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| My, my, have I been keeping myself busy in the past year. I have been on a world tour away from discriminatory America off to France, Mexico, Belgium, Africa, and last but obviously not least Israel. France was a very beautiful city, I actually got the chance to meet the National French Soccer Club and I have never seen a more presentable representation of a country in my life than those men. That big black Eifel Tower standing erect in the middle of France is breathtaking to say the least.
All the sights I have witnessed.
All the cities I have visited.
All the vareity of men I have befriended
All of the diverse food I have put on my tongue, wiggled around my mouth, and swallowed down my throat into the depths of my stomach.
I spent the majority of the year in Haifa, Israel flirting with Bahá'í faith. For those unaware of this tolerant faith I have listed it's objectives below.
Unity of God
Unity of religion
Unity of mankind
Elimination of all forms of prejudice
World peace
Harmony of religion and science
Independent investigation of truth
Universal compulsory education
Universal auxiliary language
Obedience to government and non-involvement in partisan politics
Elimination of extremes of wealth and poverty
Imagine if Americans took Bahá'í to heart? Americans uniting with all mankind, all creeds, races mixing together and mixing and mixing. All human beings having nothing to be prejudice about because we all would be the same :)
An obedience to a government that condones all of this would be absolutely necessary. A government that can eliminate wealth and poverty. A government that can bring a poverty striken black man to a wealthy upper class white man arm in arm, hand to hand, shoulder to shoulder, body to body. A government that will make humans as equal as they should be with no classes or ethnic boundaries. A government that will make America a dark melting pot. America the beautiful.
Mexico was the most recent of my adventures, I actually just got back not too long ago. I didn't even plan on heading to that hard working nation until a companion of mine, Shaun Goldstein, rang my headset and informed me of such a great discount he got on a luxarious hotel. That Goldstein always has a knack for getting the best deals, discounts, and buys I don't know quite how he does this, but he is a natural at it. Goldstein was bragging to me about all of his comps and perks and enticed me to join him, how could I resist! I met Goldstein at a bar where he was seated in the middle with 3 senioritas. It was odd because no one else was drinking at the bar on such a gorgeous day and when a white man walked up to drink Goldstein said something in Spanish I couldn't make out, but I heard the word "punta" or "puta" or something. I didn't understand it, I guess Goldstein rented out the bar to himself for the day, I never know the deals this cat pulls off. We hugged and I ordered malibu in my strawberry coolie. Goldstein ordered some fancy-smansy drink I never heard of then he screamed in Spanish at the Mexican barkeep because he was not preparing it fast enough for Goldstein's liking. The senioritas were all over Goldstein, I have never seen him in such an element, he kept winking at them and they forced smiles on their faces for him. Goldstein and I began to get drunk and we talked about the one issue you should never talk about drunk: POLITICS!
Goldstein mentioned he was campeigning for Guiliani and because I am for Obama, we started to have a fight right in front of the senioritas! We were getting really loud and crazy. I don't understand how he can trust a Republican in this day in age. Obama is the perfect candidate, honest, charming, fashionable, strong upper body..and he decides to go with a grumpy old white man. In the heat of the debate, Goldstein hit my strawberry coolie and it fell and soiled my groin. That was the final straw and I just walked away, walked away from Goldstein, walked away from the bar, walked away from the senioritas, walked away from injustice.
The only positive issue I took from this is we both agreed Ron Paul was the most threatening against us and we both think the media should cut down the time they give him on air. Remember to support Obama, a protector for Israel and the only tolerant man for the job. Anyone who is not supporting Obama, I question as a possible racist.
-Hakeem Weizberg | | |
| In response to all of the hate speech I recieve here I have packed up and moved to another webblog site Dr. Shaun Goldstein introduced me to in email.
I will now be found at: www.myspace.com/hakeemweizberg
Never defeated,
Hakeem Weizberg | | |
| It happened.
