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amd1588 · June 27th, 2008, 10:44 AM

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You are SO Right brother. We are so beseech ed by all of these socio-psychological impediments that lead to our own self hatred. Christianity is one of many, in a whole litany of things that we use to keep ourselves ignorant. In fact, organized religion as a whole is deadly to the black mind. We are in an extreme state of self hatred- but it has nothing to do with what "White/Europeans cultures" are doing to us, its what we're doing to ourselves. It is not the White cultures that come into our community and kill us, it is our fellow brother.

On the bus home yesterday from school two brothers were trying to fight on the bus, grown men. They even threaten to shoot each other when they got off the bus, Why ? Because one dude looked at him the wrong way, and hating on his style.
Last week an 11 year old straight A six grader was shot as she laid in her bed taking a nap after school. There was a drive by in her community and the bullet came through her window and ricochet off her wall and bounced back into her forehead. European Culture did NOT Kill that little sister, another Brother did ! These days it doesn't have a thing to do with White Culture, we don't even value our own damn culture. How many young black men you know listen to Jazz ? Bop ? The Blues ? Its our acceptance of ignorance, laziness and mediocrity that is the source of ALL of our problems. And if ever we haven't had it good in our history, today should be the day that we strive towards goals of intellectual, educational and economic success. There is an old Egyptian proverb that says only through the Arts and Sciences can the mind truly liberate itself from its bodily impediments. Our people cant even value knowledge to be free. Yet we sit around, and sit around, talking about White Culture.... Lets take back our culture !

Lets start telling black children it is alright to READ, and to study. And that education does lead to greater opportunity, it may not guarantee you success, but it does opportunity. And the limits are endless for you. Are we too gone for a people ? As of today YES>..... Can It be changed ? I'd like to be optimistic, although it is HARD To do !

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amd1588 Afro Resident Emerging Voice amd1588 is offline Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Atlanta Posts: 373 Thanks: 45 Thanked 114 Times in 81 Posts Rep Power: 22 Credits: 2,469	^^ You are SO Right brother. We are so beseech ed by all of these socio-psychological impediments that lead to our own self hatred. Christianity is one of many, in a whole litany of things that we use to keep ourselves ignorant. In fact, organized religion as a whole is deadly to the black mind. We are in an extreme state of self hatred- but it has nothing to do with what "White/Europeans cultures" are doing to us, its what we're doing to ourselves. It is not the White cultures that come into our community and kill us, it is our fellow brother. On the bus home yesterday from school two brothers were trying to fight on the bus, grown men. They even threaten to shoot each other when they got off the bus, Why ? Because one dude looked at him the wrong way, and hating on his style. Last week an 11 year old straight A six grader was shot as she laid in her bed taking a nap after school. There was a drive by in her community and the bullet came through her window and ricochet off her wall and bounced back into her forehead. European Culture did NOT Kill that little sister, another Brother did ! These days it doesn't have a thing to do with White Culture, we don't even value our own damn culture. How many young black men you know listen to Jazz ? Bop ? The Blues ? Its our acceptance of ignorance, laziness and mediocrity that is the source of ALL of our problems. And if ever we haven't had it good in our history, today should be the day that we strive towards goals of intellectual, educational and economic success. There is an old Egyptian proverb that says only through the Arts and Sciences can the mind truly liberate itself from its bodily impediments. Our people cant even value knowledge to be free. Yet we sit around, and sit around, talking about White Culture.... Lets take back our culture ! Lets start telling black children it is alright to READ, and to study. And that education does lead to greater opportunity, it may not guarantee you success, but it does opportunity. And the limits are endless for you. Are we too gone for a people ? As of today YES>..... Can It be changed ? I'd like to be optimistic, although it is HARD To do !