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June 4th, 2010 | Tags: Africa, AIDS, bikers, black bikers, black motorcycle clubs, Conditions and Diseases, condoms, Documentary film, Health, HIV, Immune Deficiency, Immune Disorders, outlaw motorcycle gangs, prostitution, sex, unprotected sex, Zambia| 3478 No Comments » http://www.goldie1779blackbikers.com/2010/06/04/hbo-special-the-lazarus-effect-bikers-we-take-so-much-for-granted/ HBO+Special%2C+The+Lazarus+Effect...Bikers+we+take+so+much+for+granted 2010-06-04+04%3A13%3A22 Goldiegoldie1779blackbikers.com, Black Bikers Experience, Jun 2010

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The key code “BlackBikers” has been reactivated with CheckINN Direct so you can setup your account. I encourage you to take advantage of the opportunity. As you see it does work to have it because this is how I am able to help you.   goldie1779blackbikers.com, Black Bikers Experience, May 2010

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Inspiration or Perspiration? The Life of a Creative Person.

Inspiration or Perspiration?: "

I am in the business of creative communication. Ideas. Images. Shaping together thoughts, images and communications into stuff like Web applications, brands and the visual and sensual experiences that make memories and impressions. I have been at this business for a long time but that doesn't make it any easier to find the right idea. So what have I learned about creative that keeps me at my job and serving a lot of different clients? Namely, that perspiration leads to inspiration...
 
There have been a handful of occasions when the right concept just came to me. Like the scene in "Lust for Life" where Kirk Douglas (playing Vincent van Gogh) attacks a canvas then reveals a plein air masterpiece.  But this is more movie myth than reality. If you ever read Letters to Theo, you get the other side of the story and the real struggle to come up with a style of his own. Then there was the sheer volume of work the artist actually did to get to that point of success. In other words Vincent worked his butt off.
 
Lucky for me, I knew from the history of visual art that creative breakthroughs are rarely instantaneous. Most artists lead a very workman-like existence like Picasso. He was know to be in his studio every day around 6am and spent the better part of his day at work in the studio. The result was a prolific career spanning over 13 thousand paintings and over 100,000 other handcrafted works.
 
Aside for putting the time into the work itself, one has to show up prepared to make the effort to do good creative work. You have to come in prepared and focused. I like to come in with both the schedule and my tasks up to date and the deck cleared.
 
Before I can contribute to good design and creative I have to know the background of the assignment or better yet, be part of the learning process for the objective. In my business this means some good investigative teamwork that will eventually live in a brief or document. It might be a persona study or even a video of real customers.

The point is time must be dedicated to understanding what the creative work is supposed to do in the context of experience. I have found more success when I am actually part of that process of intelligence gathering than when I am handed the discovery work. I think this is because the creative process takes time and my mind is working on the issues in the background while I am typically focused on something else.
 
Creative concepts take time. I have heard it called incubation time, described as ideation and the failure of it termed "writers' block".   I think that making new connections and insights within various sets of data requires time to process and then reform the connections and filter out the obvious and most likely ideas that would not differentiate the creative work. However we describe it, it takes time and effort and filtering to get good work. Good creative is work.
 
 

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Inspiration or Perspiration? The Life of a Creative Person.

Inspiration or Perspiration?: "

I am in the business of creative communication. Ideas. Images. Shaping together thoughts, images and communications into stuff like Web applications, brands and the visual and sensual experiences that make memories and impressions. I have been at this business for a long time but that doesn't make it any easier to find the right idea. So what have I learned about creative that keeps me at my job and serving a lot of different clients? Namely, that perspiration leads to inspiration...
 
There have been a handful of occasions when the right concept just came to me. Like the scene in "Lust for Life" where Kirk Douglas (playing Vincent van Gogh) attacks a canvas then reveals a plein air masterpiece.  But this is more movie myth than reality. If you ever read Letters to Theo, you get the other side of the story and the real struggle to come up with a style of his own. Then there was the sheer volume of work the artist actually did to get to that point of success. In other words Vincent worked his butt off.
 
