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Raven Simone of Cosby show fame, is taking a lot of flack on social media for objecting to Harriet Tubman being the choice to replace Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill, an opinion she expressed during a recent appearance on The View. Our little black bird is fast gaining a reputation for spouting quirky opinions that veer from the politically correct script. Whatever. In the outlook I currently find myself glaring through, due to a boredom bordering on disgust with everything that exists in this fucked-up world, including self-consuming black issues, I am not that enthusiastic about the HarrietTubman choice, myself. Blasephemy, I know but I tend to focus of the negatives of the snapshots in the big picture album. Harriet Tubman, who I consider on a par with folk heroes like Johnny Apple Seed and the steel-drivin railroad man, John Henry, does exemplify guts and determination, and paying homage to her presumably would placate “sistas” who are bitching about how devalued they are and always have been. And since Michelle Obama’s vintage is too recent, and despite her latest rant at Tuskeegee Institute’s graduation ceremony, kvetching about the “hardships” she endured before becoming first lady, a speech delivered on the heels of her shaking her booty while dancing with the star Jimmy Fallon on his show, doing her middle-aged emulation of Beyonce, - her 2 cents worth doesn’t lift her to the level of appearing on a piece of paper currency worth 20 bucks. Yes, during the course of Harriet’s underground itineraries, she led 300 slaves to “freedom” up north, boasting that she never lost a passenger, and that she could’ve rescued a lot more if they’d known they were enslaved. But, think about it. Over centuries, the slave population exceeded 3 million. Granted, the miniscule number Tubman guided through forests and along river banks under the light of the moon, aided and abetted by Quaker abolitionists, is noteworthy. And, yes, these treks were adventures of legendary proportions. But can black women really identify with this? Soooo, whose face do I prefer to grace the ”dub”? Maybe Rosa Parks. She personified a black woman who just got tired of the bull shit. I can dig it. Leading people through the woods is one thing; leading them to the front of the bus is another. Only problem is that freedom ain't free. I’ve had it with this merry-go-round of ego trips that make up the circus of life on planet earth, an orbiting sphere that rotates on the axis of money and power and - bull shit. Since we're dealing with symbolism, a picture of the devil would be right at home on the twenty. In Satan, we trust.

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What is interesting is the Latin. A new order. You may want to check my translation. Last word is probably order or system.

Political blogger, and social commentator Marc Polite is an author hailing from Harlem, New York. His second release titled “Everything to Learn, Nothing to Teach” is now available on Amazon. A collection of essays on social issues, politics and life as a husband and father is sure to spark plenty of conversation during the Spring and Summer reading season. Catch Marc in Washington, DC during the 2015 Blogger Week. He’s scheduled to lend his experience on the panel “From Blog to Book: Leveraging Your Social Media Presence to Become An Author”. If you can’t wait until then, stop in to Word Up Bookstore in Manhattan. Mr. Polite is the founder and Editor in Chief of Polite On Society, an award winning blog of social commentary, political analysis and literary reviews. His commentary has been featured in The Grio, Time Magazine, Black Star News, BMORENEWS, The New England Informer, and The Atlanta Post. If you are looking for unbiased and comprehensive dialogue on society and and culture than I invite you to follow him online and keep up with his current projects on either Twitter or Facebook. You won’t be disappointed.