What Does MAGA Mean To You?

How important is a name? Was a person's name so important or powerful until Egyptians hid their REAL name? What comes to mind when you hear the word/name MAGA?

In the Ancient Near East, the NAME is the soul and essence of the person who receives it, and the one who names binds the meaning of the name to the person as a fate or destiny. The only way that the fate or destiny can change is if a creature of higher power changes the name. As long as the name of the being exists, the being will exist throughout eternity as part of the fabric of the divine order.

We no longer live in ancient times, but we do live in times where ancient beliefs can be seen in real time. Donald Trump's followers have happily identified as MAGA. The acronym, MAGA stands for: Make America Great Again, which they believe they can and will achieve by voting for Trump for president. But by choosing the acronym, NAME - MAGA, to be CALLED, they are putting into full force the definition of the word's meaning each time it is spoken into the universe. Donald Trump NAMED them and now they are bonded by their name's MEANING and fate/destiny.

Even though MAGA is an acronym, its pronunciation is the same as it is used in other languages. So, what power does a name really have? In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the question is asked: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” Shakespeare did not accurately describe the individual power of names. His concern was that the essence of the object or person was not in the name but in the person. In the Ancient Near East, the name was opposite of what Shakespeare believed because it contained the soul of the being that it inhabited.216048895.pdf (core.ac.uk). 

Names have always had meaning/use/power. People have believed if someone has a name that means something powerful, then the person with that name is bound to have or obtain that level of power. In the past, to ensure a long life for a child, a way to deter the death of that child was to name the child after a dead relative. The spirit or demon will see that the name bearer is already dead and will leave the child alone. Children, especially male children, are named after heroes or accomplished male figures. In modern times, parents research names for their unborn children which they hope the child will have some of its attributes. Names matter still.

Do those who call themselves MAGA understand what they are naming themselves? The word maga has different meanings in different languages, including in Kannada, Maga can be a noun that means "boy or man" or "son" in relation to his parents. It can also be a term of endearment used by elders to address boys. Māga can also be a noun that means "the coldest season" or "winter season". It can also refer to the eleventh month of the Hindu lunar calendar year. In Portuguese, Maga means "sorceress". For example, someone might be called "maga do corpo" which means "body sorceress". In Japanese, Maga can mean "confusion", "complication", or "distortion". It can also refer to gods that cause sin, pollution, and disaster, and belong to the nether world. In Italian, Maga is a feminine noun that means "sorceress". *Google search: meaning of MAGA in other languages***

In the first image, which is the reason for this post, MAGA is shown to mean: MAGA or Magus the name of the highest rank in the Church of SATAN. Translates to Witch, in Latin. In Portuguese it means magician, sorceress, or wizard. In Japanese it means wickedness, evil, calamity, or disaster. In Nigerian it means sucker, fraud victim, or easily fooled idiot. In Zulu it means lies. In Sudanese it means dragon. In Spanish it means magician. I couldn't find a reliable reference for these definitions, but the point is, people see only negatives when it comes to the name MAGA.

To be frank, MAGA have been displaying behaviors many have called ugly, racist, childish, hateful, deplorable, delusional, fearful, angry, and bitter. The list of negative associations with the name MAGA is lengthy. Has the POWER of the NAME of MAGA made the rose smell less sweet? Have the people LIVED into their chosen/given name by their higher being DONALD TRUMP? Remember, those who gives the name has the power over the named.

In religion, it is the gods that gives the names to what is created thus being in power over the created. Parents give names to what they create, their children, thus having power over their creation. People name their pets, thus having power/authority over them. When one joins the military, they are renamed soldier, sailor, marine, etc. The military renames enlistees and have power over them. Trump named his followers, MAGA. We can see the power he has over them. They follow his instructions to points of violence and believe what he says even though what he says can be proven as lies. MAGA has even voiced the belief Donald Trump has been sent by God, lifting him to god-like status or at least being favored by the gods.

Whether you believe a name can hold power or not, being aware of what a name or your particular name means can be enlightening. I happen to believe in the power of names and I'm lucky to have a name without negative connotations. To read more about the power of names on a personal level, read the link below from my blog. The using of selected WORDS to manifest a particular destiny or to diminish people has been employed throughout history. Sometimes, the SPELLING of words has meaning and gave rise to the idea of casting a SPELL and why people chose not to reveal their real name. Are you called by a nickname?