Lucky for me, I knew from the history of visual art that creative breakthroughs are rarely instantaneous. Most artists lead a very workman-like existence like Picasso. He was know to be in his studio every day around 6am and spent the better part of his day at work in the studio. The result was a prolific career spanning over 13 thousand paintings and over 100,000 other handcrafted works.
 
Aside for putting the time into the work itself, one has to show up prepared to make the effort to do good creative work. You have to come in prepared and focused. I like to come in with both the schedule and my tasks up to date and the deck cleared.
 
Before I can contribute to good design and creative I have to know the background of the assignment or better yet, be part of the learning process for the objective. In my business this means some good investigative teamwork that will eventually live in a brief or document. It might be a persona study or even a video of real customers.

The point is time must be dedicated to understanding what the creative work is supposed to do in the context of experience. I have found more success when I am actually part of that process of intelligence gathering than when I am handed the discovery work. I think this is because the creative process takes time and my mind is working on the issues in the background while I am typically focused on something else.
 
Creative concepts take time. I have heard it called incubation time, described as ideation and the failure of it termed "writers' block".   I think that making new connections and insights within various sets of data requires time to process and then reform the connections and filter out the obvious and most likely ideas that would not differentiate the creative work. However we describe it, it takes time and effort and filtering to get good work. Good creative is work.
 
 

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The video shows Officer Thomas White following Michael McCloskey and his friends on their Harley-Davidson Motorcycles. At one point, McCloskey takes off at a high rate of speed. Officer White hits his siren and McCloskey stops his bike.   goldie1779blackbikers.com, Black Bikers Experience, May 2010

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Inland Harley-Davidson dealers are celebrating Women Riders Month with a Corset Poker Run to benefit the Breast Cancer Society. I also want to give a shout out to Absolute Corsets. So ladies if you don’t know where to go for a leather corset; here’s your place.   goldie1779blackbikers.com, Black Bikers Experience, May 2010

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I have been contacted on numerous occasions about rooms for the National Bikers Roundup in Columbia, Missouri. Well I have some great news that I have located available rooms, however the location is about 50 miles out. The rate is well worth it and the rooms are held through my corporate account rate of $38.28 a night from August 3rd through August 8th.   goldie1779blackbikers.com, Black Bikers Experience, May 2010

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I wish for the day when we can have an open dialog, with an agenda that will guarantee that we will be heard and our issues will be addressed. I know love has no color but discrimination, inequality and hate does…black, female and minority.sandragoldiesowers.tumblr.com, Creative Geek...Goldie also N~Trigue

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But it is Vaughs who is the interesting because not only is he a chopper rider but a successful film maker, producer, civil rights leader and black. Vaughs rides with a predominantly black cycle club out of the ghetto area of Los Angeles. (The Chosen Few MC)   goldie1779blackbikers.com, Black Bikers Experience, May 1964

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This is my most recent complete portfolio. I hope you enjoy my art as much as I do. I create and design from my spirit and also from the mood I’m in at that time.sandragoldiesowers.tumblr.com, Creative Geek...Goldie also N~Trigue, May 2010

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LOOK TWICE, SAVE A LIFE!!!! MOTORCYCLISTS HAVE RIGHTS TOO!!!

It has taken me a moment to digest what has been happening on the road to riders who live in Georgia. With no exaggeration there has been since riding season started the middle of March seventeen bikers hurt and out of the seventeen at least 5 to 6 have died.

Now I thought about it and said this is not the time to blame anyone for how we're riding reckless out here and who may have been the mentor of these aggressive riders that promote this bad and unsafe behavior. Riders have to help Riders stay alive. We have a responsibility to each other to do whatever we have to do to keep someone alive another day.

I'm sorry to say 99% has been male and all sport bikes. So what's up? I am a victim of riding and allowing myself to let others push me beyond my limit and make a decision to get back on a bike that was unsafe and I could have died. That shit won't happen again. We don't want to be left behind or called soft cause we won't do the stunts and tricks others are doing.

