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A Rude Awakening

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There are those who continuously allow themselves to be misinformed and misled.. Always being guided by the reins and fed at the trough on a steady and bountiful diet of lies and deception.  A constant  stream and barrage of misinformation intended to cloud our vision and control our minds. Believe me, it is being carried out every single day and waking hour, minute and second. Few of us ever step up and take the time to challenge the information and the source so therefore we are at the mercy of the propaganda machine.. The world is gearing up for a major overhaul and if we aren’t careful, we as African/Black folks will be in a world of hurt as well as a lot of other poor ignorant misguided folks on this planet!!

This article (Awakening To A Stark Reality) written by a white man Max Keller activist, is a wake-up call for all people but more importantly, black people. If we as the dark-skinned folks on this planet don’t get our s–t together soon, our state of existence will be an extremely perilous one..If we think that the atmosphere is rife with racial tension, hostility (directed towards us) and hardships now, we are definitely in for a rude awakening..

We’d better get up off of our behinds and get busy with the overdue process of educating ourselves and reshaping the way we think and act in order to build a structure of power and relevance. The urgency of this matter can not be overstated….The white world is a construct of universal rule and that of a self-preservation mentality and they will use whatever means necessary to maintain it… Are you getting the picture?

We desperately need to adopt that same mentality or before you know it we’ll be confronted with more than just a stark reality folks.. We will be witnessing the beginning of our demise.. Challenge the information, challenge the source and challenge your minds…Break away and become a free thinker!!!

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Education Then and Now ( The Former & New African Slave)

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Before, during and after the Reconstruction period the one aspect or factor that the former African slaves in America felt was imperative to their freedom was education. They understood all too well what an important  part it played in acquiring freedom because without it they would remain in perpetual bondage. Education to them represented independence and a direct pathway to power and true freedom…You see, an uneducated people will always be an ignorant and dependent people subject to the mercy of those who are educated and exert  power over them…

John Hendrik Clarke said; “A powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress because once you are truly educated you will not ask for power, you will take it”.

This is an extremely profound and poignant truthful statement because it speaks to the deviated shrewd connivance of white folks and their attempt to maintain power and the enslavement of African people in perpetuity..

The former African slave understood that absolute freedom could not be attained without first and foremost educating the mind and soaking up knowledge. They were able to grasp its significance early on and made a decision to dedicate and immerse themselves into the process of educating themselves and their children.. They would build schools and conduct classes wherever they could and utilize whatever books and learning materials that were available.. Most of the classrooms were just dusty dilapidated old shacks absent of desks and chairs and churches.. They were not afforded the conventional tools that the white schools provided their children with but they were nonetheless undeterred from the mission at hand..

Teachers traveled from different parts of the country to lend their attributes and training to what they considered a paramount and worthy cause… The education of the free African…To a large degree the education was welcomed and consumed wholeheartedly, but for some it was seen as a detriment and a waste of time because of prejudice and ignorance.. This feeling was shared by some former slaves and indeed most whites in America..The whites felt that the Africans brains were too small and lacked the capacity of digesting the curriculum or academia.. ( I believe they feared that the education of the African would pose a threat to their dominance)..Some African scholars even thought it to be skewed because it was education that was being delivered to Blacks by whites.. These African scholars and African men of prominence chided or criticized the methods that were implemented which sometimes lead to friction between them…..Sound familiar??

Nevertheless there were a great deal of Africans who had a thirst for education and knowledge and would not allow themselves to be dissuaded. They understood all too well the power of education and economics and the independence it could provide them.. They embarked on a mission to educate their own, become independent of whites and some would venture on to create and build their own economy… Many of these former slaves would flourish far beyond what any white man or former slave could have ever envisioned…
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Too many  African/Black youths shy away from education and knowledge..There is a huge void in their mindset when it comes to understanding the necessity for it.. We have developed this inexplicable uncharacteristic disdain for learning and we fail to realize how much of a prerequisite it is for building wealth, power and independence.. Many of our youths have been brainwashed into believing that education is a white man’s culture and they reject it. Just how ignorant is that? A rebuff of education to avoid becoming like the so-called white man is a shameful and lame excuse…So they would rather remain, poor, ignorant, uneducated, and dependent on others….A life of uncertainty and unnecessary turmoil.. That sure makes a lot of sense!!

Why is it that many of our youths willfully (some influenced by others) choose not to board the train of education and knowledge?  Why do they adapt this negative mindset and attitude that derails their lives and leads them  on a journey to nowhere? Little do they realize that education is the key to unlocking the chains of mental bondage and dependence and opens the door that can lead to liberation and success…

As it stands right now, the white man need not worry about most of today’s African/Black man because he is doing the white mans bidding for him and poses no real threat due to a lack of education, knowledge, and principles……

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Struggle or Mission

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I sat down recently after my last post and thought to myself. Man, why are we as African/Black American folk always referring to our situation as a struggle? I mean if most of life is connected to perception and we label our endeavor for equality as a struggle or some plight, haven’t we set ourselves up to fail? Does this not create a negative feedback loop that will set in motion the wheels of discontent when ever and where ever we are confronted with adversity? Does it not set the tone for us? I believe that it does……

What if folks were to approach this as a mission to be achieved with a different set of lenses would we not shift the toggle switch of perception in our brains towards a fighting mod? Is it possible that there would be a greater motivation to get it done no matter what….We know how much a simple word can dramatically impact a person’s psyche and make the difference between positive and negative (to do or not to do)…So, doesn’t the word struggle suggests a continuous fight with something that is becoming strenuous and burdensome?