DOROTHY GUYTON, author (BA, MA) INTERVIEWER: What Power Does Your Name Have?

Most importantly, people identify with names and words. They want to live into such words, labels, and titles. Being associated with certain groups is enough for some. One sure way to be a part of a group or to belong to a group, is to adopt their behavior. Trump followers have adopted an identity for which they can be identified as a Trump follower. If you research (reputable sources) the word MAGA (Trump followers), most research will define them by their beliefs and actions, not by opinion.

The MAGA movement, is a political movement that emerged in the United States during the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump. Its name is derived from Trump’s 2016 campaign slogan “Make America Great Again.” The MAGA movement is known for its particularly combative character, which exemplifies the extreme partisanship of contemporary American politics. In keeping with that stance, controversial rhetoric has flourished within the movement, including messages that critics see as homophobic, sexist, or racist or as inciting violence. MAGA movement | Meaning, Beliefs, Origins, Donald Trump, & Facts | Britannica. They admired Trump’s personal style, which was notoriously belligerent and confrontational. Trump’s habit of bullying his opponents with personal insults and name-calling, as well as his regular boasting, encouraged MAGA members to think of him as an ordinary person or “regular guy” rather than as a conventional politician.

Surveys of hundreds of fervent Trump voters, whom researchers refer to as Make American Great Again (MAGA) supporters, reveal strong beliefs that the election was stolen; that COVID-19 is a bioweapon from China; and that the riot was the work of antifa. The data, collected just before and after the Capitol riot, is believed to be the only information of its kind, shedding light on MAGA supporters’ opinions about race, gender, the pandemic and the 2020 election. “Right now, these people feel like they’re losing their country and their identity. They feel like they’re being displaced by communities of color, by feminists and by immigrants. These people are motivated by what they see as an existential threat to their way of life,” said Christopher Sebastian Parker, professor of political science at the UW and co-author of the research. New nationwide survey shows MAGA supporters’ beliefs about the pandemic, the election and the insurrection | UW News (washington.edu) 

The survey also found on race, significant majorities of respondents agreed with statements like “Black people should work their way up like other minorities” and “Black people would be as well off as white people if they tried.” Along the same lines, a majority disagreed with statements such as “Slavery/discrimination made working up difficult for Black people” and “Black people have gotten less than they deserve.” Similar themes emerged in the results regarding women and immigration. A majority of respondents agreed with statements such as “Women interpret innocent remarks as sexist,” “Feminists are seeking more power than men,” and “Immigration is changing our culture for the worse.”

Since 2016, those choosing to the name of MAGA have had an opportunity to show the public who they are and what they stand for. If, the public misunderstands them, there has been ample time for correction of the misunderstanding. MAGA knows, understands, and embraces the acronym which defines them and all that come with the NAME. It is their brand. It is their name that precedes them. It is how they identify.

They're Eating the Pets? (Ohio, Trump)

In the 2024 Presidential Debate, Republican presidential nominee, Donald Trump, said, "In Springfield, they're eating the dogs — the people that came in, they're eating the cats. They're eating — they're eating the pets of the people that live there, and this is what's happening in our country, and it's a shame." When ABC anchor David Muir responded that city officials disputed that, Trump insisted he had seen people saying so on television.

The people who are accused of eating pets are immigrants of color, Haitians. Why is this important? Because crime and fear are tools used against people of color and immigrants. People forget, American history has criminals who have eaten PEOPLE. These killers are best known as serial killers and have something in common. They are white. Some murderers, such as Boone Helm, Albert Fish, Andrei Chikatilo, and Jeffery Dahmer, are known to have eaten parts of their victims after killing them.

Why are some crimes, including mass shootings, not as feared as other crimes? RACE plays an interesting factor. People are more outraged on social media about the possibility of a pet being eaten than schools being shot up. REALLY?

Why do White women clutch their purses and/or cross the street when encountering a Black male in public? Can it be because the news outlets reporting on Black crime is done with a 'be afraid' of them because they ALL have a violent nature? But are Black or brown people the ONLY or MOST extreme violent people? Of course, criminals come in all different colors, but there is not a FEAR factor engrained with white people committing crimes as with other ethnicities.