I know we tend to get this intrepid mindset once we've had a few drinks or what else you use that is considered a mind or mood altering substance, to blast, do donuts, wheelies, fly between vehicles on the road…you know what I'm talking about. If this is what happens to you and you don't know your limit then damn it you don't need to ride when you are drinking. We can't be afraid to flatten tires, take keys, knock their ass out or whatever it takes to keep them alive another day.

This behavior is the most selfish thing you can do to your friends and family because you probably don't have insurance, 401K, savings or something stashed for a rainy day. Then here we go with all these fundraisers every damn week, why because most of the times it's for a person's selfish behavior why money needs to be raised to help offset the funeral cost.

I love everybody man and it's high time for clubs and riders to become accountable for this insidious behavior; the safety of their riders on the road. I was blown away this weekend we had seven riders down and 3 deaths from the seven. This shit ain't funny and it's getting real old too soon.

This is a suggestion that I brought up to another female rider about the Georgia Council deciding what the consequence should be to the club and the rider for acting a damn fool on two's. Since most of us are willing to change rather quickly when it hits us in our pockets; then fines are what I am proposing for their asses! If it appears to be consistent with a particular club, then black ball them or refuse to let them fly their colors until they have taken a safety course and have documentation that they've completed it successfully. We have to stay aware of motorists that are aggressive, on cell phones, texting or not knowing how to respond to us on the road.

You have to implement drastic measures for drastic times…it's that time. The dialog must start with finding the solution to keep riders alive this season and the seasons too come. We forget our bikes have been up from say December to March and we need to acclimate ourselves to the level we were in the previous season. Some ride all year and they don't get rusty but some of us do. Ride your ride and don't give a damn about what someone may think about you not wanting to lose your life.

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Is this the end for Harley-Davidson?

Harley-Davidson Incorporated, the iconic American motorcycle manufacturer is doomed. This is what was said on the Facebook Page of White Trash Networks; a forum for bikers. The original article was on a website called The Aging Rebel. You can read the article in its entirety by clicking the links.

 

Me, myself, I don't think this will be the case for Harley-Davidson if they reorganize their marketing to attract the major consumers today; who are women, African Americans and the Urban market as a whole, adjust their credit guidelines, take in less inventory and lower prices on motorcycles and Harley parts and accessories; then they will become more attractive to us.

 

As I read the article it confirmed my feelings about why all -white outlaw bikers and motorcycle clubs don't concern themselves with multiracial motorcycle clubs or black motorcycle clubs. They have felt for a long time that they were the only consumers of Harley-Davidson and with this being the case they feel Harley is doomed since they aren't purchasing as they used to. Harley has for so long relied only on their buying power to sustain their company and now things have seriously changed.

Last week Harley announced that it lost $218.7 million between Labor Day and New Year's Eve. Last year, when the economic meltdown had everybody in a panic, Harley made $77.8 million during the same three months. Sales were 40 percent lower this autumn than last year. Retail sales of "authentic Harley-Davidson" overpriced stuff fell 28 percent in the United States and 10 percent overseas. Twenty-eight Harley dealers closed in 2009. The company expects 15 more dealers to close in the next three months. Earlier this year the company dropped its Buell sport bike line and announced it was doing away with half the workers at its York, Pennsylvania plant.

Now Harley with all this in mind if you analyzed your business from the top to the bottom it is obvious to me; I don't know about you but I see demographics that you've continuously overlooked; who are at the top of the list of America's largest consumers today; women of all races, African Americans, Latinos and Asians.

Harley boss Keith Wandell told investors last week, "As we look at the year in front of us, we expect 2010 to continue to be challenging." This week Wandell very publically demonstrated his confidence in Harley's robust future by buying a thousand shares of his company's stock, which probably cost him something like one half of one percent of his annual salary. I guess that was a solid demonstration to him to show that he is buying into the company and others would see his faith in H-D becoming profitable again.

