In this blog I will explain why Black people should not be
scared of space but should be excited about it.
I don’t think Black people should be building weapons for space defense
but should be sending up flares and welcome signals. I was first introduced to space stories and
space speculation at 11 years old when my father took me to see Star Wars but
it wasn’t until I was introduced to Zuro a tale of Alien Avengers by William
Simms in my mid-twenties did I understand the full power of space stories as
speculative fiction. Zuro a tale of Alien Avengers is a story about Black
aliens who come to earth to liberate all Black people on earth. To this day it is my favorite fiction
book. Zuro planted seeds in my
imagination that led me to believe that something fishy is going on with what
people think about life in outer space. In 1996 like half the country I saw Will Smith
fight aliens in the blockbuster movie Independence Day. I like most people bought into the narrative
of aliens from space coming to get us but now I feel I like every Black person
was hoodwinked about their interpretation of space.
What
are space stories? Well a space story is a story set in space or on another
planet. Space is made of fact, fiction and legend. Space is the great sandbox for
speculation because space is limitless.
Space can host just about any story from westerns to horror. In the golden era of Science fiction more
than half of the stories were set in space.
Most of the fantasies were like James Camron’s Avatar filled with
humanoid animal people. Space stories
unlike stories set on earth have the luxury of still being mostly unknown. Space stories can take place in the future
like Star trek or in the past like Star Wars.
Since
the earliest science fiction movies space has been a popular setting. However, the repeated theme of invaders and
attackers from space is a dominant theme. This is what I call the poison of
western space interpretation. Whether it was The Day the Earth Stood Still or
War of the Worlds writers of European heritage have showcased this doomsday
view. Not only were the people from
space white but their behaviors where similar to that of European sea faring
explorers of the early 15th century. Just as Christopher Columbus
wrote about his ability to conquer the natives the western space narrative is
filled with life forms from outer space who want to do the same thing to humans. So, when most American’s black or white close
their eyes they share the popular theme of a threatening life coming from space
and a space fill mostly with white people.
This is in contrast to earth being majority people of color.
The
history of humanity is important to this discussion about aliens and Black
people. Exhibit one: Egypt. Egypt is not only the oldest civilization in
human history Egypt’s, achievements are so advanced that they are beyond the
ability of comprehension of today’s scientists. The Pyramids are considered one
of the wonders of the world. They are
said that the technical design and size of the structures are beyond the ability
of any human that has walked the earth implying that aliens to have built them. Next, Egyptians preserved themselves and the
oldest mummified bodies have had dark skin and were Black people. So if you put
those two things together you have belief that Black aliens built the pyramids
or aliens built pyramids for Black people.
The next
point in my position are the discoveries on the moon. Like the belief of the builders of the
pyramids there is a belief that the Apollo moon missions were not what NASA says.
There is a belief that NASA started the story that the moon landings were a
hoax to cover up evidence of aliens and high technology on the Moon that was
found by Apollo mission astronauts. They
also believe there are pictures of a base on the moon and even a picture of a
preserved alien body. They believe the
body of this alien is a wait for it yes, a person of color or a black person.
So, true or false it is a belief that there are Black humans in space and they have come as
close to the earth as the moon.
If you
put all of my points together and accept all of what we know about space is
pretty much nothing there is no reason to not connect these dots at least in a
speculative sort of way. If these dots
are connected at least as a collections theories and hypothesises then you have
one big theory that aliens are black. Thinking
this way then is opens the question as to why these theories have not been
connected? That brings me to my theory.
I believe that Black people are in outer space and the government knows
it and they are keeping that information from us. I think they don’t want people especially Black people believe that
Black people on earth are the descendants of the Black people in space and that
if these Black aliens come back to earth they see the position that Black
people are in and then they will seek vengeance. Now, I don’t believe that they will seek
vengeance but I do believe that the government or controlling powers believe
they aliens will.
What does this mean for Science
Fiction and fantasy? It means that there is a possible connection to my theory
that explains why there is such a one sided view of space and aliens in science
fiction. If you factor in that art
influences how people think then you can accept that this new military space
division that VP Pence has commissioned is a logic progression of sci-fi
pushing fear of aliens. Now if you combine
all of the above with a government which is capable of hiding the truth then
you can see it is possible for sci-fi to push fear to people so they will
support a military attack on any alien that comes to earth. Then apply American
racism to that and you have a white government which is set to keep Black
aliens from coming to earth. Wow, I know
that is far reaching but it does make sense in a conspiracy theorist sort of
way.
Welcome to Boss Lady’s Planet is my
first space story and it is a Black space story that shows black people living
in space. There is no mention of earth
or racism. I wrote the story to allow
Black people to imagine themselves in space.
