55yrs Ago Today, Rosa Parks Sat Down

Fifty Five years ago today in Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks sat down on a bus and refused to give her seat to a white man. This heroic and courageous act, was an instrumental catalyst for much needed and what was a-long-time-coming change. And today in America, thanks to Ms. Parks, we're able to enjoy black women cursing on national television via the hit series, Real Housewives of Atlanta. Yep, how's that for progress? Nowadays black women get paid to act belligerent, and do not have to worry about going to jail.

Yeah, I realize that Rosa Parks is considered as the mother of the civil rights movement by many. And by virtue of this title, she's considered a saint if not almost angelic. However, every-time I look at the above picture of that now famous mugshot. I can't help but to think that at the police station after being arrested processed, that she had a few choice words for the cops in the building. I mean I would have, so quite naturally... yeah... I'm sure she peppered those racist cops with a few "kiss my black ass," lines in a Della Reese voice.

What Rosa did was remarkable, and should never be forgotten by anyone. People often say that she didn't do a damn thing but sit down because her feet hurt. But I'd like to think that she took a seat for equality, and gave visibility to a movement that was beyond its infancy. An act from which many of black folks benefit by sitting at the back of the bus shit talking as we all now choose to do, without giving a second thought to what our ancestors endured.