 

Harley has always been identified as the Outlaw's first choice in motorcycles. Back in the 1990s Brock Yates, the screenwriter who gave the world Cannonball Run, very memorably named Harley-Davidson motorcycles the Outlaw Machine. It was a brilliant and incisive turn of phrase that described both the motorcycle and the real subject of Yates' book which was actually "the long ride of the Harley-Davidson into the mainstream."

I am trying to write a new book for Harley, actually it's not a book it's a group of African American Women who will be riding all H-D bikes from Atlanta to Los Angeles; which will be called the Harley-Davidson "Urban Street Team".

 

I haven't heard of any war surplus Harleys being made available for purchase here lately. During WWII the article states those bikes were dirt cheap, easy to work on, went anywhere, ran pretty good and they were American. Just as the former vets did after the WWII more vets will be coming home from the Middle East interested in joining clubs with the same rebellious spirit of "freedom and doing things my way" and who will be the most cost effective choice in motorcycles? Not Harley-Davidson. Unfortunately for Harley they will have to adjust their prices and credit policies to be the number one choice. Jap bikes are still more cost effective and Harley should no longer allow them to acquire their share of the market anymore.

 

 

 

 

The rule for the first patch holders in outlaw motorcycle clubs was that prospects had to own a bike "manufactured by one of the allies in World War II." Beezers, manufactured by British Small Arms, Trumpets and Indians were all okay. The Pagans started as a Triumph club. Harleys were the cheapest. After the hated Japanese started selling cheap bikes in the United States in the 1960s the rule eventually became you had to ride an "American motorcycle." It was common in the sixties to hear, "I would rather see my brother dead than on a Jap bike." After Indian went out of business that more or less meant you had to own a Harley.

There's a term used in business called subcultural commodification. Harley hasn't approached this concept to reach its current overlooked market. Their initial approach should be to adapt their marketing focus toward what will attract or encourage long thoughtful visits from us as opposed to quick consumption of the lower valued items such as t-shirts. The atmosphere of the dealerships should be one that will entice the prospective customer to want to stay a while.

 

The question Harley-Davidson must ask itself is what exactly is biker subculture and who does it serve? Why are bikers always talking about having a certain lifestyle? What role does a biker play in the selling of merchandise in our dealerships? Is it tied to particular places, or is it placeless, a style and lifestyle engaged in the homogenizing of places? Humm…questions that need to be researched and answered.

One of the things that fell apart after Vietnam was Harley-Davidson's business. All those war surplus bikes got used up. The new bikes were no longer cheap or particularly good. Only the outlaw mystique endured and when Harley came back to life in the 1980s it was because the company was selling the idea of the outlaw as much as it was selling motorcycles. Harleys became the Outlaw Machine because that is what Harley-Davidson wanted you to think.

 

 

 

With this in mind about the condition of Harley-Davidson's business falling apart after Vietnam due to surplus army Harley-Davidson bikes not being available as they were after WWII; Harley should take a look at what they did to revive their business back then. They used magic and credit to come back last time. The mystic of being an Outlaw motorcycle company will not be enough today. New magic and new relaxed credit policies must be created.

 

Since they now consider Gangster Rap a close cousin to the biker lifestyle it would behoove H-D to research the demographics of the people who are comprised within this culture and go after them. This doesn't mean just the entertainers; it means marketing to those who listen to their music and the nationalities of the rappers.

 

I'll give you an example in California most people know that the largest population is Mexican and there is a vast majority of them who aren't legal citizens of the US; so Bank of America made it easy for them to get accounts without having the necessary papers to open an account. So guess what happened, their customer base increased exponentially. They relaxed their terms to get more of the share in the market of their competitors.

 

Hey Harley, research your competitors and learn what to do and what not to do in times of market share trouble. I guess you're wondering how I know so much, well I am a creative geek who just so happens to also be a business analyst and I too belong to the market Harley-Davidson has overlooked; black female motorcyclist.

