I receive a lot of emails, text messages and phone calls from skin folk who have differing thoughts and opinions from the norm but are hesitant to share them publicly because of fear of the fierce backlash of the Knee Grow Illuminati.

But, when the Brother Man speaks out as an individual that goes against the grain of the Knee Grow Illuminati, their blackness and loyalty to the culture are called into question.

If the Knee Grow Illuminati feels the singular voice and one thought concept is so critical to our sucess, why don’t we engage more in shared economics and why don’t our communities look better than they do now?

I prefaced all of the that introductory prose to ask this question that has been posed to me in so many discussions by people who are in self-imposed witness protection and are afraid to share an independent thought publicly for fear of feeling the wrath of the Knee Grow Illuminati.

Yet, the Knee Grow Illuminati continues to make this a priority when there are so many more pressing issues our community needs to be focused on.