White people report on crime as if they do not commit crimes. Donald Trump's campaign centers around, "Immigrants are killing good White people." During the debate he just sounded crazy to most, but not to his fearful White base. They continue to promote the fear of a beloved pet being eaten, not "OUR CHILDREN ARE BEING SLAUGHTERED."

On average, research on racial differences in the criminal justice system indicates that Black people are, indeed, overrepresented at every decision point (e.g., arrest, sentencing). At the front end of the criminal justice process, Black individuals are arrested at rates that far exceed those of Whites. What If They Were White? The Differential Arrest Consequences of Victim Characteristics for Black and White Co-offenders - PMC (nih.gov). Black people are not the only ones committing crimes.

The Violence Policy Center (VPC) released When Men Murder Women: A Review of 25 Years of Female Homicide Victimization in the United States, analyzes 25 years of data, from 1996 to 2020, from the VPC’s annual report, When Men Murder Women. Here are a few of the results. A high number of White women are murdered by their intimate partner, who in most cases, are White. Not the stranger or immigrant.

• A total of 45,817 females were murdered by males in single victim/single offender incidents between 1996 and 2020 as reported to the FBI UCR’s Supplementary Homicide Report (SHR). Of these, 29,503 victims were white (64 percent), 14,038 were Black (31 percent), 1,216 were Asian or Pacific Islander (three percent), and 522 were American Indian/Alaska Native (one percent). Information about race was missing for 538 victims (one percent).
• Most women killed by men knew their killers. Over the past 25 years, 92 percent of female victims knew their male killers.
• Among female victims who knew their male killers, 61 percent were murdered by an intimate partner.

I'm sure there is a tendency to believe ALL of these women were assaulted by a Black person. This would be a wrong assumption. There is evidence Black people are not the only people who commit crimes.

• In 2019, 69.4 percent of all individuals arrested were White, 26.6 percent were Black or African American, and 4.0 percent were of other races. FBI — Table 43
• White individuals were arrested more often for violent crimes than individuals of any other race and accounted for 59.1 percent of those arrests.
• White juveniles comprised 56.4 percent of juveniles arrested for aggravated assault and 55.4 percent of juveniles arrested for larceny-theft.

We live in an age where it is a race to be the first to report the news. Social media has become a key player in getting the latest news out the fastest. But social media is not known to be a factual source of news. It also picks and chooses what will be the most accepted report when it comes to headlines relying on shock value and what people want to hear as truth. As of late, social media wants to report immigrants are the cause of increased crime. It's what a certain demographic wants to hear to give validity to their displeasure not wanting the country to become filled with immigrants. The fear of violence is an effective tool in the anti-immigrant argument. But there are other FACTS which should cause fear.

According to Hunting Humans: An Encyclopedia of Modern Serial Killers, 82% of American serial killers are white, while 15% are Black and 2.5% are Hispanic. In the US alone, the FBI estimates there are between 25-50 active serial killers at any given time, despite the authorities not being aware of them or connecting the killings together. On a worldwide scale, this estimate is certainly larger, but only a handful of serial killer cases are confirmed to be unsolved. 

Radford University and Florida Gulf Coast University have a jointly operated database that keeps track of serial killers, their years of operation, their victims, and their methods of execution. Each year, the team behind the database releases an annual report on serial killer data. The database tracks serial killings all the way back to 1900 and includes serial killers from over 115 countries. The U.S. leads the rest of the world in documented serial killers, with a whopping 3,613 serial killers as of 2020 (England is not-so-close second, with known 176 serial killers as of 2020). The data tracks the number of serial killers that have been active each year too, with 1986 being the peak in the U.S. Generally, murders by serial killers in the U.S. was at its highest between 1970 and 1990, which is when some of the most sensationalized killers were active (think Bundy, Dahmer, Ramirez, Gacy, and Kemper, among many more). 

Between 1982 and December 2023, 80 out of the 149 mass shootings in the United States were carried out by White shooters. By comparison, the perpetrator was African American in 26 mass shootings, and Latino in 12. When calculated as percentages, this amounts to 54 percent, 17 percent, and eight percent respectively. Since 2015, over 19,000 people have been shot and wounded or killed in a mass shooting. In 2022 alone, over 600 people were killed, with over 2,700 wounded. Both the number of mass shooting incidents and the number of people shot in them have increased since 2015, reaching a high of 686 mass shooting incidents in 2021.

