Terrence K. Williams (@w_terrence)

Al Sharpton and other activists are telling Black Americans and Black-owned businesses to boycott America’s 250th birthday. My response: You do not speak for me. You do not get to use my skin color to tell me what I can celebrate. I was not a slave. You were not a slave. We are free Americans, and I refuse to walk around pretending we are still in chains. Yes, I proudly put George Washington on my America 250 Cousin T’s pancake box. He owned slaves, but that is not his entire legacy. He was also our first president and helped build the nation that gave people like me the freedom to rise. I went from foster care to building Cousin T’s, a successful Black-owned American company. I am living the American Dream. So while Al Sharpton is calling for a boycott, I am calling for Black Americans to stop letting professional outrage merchants convince us that patriotism belongs only to white people. America is my country too. I will celebrate her loudly, proudly, and without permission.

What in the Cornbread Hell is Kamala Harris talking about now? She is talking about the “light within you” and saying you cannot turn off the light because, without the light, there will be no light. The light must come out because the light is already inside you. Ma’am, what are you talking about This woman must have found the wine again.