| Author | Subject: There Are Still Our Slaves |
| Our Slaves | Posted At 08:27:53 11/16/2001
*We can continue to reap profits from the Blacks without the effort of physical slavery. Look at the current methods of containment that they use on themselves: *IGNORANCE, *GREED, *SELFISHNESS. *Their IGNORANCE is the primary weapon of containment. A great man once*said, "the best way to hide something from black people is to put it in a book". We live now in the Information Age. They have gained the opportunity *to read any book on any subject, through the efforts of their fight for*freedom, yet they refuse to read. *There are numerous books readily available at Borders, Barnes & Noble and*Amazon.com, not to mention their own Black bookstores, that provide solid blueprints to reach economic equality (which should have been their fight all along), but few read consistently, if at all. GREED is another powerful weapon of containment. Blacks, since the abolition of slavery, have had large amounts of money at their disposal. *Last year they spent 10 billion dollars during Christmas, out of their 450 billion dollars in total yearly income. Any of us can use them as our target market, for any business venture we care to dream up, no matter how*outlandish. They will buy into it. Being primarily a consumer people, they function totally by greed. They continually want more, with little thought for saving or investing. They *would rather buy some new sneaker than invest in starting a business. Some *even neglect their children to have the latest Tommy or FUBU. And they*still think that having a Mercedes, and a big house, gives them "status" or that they have achieved the American dream. *They are fools! The vast majority of their people are still in poverty**because their greed holds them back from collectively making better *communities. With the help of BET, and the rest of their black media, that often broadcasts destructive images into their own homes, we will continue to see huge profits like those of Tommy and Nike. (Tommy Hilfiger has even *jeered them, saying he doesn't want their money. And look at how the fools*spend more with him than ever before!) They'll continue to show off to each*other while we build solid communities with the profits from our businesses *that we market to them. *SELFISHNESS, ingrained in their minds through slavery, is one of the major *ways we can continue to contain them. One of their own, Dubois, said that *there was an innate division in their culture. A "Talented Tenth" he called *it. He was correct in his deduction that there are segments of their*culture that has achieved some "form" of success. However, that segment *missed the fullness of his work, they didn't read that the Talented Tenth *was then responsible to aid the Non-Talented Ninety Percent in achieving a*better life. Instead, that segment has created another class, a buppie class that looks down on their people or aids them in a condescending manner. They will never achieve what we have. Their selfishness does not allow them to be able work together on any project or endeavor of substance. When they do get together, their selfishness lets their egos get in the way of the goal. Their so-called help organizations seem to only want to promote their name without making any real change in their community. They are content to sit in conferences and conventions, in our hotels, and talk about what they *will do, and award plaques to the best speakers, not the best doers. Is their no end to their selfishness? They steadfastly refuse to see that TOGETHER EACH ACHIEVES MORE! *They do not understand that they are no better than each other because of what they own. In act, most of those buppies are but one or two paychecks away from poverty. All of which is under the control of our pens in our offices and our boardrooms. *Yes, we will continue to contain them as long as they refuse to read, continue to buy anything they want, and keep thinking they are "helping" *their communities by paying dues to organizations which do little other than hold lavish conventions in our hotels. By the way, don't worry about any of them reading this letter, remember, THEY DON'T READ!! (Prove them *wrong. Please pass this on! |
| machakp@sapo.co.za |
Re: There Are Still Our Slaves (Currently 2 replies)
Posted At 08:17:23 01/11/2002 This is a clever posting. I bet it was posted by emeagwali and friends. I heard this before "the best way to hide something from black people is to put it in a book". I know what they are doing. |
| Nicole |
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Posted At 20:10:24 01/26/2002 I think, no as a matter of fact I know, that unfortunately this article is true. We as black people are more interested in our appearances then the future of our people as a successful race. We truly are still enslaved by the limitations we put on ourself! |