When it comes to hate crimes, 

• 48.6 percent were victims of crimes motivated by their offenders’ anti-Black or African American bias.
• In 2021, there were 3,906 victims of anti-Black or African American hate crimes in the United States, making it the racially motivated hate crime with the most victims in that year. 
• The second most common racially motivated hate crime, anti-White crimes, had 1,341 victims in that year.

The lynching of Michael Donald in Mobile, Alabama on March 21, 1981, is considered one of the last reported lynchings in the United States. Donald, a 19-year-old African American, was beaten and killed by members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) and his body was hung from a tree. Four men were involved in the lynching, with one being executed in 1997 and another sentenced to life in prison. The third man was also sentenced to life in prison, and the fourth was indicted but died before his trial could be completed.

What the news media does report about White criminals is White collar crime which in essence is viewed as harmless and not really criminal. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) offers a simplified definition of white-collar crime: “lying, cheating, and stealing.” According to FBI data from 2020, white males commit the majority of white-collar crimes. White-collar crimes are crimes committed by people of respectability and high social status in the course of their occupation for financial gain. Examples of white-collar crimes include fraud, bribery, embezzlement, insider trading, money laundering, identity theft, and forgery. However, white-collar crime offenders also tend to have other characteristics, including:

• Being in their late 30s to 40s
• Having a middle-class background
• Having at least some higher education
• Being employed
• Being married
• Having religious and community affiliations
• Owning homes
• Having less prior criminal justice involvement.

White collar crime has all but been glamorized as for rich people, so it must not be as bad as murder and rape. Some criminologists argue that White males who are class-advantaged are uniquely positioned to commit white-collar crime because they may have stronger deviant motivations, greater deviant opportunities, and weaker social controls. The majority of white-collar crime offenders are white males.

Victims of White-collar crimes tend to be those in lower income bracket or with little education.

When it comes to rape, reports have claimed nearly 90% of those convicted of wider child abuse offenses and on sex offenders register are White men. There isn’t much publicly available information on this. The data does show a large majority of those convicted of sexual offences (no matter the age of the victim) are White.

The Black male is often stereotyped as a drug user and drug dealer. White Americans are people who have ancestry from Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. According to one study by the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), in 2017, about 38.2% of young White adults aged 18 to 25 reported that they were current illicit drug users. In terms of drug use by race, White Americans have the highest rates of drug use and abuse. This is likely due to a variety of factors, including socio-economic status, access to drugs, and cultural factors. African Americans have the second highest rates of drug use and abuse. Examining Drug Use by Race - Free by the Sea - Washington. 

In 2021, White people were more likely than people in all other racial or ethnic groups to be past month alcohol users. More than half of White people (52.2%) were past month alcohol users. In 2021, underage White people aged 12 to 20 were more likely to be past month alcohol users (18.1%) compared with underage Hispanic or Latino (14.5%), Multiracial (13.2%), Black or African American (9.4%), or Asian people (6.4%). Underage White people were also more likely to be past month binge drinkers (10.1%) compared with underage Hispanic or Latino (7.3%), Black or African American (5.5%), or Asian people (2.5%). 

The spotlight has always been on people of color as criminals. The nightly news if filled with accounts of Black crime. It is more than evident that ALL races are capable of being perpetrators of horrendous crimes. Clearly, the REACTION to a criminal is what fuels our beliefs about criminals. White people loudly proclaim their aversion to crime ignoring the statistics regarding crimes and criminal act committed by White people. Crime is not dictated by the color of a person's skin but by the content of their heart.

What if Black women started clinching their purses or running for cover when they encountered a White male who is statistically known to abuse drugs, commit rape, be a mass shooter, serial killer, lies, cheat, embezzle, and commit fraud? What would that America look like?

Donald Trump's Lies

Kamala Harris said in the 2024 Presidential Debate of her opponent Donald Trump, (paraphrasing) "He is going to tell lies. It is what he does." She was proven correct. CNN reports former President Donald Trump delivered more than 30 false claims during Tuesday's presidential debate against Vice President Kamala Harris. Even though the majority of commentators, news outlets, and major Republicans said he did horribly in the debate, Donald Trump proclaimed he won the debate. WHY! And why does many of his voting followers believe him and repeat he did well in the debate?

