http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-mavericks-howard&prov=ap&type=lgns

I can understand you frustration…believe me I can.

But…I don’t think it’s fair to hate on him because of the context. It’s not like he used the camera phone, then called a press conference to talk about his three second blip. It was a totally impromptu moment. When he has been asked about things of that sort, in a more formal context, he spoke up. According to DZ, it cost this former ACC Player of the Year a lofty draft status and several million dollars.

We ain’t perfect, ain’t been perfect, ain’t gon be perfect, don’t wanna be perfect. We have the inalienable human right to fail. And, he didn’t fail…on the court or off. He’s the coldest dude on his team. Weed, as any dreaded one must know, is a gift of the creator — just like air and water, but wholly unlike Vicodin and Percoset.

He said what he said…how he said it. Either he has the right to say it OR he doesn’t.

The players won’t do shit. They should, but they won’t. Why? Because Josh Howard isn’t PERFECT. Negroes have to be PERFECT in order to get the support of other Negroes. Negroes have to be PERFECT even when their rights are in danger of suppression…even when their lives are threatened.

To be PERFECT, you have to be meek, docile, intelligent, sacrificial, and perceived as undeserving of a cruel fate. You cannot have any record of prior arrests, convictions, back-talking, white women, drunk driving (that’s reserved for white folks like LaRussa, etc.). You cannot belong to any organizations (You know - you have to be disorganized.) No Nation of Islam, heck, no notions of Islam. You could have a preacher - but you can’t be a member of the church. You have to be a lost soul who is being claimed - redeemed - like a piece of plantation property. You can’t have tattoos. You can’t listen to hip hop. Heavy metal is okay though. No weed (it makes white women loose - at least that’s what they said in the 50’s….maybe shit’s changed.)

You have to be perfect. No ifs, ands or blunts.

It doesn’t hurt if you’re “not all the way Black” (Sheffield-ism). Though, we can’t honestly say if that helps a whole helluva lot either. Light-skinndeddeddeddeddedness and red hair didn’t save El Hajj Malik el-Shabazz from catching a hail of Mary’s finest bullets. Either way, I don’t think Josh can count on the support of his comrades in charms. Nope…too many strippers to hit off…too many rims to buy…too many owners who need knobs slobbed by brainless 7 footers.

Fuck that. In all honesty, if Stern even dares flex on Howard for this, the players need to walk out — right before the tip of the season…Uniforms on and everything…ref throws the ball up, and the players bounce, the ball bounces, checks bounce and Stern gets to eat a dick up.

If an employer with protected federal status (as most sports leagues are) wants to impose a rule without collective bargaining that flatly rejects all notions of self respect for Black folk, that employer needs his ass kicked.

Moreover, Josh’s statement (no matter how flippantly made) is not in ANY way akin to what the Spaniards did. I won’t go into detail, but I’d hope that our defense of him is not mitigated by our disdain of others. Fuck Stern, fuck the Spanish team, fuck Blackistone and Scoop.

We have the RIGHT to tell the world to kiss our ass — especially when they are asking us to lick Slave Master Balls. This right is natural, but not permanent. You can lose it.

If Josh is censured by the NBA then I want the same thing for the Spanish players who poked fun at the Chinese during the Beijing Olympics with that mocking slant-eyed poster.

Punish one, punish all. Step up, Herr Stern

Thanks. Always thought Adande was a crackhead. You just found his pipe!

So count me out as well…….