| Tirone Haimanchandra |
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Posted At 17:02:18 02/13/2002 Hello, My name is Tirone Haimanchadra and i attend paul JHS in DC. I am black. I agree with you statement. Yet i dassagree with the way you say it. But you are still telling the truth. and all black people are not fools! |
| Tiffany |
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Posted At 16:03:57 02/19/2002 If black people don't read I wonder why the only people who have responded to this ignorant observation are black people?? I do believe that whites do own most of the businesses in America forcing blacks to buy from them, but we are not enslaved. Im sorry your theory fails to hold true. Tiffany, UNC-CH North Carolina |
| Imbangala |
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Posted At 20:19:10 02/25/2002 I am black from Africa and got one question. How did the white people know how much I spent on Christmas.Do they follow me with a camera sayng.He is black,let see how much he is spendig.Let us add that amount to Alwowos amount,what a good story "Last year they spent 10 billion dollars during Christmas, out of their 450 billion dollars in total yearly income. Any of us can use them as our target market, for any business venture we care to dream up, no matter how*outlandish. They will buy intoI am no |
| Charles |
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Posted At 12:38:54 10/14/2002 I did read what was written and it reminded me of something that comes out of the rear end of a horse. I am not sure who this horse is but I am reasonably assured that he (horse) has a cranium rectal inversion and he/she is happy. Its one thing to learn to read but thinking is a totally different ball game and the producer of this trash is a very happy person horse. If I may be allowed a little latitude in my response, whenever an individual can make the kinds of statements that were made here, it is clear that they have an in ability to produce a single lasting positive thought. This is due to a severe lack of mental capacity to READ and assemble information together, so that one can make a logical deduction from what was read. To put it in terms that the producer can understand, (maybe) “You have to be stupid to have written this”. But, let take of look at just one of the claims, “GREED”. There are two things that are works in the hearts of most white folk, one is greed and the other is laziness. You are always searching to get something for nothing and this is why you seek to enslave others. It is your greed that allowed you to murder millions of American Indians, to kill your mothers and fathers, neighbors and anyone who stands between you and your god (dollar). A white man will murder his mother for money, and your thinking is that Blacks are greedy. You must be stupid and crazy. Folks like you have a functional mental illness that you use as an excuse to justify your brutally of other folk. Before you ever write anything again go and READ the history of white folk in America and one word you will never use as it relates to another group is GREED. As a matter of fact I can not think of a single thing that White Folks will not do for money. Nothing. I was thinking about giving you something to READ about SELFISHNESS but I do not have any more of my time to spend on your gibberish. If, I were king, I would lock you away for the remainder of your days simply because you are an idiot, a simpleton. I hope you do not breed with any human or non-human. By the way FOOLING around with animal are against the law in case you were wondering about that. However, the law would mean little to someone like you. |
| bobby |
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Posted At 23:22:18 11/26/2002 you got to read this |
| Charmlin the II |
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Posted At 16:44:33 12/14/2002 Hello Wonderful Descendants of the ORIGINAL PEOPLE: Though I have serious issues with whites appointing themselves as the guardians of morality and as the guardians of knowledge, intelligence, nomenclature, and definitions (remember that scene in "Malcolm X" where all the definitions in WEBSTER'S Dictionary for the word BLACK were all negative, and all the ones for WHITE were all positive? ), WE do need to look critically at OURSELVES, for as this was so eloquently stated in the Old-School Hip Hop jam "Self Destruction": 'Cause we got to keep ourselves in check/ Or else it's - SELF DESTRUCTION!