It happened while I was having a casual phone conversation with Howie Ginsburg. We were politely discussing current increasing trends of racism and anti-semitism in the Northeastern part of America when I received a beep signal. I told Howie Ginsburg to hold on as I take this incoming call and it turned out to be Shaun Goldstein. At this moment I knew it had to be important because Mr. Goldstein does not tend to call for social situations, he is a man of extreme importance and integrety. I could tell by the quivering sound of his gentle voice that something was askew. He told me the horrific news. Rosa Parks was dead. I completely lost all touch with the real world. My knees began shaking wildly and I lost my balance and fell to the floor. As I began to shake wildly and violently on the floor tiles I heard Shaun screaming "HELLO? HAKEEM? ARE YOU ALRIGHT? HAKEEM!" repeatedly. My eyes were filled with tears and I just could not control myself, vomit shot out of my mouth and my body was still shaking uncontrolably causing my brand new suit to get coated in this vomit. My glasses were crushed as was my heart. As I began to regain my senses I could not believe what had happened and I fainted busting my head thru my glass coffeetable shattering it.
As I woke up a mixture of blood, spit, mucus, and vomit were aligned all over my body. I felt like I was a victim of a hate crime. It was disgusting. I called Shaun and immediately told him what happened and I sincerely apologized for not getting back to him on the phone earlier, I'm sure he was worried about this chain of events, I am usually very punctual and alert on the phone. We spoke and we both agree that Rosa Park's death has to be a part of some kind of secret underground conspiracy to overthrow minorities. Think about it, first Simon Weisenthal, then Rosa Parks in a time span of a little over one month? Coincidence? I think not!
Two pioneers of two seperate movements are now dead. The underground racists responsible must pay. I cannot believe they would stoop this low offing two of the most prominent members of society. I am just worried about who is next on their list. We need to fight back against them and put a stop to this.
With grave concern,
Hakeem Weizberg
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| It's been an extremely trying month for us, hopefully October will bring more tolerance because of what happened previously.
From white people taking advantage of poor inner city blacks in the wake and aftermath of Katrina to the passing of the true Nazi hunter Simon Weisenthal.
I'm working very hard in my community to get the laws changed in my favor, so I won't be discriminated against any longer and I have a lot of love and support behind my back for this cause.
I'll be going to Maryland tomorrow to give a speech at a college about how we can overcome racism. I've been working on this speech for the entire week now and it looks simply amazing. I am extremely proud of myself and those who have been with me this hard month.
Here's a small excerpt from my speech:
"With each etch of my pen I take one step forward to ending hatred.
With each etch of my pen I outline a plan for diversity and love.
With each etch of my pen I bring us closer to being a homo-utopic world.
With each etch of my pen I secure the future for us.
With each etch of my pen I free the world from ignorance.
My name is Hakeem Weizberg and I am a proud homosexual African jewish male living in America. Unfortuntely the American laws do not welcome my kind in society and it's up to us to change them for the better. Democracy allows us to achieve many wonderful goals; protecting homosexuality and allowing exploration with homosexuality in the classroom is one of those goals."
No negative feedback is welcome here.
Looking to the future,
Hakeem Weizberg | | |
| Words cannot possibly express the grief that has overcome my body.
It was supposed to be a fun filled evening, late night Dominoes with Shaun and perhaps a few Malibu coolies, instead it just turned into a tragic surprise.
Simon Wiesenthal.
The name alone sends shivers down my spine. This man symbolized everything about the essence of Judaism. He proved that he could not be taken down in the horrible events of the Holocaust and live to be the tender old age of 96. I just cannot believe he's finally gone, I thought he would live for years to come.
The word survivor is synonomous with his name.
When news of this broke, I could tell right away the profound impact this was having on Shaun. My friend distroughly looked uncomfortable and physically ill and I am glad I was there to mentally console him. I assured him that this could be a new beginning for my close associate and perhaps if he worked at it he may come close to filling Simon's shoes.
September has been an extremely trying month for me. First Hurricane Katrina hit, then the overwhelming racism in its wake and aftermath, now the passing of Simon.
I will always remember this quote from Simon: "Violence is like a weed--it does not die even in the greatest drought."
If anyone needs to be consoled, please contact me on here and I will help you. This is a day where all of us Jews must unite together and overcome this loss and gap.
With a heavy heart,
Hakeem | | |
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