 

Those days when at the drop of a hat you can instantly create an identity based on a subculture is waning. Harley you can no longer build solely on the backs of one culture you must reach out to all of us. This is now the twenty first century. Being able to make changes on the fly and I contribute this to the growing industry of interactive advertising and marketing.

The magic this article speaks of isn't the only magic H-D needs. Harley must be creative in their approach to the urban and female market. I want to help as best I can and I do hope they are listening.

The Easy Rider Generation has aged and this is why Harley has had a massive drop in sales. There is a prequel to this movie called, "The Ride Back". Harley if you take heed to the name of the prequel you too can take the ride back toward a stronger business. This will happen only if you listen to what your forgotten market is saying.

 

I wrote in a previous article that H-D's key Baby Boomer customer base, which are white males; are no longer beating down their doors to purchase motorcycles. Their new alternative to roaring down the road is on an electric golf cart and to not sound a bit sadistic an electric wheel chair; shifting those gears to the next hole at the golf course or the next bingo game at the Senior Living facility.

The best answer I have for Harley-Davidson is take heed from those of us who have our ear to the streets and know firsthand how to attract the market you so purposely overlooked over the years. I will always be a diehard Black Female Harley Rider.

 

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When will the disrespect of female members in coed black motorcycle clubs stop?

When will the disrespect of female members in coed black motorcycle clubs stop?

There has been very little research available on the subject of the disrespect and discrimination female members in co-ed black motorcycle clubs experience. There are hundreds of black female motorcycle clubs and many black female motorcyclists are full members of co-ed clubs however it tends to be an oxymoron when it comes to the input women have when it relates to important decisions within the club. I will say in some not all black co-ed motorcycle clubs because I don't want to be as small minded as the men who disrespect and discriminate against their female counterparts in these black co-ed clubs.

I first hand have experienced this behavior just a few days ago. Let me say it has been this way since I joined the club I immediately observed the double standards that were applied between male and female members. Now let me ask what's behind the exclusionary practices involved in oppressing women in the black motorcycle club community. In this male dominated arena, women are objects. Men, and even motorcycles, hold the subject position. What does the future hold for these clubs and their female member? A large part of the information comes from first-hand experience; like my very own personal experience.

Much of the black motorcycle club basic understanding and or knowledge are based on the politics in the area in which the club exist. I have spoken rather candidly with a few of my female sisters in my former club because of their lack of wisdom on handling the disrespect and discrimination during our club meetings. Since I've been around the biker world for a time now, I felt compelled to educate a bit. I asked a very simple question, "Are you here for the love of the patch or the politics?"

I find that if you are to exist, if you have the stomach for it within a co-ed black motorcycle club; you will have to have a certain mindset. A mindset that will allow you to be told, I quote," your place here is to only handle administrative things, make sure the men have what they need, keep your mouth shut, no opinion opposite of the men, pay your dues and you definitely are forbidden to express openly your opinion and let the men run the club."

I'll tell you the consequences to a female who knows her value and who has no fear of anyone but God. She will be labeled as a trouble maker. Yeah that was me.lol

My motivation for joining the club was that I thought they would be fair and equitable in their treatment of their members in all instances and I found out different. If they don't like you, equitable treatment won't apply to you. I will again say not all co-ed clubs treat their female member s in this way but there are far more that do than those that don't. My next question is what will be the future for the clubs and their female members?

Well I am no longer with the club as of this week. I was raised by the rule; if you don't stand for something, then you ain't about nothing. I refuse to allow male or female to disrespect me one too many times before it will be on and poppin. One gift my God has given me is a courageous spirit and through life it has at times felt like a curse and most days a blessing.

It tends to keep down bullshit for me as well as having me with a few select people in my life that can appreciate my honesty. I don't make threats; I make promises. This was taught to me by my mother and it has worked to eliminate the riff raff. I feel much more comfortable knowing where I stand with an individual then to have some fake shady person around me slithering like a snake.