/ As Bro. Garvey once said, "Up you mighty race, you will accomplish what you will!". Bro. Garvey DID NOT SAY for us to accomplish what we will with the help of someone else, or by looking to someone else, for when it comes down to it, WE are and MUST BE the only ones to save us (of course, with the help of the CREATOR) - yet and still, a large number of us STILL LOOK TO SOMEONE ELSE to tell us when to be thankful (so-called "Thanksgiving"), when to celebrate the life of Yeshua (The letter "J" DID NOT EXIST when this wonderful, special man was around - yes, I said MAN - read about the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D. and how those white bishops DID NOT LISTEN to the testimony of ARIUS, a BLACK AFRIKAN FROM LIBYA), when to show love to our mates (so-called Valentine's Day), what to buy, when to do this, when to do that, when we need our prayers answered (with that fallacious Italian-looking, blond- or dark-haired, blue-eyed Jesus),how to look, and even when to celebrate our history, or should I say, our HIS-STORY, since so many of us think that our history ONLY STARTED IN this continent, conveniently forgetting the THOUSANDS OF YEARS of AFRIKAN HISTORY that occurred long before we were brought over here which included how THOUSANDS OF EUROPEANS went into the Afrikan Educational System to learn, i.e., the Romans, Greeks, and the like. Men such as Aristotle and Plato even wrote that they considered Afrika to be the foundation of the world's knowledge!!!!!!But going back, Black History Month is the SHORTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess at the time, Dr. Carter G. Woodson figured that white folks would only give us 28 days to celebrate OUR STORY, since he went through the U.S. Gov't to get this recognized, as is the procedure for other "holidays" and "special times". But again, when you leave it to someone else to honor you, you won't even get the short end of the stick - you'll get ashes, because as THEIR HISTORY (for the most part) has shown, that's exactly what they did when they came in contact with the WORLD COLOR MAJORITY - went around the world with a God Complex destroying non-whites, enslaving them, taking their land, renaming their lands, carving up their land (i.e., Berlin Conference, The Creation of Israel in 1948), culture, and existence. To this day, they still do it with no shame or remorse whatsoever - look at how Shell, Chevron, and other oil giants carved up Nigeria, and then LYNCHED Bro. Ken Saro-Wiwa when he put them in check. Historian Merira Kwesi has a picture of this lynching on the cover of her videotape, "ADVERTISING: THE ATTACK ON THE AFRIKAN IMAGE". I even read that "GW" is planning to go into West Afrika for the same reason he wants to go to war with Iraq - OIL (A thorough study of the Bush Family reveals that they have had and still acquire, and create several oil enterprises, especially in Texas) and white domination of the world. Now, I know I have a lot to say, but for those of you who would say, "You need to quit talking about the white man, and talk about what WE NEED TO DO!", let me point out something: 1)If we were TOTALLY without the CO-EXISTENCE and INFLUENCE of white people, then they could be left out of how and why we are in the predicament we are in. I mean, when you are trying to cure a disease, you have to study and understand the DISEASE-CAUSING AGENT that made you sick, RIGHT?!!!!!! Diseases just don't up and appear on their own, do they?!Nothing really happens on its own, and NO Man, Woman, or THING is an island; 2)Therefore, we must STUDY, UNDERSTAND and REALIZE, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE TO US, to see how that influences WHAT WE DO TO US, WHAT HAS BEEN DONE BY US (Good and Bad; BEFORE and AFTER contact with europeans) so that WE CAN FIX US! Now, here are some ideas on how we can do just that: 1)Celebrate holidays that TRULY and FULLY reflect us. Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Years Eve/Day, Easter, 4th of July, Independence Day, and other so-called "holidays" are commercialized, EXPENSIVE, STRESS-INDUCING, AMBIGUOUS eurocentric creations, created by whites, and FORCED ON US on the plantation and in our motherland (to some extent). We HAD NO SAY ABOUT THEM, and we certainly were not asked if we wanted to stay in this country. Therefore, WE DID NOT CELEBRATE THESE THINGS BEFORE WE WERE BROUGHT TO ameriKKKa, and we should SERIOUSLY look into KWANZAA, or any other AFRIKAN-CENTERED celebration that reflects us, was made by us, and is FOR ONLY US!!!! 2)When reading, or experiencing media, take some time out to connect with your ANCESTRAL, HISTORICAL, COLLECTIVE SELF. Read books such as BLACK WOMEN IN ANTIQUITY, SISTAHS IN THE STRUGGLE, BLACK MAN OF THE NILE AND HIS FAMILY, BLACKS IN THE BIBLE, GOD, THE BIBLE, AND THE BLACK MAN'S DESTINY, ISIS PAPERS, AFRIKAN WOMAN-THE ORIGINAL GUARDIAN ANGEL, etc. Watch movies, shows, and or documentaries such as DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST, SANKOFA, A GREAT AND MIGHTY WALK. And of course, read and experience their media, but do so with A CRITICAL, COMPARATIVE ANALYTICAL eye. Learn etymology so that you KNOW the origins, and histories of the English words you speak every day, and of all other languages you may speak. 