Michael R Hicks a/k/a Mza The Watcher

Assistant Coordinator & Public Policy Analyst, The Rev. Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. Center for Racial Justice, @SCKY_1879. Father. Caregiver. Your Brother.

[Michael R Hicks a/k/a Mza The Watcher @mrhick01]

Let's conduct an informal social media Q&A.

The floor is open to all who care about the condition of Black Americans & have thoughts to share.

These ?s have a good-faith INTENT for better Blk politics:

[Michael R Hicks a/k/a Mza The Watcher @mrhick01]

@BenjaminPDixon To my Black Dem Party supporters, those who range from status-quo-Black-establishment to progressive-dem-socialist in their partisanship...

you're going to have to provide me a pathway on how to influence the Dems for Blk Am needs w/this.

I don't see it in your strategy. Ever.

[Michael R Hicks a/k/a Mza The Watcher @mrhick01]

@Lg4uRanger @Chad_Boogie Why? Just, why?

Who is “Y’all?” The overwhelming majority of our people desire A More Perfect Union. This nation wouldn’t be close to “…and Justice For All” without Black Americans.

Stop trolling.

[Michael R Hicks a/k/a Mza The Watcher @mrhick01]

@Tinaa212s A charge regarding?

Is this for me or do to whom I was responding to?

[Michael R Hicks a/k/a Mza The Watcher @mrhick01]

Cowards stay coward-ing & arguing, but I refuse to let this go. Here we go.

Ah, now we're past the pomp & circumstance & other BS & getting to the real. Good. (1/x)

[✨Olivia A.✨ @OliviaHoney11]

I'm pro Black-American first and foremost. Our needs and interests matter and come first. I don't care how any leftists or liberal feel about it either. If we don't put us first no one else will.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

A cartoon about my father from the 1960s. At the time he was assassinated, a poll reflected that he was one of the most hated men in the United States.

Today, his message has been distorted by many who would have hated him then, but evoke him now to deter justice and truth.

#MLKDay #MLK #TheKingCenter #HistoryMatters #ReThinkKing

[Michael R Hicks a/k/a Mza The Watcher @mrhick01]

@JBWasAGenius There’s a desperate need to craft narratives to maintain power.

[Michael R Hicks a/k/a Mza The Watcher @mrhick01]

@hummy_man @VanLathan @TheRachLindsay @nanaisking His family? Yo

[Michael R Hicks a/k/a Mza The Watcher @mrhick01]

@D227117 @Queenofla2 None of those other nations/empires still exist.

The United States still does. Stop it. It's nothing more than excuse-making & deflection.

[TheQueenofLA 🇺🇸 @Queenofla2]

What’s with all these white people trying to downplay American slavery? It’s all happening at the same time on twitter like it’s orchestrated. I mean it’s not like they can fool God. Their judgement is still coming

[De La Soul @WeAreDeLaSoul]

Just a friendly reminder that our new album Cabin In The Sky is still out this Friday as well. Thank you. ☁️🏠⛅️ https://t.co/wRIN5DphFJ

[Michael R Hicks a/k/a Mza The Watcher @mrhick01]

@michaelharriot There will never be an end to random bad-faith social media posts.

Willful ignorance, miseducation, & genuine stupidity, animus, resentment, or hatred will never cease in the US.

There will always be someone, whether an actual person or a bot account created by one.

[Michael R Hicks a/k/a Mza The Watcher @mrhick01]

@jamsterdam1 @AnthonyIrwinLA It’s second-half focused & situational

Explosive potential offense, but not yet enough to overcome OKC

[Michael R Hicks a/k/a Mza The Watcher @mrhick01]

@johnnybarry @CuffsTheLegend It wouldn’t hurt, but it’s probably still not enough

[Read The Color of Law. @JBWasAGenius]

And when Black folks, who are often the canary in the coal mine for the outcomes of political, economic, & educational disenfranchisement, experience these, it's solely attributed to cultural failings.

When the others experience it, we need to stop the world and review systems.

[Michael R Hicks a/k/a Mza The Watcher @mrhick01]

@TheShiftologist @ninaturner It’s wrong. I’ll ignore your useless ad hominem attacks, *once.*

The primary reason that it is wrong because you are framing it wrong. King certainly was a believer in the humanity of all. He also recognized that sons & daughters of the emancipated deserved redress.

[Michael R Hicks a/k/a Mza The Watcher @mrhick01]

@TheShiftologist @ninaturner You do not know enough about his life or legacy to cherry-pick a single quote.

[De La Soul @WeAreDeLaSoul]

Final?!

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[Michael R Hicks a/k/a Mza The Watcher @mrhick01]

@queenie4rmnola Those offenders are white supremacists, trolls, a-holes, or some combination of all three.

Identify, then shun them.

[Be A King @BerniceKing]

It just shouldn’t.