A real man can appreciate my being direct, straight to the point, confident, assured and knowing my value as the great Queen my God has created. I learned all of this after several years of bumps and lots of bruises. My experience has shown me that when a woman arrives at this point she becomes a threat to little boys because of their uncertainty and disdain for themselves. Guess what, that ain't my damn problem. Get over it boys.

Some want to place this behavior on Black Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs. I beg to differ it seems the sport bike motorcycle clubs who are trying to find their way and place on the set are much more subject to this behavior. Property is what Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs consider their women and sport bike clubs who try this aren't sure who they are on the set.

The club I just left straddles the fence. They want to consider themselves a sport bike club with outlaw tendencies. Where they do that at? I believe if they were open to know better they would do better. (LMAO)

Antiquated egotistical thought processes have been the downfall of most dynasties, countries, relationships and yes black co-ed motorcycle clubs. The ones that survive are those who have female members who are willing to accept being treated less than equal. Why make a female be required to do the same things as a Prospect and a Patched member and not have the same rights as the male member.

Some females don't have enough self esteem to make a move toward something different or stick together to make a change within their clubs. It saddens me when I see women who are prime examples of this and they don't know it trickles down to their personal lives too. If you accept bullshit from the club you will accept bullshit in your relationships with a man or a woman. Abuse is no respecter of person, race or gender.

This goes a lot deeper than we would like to indulge ourselves. It's easier to see when there's white racism against blacks 'cause it's so common, but the reverse happens as well. Because we as black bikers it doesn't matter if we are Outlaw or Sport Bike our black motorcycle community is virtually invisible to most people. When they speak of a biker they normally are referring to a white biker and then they identify them as a biker or outlaw motorcycle gang.

The Chosen Few MC Los Angeles, Defiant Ones MC and the East Bay Dragons MC out of Oakland are few of the oldest remaining black and biracial motorcycle clubs in California. They were formed in mid and late 1950's. One thing most aren't familiar with is that there are Outlaw Black Female Motorcycle Clubs. Hogg Divas MC, Road Queens MC, Iron Essence MC and possibly a few others.

Like their white counterparts, African-American outlaw clubs claimed "outlaw" status, rode only Harleys, and were all-male. In addition, outlaw clubs in the African-American motorcycle community are the ones who sanction other motorcycle clubs based on their geographic location. The black outlaw clubs are those who through various means have carved out geographic territory that they govern. They are considered the majority club in an area and must have large numbers to maintain control of their territory.

In most co-ed black motorcycle clubs don't allow female members to serve as president, vice-president or sergeant-at-arms. They are likely to serve as business manager or secretary of the club; which is the biggest crock of bull I've seen. If a woman just happens to obtain a position within a co-ed club as President or Vice-President they will have to fight for respect from some of their male members.

The biggest controversy for me is that all of these men came from a woman and allowed their mothers to guide them instruct and teach but once they get to the motorcycle set that chauvinistic stench surfaces. "The men run the clubs". Straight up bullshit!

Women riders are faced with difficult decisions when seeking to become a member of a motorcycle club. If they do not wish to be property, then there are few choices available. They can join an all-female club that has been sanctioned by the outlaws, which would also allow them to hold high officer positions. Yet, these clubs are now becoming much more respected than before. They weren't considered valid a few years back because they were all-female.

The crap I've seen when women are in Officer positions they are directly or indirectly instructed to not speak unless spoken to. When they do they are told to shut up. I also saw firsthand the other day when a female Officer wanted to speak the male officers didn't acknowledge her hand up in the meeting. The sick part about it is they allow them to look down on them and still serve in these positions.

The sexism that permeates the black MC set is pitiful. You would think as a people who have experienced racism and oppression they would want to not subject each other to these diseases anymore.