His lies are dangerous and vicious at times. Even when millions of people laugh at his OUTRAGEOUS lies such as, "People (Haitians) are eating dogs", he doubles down and continue to PUSH his lie. As with this lie, his followers spring into action, resulting in this case with bomb a threat to government facility. Why does he continue to LIE?

Mark Twain said that a LIE travels halfway around the world while the truth is still putting its shoes on. Actually, that itself is a lie – Twain probably said no such thing and the true origins of the quote remain murky. 

In a study published in early 2018 in the journal Science, three researchers at MIT analyzed around 126,000 stories tweeted by around three million people between 2006 and 2017. Researchers found that the lies travelled faster and farther than the truth. For instance, true tweets rarely reached more than 1,000 people, whereas the most widely shared false tweets reached as many as 100,000 people. Falsehoods were 70% more likely to be retweeted than the truth, and it took true tweets six times as long as lies, on average, to reach 1,500 people. 

Why would people lie for likes, retweets, shares, and comments whether good or bad? A ‘like,’ ‘comment,’ or ‘share’ on social media triggers the same dopamine-driven reward pathways in the brain that are activated by eating food, winning money, or even taking some drugs. Can Donald Trump get high from lying? Do other people on social media get high from likes? Many believe the number of followers you have on social media is what is most important. But if a post gets a lot of likes but the overall follower count is low, it's often a sign that the influencer has a highly engaged audience. I CRAVE more likes on my posts and blogs but I'm not willing to lie for them.

MIT team found that lies tended to be more novel and exciting than the truth. The lies were also better at triggering an emotional response – tweets that users sent in reply to a lie often contained words conveying their surprise or disgust. Radical ideas: We like being lied to - BBC Science Focus Magazine. This may be one reason Donald Trump is popular with his political base. Trump definitely surprises people with his comments as well as disgusts them.

This astonishing jump in falsehoods (lies) is the story of Trump’s tumultuous reign. By the end of his term, Trump had accumulated 30,573 untruths during his presidency. Averaging about 21 erroneous claims a day. What is especially striking is how the tsunami of untruths kept rising the longer he served as president and became increasingly unmoored from the truth. Trump averaged about six claims a day in his first year as president, 16 claims a day in his second year, 22 claims a day in this third year—and 39 claims a day in his final year. Put another way, it took him 27 months to reach 10,000 claims and an additional 14 months to reach 20,000. He then exceeded the 30,000 mark less than five months later.

On average, people tell 1-2 lies per day. This may seem like a small number, but it adds up quickly over time. If you do the math, that's between 365 and 730 lies per year. Donald Trump exceeds this yearly average. Research indicates pathological lying can occur because of low self-esteem and a false sense of self. People who lie pathologically may want others to view them positively, making things up to make them look better. Their desire to create a false sense of self could indicate that they are unhappy with themselves. Many have asserted Trump must have low self-esteem or a mental illness based on how often he lies.

You may be thinking everyone hates a liar. Donald Trump proves that is not always true. There are times and people who don't mind being lied to and sometimes want to be lied to. Here are a few instances when people don't mind lies.

• Novelty: Lies can be more exciting than the truth.
• Emotional response: Lies can trigger an emotional response.
• Sharing: Sharing lies can make people feel good.
• Social harmony: Minor lies, like saying "Of course, I'm not angry you were 40 minutes late," can be acceptable in moderation to prevent conflict or hurting someone's feelings.
• Vulnerability: People may believe lies when they feel too vulnerable to face the truth and its consequences.
• Appearance: People may lie to appear honest when telling the truth might make them look dishonest.

Often, people want to be lied to because they can't accept the truth. Lies give validation when they need it when the truth eventually emerges, to have 101 ways to justify their beliefs and to cast the other party as the villain. Supporters of Trump use the many falsehoods of Trump to justify voting for a convicted felon. Employers don't higher convicted felons because they doubt their character. The Right does not question Donald Trump's character but feed on his lies which gives validation to their fears and anger. Some may feel a kinship with a known liar.

