So when I saw the media Ignore evidence that revealed Cosby’s innocence, and parade White females across the screen like rape victims of a Black brute, I knew this America was no different that the America 100 years ago that was still lynching Black men accused of coming on to White women.
And this America, in this case CNN and Anderson Cooper, recently, they slyly brought up Rayshard Brooks Criminal record, framing it as a hard luck story about the difficulties of Black men “getting back up on their feet” after being released from jail. And then, on cue, tap-dancing shoes and all, the Hungry Bird (for attention) Van Jones gave the story racial cover by talking about the pitfalls of probation Black men like Brooks experience.
But the point was to get Rayshard’s criminal record out there for public consumption to sow the seeds of doubt or taint public opinion for the police.
And CNN has never been a friend of Black people — that’s why you saw protestors tearing up their lobby in Atlanta. They know who the perpetrators are.
My name is Walter Hilliard III. I have a B.S. degree in Public Administration and a Masters in Psychology (specialty in Media Psychology). I’m currently seeking publishers for a book focusing on Black Self-Destruction and two inspirational eBooks, having already published a multitude of articles in several different newspapers and magazines over the years. I’ve been a head basketball coach on the high school and college level, and taught success classes at a private college, created numerous community and college programs focusing on leadership, mentoring, college awareness (for inner-city kids), and employment and training. And I have worked as an employment and training manager, family therapist, behavior specialist, college retention specialist, juvenile detention center treatment supervisor, and a contractor, facilitating relationship and marriage education groups for couples.
The purpose of Universal Soul Power is to confront negative media messages about African Americans, proliferate positive messages about the Black community, and inspire all those who are part of the universe, but especially African Americans, through my inspirational writings.
The truth is that most African Americans haven’t lost their Spiritual Souls, yet (although some of us behave like we’ve lost our minds), but we have lost our “Soul” — that NewRhythmandBluesyContemporaryHipHopSoul that allows us to be compassionate, productive leaders who recognize what really matters in life and live our lives beyond fad terms like “Swag,” instead embracing more fulfilling concepts like being Calm, Cool, and Collected, and knowing what they are all about: being your “growing self,” dancing to your own Life Drum, in tune, on beat, unfazed by fear, and leaving the world a better place when they move on.
Now dat’s Real Soul, and dat’s whatum talkin’ ’bout!
Walter L. Hilliard III