3)USE the knowledge obtained in steps 2 & 3, and CULTIVATE AN OUTLOOK AND ATTITUDE receptive of that knowledge, to create SELF-SUFFICIENT INSTITUTIONS and support existing BLACK/AFRIKAN-CENTERED INSITUTIONS as often as you can. They definitely could use more help FROM US, AND BY US. I know that it is sometimes hard due to the fierce white supremacist/racist eurocentric resistance that exists, and the long hard hours we work. But if we are to survive, it is something WE MUST DO. 4)Know that WE are part of a huge region of this earth - THE AFRIKAN DIASPORA. Stop looking down on your indigenous Afrikan Brothers and Sisters. As Bro. Malcolm stated, if you hate Afrika, then you hate yourself. Bridge the gap. 5)Let's make sure that, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"; In other words, let keep this FOR US, and BY US. The best way that whites can help us is to trust that we have the intelligence and capabilities to fix us and to solve our problems. After all, we built the only-remaining one of the Seven Wonders of the World, The Great Pyramid. WE built the ancient universities that still exist in Timbuktu, Mali, and Spain during the Moorish Period. And these monuments still stand today. For we know that the white media (and white people in general) will try to co-opt everything we do and will recast it into something twisted. 6)Support our people, especially when they are doing well. 7)Strive to live by the values, wisdom, and morals of OUR ANCESTORS, and NEVER FORGET THEM. 8)Reclaim our ORIGINAL SPIRITUALITY - for as Dr. John Henrick Clarke said, "If you are a child of God, and God is a part of you, then GOD SHOULD LOOK LIKE YOU!" If you bow to other peoples' manufactured image of god, then you are the spiritual slave of that other people. And LAST BUT NOT LEAST, 9)NO SELL OUT! No matter how good you think you can get in with "Tha Man" or "Tha Woman" (He's more like a child to me), and no matter how much money or prestige you feel you have, as long as we are IN THEIR SYSTEM we will NEVER have STRAIGHT-UP ACCEPTANCE. I’m sure that Colin Powell, Michael Jackson, and Tiger Woods have found this out the hard way. Because, as we progress, white people change the laws, and keep pushing the hurdles further and further, in an effort to further trip us up. And don't forget to help pull up another Brother and Sister when you get to the mountaintop. I know that this was alot, but this is no simple overnight issue. It will take a long time to undo, unlearn, and deprogram 400+ years( and running) of white supremacy/racism and oppression, but WE CAN DO IT IF WE APPLY OURSELVES AND STAY ON COURSE! PEACE and LOVE! Sincerely, Charmlin II |
| Charmlin |
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Posted At 19:00:29 12/14/2002 Habari Gani, Wonderful Descendants of the ORIGINAL PEOPLE? Though I have serious issues with whites appointing themselves as the guardians of morality and as the epitome of knowledge, intelligence, and the naming and defining of things, WE do need to look critically at OURSELVES, as this was so eloquently stated in the Old-School Hip Hop jam "Self Destruction": To evolve/ And revolve to self-respect/ 'Cause we got to keep ourselves in check/ Or else it's - SELF DESTRUCTION!/ (Chuck D, "Self-Destruction",1989) As Bro. Garvey once said, "Up you mighty race, you will accomplish what you will!". Bro. Garvey DID NOT SAY for us to accomplish what we will with the help of someone else, or by looking to someone else, for when it comes down to it, WE are and MUST BE the only ones to save us (of course, with the help of the CREATOR) - yet and still, a large number of us STILL LOOK TO SOMEONE ELSE to tell us when to be thankful ("Thanksgiving"), when to celebrate the life of Yeshua (The letter "J" DID NOT EXIST when this wonderful, special man was around - yes, I said MAN - read about the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D. and how those white bishops DID NOT LISTEN to the testimony of ARIUS, a BLACK AFRIKAN FROM LIBYA), when to show love to our mates (so-called Valentine's Day), what to buy, when to do this, when to do that, whom to turn to to have our prayers answered (with that fallacious Italian-looking, blond- or dark-haired, blue-eyed Jesus),how to look, and even when to celebrate our history, or should I say, our