60% of people lie at least once in a 10-minute conversation.

Men lie 6 times a day on average, while women lie 3 times a day on average.

40% of people lie on their resumes.

90% of people lie on their online dating profiles.

80% of women admit to lying to their partner about their spending habits.

50% of teenagers admit to lying to their parents about their whereabouts.

People are more likely to lie over the phone than face to face.

81% of people lie about their height, weight or age online.

Politicians lie on average once every five minutes during a debate. 27+ Lying Statistics: The Truth About Lying (2023) brightfuturesyn,com.

It seems lying is a part of the HUMAN experience. People lie. It is when people PREFER a lie instead of the truth is when we begin to lose our HUMANITY. If anything, Donald Trump proves he has lost his humanity. It is evident every time he speaks before a microphone or crowd. 

Black Enough Kamala Harris

 BEING BLACK IS COMPLICATED!

Kamala Harris is coming face to face with this fact. For over a century, being Black was simpler. There was an in 1662, which identified who and who was not Black. What was the one drop rule in 1662? The act stated that "every person who shall have one-eight or more of negro blood shall be deemed and held to be a person of color." This was the equivalent of one great-grandparent. This definition of being Black was solely based on biology. But, as time passed, being Black became about a person's actions and personality, and who the Black community said was Black enough.

According to a 2022 study, autosomal African ancestry in Jamaicans ranges from 76% to 92%, while Y chromosome data ranges from 61% to 79%. However, estimates of admixture can vary depending on the sample size, the number of markers used, and the communities sampled. For example, a 2010 autosomal genealogical DNA test found that Jamaica's gene pool is about 80.3% Sub-Saharan African, while a survey of Jamaican Maroons found that 97.5% of their genome was of West African origin.  

I heard someone say, if you notice, there are so many 'light skinned people ' fighting for Black people's rights. They made this statement, being offended, people with light skin and green eyes were fighting for the rights of BLACK people as though they were not Black. This is a form of colorism. Colorism is prejudice or discrimination especially within a racial or ethnic group favoring people with lighter skin over those with darker skin or not favoring a person because of the lightness or darkness of their skin. In many instances, Black people with light skin are not seen as Black enough and they cannot relate to the real Black experience. Spike Lee's School Daze, released February 12, 1988, explored several issues within the Black-American community such as colorism, elitism, classism, political activism, hazing, groupthink, female self-esteem, social mobility, and hair texture bias—all against the backdrop of a historically black college.

The way a person speaks and how they choose to spend their free time has been used to determine if a person is Black. It is not uncommon to hear a person is trying to act WHITE. It is asserted if a Black person speaks in a certain way, it makes them not Black. The Black community, over time have developed their own style of language and if you don't speak it, you may not be seen as Black. African American Vernacular English (AAVE), also known as Black English Vernacular (AAE), or African American Language (AAL), is a style of English spoken by many working- and middle-class African Americans and some Black Canadians, especially in urban communities. It's often spoken in Black American households and is a way for people with a shared culture to communicate. Linguists believe AAVE may have originated from West African or Creole languages.

Examples of this defined way many Black people speak are,

“Finnin to.” This expression is used to state a desire to do something, as in “I’m finnin to slap him,”

“Big ol'’.” It’s the shortening of “big old,” but it often sounds like “big-o.”

“My bad.” This phrase is used to offer apologies for a wrongdoing

“We straight.” In Black American English, “straight” can mean “all right.” So “we straight”

In this same vein, many White people believe it is a compliment when they say a Black person speaks well and is articulate. This implies that particular Black person is somehow special and different from the norm and speaks well for being a Black person. Acting White is an anti-intellectual culture the Black community has leaned into. To be educated is associated with being White. Two theories, one, blaming acting white on a racist society, and second placing blame on self-imposed cultural sabotage, have emerged as the predominant explanations for acting white among American Blacks. For school aged children, the cost of being educated or intelligent has been studied. 