We often talk about how the struggle continues and it is never-ending. I believe this in and of itself weighs a person down tremendously and gives one cause to become not interested in the task that lies ahead. Whereas the word mission or goal creates a desire to achieve and complete the task at hand. It denotes a more worthy cause for fight..

I know some may say that it is simple semantics and just a play on words, but isn’t everything we listen to and read just a play on words? It’s just the manner or context in which it is presented and understood that elicits a desired response..A mission appears to add the connotation of something admirable while struggle applies to an effort to hard and arduous and leads to a great exertion of energy. I guess it all depends on ones perception, struggle or mission and how they approach it…. Just some food for thought..

To say that something is a struggle allows us to approach it with a great deal of reluctance and effort? Procrastination..

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To say something is my mission or goal attaches a greater sense of urgency to it.. Motivation for success..

Either way it sets the tone of mentality and applies to almost anything we attempt to do in life…

A Struggle or  Mission

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Same Ocean, Different Pools of Water

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Let’s Be Truthful;

We are all born in the same ocean of humanity but swimming in different pools of water.. There are those who aspire to achieve great things and those who are content with mediocrity.  All of us have different dreams and aspirations, different goals, wants , needs and different perceptions of how we view the world as well as  each other. We are immersed in an ocean of differences and variables that play an active role in what transpires in our lives. There are those of us who are born in a life raft, those who manage to swim to another body of water and some who need a hand getting there…Unfortunately a large majority of  us are just threading water while those who aren’t able to do either one, just simply give up and look for someone to help keep them afloat or just  end up drowning.

Henceforth a fundamental disparity exists among most folks of the Black Diaspora and the rest of humanity for that matter. Everybody is not able to swim out of the ocean and some are only able to go so far. Everyone does not make it to the safe pools  and some will just sink to the bottom. Another way to look at this is to view life is like  a ladder,; you have the bottom rung, the top rung and the rungs in between. Now, the question is which rung can you climb to and which rung are you willing to settle on?  If you fail to put forth the effort, how in the world can you expect to move? You gotta climb baby, you gotta climb. Everybody is not making it to the top man, it just ain’t happening. . Some will get a little frustrated and need a hand and some will just plain give up.. That’s just about it in a nutshell. It just doesn’t get much simpler than that folks. It ain’t rocket science man!

Listen up; Folks want to have it good but don’t want to do what it takes to have it good. Good don’t come free and once you get it you got to do what it takes to keep it…All they have is just a lot of lip service..That’s it!!

I get folks approaching me from time to time and talking about Man, you sure got it good. Well hell yeah, but it sure wasn’t always like this. That’s for damn sure.. They’re only seeing the finished product but what they didn’t see was how hard I had to work my ass off to get here. All people see are the trimmings of modest success and never factor in what it entails to get there. Now we got some will attempt to hinder your progress but you gotta keep swimming. They’ll try to grab a hold onto you but you just gotta kick their asses away….I wrote about saboteurs in another piece and these are the folks that want to stop you from making something of yourself. A lot of folks don’t want you to make it because it is a constant reminder of their lack of progress. ….THE HATERS!!!

But the person that really does the most damage is the person who never challenges themselves or the status quo. This person has a self defeatist mentality and attitude and has brain shackled themselves. Yeah that’s right, we can most often times be our own worst enemy!!! All I got to say is what folks had always told me when I was crying that same old bs. Either s–t or get off the pot..

It’s an ocean baby so you either sink or you swim!! Hell yeah it’s rough, it’s hard man, but it is what it is but it doesn’t mean that it always has to remain so..Man you gotta look inside and find that warrior, that fighting spirit that is within you if you want something meaningful out of life. You gotta get on with the mission man..My auntie Liz said to me once (boy, there ain’t no pie in the sky and you weren’t born with a silver spoon in your mouth). Duhh…Well I had no idea what the heck she was talking about at the time ( wish I did) because it sure would have alleviated a lot of pain, disappointments and bad decisions. But hey, I eventually got it and knew that I had to swim those waters or climb that ladder. I believe that I am a much better person for the experience..We live and we learn…Hopefully we get it a lot earlier. Same Ocean, Different Pools of Water…

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So which pool of water will you swim in or how high on the ladder will you climb???

One last thought: If you are in the darkness would you not build a fire or light a light so that you can see? Same principle in life. Why wander around in the darkness when you can light up your way with education and knowledge… Light up the darkness my brother and sisters. Light it up!!

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Duped

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I find myself often times immersed in moments of introspective contemplation.. Where would I be in this life had it not been for the pioneers who from different walks of life (ethnic groups) helped to blaze the trail for freedom with much pain and immense sacrifice. So much has been given with so little recognition, appreciation or reciprocity for their efforts and accomplishments.

