My life has taken a unique turn. I often felt this internal pushing and tugging to be a contributor to mankind (what a Utopian idealist I am). I look up to and reflect on many individuals unselfish sacrifice for temperance and guidance in my own quest for a life of service to mankind. A life that bears a mark (bastazo), a life that has used me as a touchstone of progress. It would be so easy to just wake up and live, work, love, and leave the philosophical, social and religious engineering to the Illuminati. But no, there will always be the Lynch’s of the world. Be they Internet hoaxes or real persons with an agenda that constitutes a response, an uprising or even at times a lifelong struggle to undo the social destruction they cause.
If you are not familiar with William “Willie” Lynch here is some background information for you. Willie Lynch was believed to be a successful British slave owner in the West Indies who was invited to the Colony of Virginia in 1712 to teach his methods to slave owners there due in part to several slave uprisings in the area prior to his visit (The term “lynching” [example] was derived from another ‘Lynch’ Captain William Lynch 1742 - 1820 who authored the “Lynch Law” sent to the Virginia Legislature on Sept. 22, 1782). There has never been any supporting document of Willie Lynch’s speech “The Making of a Slave” that mysteriously surfaced in the 1990’s.
Since its discovery (for lack of a better term) it has become the go to speech for ‘Black History Month’ (celebrated throughout February in the U.S. and Canada and October in the U.K.) programs, rally’s and the like. It’s a moving and thought provoking letter that is so relevant today that it is undeniably appropriate when African Americans gather. It provides a solution to systematically oppress a group of individuals (the Negro) for long term domination and manipulation for the benefit of the oppressor. It is not used as kindling for civil unrest as the supposed authors (Willie Lynch) race might think; but more so as a wake up call to the ancestors of former slaves (yours truly).
In this climate of Presidential Primary elections here in the States there is an uprising much like that of the Colony of Virginia in 1712. A man; not of the dominate race has brought the masses together and awakened a sleeping people, a people who were never intended to be fit for leadership of this kind. Whether this man is qualified for the highest office in the land is not the litmus test (although it should be) it will ultimately be the establishment he intends to serve and the threat assessment that is determined by a victory that will ascertain how the ancestors of former slave owners will react. The methods described in William Lynch’s speech are seen (by this author) as tactics used present day against the African American.
This entry is not an attempt to draw racial lines (they have
already been drawn) but to acknowledge that there was and is undoubtedly a plan
to make distinctions between the races and their roles. William "Willie" Lynch, fable or
foe; message or myth is the lesson for Black History Month, February 2008.
Watch, listen and learn...but never forget.
Celebrating my history with you,
Bycha Buxton