HIS-STORY, since so many of us think that our history ONLY STARTED IN this continent, conveniently forgetting the THOUSANDS OF YEARS of AFRIKAN HISTORY that occurred long before we were brought over here which included how THOUSANDS OF EUROPEANS went into the Afrikan Educational System to learn, i.e., the Romans, Greeks, and the like. Men such as Aristotle and Plato even wrote that they considered Afrika to be the foundation of the world's knowledge!!!!!!But going back, Black History Month is the SHORTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess at the time, Dr. Carter G. Woodson figured that white folks would only give us 28 days to celebrate OUR STORY, since he went through the U.S. Gov't to get this recognized, as is the procedure for other "holidays" and "special times". But again, when you leave it to someone else to honor you, you won't even get the short end of the stick - you'll get ashes, because as THEIR HISTORY (for the most part) has shown, that's exactly what they did when they came in contact with the WORLD COLOR MAJORITY - went around the world with a God Complex destroying non-whites, enslaving them, taking their land, renaming their lands, carving up their land (i.e., Berlin Conference, The Creation of Israel in 1948), culture, and existence. To this day, they still do it with no shame or remorse whatsoever - look at how Shell, Chevron, and other oil giants carved up Nigeria, and then LYNCHED Bro. Ken Saro-Wiwa when he put them in check. Historian Merira Kwesi has a picture of this lynching on the cover of her videotape, "ADVERTISING: THE ATTACK ON THE AFRIKAN IMAGE". I even read that "GW" is planning to go into West Afrika for the same reason he wants to go to war with Iraq - OIL (A thorough study of the Bush Family reveals that they have had and still acquire, and create several oil enterprises, especially in Texas) and white domination of the world. For those of you who would say, "You need to quit talking about the white man, and talk about what WE NEED TO DO!", let me point out some things WE CAN DO: 1)Celebrate holidays that TRULY and FULLY reflect us. Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Years Eve/Day, Easter, 4th of THEY-LIED (Read Frederick Douglass’ speech on this, and then compare the last few hundred years – you’ll see that his speech is timeless), Independence Day, and other so-called "holidays" are commercialized, EXPENSIVE, STRESS-INDUCING, AMBIGUOUS and IRRELEVANT eurocentric creations, created by whites, and FORCED ON US on the plantation and in our motherland (to some extent). We HAD NO SAY ABOUT THEM, and we certainly were not asked if we wanted to celebrate them, or if we wanted to stay in this country. Therefore, WE DID NOT CELEBRATE THESE THINGS BEFORE WE WERE BROUGHT TO ameriKKKa, and we should SERIOUSLY look into KWANZAA, or any other AFRIKAN-CENTERED celebration that reflects us, was made by us, and is FOR ONLY US!!!! 2)When reading, or experiencing media, take some time out to connect with your ANCESTRAL, HISTORICAL, COLLECTIVE SELF. Read books such as BLACK WOMEN IN ANTIQUITY, SISTAHS IN THE STRUGGLE, BLACK MAN OF THE NILE AND HIS FAMILY, BLACKS IN THE BIBLE, GOD, THE BIBLE, AND THE BLACK MAN'S DESTINY, ISIS PAPERS, AFRIKAN WOMAN-THE ORIGINAL GUARDIAN ANGEL, etc. Watch movies, shows, and or documentaries such as DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST, SANKOFA, A GREAT AND MIGHTY WALK. And of course, read and experience their media, but do so with A CRITICAL, COMPARATIVE ANALYTICAL eye. Learn etymology so that you KNOW the origins, and histories of the English words you speak every day, and of all other languages you may speak. 3)USE the knowledge obtained in steps 2 & 3, and CULTIVATE AN OUTLOOK AND ATTITUDE receptive of that knowledge, to create SELF-SUFFICIENT INSTITUTIONS and support existing BLACK/AFRIKAN-CENTERED INSITUTIONS as often as you can. They definitely could use more help FROM US, AND BY US. I know that it is sometimes hard due to the fierce white supremacist/racist eurocentric resistance that exists, and the long hard hours we work. But if we are to survive, it is something WE MUST DO. 4)Know that WE are part of a huge region of this earth - THE AFRIKAN DIASPORA. Stop looking down on your indigenous Afrikan Brothers and Sisters. As Bro. Malcolm stated, if you hate Afrika, then you hate yourself. Bridge the gap. 5)Let's make sure that, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"; In other words, let keep this FOR US, and BY US. The best way that whites can help us is to trust that we have the intelligence and capabilities to fix us and that WE (NOT THEY), can solve our problems. After all, we built the only-remaining one of the Seven Wonders of the World, The Great Pyramid. WE built the ancient universities that still exist in Timbuktu, Mali, and Spain during the Moorish Period. And these monuments still stand today. For we know that the white media (and white people in general) will try to co-opt everything we do and will recast it into something twisted. 