Jackson Jambalaya

JJ provides yet another installment in The Ali Shamsid-Deen Chronicles, a series of columns penned by the candidate for Hinds County Circuit Judge in the Jackson Advocate back in the 1990's. They are rather colorful and that is putting it mildly. Last weeks installments saw the Mr. Shamsid-Deen using the N word, calling blacks who try to work with whites "sell-outs", accused the Clarion-Ledger of using "trusted Negro intellectuals", said Jackson's government was a "system of apartheid", and CL editor Grace Simmons kissed up to "white folks" when a reporter and thought blacks were inferior even though she is black.

Mr. Shamsid-Deen wrote yet another interesting column on May 21, 1992, "Its an African-American thing: Racism won't let Caucasians understand." Some choice quotes:

"The racist caucasians who run this city have no problem justifying their dominance over us as African-Americans justifying their dominance over us as African Americans by saying tha tthe reason is that of majority rules. They would also add that we are not cpable or qualified to make the decisions necessary to manage this city. Now that we are the majority, they are saying that we simply cannot decide for ourselves what we want or what we should have."

"These same caucasians sit in churches every Sunday that are organized to keep African Americans out, they go to clubs and community organizations that bar African Americans from joining. What they would like to see her in Jackson is a system like that in South Africa where the minority rules; the majority to the benefit of the minority."

"We know that racist Caucasians use selective ignorance when they want to oppose our advancement. They can always find a reason not to understand our demands for fairness. They can't or won't see why we as African-Americans don't like the way they make decisions that ensure we stay uneducated, poor, and powerless."