I am not sure if men realize women ride motorcycles for the same reasons that men ride. It gives us the same audacious motivation and turns us on. Women also join motorcycle clubs for the same reasons as well: a sense of camaraderie with others who share a similar passion. Yet the hatred of female motorcycle riders in the black motorcycle club community is unavoidable. There are very few women who join co-ed black motorcycle clubs. Most co-ed clubs limit the numbers of female members based on the ratio of male-to-female membership. Most officer positions are reserved for male members.

Those who want to experience this without the hassle of sexism within the club join an all-female club. Women are subject to being in relationships with men in the black motorcycle club community that resemble one like a pimp to prostitute, instead of their professed relationship of club brother to club sister. Similarly, the female motorcycle club member is both mistreated and protected by her associations with male club members. When you hear an abuser say you made me do it, that's what this feels like to me. It's my fault and most women stay in those unhealthy relationships. Not me!

The club I just left treat their female counterparts in a bad version of what Outlaw clubs call Property Of. Some of my former female sisters conducted themselves with the belief that the motorcycle club is a masculine entity and accept their role as objects. They agree that the women's role as a full patched member is like Property to take care of the men's various needs in the club, and the men's role is to protect and provide for the women. The funny shit was the men didn't provide or protect the women they just used them. Now once again I will make it clear that not all of the men within my former club behaved like this but it was more than I could stand. How I see it is to accept the role as property when you're fully patched as your male member is like accepting the label as other.

The stupidity in this for me is that African Americans have for a long time taken the space of description of Other. That is why the omission of the black motorcycle club community from motorcycle culture is not surprising. However, the black motorcycle club community utilizes the same process to refute the visibility of female riders.

Here is where it gets a little deep. Although it can be noted that female motorcyclist in the black biker community as a whole are subject to inequalities, there is a distinctive thought process for this bias in the black motorcycle club community: If you didn't know motorcycle clubs are considered a black social institution that stands alongside the church, school, and family and it is a battleground where black men seem to think they can reclaim their manhood.

As I mentioned in the beginning of this article I questioned what the future will be of the black motorcycle community. Sexism within black motorcycle clubs, although it is much more crucial then we want to accept affects both male in female in adverse ways; so without a proposed solution I believe we will again destroy ourselves.

Like photos that degrade women, a number of black female riders are at a crossroad on how to present edifying support without compromising themselves in black motorcycle clubs. Racial strengthening will not happen with a divided effort. To exclude black from the black empowerment movements and banishment from social evolution in these organizations, such as motorcycle clubs, is detrimental to the very institutions that reject them.

We can no longer justify the gender politics of black motorcycle clubs as a way of strengthening the social system in which the father or eldest male is head of the household, having authority over women and children; today this is foolish. Barbara Ransby and Tracye Matthews argue against the same practice in other African-American patriarchal institutions. It "is not an assertion of Black manhood. It is a debasement of Black womanhood, and by extension Black personhood"

Black men in the United States still have higher unemployment and incarceration rates than black women (U.S. Census Bureau), which limits leisure time and spending. With black female riders increasing daily companies like Harley-Davidson is marketing to African Americans women and black motorcycle clubs will either progress and accept us or wither away as another lost treasure of African-American history.

In hopes to not really create a rise I 'm trying to not have the discussion about black male motorcycle clubs where I am making a comparison between them and their white male counterparts. These important enlightening issues must make their way into motorcycle our community as black bikers.

I will end with this with hope it will evoke a change a few black male motorcycle riders and black motorcycle clubs that are discriminatory. I don't know if you realize that white bikers don't give a damn about your black clubs. Why because it's that way. You really not until we do away with the ill practices we present to one another and unite will they feel they have a force to reckon with. The same racism and degradation black men experience from white bikers you are imposing upon your black sisters within the motorcycle community.

Now ask yourself does it feel good to you to be oppressed, dismissed, disrespected, set apart, discriminated, considered as other, unequal, unrated…I can continue with the adjectives. This is how you treat your sisters. Let's stop the shit and respect one another as fellow motorcyclists and our love of the throttle.