Kevin Alberto Sabio - Raise Your Brown Black Fist 2: MORE Political Shouts of an Angry Afro Latino

I ts been a long time...I shouldnt have left you...without a new book to read through...

F or those of you that are unfamiliar with me from my first book, I am the youngest of three children of Honduran Garifuna parents. I was born and raised in New York City, specifically in the borough of Brooklyn, which is where I got my political start at the age of sixteen years old. The first version of this book is based primarily on two article series that I had written during my time as a Contributing Writer for a now defunct e-magazine called Blacktino.net. The first article series, titled Black vs. Brown , is an eight-part article series that spoke on the supposed conflict between the Black and Latino communities, and putting this supposed conflict in its proper historical perspective. The second article series, titled Black Thoughts: A Political Ideological Perspective for Afro Latinos was a seven-part article series that dealt with why Latinos of African descent should embrace the ideology of Black Nationalism/Pan-Africanism. The first version of this book encompassed both article series, plus three additional entries.

The easiest way for me to describe my first book is to simply say that the book was about race & politics from the perspective of a politicized Afro Latino. From the number of people that traveled in my political circle, the book was actually quite well received, and is continuing to garner more attention for itself, especially with the help of comrades new and old that are in the struggle, and politicized family members with their activist and academic connections as well. Since the publishing of my first book, I have been able to relocate from my old location in Virginia to Maryland, and continue to make strides politically as an activist. I continue to represent my organization, the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), and do outreach to our brothers and sisters in the Diaspora, especially representing for my Afro Latino peoples.

It was always in the back of my mind to do a follow-up to Raise Your Brown Black Fist . This time around, I wanted to focus specifically on the article series Black Thoughts. From the time when I first started writing that particular series, I had always felt that it was a much better series content-wise, having unlimited potential. Black vs. Brown was very limited in its subject matter (in my opinion), and I was surprised to have been able to stretch it to eight articles. Officially, the last article that I had written in the Black Thoughts series was back in November of 2008. Since that time, I have written a number of unpublished articles in that series. In this volume of the book, I have combined all of the articles in the Black Thoughts series into one volume.

I would like to give thanks to all of those comrades and sisteren that have supported me, inspired me, or have done both in my activism and personal growth. I wish to spread peace and blessings to Babatunji Balogun, Sis. Althea Cromer-Pierre, Rosa Clemente, Jan Calloway, Miriam Jimenez Roman and Juan Flores from Afro Latin@ Forum, Crystal S. Roman and Apryl G. Lopez from Black Latina Movement, Khadijah Ali-Coleman and Maceo Thomas from Liberated Muse, Mosi Ngosi from Black Unity, Christopher Rodriguez, The Los Afro Latinos Yahoo Group, Karen Juanita Carrillo and Dr. Lisa Scott from Afropresencia.com, Robert Oriyamaat, Sam Obrien Rodriguez, the people from Education Based Latino Outreach (EBLO), Afi Makalani, Terra Renee, Valerie McMichael, Ronda Amirah Ben Thomas, Michelle Gonzalez, Ezrah Aharone, and SO many others that have done so much for me in my lifetime.

This is just my secondary salvo in this war for the minds of our people. I will keep the struggle alive for as long as I can draw breath. May you the reader enjoy this journey of informational enlightenment, and be able to learn and grow from this literary experience. Thank you for your support, and happy reading.

T o my niece Lashawn Sabio, and my nephews Romello Sabio, Enrique Sabio, Joshua McLaughlin, and Miles McLaughlin. You can achieve greatness if you put your mind to it. The world is definitely yours...

Y para mi inspiracciones...Ronda Ben Thomas, Denise Fortune, y Michelle Gonzalez. You all share a special place in my heart, are deeply loved, and inspire me to continue to do great things. You are all the loves of my life...

C hapter I

Black Thoughts: A Political Ideological Perspective for Afro Latinos

Part II: Way(s) of the Black Fist

Part III: Reflections of Me

Part IV: Voice of the Voiceless

Part V: Politics and Bullsh*t

Part VI: Word Power

Part VII: Heart of a Souljahr

C hapter II: The Unpublished Papers

Black Thoughts: A Political Ideological Perspective for Afro Latinos

Lingually Speaking

Politics and Bullsh*t Redux

Walk Like a Warrior

Whatwordz R Worth

Hip Hopistas: Requiem for a Second Verse

Black History Month: The Diaspora Edition

From Predators to Protectors

Reflections of Me: The Need for More Mirrors

The Consortium of Afro Latino Communities

C hapter III: Waxing Poetic/Lyrically Speaking

Black and Brown

I Wonder

Battle Cry

Knowledge As Supreme

Thug Mentality

In a State of War

No Respect 2 Da Boys in Blue

Spanish People In Control

Spanish People In Control (Remix)

In Conclusion

Chapter I

B y: Kevin Alberto Sabio

M any get confused when they hear the following terms being used as far as political ideology is concerned; Black Power/Nationalism, Pan Africanism, Afrocentrism, African Internationalism. Those that are uninitiated may feel that these ideologies are threatening and racist in some way, while others who follow those particular ideologies may feel that they are limiting, or are opposed to each other. In reality, its all just semantics. Theyre all interchangeable with each other, and basically call for the same solution; unity, power, and respect for people of African descent. Here on Blacktino.net, I will try to clear up some of the misconceptions about these ideologies, and hope to motivate my fellow Afro Latinos to join the cause. Because of recent conflicts that Ive gotten into with online trolls, both on other websites, and here on Blacktino.net, I felt it necessary to delve into this subject, and let it be known how these ideologies impact ALL African descended people.

Some may see Black Power/Nationalism as a strictly African American political manifestation, only concerning itself with African American issues. That is simply untrue. As thoroughly outlined in the Stokely Carmichael/Charles Hamilton book, Black Power , this stance calls for power to ALL Black People; not just African Americans. Seeing as how Stokely Carmichael/Kwame Ture was of Afro Caribbean descent, I would HIGHLY doubt that he would call for a political ideology that wouldnt encompass or benefit people of his own national/regional background. That work was followed up by the ancestor Dr. Amos Wilson in his seminal work, Blueprint for Black Power . In this heavily detailed dossier (almost 900 pages), He goes in-depth with his analysis of Black Power as a viable political concept, and the steps needed to be taken to make Black Power a reality and living entity. Wilson breaks down what power is, how it can be used (and misused), and how people can obtain power politically, economically, culturally, educationally, physically, and even spiritually to a certain extent. Demographically speaking, the African population in the United States (in total) has the size and capacity to become its own self-sustaining nation-state, and would only be able to survive in the long run unless it begins to see itself as a nation within a nation. The African descended population in America can be seen as a catalyst for a strong nation-state and provide empowerment, not only for themselves, but for a unified African Diaspora in both the political arena and economically.