Education viz-a-viz Training: Bobby Wright

[Baba Ahmed]

"We must be about the business of liberating the minds of Black children. In order for that to occur, the minds of all Blacks who interact with them must also be liberated. There is no other way.

It is relatively easy to educate Black children, even about their Africanity. But, it is extremely difficult to reinforce the education. Therefore, even sitting in the same classroom, white children will be 'educated' and Black children will be 'trained.' The white child will be taught how to rule and the Black child trained to be ruled. 'Training' is defined as teaching a group what to think rather than how to think, making them dependent rather than assisting in developing skills which could be used for independent activity, rewarding behavior that operates against their group's interest, promoting individual rather than group achievement, and instilling negative self-concepts and low self-esteem.

The opposite of the above mentacidal process (training) is education in which the learning process becomes a liberating force. Black independent schools are important not only for how they teach but for what is taught. Their purpose of instilling within Black children an 'Afrikan Worldview' is the most important activity those children will ever experience. Black parents whose children are not in independent schools should at a minimum expose them to a well-structured supplemental Black educational program.

Some of the most dangerous Blacks in the world are many of those brothers and sisters who finished graduate school 'with honors' and yet operate against the interest of Blacks because of their eurocentric orientation. The writer does not mean to imply that Blacks should not attempt to achieve high levels of 'training' in white institutions, but should be aware that it is not 'education' they are receiving."

Bobby E. Wright
"The Black Child -- A Destiny in Jeopardy"

[jacqui]

Oh Baba, as you may know I absolutely love the works of Dr. Bobby Wright. He wrote the most powerful book I ever read and that was The Psychopathic Racial Personality. It is only 33 pages but it really turned my life around.

Your last paragraph says an awful lot and is sooooo very true. Thanks again.

[Baba Ahmed]

Thanks; yeah I must get that "booklet" with knowledge that equals or surpasses many of today's Ph.D required publishings by our folk. Such scholar/warriors continue to remind and show us definite differences btween eurocentric and AfriCentric worldviews. Schools generally are not structured to expose it. Rightfully so. We've been indoctrinated so long that often an argument to reveal this is taken as personal affronts by our "educated" Black folk.

I can imagine some pain to awaken at say 25 or 30 years old to see that what we've invested money, time and dedication to was/is not education! For us...