Recently, a couple of people said to me they’re tired of hearing Black folks “complain” about abuse.
One of them has gone on about it more than once. A while ago another flat-out said they would disinherit their children and any future grandchildren if they ever dated a Black person — male or female — and then tried to claim they’re not a racist but a realist.
My Reality Isn’t a Complaint — It’s a Lived Experience
Get this: I’ve been stopped by police at least 18 times for doing absolutely nothing—walking, jogging, riding my bike, driving, sitting in my own driveway in my own vehicle trying to prepare in peace an assignment to deliver to my congregation, even just parked at my kid’s school along with 40 other parents in their cars, all of us just picking up our then kids.
Getting yanked out of your vehicle, yourself and your possessions publicly searched, and being treated like a criminal just for being present is humiliating.
When I try to explain the humiliation, the reply from so many non-blacks is, “you must have done something. Cops don’t stop or search people for no reason.” Grrr!!!!
What I did was to have the audacity to be present, to be public. And if I had lost my temper even once during those 18 acts of harassment, I would have been arrested for “disorderly conduct” or for being a “public nuisance.”
Instantly criminalizing an innocent person minding his own business. That is what it means to be black today.
The problem is not just mine, it’s systemic.
One of my sons was arrested when an officer falsely claimed he saw my son fleeing the scene of a mall robbery — while my son was actually on camera making a bank deposit during his lunch break before heading back to work at the city planner’s office during the time of the crime.
If my son had just been out taking a walk during his lunch break and if he hadn’t been on camera at that bank he’d likely be in prison for a crime he had nothing to do with–all because of a lying officer. And yes, my son was publicly handcuffed and arrested and taken to jail and locked away for hours. And no, neither he nor I have ever been prison criminals of any kind.
I Was Almost Done Talking About This — Then I Watched That Video
Clearly, hearing people say they’re “tired of the complaints” gets under my skin. After internally fuming and meditating and doing breathing exercises and focusing on proactive activities and doing lots of praying for peace within myself I was almost done dealing with this. I was almost ready to let go of the senseless stupidity I yet again heard from others— until I watched a YouTube video where a modern-day archaeologist claimed ancient Africans didn’t know how to build houses, make clothes, or speak an organized language. That’s when I snapped.
The Lie That Won’t Die
Honestly, I’m tired of that narrative — and let’s call it what it is: utter horse crap!
The international African slave trade may be dead but the lies being told about blacks are still being packaged as “science” and sold as fact. It’s all a lie that is easily proven to be a lie.
Let’s start with the obvious lie — the image of Africans during the slave trade era as wild, naked jungle dwellers running around like animals. That’s not just inaccurate. It’s intentionally deceptive, by design.
[Year 0] From Adam Onward — Africans Wore Clothes
From a biblical standpoint, the first human, Adam — created around 4004 BC — was clothed by God Himself in animal skins (Genesis 3:21). If you want to talk ancient origins, the Bible starts in Africa and makes it clear that clothing wasn’t foreign to mankind even during our beginning. So the idea that after more than five thousands years later the Africans during the slave trade era somehow “forgot” how to make and wear clothing and chose to run around naked in the forest or jungle is nonsense.
[896 BC] Zerah the Ethiopian: Military Strategy and Chariot Engineering
Then there’s Zerah the Ethiopian, who led an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots against Judah around 896 BC (2 Chronicles 14:9). Think about that. Chariots. Not straw shoes and leaf skirts — chariots, which require wheels, metallurgy, woodworking, animal domestication, and logistics. The idea that a civilization capable of mass-producing chariots couldn’t build a house or sew a tunic is beyond ludicrous.
[587 BC] Ebed-Melech: Compassion and Cloth
Move forward to 587 BC, and you meet Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, who rescued the prophet Jeremiah from a cistern using ropes and cloth (Jeremiah 38:10–13). Not only does this prove Africans had clothing, it proves they had access to structured textiles. Why would a man use rags to protect another man’s arms if cloth wasn’t part of daily life? Clearly, it was.
[34–36 AD] The Educated Eunuch: A Polyglot in a Chariot
Fast-forward another 600 years to the first century. In 34–36 AD, Philip meets an Ethiopian eunuch on the road to Gaza (Acts 8:26–39). This African man was reading the Greek Septuagint — yes, reading, in Greek — a language foreign to his native tongue. He wasn’t just literate. He was multilingual, educated, and entrusted with managing the treasury of Queen Candace of Ethiopia — a role that would require mathematical and administrative expertise. He also traveled in a chariot, a continuation of the technology from Zerah’s era nearly 900 years earlier.
A Different Proof
Imhotep (circa 27th century BCE, Egypt). Maybe you are one of those people who claims the Bible is wrong. Maybe you claim that the people mentioned there did not really exist. Well, here’s another reference but from a source other than the Bible.
Renowned as one of the first known architects, engineers, and physicians in history. Imhotep designed the Step Pyramid of Djoser, a groundbreaking architectural achievement. His wisdom and intellect were so highly regarded that he was later deified in Egyptian mythology. And yes, he was a black man. So, the Bible is not the only source of proof. Just the best as far as I am concerned.
[1400’s] The Propaganda Machine Rolls In
Despite all the documented proofs of Black history, by the 1400s, Spaniards and others falsely claimed that Africans had no culture, no language, no education, no technology. This wasn’t ignorance — it was willful propaganda, invented to justify kidnapping, enslaving, and abusing entire nations. If you dehumanize a people — strip them of intellect, history, dignity — it becomes easier to treat them like property as you yank 10 million men, women, and children from their homes and traverse across seas (tossing at least two million of them into the open ocean because of inclement weather and horrid conditions on the ships). Complain? Almost no one did so. After all, these weren’t people. They were animals. Property. Unreasoning primitives.
The Old Lies Still Echo Today
Those lies are not just about the past. They are still being repeated today, sometimes by “experts.” Sometimes by people who just don’t care enough to question what they’ve been taught. The myth of the primitive African wasn’t just racist — it was profitable for those who spread it and used it to excuse some of the worst atrocities committed against a single group of people in human history.
“Tired of the Complaints” Really Means “Tired of the Truth”
If you’re reading this and are annoyed by these proofs being forced on you, then go get educated. Stop repeating lies that were designed to justify oppression. Learn history — real history — not the sanitized, race-washed version that made abuse look like benevolence. Stop being the echo of a colonial script written by religious bigots, greedy merchants, and manipulative leaders who twisted truth to serve themselves.
You’ve been lied to. As one of my history teachers often repeated, history was written by the victors. Blacks were not roaming the jungles like wild illiterate animals. I’m tired of watching those lies get recycled like they’re facts. And I’m tired of still being treated as lesser than–even by people close to me.
And you, you’re tired of the complaints? Good. You are who I wrote this post for. I’m tired of the lies. Let’s start there. Rewrite history starting with yourself!
