John Brown Speaks To Me

John Brown speaks to me. We talk about how courageous it is to stand up for high principles. If principles are too much you should have ideals. We laugh about how the people who created a false mythology about a whole group to brutalize and enslave them call Brown crazy. Brown and I talk about how much chemicals or drugs have taken away the courage of so many people these days. We all know what the problems are, but too many of us would rather sit passively as problems rise. I have seen people killed by problems that could easily have been solved if the person had shown a bit of motivation. Brown says that when there is an injustice we should meet it with justice in the most aggressive way. I agree with him. When I see NYPD killing us I say shut them out of our community altogether. When parents are abusive we should take children from them as a community. I tell John Brown that if he were riding against slave masters today he would probably be riding alone.

Review Of Blink By Malcolm Blackwell

Blink by Malcolm Gladwell is a book about where our decisions come from. If you are enlightened you may be in tuned with your sub conscious mind. We all know that the number of people that fit into this category is tiny. Most of the people existing react to situations or follow orders. Almost everyone you come across makes decisions based on gut instincts or faulty learning systems. Blink shows how this form of decision making leads to tragic events. Some people have been taught to think a certain way about other people, places, and things. When the misled come in contact with people, places and things that they were ill informed about, it usually ends badly.  Gladwell points out that solving this problem is not as easy as punishing the person who commits deadly acts based on ignorance because we are not in control of our educational systems until late in our lives. Even as adults we are forced to go along with certain systems in order to maintain food, clothing and shelter. As the systems have broken down now is a good time to create better systems. Read Blink by Malcolm Gladwell to see how to create real educational systems.

Review Of Kemet, Afrocentricity, And Knowledge By Molefi Kete Asante

Kemet, Afrocentricity, and Knowledge by Molefi Kete Asante is an important book. I learned a lot about the culture that my community should have. It set me on a mental journey to find out why our community does not care about anything any more. I found from all of my research that the members of my community have chosen to dedicate themselves to working for others and entertaining themselves. It is a shame that this is their choice because Asante is great thinker who deserves to be held in high esteem in our community. Instead as a people we have chosen to honor Jay Z, Oprah Winfrey, and Barack Obama. None of these types of people have done anything to further a healthy culture for our community. If anyone wants to know what dark people could be instead of the abomination they have become, read Kemet, Afrocentricity, and Knowledge by Molefi Kete Asante.

The Proper Use Of Hip Hop

After watching a few performances from the 2014 Grammy Awards spectacle it was clear that some people are not using hip hop properly. Hip Hop is an art form created by an oppressed youth to expose social ills. Some have always used hip hop to have fun, but even then we were partying to escape social ills for a moment. At the Grammys one hip hop artist used hip hop to grind with his almost nude wife. He was selling sex for personal financial gain. Another hip hop artist was using hip hop to push for same sex marriage rights. You may disagree with same sex marriage, but you’d have to agree that this is closer to the true spirit of hip hop. The most disturbing part about the artist who used hip hop like a prostitute is that he is an artist who was around when the art form was at its purest. He also comes from the community that developed hip hop. It seems that some of us need a refresher course on the proper use of hip hop. Of course those who need to remember most about hip hop are the least interested in the art of hip hop.

Children Do The Best Touch Down Dances

Children are wonderful. They can play together without hang ups that adults have. Children are supposed to play. Adults are supposed to make sure that children can play safely.

Review Of Racial And Ethnic Groups By Richard T. Schaefer

I studied Racial and ethnic Groups by Richard T. Schaefer in a psychology class. I dropped out of the class because the professor was really too busy to teach it, but I kept the book. Schaefer provides the psychological make up of different ethnic groups in the United States. If you think that you are just an individual American you are insane. We all belong to ethnic groups and we are as developed as our groups. When we rise beyond the group while the group is unhealthy we crash and burn. Schaefer exposes how the system of the United States affects all of the ethnic groups living here as well as how these groups deal with the system. Almost all of the ethnic groups create alternative systems to compensate for what the dominate system neglects to do or does to harm them. The only ethnic group that allows themselves to be attacked without answer is the African American, or what I call the dark people. Racial and Ethnic Groups by Richard T. Schaefer is one of my favorite books. I go back to it constantly for information and so will you.

State Of The Union 2014

Obama’s state of the union speech is a great example of illusion. You cannot have a state of a union when there is no union. Southern states will never accept Barack Obama as a leader because he is a senator from Illinois and a product of the emancipation proclamation. Southern states will never embrace someone who represents what they believe is a war crime. The northern states only tolerate Obama because he allows them to empty urban centers by any means necessary for what ever purpose. Without a union everything falls back on communities. If you belong to a community that creates cooperatives for food, clothing, and shelter you are fine. If you belong to a community that does not cooperate you are in trouble. All the hard work you do as an individual is wasted if you are in a dead community. Go outside and look around you. That is the state of your union.