I am going to talk about the IGNORANCE and ILLITERACY of my RACE.
Please, no one tell me that other RACES do it.
I could care LESS. I AM REFERRING TO NEGROES.
Now have you ever noticed that many of us will SPEND the BIG MONEY on name brand SHOES, CARS, GOLD CHAINS, etc, yet at the same time complain about how EXPENSIVE EDUCATION, FOOD, HEALTH CARE,etc. is?
Why? because many of us still have no CONCEPT of who we are, and for some reason feel that Material things will give us the CHARACTER,SELF LOVE, SELF WORTH, that so many of us are lacking.
We do NOT teach our children about VALUES AND ATTITUDE. NO! We buy them violent VIDEO GAMES ,cell phones, sneakers, and every thing else that THEY DO NOT NEED to be PRODUCTIVE ADULTS, and then when they also FAIL, WE BLAME THE SYSTEM.
I am always in AWE of how IMMIGRANTS from INDIA, CHINA, and many other countries, can leave their HOMELAND and MAKE IT ELSEWHERE, yet for many of us NEGROES, all we do is COMPLAIN, and continue to use SLAVERY as a CRUTCH, because more time WE FEEL SEH SOCIETY OWES US.
I have NOTICED how QUICK some of us are to CRY RACISM, yet we sit by SILENTLY while our BLACK MEN and WOMEN , boys and GIRLS, do NOTHING to EMULATE or UPLIFT our race.
We GLORIFY shows like LOVE AND HIP HOP, REAL HOUSE WIVES OF ATLANTA, yet when people like Dr. Bill Cosby SPEAKS up about what we should be doing, to make ourselves better, Many of us CRUCIFY HIM.
Many who do NOT have the BRAIN CAPACITY to figure out WHAT I AM SAYING, will no DOUBT draw for the UNCLE TOM card, but that is OK, as I would rather been seen as SUCH, (at least I have the CAPACITY TO THINK), than to be STUCK into a mentality that says the COLOR OF MY SKIN DETERMINES MY FATE, because that is RUBBISH.
We run up and down talking about BLACK HISTORY MONTH, yet so many of us have no CONCEPT of that HISTORY or where it even began, but we run wid it cause it meck we feel good.
What we should be is ASHAMED. ASHAMED of the fact that it is only ONE MONTH EVERY YEAR that many of us visit our ROOTS, or talk a bout the STRUGGLES made by many to get us where we are.
We should be ASHAMED that our children glorify people like BEYONCE and JAY Z, but know nothing about STEVE BIKO, APARTHEID or THE GENOCIDE IN RWANDA, etc.
It should NOT take just ONE MONTH for us to FOCUS. Many of our young boys and so called MEN can do so right now by PULLING THEIR PANTS UP, STOP ACTING LIKE THUGS, AND STOP CALLING EACH OTHER “NIGGA”,( and those who think that saying WHATS UP MY NIGGA, is different from the WHITE MAN calling a person of colour NIGGER, are just IGNORANT and ILLITERATE).
Nothing GOOD can come from a word that was used to DEMEAN an ENTIRE RACE OF PEOPLE, GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER.
When Black folks hear sirens, see flashing lights, or someone yells out “police,” they look around and some just start running- weather they’ve done anything or not. They already know from their past experience with the police nothing good could come from encountering them. The only thing police mean to Black folks is false charges, imprisonment, beat downs and possibly getting shot in the back. But strangely and inexplicably, Black folks don’t run when they hear the name Jesus.
The name of the first slave ships to kidnap Black folks from Africa was the Mother Mary and The GoodShip Jesus. The logo in front of The Good Ship Jesus was two Africans bound back to back. The head of all Christian churches, the Pope, said that your ancestors were infidels and it was the white man’s Christian duty to enslave them and teach them about Jesus Christ. Christians built churches over top of the slave dungeons where Africans were shackled. Every Sunday your great, great, great grandparents would hear them singing hymns toJesus while many of them lay raped and dying on the dungeon floors. If that were you could you imagine your grandchildren singing about Jesus and telling people he died for them when it was actually you who died for them? Columbus killed millions of the indigenous population here in America; literally telling some of them he was sending them to meet Jesus.
The on again, off again Christian, King James (who Black folks love his Bible so much) was a slave owner; he peddled in Black flesh. Black folks have never understood that the bible wasn’t intended for them and was compiled by all Europeans; no Blacks or Africans were involved. Christian ministers used the Bible to justify their treatment of our great, great grandparents (1Timothy 6:1-5) and told them they should act as the “good book” says. The racist mobs that use to lynch your cousins down south did so in the name of Jesus. These Christian mobs often hung Black men, women and children as soon as Sunday service was over; all in the name of Jesus. Christian televangelist Pat Robertson said Blacks in Haiti were being punished for their slave uprising; basically being punished for refusing to be good Christian slaves.
The pale, white, Christian minister Jim Jones killed more Black people at one time then any other man in modern history. Some of the Black folks were even running around calling him “father” and “dad.” In 1978 out of the 900 people he killed, telling them they were going to be with Jesus, over 700 were Black folks. Jones forced or coerced his followers to drink a sweet, poisonous concoction; hence the term people use today; “drink the Kool-Aid.” And guess what; the majority of people who escaped death that day were all white folks! David Koresh took his Jesus Christtheology to a whole new level. He told his followers that he himself was actually Jesus. And Black folks believed that too. In fact, they believed it so much dozens of Black folks and their children were shot or burned to death right along with him during the 1993 Waco siege.