6)Support our people, especially when they are doing well. 7)Strive to live by the values, wisdom, and morals of OUR ANCESTORS, and NEVER FORGET THEM. 8)Reclaim our ORIGINAL SPIRITUALITY - for as Dr. John Henrick Clarke said, "If you are a child of God, and God is a part of you, then GOD SHOULD LOOK LIKE YOU!" If you bow to other peoples' manufactured image of god, then you are the spiritual slave of that other people, and this is certainly the case with the mainstream Jesus image, since that image was used to enslave us psychologically, mentally, and emotionally, and physically. And LAST BUT NOT LEAST, 9)NO SELL OUT! No matter how good you think you can get in with "Tha Man" or "Tha Woman" (He's more like a child to me), and no matter how much money or prestige you feel you have, as long as we are IN THEIR SYSTEM we will NEVER have STRAIGHT-UP ACCEPTANCE. I’m sure that Colin Powell, Michael Jackson, and Tiger Woods have found this out the hard way. Because, as we progress, white people rewrite the laws, and keep pushing the hurdles further and further, in an effort to trip us up. And don't forget to help pull up another Brother and Sister as you succeed. I know that this was alot, but this is no simple overnight issue. It will take a long time to undo, unlearn, and deprogram 400+ years( and running) of white supremacy/racism and oppression, but WE CAN DO IT IF WE APPLY OURSELVES AND STAY ON COURSE! HOTEP and LOVE! Sincerely, Charmlin II |
| Charmlin II |
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Posted At 19:12:49 12/14/2002 Hello Wonderful Descendants of the ORIGINAL PEOPLE: I am a Young Black Man living in ameriKKKa. In response to this piece, though I have serious issues with whites appointing themselves as the guardians of morality and as the epitome of knowledge, intelligence, and the naming and defining of things (remember that scene in "Malcolm X" where all the definitions in WEBSTER'S Dictionary for the word BLACK were all negative, and all the ones for WHITE were all positive? ), WE do need to look critically at OURSELVES, for as this was so eloquently stated in the Old-School Hip Hop jam "Self Destruction": To evolve/ And revolve to self-respect/ 'Cause we got to keep ourselves in check/ Or else it's - SELF DESTRUCTION!/ (Chuck D, "Self Destruction", 1989) As Bro. Garvey once said, "Up you mighty race, you will accomplish what you will!". Bro. Garvey DID NOT SAY for us to accomplish what we will with the help of someone else, or by looking to someone else, for when it comes down to it, WE are and MUST BE the only ones to save us (of course, with the help of the CREATOR) - yet and still, a large number of us STILL LOOK TO SOMEONE ELSE to tell us when to be thankful (so-called "Thanksgiving"), when to celebrate the life of Yeshua (The letter "J" DID NOT EXIST when this wonderful, special man was around - yes, I said MAN - read about the Council of Nicea in 325 A.D. and how those white bishops DID NOT LISTEN to the testimony of ARIUS, a BLACK AFRIKAN FROM LIBYA), when to show love to our mates (so-called Valentine's Day), what to buy, when to do this, when to do that, when we need our prayers answered (with that fallacious Italian-looking, blond- or dark-haired, blue-eyed Jesus),how to look, and even when to celebrate our history, or should I say, our HIS-STORY, since so many of us think that our history ONLY STARTED IN this continent, conveniently forgetting the THOUSANDS OF YEARS of AFRIKAN HISTORY that occurred long before we were brought over here which included how THOUSANDS OF EUROPEANS went into the Afrikan Educational System to learn, i.e., the Romans, Greeks, and the like. Men such as Aristotle and Plato even wrote that they considered Afrika to be the foundation of the world's knowledge!!!!!!But going back, Black History Month is the SHORTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!! I guess at the time, Dr. Carter G. Woodson figured that white folks would only give us 28 days to celebrate OUR STORY, since he went through the U.S. Gov't to get this recognized, as is the procedure for other "holidays" and "special times". Now, here are some ideas on how we can change our predicament: 1)Celebrate holidays that TRULY and FULLY reflect us. Christmas, Thanksgiving, New Years Eve/Day, Easter, 4th of THEY-LIED (Read Frederick Douglass’ speech on this, and then compare the last few hundred years – you’ll see that his speech is timeless), Independence Day, and