Oh lawd, the Cane Men! LOL!

[1StrongBlackMan]

4. Yes, Lawd ...

Canes, Charisma, and Charm ... All applied to make a better world for everyone we touch!

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

5. Wha-the-fuck-evah! LOL!

[1StrongBlackMan]

6. You know you loves you some Nupes ... But don't tell Daddy! LOL.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

7. Some cuties for sure. I dated one for a minute. Sssshhhhhh!

[1StrongBlackMan]

8. LOL ... But, seriously ...

I'm 35 years in the Bond, and have a sincere appreciation for all members of every Fraternity and Sorority ... We all do good work in building communities and training up our leaders of tomorrow. We all take it VERY seriously.

ETA: I look forward to seeing Loretta Lynch throwing that Dynasty Sign from the SCOTUS bench ... I wouldn't be prouder than seeing someone throwing the YO (well, it would be close! )

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

18. Oh yes! Last night I watched Chris Matthews and nearly threw up when they suggested

George Mitchell as a SCOTUS idea. Worse than that...a REPUBLICAN name was put forward as a suggestion.

Though Mitchell is incredibly qualified, he is 80+ years old! WHY!?!?!??!

And the thought of a ReThug on the Court would make is absolutely sick! It's also unfair, though I understand the strategy. I'd never forgive Obama for that.

He needs a qualified black woman or a black judge on that court, particularly one who's young. I've heard Deval Patrick's name being thrown around. I'm cool with that, too.

At the end of the discussion, they did suggest Loretta Lynch, understanding that black people have been dismayed by the lack of qualified African Americans in high positions representing Obama's cabinet and on the courts.

[Recursion]

9. Achievement in every field of human endeavor

I used to live nextdoor to the Howard Xi chapter house. Great guys.

And, actually, since I took some classes at Howard I should probably keep my damn mouth shut in a Morehouse thread.

(Go bison )

[1StrongBlackMan]

10. That phrase still warms this Old-head's heart! ...

It is more than, just a collection of words.

[Recursion]

11. That was where I met Tavis Smiley, now that I think of it (nt)

[1StrongBlackMan]

12. He must have misssed a few pledge sessions, because ...

there are a couple lessons that weren't pressed on his heart! LOL.

I'm kidding. Despite, our political difference, he has made some amazing contributions to our organizational mission.

[Recursion]

13. LOL yeah, I do still listen when I can though. I just remember back in 2009, when West was on

his show starting his barrage about the inauguration tickets, and they were both complaining that Obama was ignoring the black community, and I actually said out-loud "Oh, Lord: you two think you're still 'the black community'. That's going to smart some time soon."

That said: Mr. Smiley is an amazing journalist and the country is a better place for his body of work. I just do sometimes give him the side-eye, especially lately.

[1StrongBlackMan]

14. Yeah ... It was about that time ...

Nupes started talking about putting him back on line!

If you want ... I could share with you (via PM) a K A Psi/President Obama story.

[Recursion]

15. Please do! Obama was never Greek, I think? (nt)

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

19. Are you in D.C., too?

[Recursion]

21. I first lived there in '93 for a year in high school

And then moved there in '99 right after college during my time in the Marines (I was stationed in the Navy base in Anacostia -- not the Navy Yard, though it's near it). To the extent I've had a "home base" as an adult, DC is it. I've mostly lived in Petworth and Columbia Heights. I'll be moving back in July and can't wait, though I'm thinking of trying west of the park this time.

[Number23]

16. It's been so precious watching Bernie supporters in GDP learn about black people

First they learned about police brutality because of BLM, and once they finally stopped shitting on that cause non-stop using the kind of racist, hateful invective you'd expect to hear from Trump supporters, hopefully they actually learned something.

Then the learned about rap because of Killer Mike, and now they get to learn about stepping. And the renewed interest in the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr. has been profound.

Even though black folks have been intimately and often painfully acquainted with every single one of these things for 100 years -- well, except even the vast majority of true hip hop heads had never heard of Killer Mike -- it's so great to see the interest that's come towards our community. Yeah, 90% of this new found interest is in service to promoting the candidacy of Bernie Sanders but it's still so incredibly heart warming and precious nonetheless.

Don'tchathink??? The repeated posting of Youtube videos of black people, no matter how rambling and incoherent, is just an obvious extension of this newfound passion in our perspectives (as long as it's the RIGHT perspective, of course).

[1StrongBlackMan]

17. LOL. eom

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

20. Please do not get me started...

[Digital Puppy]

22. Tee-Hee...I missed this one last week.

Great post and your commentary mirrors my observations. (Who *is* Killer Mike??)

I actually wonder what they will discover next about Black culture...maybe the Barbershop? Chicken-n-waffles? How some people use their initials on their resume and check the "Other/Decline to State" box when asked about race on an application...or maybe the patience it takes to be followed around in a store feeling pressure to buy something just to prove that you aren't trying to shoplift....I really do wonder what is next for these 'students'.

Bless their little hearts!

[Recursion]

23. I swear to God I have not been able to stop laughing

about white liberals pretending they had already heard of Killer Mike.

I'm from Mississippi. Dirty South represent and all. I think he was on exactly one Dirty South mix CD I got at one point in the mid oughts (and man I got a lot of them... Deacon the Villain is still my favorite artist working today except maybe for Tab out of Jersey). And that's great; once hip hop moved to Atlanta (which, as far as I can tell, the larger white consciousness hasn't processed yet, a decade plus on) it ironically got that much harder for any given artist to break out. His stuff is kind of cool, and for that matter I'm glad to see any artist who is willing to burn his fame on being an activist. Good for him.

What drives me up a fucking wall is people whose idea of hip hop is entirely top 40 claiming that this pretty extremely underground artist was somehow exactly the one voice they were waiting for, and now that he has endorsed, well all their racial worries are solved.

[Kind of Blue]

24. That was satisfying.