George W. Bush said he put his faith in Jesus Christas he sat back and watched all those Black folks starve, drown and die during hurricane Katrina.Christian missionaries who go to Africa in the name of Jesus are still there injecting AIDS, Ebola and other diseases into the unknowing populace. Did you forget, it was a Christian who put Anthrax in your own mailbox? Black folks are extremely reluctant to admit that they have been conned. Instead, they work tirelessly to bring others into their Jesus Christmindset trying to reassure themselves that white folks are right and their own Black ancestors were wrong; never bothering to research the information for themselves.
Every Sunday your pastor tells you the same thing slave masters of old use to tell their slaves aboutJesus. That in of itself seems strange doesn’t it? Why would the slave master give the slave his religion? Answer: To keep him enslaved. The Negro pastor who tells you it’s not the messenger- it’s the message is exactly right. And that message has been clear and consistent for over 450 years now; when Black folks hear the name Jesus….they should run!
**Educate**
The Good Ship Jesus | The Beginning of the British Slave Trade
The Good Ship Jesus
What has come to be referred to as “The Good Ship Jesus” was in fact the “Jesus of Lubeck,” a 700-ton ship purchased by King Henry VIII from the Hanseatic League, a merchant alliance between the cities of Hamburg and Lubeck in Germany. Twenty years after its purchase the ship, in disrepair, was leant to Sir John Hawkins by Queen Elizabeth.
Hawkins, a cousin of Sir Francis Drake, was granted permission from Queen Elizabeth for his first voyage in 1562. He was allowed to carry Africans to the Americas “with their own free consent” and he agreed to this condition. Hawkins had a reputation for being a religious man who required his crew to “serve God daily” and to love one another. Sir Francis Drake accompanied Hawkins on this voyage and subsequent others. Drake, was himself, devoutly religious. Services were held on board twice a day.
John Hawkins Coat of Arms
A bound slave adorns John Hawkins’ coat of arms.
Off the coast of Africa, near Sierra Leone, Hawkins captured 300-500 slaves, mostly by plundering Portugese ships, but also through violence and subterfuge promising Africans free land and riches in the new world. He sold most of the slaves in what is now known as the Dominican Republic. He returned home with a profit and ships laden with ivory, hides, and sugar. Thus began the British slave trade.
On his return to England Queen Elizabeth, livid, assailed Hawkins charging that his endeavor, “, was detestable and would call down vengeance from heaven upon the undertakers.” When Elizabeth became fully aware, however, of the profits to be made she joined in partnership with Hawkins and provided him with the “Jesus of Lubeck,” a.k.a., “The Good Ship Jesus.”
A later slaving expedition in 1567, consisting of five ships and the “Jesus of Lubeck,” met with resistance from the Spaniards at St Juan d’Ulloa in Mexico. Since the slave trade was illegal Spanish colonists usually required a charade of force from British ships, after which they would buy slaves at a discount. This time, however, the Spanish attacked the British ships and the “Jesus of Lubeck,” cumbersome and difficult to maneuver, was sunk and the crew slaughtered. Hawkins escaped with Drake on a smaller ship.
Hawkins, his piratic ambitions dashed, returned to England and remained there in the service of the Queen. He gained distinction for his pivotal role in defeating the Spanish Armada and was knighted in 1588.
The barrage of temptations and distractions are constant in today’s society.
It is daily, hourly,every minute,every second. Will it end? It’s everywhere you go; the cell phones, T.V., radio, magazines, billboards, newspaper, on line, off line. What kind of life are we living? Are we really living? Do we think for ourselves anymore? Do we remember how to FEEL, how to BE?
The simplicity of existence seems to be forgotten by the majority. Is mankind living in a graveyard? Material things are necessary, but don’t get it twisted and allow it to consume and dominate you. Where is the balance in today’s society? Yin and Yang are you alive? The consciousness of man is clearly robotic. Man is as programmed as the T.V. It is evident here on planet Earth that humanity gives more power, more attention, more respect and more love to things; than they do to self, animals, nature and to each other.
We become so addicted to things, things we don’t need or things we are unable to afford. Many steal to get what they desire. The mentality is as such: ” If I don’t get it, I’ll perhaps kill for it, lie for it or even die for it.”
Desperation and greed has captured the minds of mankind. It’s imperative for us to connect with the inner realms of the Soul.
Ajala-Mother Earth and Father sky provides our natural nutrients, all that we need is at our disposal. I look forward to the moment when all of humanity will find their way home, to the divine womb of LIGHT. Beloved ones be not fooled by the endless stream of material things that floods our world. The mind can take you far away to the place of discontent and emptiness.
It’s never about quantity, it’s about quality of living that makes all the difference. All the things acquired cannot give you love or keep you alive. In fact clutter clogs the flow of our goodness. Space is a requirement in order for newness to manifest. Be vigilant, be present and always remember to breathe. Ahhhhhhhhhhh
Brothers and Sister let us keep life alive! It’s never too late to wake up to the essence of NOW! The gloriousness of our breath is a mighty gift, recognize the power of breathing and the beauty of LOVE. Please know what life is for.
The consciousness of man is clearly robotic. Man is as programmed as the T.V. It is evident here on planet Earth that humanity gives more power, more attention, more respect and more love to things; than they do to self, animals, nature and to each other.
Black Liberation Love of N Unity 