Humanity has benefited and made progress but still we are snared by a tsunami of greed, hypocrisy and a universally rigged system which binds us mentally, economically, socially and educationally. We are unable to realize how we have been manipulated into hating and fighting each other when our primary focus should be directed at those who created the color line and racism to begin with.

You see, white America doesn’t speak about nor teach her history of white slavery in colonial America prior to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. The only slavery that we are familiar with are the African slaves. We haven’t been educated about the Irish slaves who were displaced from their lands, murdered by the British and sent to the sugar cane fields or other plantations throughout the West Indies. They speak not of the British underclass of men, women, children, vagrants, prostitutes, convicts who over populated their country and gallows.. Poverty, hunger, discontent, disease, unemployment, prostitution, murder, corruption and all manner of despicable and illicit behavior was rampant throughout their country. These unfortunate souls became too much of a burden for the English crown and therefore, became a prime target of exploitation by the elite and merchants.

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In The Mist of Rejection and Turmoil

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The pain of rejection is often times unbearable as is the emotional turmoil that accompanies it. We become enveloped and overwhelmed. Clouded thoughts and consumed in a melancholy spirit. Consequentially the rejection gives us cause to search for a passageway to  escapism. We look inward and question ourselves, ( why am I not accepted or what is wrong with me)? We begin to internalize it all thus creating a degree of self-doubt and emotional baggage…..Pathway to self-destruction!!!

Eyes seek solace of heart and recognition of self in the eyes of another which eludes them. Compassion and empathy ? No, they dare not to waste them when they are in desperate need of such themselves. Oh, but yeh walks the way of the fooled among their deceptors…The harshness of rejection leaves one to ponder deeply in search of identity and relevance. A shattered spirit, a questionable existence paired with an abundance of doubt leads to an unstable mind. Have we become the trees rooted in the soil of confusion spread about in the mist of rejection and turmoil?

How do we define ourselves? How do we discover ourselves? How do we grow and flourish? How do we convert an otherwise meaningless existence into one of relevance? How do we make our presence on this earth matter? What we seek no man can bequeath us. Yet we measure our acceptance or rejection from one as the barometer of our very well being…Nonsense!!!

We have been short-changed and we have been sold short by others and ourselves. We have always been labeled as the underclass and appear to have accepted this as the standard-bearer. The higher levels of expectations seem to have either eluded us or have become too much of a challenge, so we are inclined to settle for less. Again I say, Nonsense!!!!

We can not forego the process of rejection and turmoil for they are unavoidable variables that accompany us through life. They inextricably co-exist but we need not become entangled in their snare. Society has rejected us and has for the most part written us off. Have we also done the same? Have we become much too complacent and distracted by the images of false deities? I have one question for you.

How is one group of people able to completely dominate another?

Simple folks, (Mind Control). Through the process of rejection, distraction, turmoil and it’s components. Ignorance by lack of education and knowledge. Reject your skin color, your features, your behavior, your aspirations and your dreams, reject your entire existence to the point of irrelevance until you have begun to reject yourself and others who look like you. You begin to either retaliate by adopting a full non compliance attitude of rejecting their authority and everything they represent or you begin to emulate them while they in turn rip off everything that is representative of you. Our music, our dance, our swag, our vernacular, our hand shakes and our fist bumps, our greetings, our gestures, our skin color and just about our entire vibe..Everything that they so call despise and that which comes from us they have adopted as theirs and we are too distracted and busy warring with each other to notice..

So, in the mist (not midst)of rejection and turmoil we have become lost and unable to see our way clear…We need not allow ourselves to be validated or defined by some individual or group who we just may be better than. But how is one to know when that which we seek has yet to reveal itself to us? Could it be that we are looking in all the wrong places?

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Muhammad Ali once said that most people are looking for a miracle or for some great thing to change their lives. He also said that the gifts are within us. That is where our greatness is and that is where our miracle lies. How could a young African boy during a time of grave peril for Africans in America have the conviction and unshakable courage to stand up to a force most would surrender to? Could it be that it was because he knew who he was and he was also well aware of the greatness that was within him and that no man on earth was going to define him.? He was ostracized and loath by many for standing up for what he believed in and he sacrificed greatly. But he never once silenced his voice nor allowed his spirit and will to be broken. He epitomizes the greatness of self-love, the greatness of self-respect, the greatness of self-awareness and the greatness of self-determination. Ali absorbed all the rejection and he blossomed into greatness..

Ali quote: If you can see it, if you can believe it then you can achieve it…

We were all created by greatness so why not emulate that which has created us?  

Don’t live out your life being a what if…..

Enlightenment is indeed a destructive process. It is a tearing away of all belief and all fiction. It is a breaking down of all preformed ideas, concepts and paradigms, a breaking away of everything you believed to be real or to be true. It is a bringing to light, the stark reality of the world in which we live. It is seeing things as they truly are and not being afraid to call it for what it is. It is stripping your world and mind bare of everything you thought you were, everything you thought you knew and it is in realizing what you are, and what you have, and what you are really and truly doing with your tiny breath of time here in this reality… what everyone is doing… Max Igan

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