Supergirl: Season 3 Review

Written by Alberta Parish

Although Supergirl exists only in the dreams and imaginations of millions, she is yet a type of savior always coming to the rescue of human beings that are in immediate danger. This season of Supergirl has not disappointed, as the red-caped superhero of National City continues to stop one catastrophic event after another. Human tragedies occur on a global scale, but unlike National City, we have no saviors to fly in and rescue humanity. We have no superheroes or supernatural figures to ensure that true justice prevails throughout the land. As a species, we are left to our own devices. I wish there was a modern-day savior like Supergirl for people that are being oppressed, people that are powerless, people that are dying as a result of violent crimes. The savior they wrote came two thousand years ago has not been seen in real time in these modern days, and has not done anything to save the present human family from the many social ills that currently plague our entire planet. As it stands, we are a dying species. Our societies are corrupt. There is no real justice in an unjust system. Our politicians don't care about us. Mass murders, robberies, and rapes have become the norm. The world really does need a Supergirl whether Black, White, Asian, Hispanic, African, European, Canadian. But this type of savior only exists in the figment of the imagination. Supergirl can never exist in our world, because the world is too satanic to allow her to fly around saving lives, which includes Black lives.

Since crime has always been profitable, Supergirl would interfere with the economy of the local government and crime syndicates because she always fights and stops criminal activity. Just as Supergirl is singlehandedly responsible for lowering the crime rate in National City, Supergirl in one modern American city would also stop white men from continuing to commit mass school shootings. Supergirl would also lower the number of gun-related murders and robberies. I don't know whether Supergirl would stop young Black men from gunning down each other. I definitely don't expect Supergirl to put an end to the system of racism/white supremacy. However, she would stop school shootings. 

Supergirl is only a prototype that represents change in a modern world that could use a real savior. Unfortunately, there will never be any physical saviors like Supergirl. There are no Wonder Womans or Captain Americas or Black Panthers to save the planet from total annihilation. It's just us. The world is chaotic, and is quickly moving toward self-destruction. The air we breathe is poisonous. The food supply is making us ill due to pesticides and other toxins that are used by corporations to preserve and grow vegetation and meats. Many disease-carrying agents come from chemical compounds we consume through food, water, beverages, and pharmaceutical drugs. Millions of children also die from malnutrition and starvation in third-world countries. The time has come to stand up to the powers that got us all enslaved under this current system of racism/white supremacy. Looking for that one savior who is always prophesied to come and vanquish evil isn't going to move us any closer to lowering our national crime rate, or ensuring that real criminals including those in the national government are justly punished, or stopping terrorist activity including domestic terrorism, or ending genocidal programs, or ending the system of racism/white supremacy. 

I'm not optimistic about the future of the United States. In fact, I do not see a good future for America within the next fifty years. Fortunately, I won't be here in fifty years. If we don't do something now to change the trajectory of the United States, I fear many living in fifty years from today will be like the white Jews in Nazi concentration camps from 1941 to 1945. History is always repeating itself. America is bound to repeat the mistakes of the past.

XXXTentacion's Murder is Reflective of Thousands of Young Black Males Slaughtered in the Streets of America

Written by Alberta Parish

The rapper at his concert.

On June 18, 2018, an EMO rapper named XXXTentacion lost his life in a shooting after leaving a motorcycle shop in Miami, Florida. On WorldStarHipHop, a young man wearing a red face mask was featured who claimed to be the shooter who killed XXXTentacion as he openly bragged while standing in a wooded area about killing the rapper whom he said begged him not to kill him. Who then is Dedrick Williams that police claim killed the local Miami rapper? Did the police arrest the wrong guy for a crime he did not commit like race soldiers all across this country have done so many times in the past? Is Williams innocent of the charges for which he's been falsely accused?

XXXTentacion's murder is a reflection of a failed society who has greatly failed its children. Let's be honest. America really doesn't care about children. 

The rapper's music was dark with lyrics about depression and suicidal thoughts, which resonated with many youth that are struggling to survive in impoverished neighborhoods where gangs are running amok. Many Black and Hispanic youth are fully aware that at any given time they could become the victim of a violent crime. XXXTentacion often sang about death and violence as if he knew that one day he would lose his life. This guy came from nothing to become a self-made millionaire.

Even though his mom often left him behind and others had to take up the slack for her inability to properly care for her son, it didn't stop XXXTentacion from taking care of his mom and other women in his family. He purchased four homes for his mom, aunts, and grandmother within the past year. He really shared his wealth with his family although he was often neglected as a child. His father spent a lot of time in and out of prison. XXXTentacion spent time in prison. But somehow, he managed to make it out of poverty only to lose his life at the hands of another Black man. This is the story of so many Black males and Black females in this country. It's the same in every town, every state, every city. Black men killing each other is nothing new. Although XXXTentacion had some legal problems stemming from domestic violence in which it was alleged he beat his pregnant ex-girlfriend, he didn't deserve to lose his life at age 20. How about a good beat-down? Why did he have to be murdered? It was reported that at least one of the shooters has a connection with the rapper's ex-girlfriend who accused him of domestic violence. Perhaps, XXXTentacion's murder was retaliation. Still, whatever happened was not enough to take a man's life.

Although I was not a fan of the rapper, I felt sorry for him. I feel sorry for so many who lose their lives each and every day. So many Black females also go missing in this country every day, and there's no national discussion about the connection between these missing Black girls/women and the organ harvesting industry. In addition, there has been at least six documented lynchings of Black males within the past year, and there's no national discussion about these murders. I guess Black lives really does not matter. 

XXXTentacion had recently made a choice to change. How sad that his life was cut short before he could? How many of us have not made mistakes as teenagers? You're lying if you say you've never made a mistake or did something that you've later come to regret? Based upon the foolish mistakes we've made as teenagers, many of us should already be dead like XXXTentacion.