other so-called "holidays" are commercialized, EXPENSIVE, STRESS-INDUCING, AMBIGUOUS and IRRELEVANT eurocentric creations, created by whites, and FORCED ON US on the plantation and in our motherland (to some extent). We HAD NO SAY ABOUT THEM, and we certainly were not asked if we wanted to celebrate them, or if we wanted to stay in this country. Therefore, WE DID NOT CELEBRATE THESE THINGS BEFORE WE WERE BROUGHT TO ameriKKKa, and we should SERIOUSLY look into KWANZAA, or any other AFRIKAN-CENTERED celebration that reflects us, was made by us, and is FOR ONLY US!!!! 2)When reading, or experiencing media, take some time out to connect with your ANCESTRAL, HISTORICAL, COLLECTIVE SELF. Read books such as BLACK WOMEN IN ANTIQUITY, SISTAHS IN THE STRUGGLE, BLACK MAN OF THE NILE AND HIS FAMILY, BLACKS IN THE BIBLE, GOD, THE BIBLE, AND THE BLACK MAN'S DESTINY, ISIS PAPERS, AFRIKAN WOMAN-THE ORIGINAL GUARDIAN ANGEL, etc. Watch movies, shows, and or documentaries such as DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST, SANKOFA, A GREAT AND MIGHTY WALK. And of course, read and experience their media, but do so with A CRITICAL, COMPARATIVE ANALYTICAL eye. Learn etymology so that you KNOW the origins, and histories of the English words you speak every day, and of all other languages you may speak. 3)USE the knowledge obtained in steps 2 & 3, and CULTIVATE AN OUTLOOK AND ATTITUDE receptive of that knowledge, to create SELF-SUFFICIENT INSTITUTIONS and support existing BLACK/AFRIKAN-CENTERED INSITUTIONS as often as you can. They definitely could use more help FROM US, AND BY US. I know that it is sometimes hard due to the fierce white supremacist/racist eurocentric resistance that exists, and the long hard hours we work. But if we are to survive, it is something WE MUST DO. 4)Know that WE are part of a huge region of this earth - THE AFRIKAN DIASPORA. Stop looking down on your indigenous Afrikan Brothers and Sisters. As Bro. Malcolm stated, if you hate Afrika, then you hate yourself. Bridge the gap. 5)Let's make sure that, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"; In other words, let keep this FOR US, and BY US. The best way that whites can help us is to trust that we have the intelligence and capabilities to fix us and that WE (NOT THEY), can solve our problems. After all, we built the only-remaining one of the Seven Wonders of the World, The Great Pyramid. WE built the ancient universities that still exist in Timbuktu, Mali, and Spain during the Moorish Period. And these monuments still stand today. For we know that the white media (and white people in general) will try to co-opt everything we do and will recast it into something twisted. 6)Support our people, especially when they are doing well. 7)Strive to live by the values, wisdom, and morals of OUR ANCESTORS, and NEVER FORGET THEM. 8)Reclaim our ORIGINAL SPIRITUALITY - for as Dr. John Henrick Clarke said, "If you are a child of God, and God is a part of you, then GOD SHOULD LOOK LIKE YOU!" If you bow to other peoples' manufactured image of god, then you are the spiritual slave of that other people, and this is certainly the case with the mainstream Jesus image, since that image was used to enslave us psychologically, mentally, and emotionally. And LAST BUT NOT LEAST, 9)NO SELL OUT! No matter how good you think you can get in with "Tha Man" or "Tha Woman" (He's more like a child to me), and no matter how much money or prestige you feel you have, as long as we are IN THEIR SYSTEM we will NEVER have STRAIGHT-UP ACCEPTANCE. I’m sure that Colin Powell, Michael Jackson, and Tiger Woods have found this out the hard way. Because, as we progress, white people rewrite the laws, and keep pushing the hurdles further and further, in an effort to trip us up. And don't forget to help pull up another Brother and Sister as you succeed. I know that this was alot, but this is no simple overnight issue. It will take a long time to undo, unlearn, and deprogram 400+ years( and running) of white supremacy/racism and oppression, but WE CAN DO IT IF WE APPLY OURSELVES AND STAY ON COURSE! PEACE and LOVE! Sincerely, Charmlin II |
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not all blacks are fools (Currently 1 replies)
Posted At 18:22:02 12/15/2002 i am from toronto ontario, canada . some of what you are saying is true yes Tommy hilfer said he doesnt us black money but yet 8o% of the check is black money . YES we might buy our gears and make fun of our own people that cant afford to buy the same gears but there is one thing you whites need to understand is that with out blacks there wouldnt be a perfect world you white use our things to make inventions you WHITES steal our ideas and call it your own REMEBER NOT ALL BLACKS CANT READ . |