The social costs of a high GPA are most pronounced for adolescent males. Popularity begins to decrease at lower GPAs for young black men than young black women (3.25 GPA compared with a 3.5), and the rate at which males lose friends after this point is far greater. As a result, black male high achievers have notably fewer friends than do female ones. There is a similar pattern among Hispanics, with males beginning to lose friends at lower GPAs and at a faster clip, though the male/female differences are not statistically significant. A smart teen of color is less popular. Black students, particularly adolescents, face the "burden of 'acting White'" if they are academically successful.  My children faced this as high school students. They were not Black enough. The "acting White" hypothesis asserts that Blacks have not historically valued education, viewing academic success as the domain of Whites and thus fundamentally in opposition to Black culture and identity.

Even though Kamal Harris passes the 1% Negro blood act, many people, including Donald Trump, have decided she is not Black enough. She is not considered 'light' skinned and unable to relate to the Black experience. She uses Black vernacular and references cultural points Black people recognize within their community and family circles. So, why is she not Black enough? Is it solely because she is educated or is there another underlying reason?

When a white congressional candidate, in 2008, referred to a black news reporter as "uppity," he coincidentally joined company with another white politician who, later that day, applied the same description to then Sen. Barack and Michelle Obama. Both of the Georgians claimed ignorance of the racial history of the word "uppity," a derogatory term applied throughout the Jim Crow South to Blacks who dared to climb the socioeconomic ladder. The word “uppity” was used to describe someone inferior that was not staying in their proper place. This term has historically been used in America to describe Black people who were considered to be acting above "their place". Kamala is in a place no other Black female has been before.

Donald Trump's ignorant comment about Kamala Harris one day choosing to be of Indian descent due to her mother being born in India or choosing to be of African descent because her father is Jamaican, sows seeds in the Black community to question whether she is Black enough. There are low rumblings online among Black people saying she is not Black. As I stated earlier, being Black is complicated. Complicated for those clinging to the trauma of slavery and the Jim Crow era.

According to the 2020 United States census, 10.2% of the population, or 33.8 million people, identified as multiracial. This is a significant increase from 2010, when 2.9% of the population reported multiple races. The multiracial population is the fastest-growing demographic in the country. Do biracial people identify with only one ethnicity? No, most biracial Americans do not identify with only one ethnicity, and how they identify can vary depending on the situation. For example, a 2015 Pew Research Center survey found that 70% of white and Asian biracial adults and 61% of white and Black biracial adults identify as multiracial. However, some mixed-race Americans may not identify as multiracial if they "look like one race". According to the survey, 54% of those who don't identify as multiracial say this is because they were raised as only one race, while 45% say they closely identify with only one race. Others may not identify as multiracial because they never knew an ancestor of a different race. 

Kamala Harris is Indian, African, and married to a White man. She is diverse. Her diversity should appeal to many people. Instead, people are trying to put her into a box, make her CHOOSE. Being a woman, men may believe she cannot represent them as a president. Deep rooted beliefs of men holding onto the idea of only a man can lead and identify with a man are also a problem for Harris. Kamala will be a president who can represent the multi-faceted makeup of the United States because of her life's story and obstacles she has faced and overcome.

Not being Black enough, according to research, was faced in her adolescence and it seems she weathered it well. Living into her Black identity was tackled during college when she joined a historically Black sorority, AKA. Having no biological children of her own, she understands the importance of a woman making her own decision about becoming a mother (not saying she chose not to have children). As a biracial child, she understands how important it is to not be judged by skin color alone. For the fearful White man believing his kind is becoming less important in society, she loves a White man.

Kamala Harris shines on so many levels until she MUST be attacked on a primal level. Attacks that stoke FEAR in people. Sexism, racism. and misogyny are the tools of the weak. Fear of intelligence, womanhood, and skin color are old tools to try to keep a person in a perceived place others have decided a person belongs. But due to her diversity, life's experience, and work experience, these are obstacles she has already overcome. 

Not being Black enough is not the problem of the person the comment is said about. The concept the person has that blackness is defined as not wanting everything life has to offer is the problem. The person who lays claim to knowing how a Black person is to behave or what they are allowed to achieve is the one with the problem. Because the first comment is 'you are not Black' and the next comment is 'you're uppity'. All of this is the slave mentality of Blacks and remnants of White supremacy from Whites. 

All of the presidents before Obama were not Black enough because they were White. Many felt President Obama was not Black enough. Now Kamala is not Black enough. What is the vision of a Black president then? Because Obama nor Kamala can escape, they are Black people. Sorry Donald and the rest of America, Kamala IS Black