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if you can not hear them
“if you can not
hear
them,
ask the ancestors
to
speak louder.
they only whisper
so
as not to frighten you.
they know
they have been convinced
coerced
spooked
out of your skin.”
- connection, nayyirah waheed.
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Winter Solstice: Idrenhood Care, Will & Good Excuses
Thousands
of years before birth of Abram in Ur, Afrikans told star stories. In one version, the Afrikans’ King Wsr was murdered
by his brother Swth (hater: red-desert, evil one, Septyphan, Set, Cain) and his body was scattered in pieces. The Afrikans erected whole Tejen (obelisks)
when their Queen Wst (or ‘beloved’ of wsr: ‘merit’ ausar or ‘maryam’, or ‘mary’)
warned of the justice to come to those ‘unman-ners’ of her husband. (...millennia later, Americans 'erected' brick-made obelisk in their capital & early graveyards…poor quality, poor will, no care & no context). Now, this carefull Afrikan queen ‘ritualed’
her dead husband (penis) and immaculately conceived a son Hrw. Sun. Dead today. Star story. Erection. Rising again: begins new cycle of life,
growth & WILL. Good (fertility, river soil nutrients cycle, positivity, 'good' aspects of creator) can come again, and correct/justice 'back' the Hate (the red ones, the desert, 'evil' creator). Sinteer nicClaes & Tejen-stealing greco/roman/yesuhans had (have) no care and no justice. That is why we, the children of those observant Afrikans, WILL stand in predawn market lines for Jordans Nike (victories).
Our
Afrikan sons do not think better of themselves and their manhood. And our Afrikan daughters do not think better
of themselves and their womanhood. With
knowledge of self, today, is a good excuse to do so.
Happy Solstice, Idren (smile).
Laura Nelson's Wedding Ring
Is that a ring? A wedding ring? She was too fierce for them to take it, no? Awo.
100 Years Ago - Federal Reserve Note...
1913 ...a group of
bankers funded and staffed Woodrow Wilson's campaign for President to push the
Federal Reserve Act through Congress. He had committed to sign this act. a
Senator, Nelson Aldrich, maternal grandfather to the Rockefellers, pushed the
Federal Reserve Act through Congress just before Christmas when much of
Congress was on vacation.
Obama Terms: The Slave Holiday
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“…on Christmas day, 1833. The days
between Christmas and New Year’s day are allowed as holidays; and, accordingly, we were
not required to perform any labor, more than to feed and take care of the
stock. This time we regarded as our own, by the grace of our masters; and we
therefore used or abused it nearly as we pleased.
Those of us who had families at a distance, were
generally allowed to spend the whole six days in their society. This time,
however, was spent in various ways. The staid, sober, thinking and industrious
ones of our number would employ themselves in making corn-brooms, mats,
horse-collars, and baskets; and another class of us would spend the time in
hunting opossums, hares, and coons. But by far the larger part engaged in such
sports and merriments as playing ball, wrestling, running foot-races, fiddling,
dancing, and drinking whisky; and this latter mode of spending the time was by
far the most agreeable to the feelings of our masters. A slave who would work during the holidays was considered by our
masters as scarcely deserving them. He was regarded as one who rejected the
favor of his master. It was deemed a
disgrace not to get drunk at Christmas; and he was regarded as lazy indeed, who had not provided himself with the
necessary means, during the year, to get whisky enough to last him through
Christmas.
From what I know of the effect of these holidays upon
the slave, I believe them to be among the most effective means in the hands of
the slaveholder in keeping down the spirit of insurrection. Were the
slaveholders at once to abandon this practice, I have not the slightest doubt
it would lead to an immediate insurrection among the slaves. These holidays serve as conductors, or
safety-valves, to carry off the rebellious spirit of enslaved humanity. But
for these, the slave would be forced up to the wildest desperation; and woe betide the slaveholder, the day he
ventures to remove or hinder the operation of those conductors! I warn him
that, in such an event, a spirit will go forth in their midst, more to be
dreaded than the most appalling earthquake.
The holidays
are part and parcel of the gross fraud, wrong, and inhumanity of slavery. They are professedly a
custom established by the benevolence of the slaveholders; but I undertake to
say, it is the result of selfishness, and one of the grossest frauds committed
upon the down-trodden slave. They do not give the slaves this time because they
would not like to have their work during its continuance, but because they know
it would be unsafe to deprive them of it. This will be seen by the fact, that
the slaveholders like to have their slaves spend those days just in such a
manner as to make them as glad of their ending as of their beginning. Their
object seems to be, to disgust their slaves with freedom, by plunging them into
the lowest depths of dissipation. For instance, the slaveholders not only like
to see the slave drink of his own accord, but will adopt various plans to make
him drunk. One plan is, to make bets on their slaves, as to who can drink the
most whisky without getting drunk; and in this way they succeed in getting
whole multitudes to drink to excess. Thus, when the slave asks for virtuous
freedom, the cunning slaveholder, knowing his ignorance, cheats him with a dose of vicious dissipation, artfully labelled
with the name of liberty. The most of us used to drink it down, and the result
was just what might be supposed; many of us were led to think that there was little to choose between liberty and
slavery. We felt, and very
properly too, that we had almost as well be slaves to man as to rum. So, when
the holidays ended, we staggered up from the filth of our wallowing, took a
long breath, and marched to the field,–feeling, upon the whole, rather glad to
go, from what our master had deceived us into a belief was freedom, back to the
arms of slavery.
I have said that this mode of treatment is a part of the whole system of fraud and
inhumanity of slavery. It is so. The mode here adopted to disgust the slave
with freedom, by allowing him to see only the abuse of it, is carried out in
other things. ”
~Frederick Douglas
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Genealogy civil war
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Ilê Ayê, Bahia’s oldest bloco afro,
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7 Powerful Ways Black People Can Obliterate White Supremacy Right Now
by Dr. Boyce Watkins
I don’t know about you, but I AM SICK OF IT. I am sick of living in a world where my people finish last. I’m tired of seeing our kids being brainwashed into becoming drug-addicted, womanizing, lazy, wannabe thugs by a media industry that is determined to destroy us. I’m sick of seeing black people filling the welfare lines and unemployment offices. I’m tired of seeing black teenagers dying a physical and spiritual deαth before they ever have a chance to live.
I’m sick of people believing that white is right and black is inferior. I’m tired of celebrities, athletes and powerful black people who believe that they have no obligation to help anyone other than themselves. I’m “syka blak yuth hoo rite lyke dis” on Facebook because their educational systems have failed them and left them functionally illiterate. I’m tired of seeing people having baby showers without even wondering, asking or reflecting on who the father was. I’m tired of seeing so many members of the black middle class enduring workplace discrimination on a regular basis and not feeling that they have any way to remedy the disparity. I’m tired of people telling us that racism is a figment of our imagination and that the only conclusion is that we are inherently inferior. I’m tired of black teens being embarrassed and ridiculed for working hard or being highly educated. I’m sick of seeing our kids dying in the streets over nonsense.
I’m just tired of it, tired of it all, and I believe that you are tired too.
The reason I put together the New Paradigm Movement is because I was determined to do everything in my power to leave something to our children before I get old and die. We’ve taken the tour to three cities, including Chicago, New York and Washington DC, and are calling on all empowered and action-oriented voices in our community to share clear action steps that will allow us to rise above the sociological, economic swamp that drowns our babies before they are even born.
We know that white supremacy is real, and most of us have experienced racism up close. The problem is that, when we speak on these issues, no one is listening. Well, I could care less if anyone else is listening on this matter, because it’s about time we start listening to OURSELVES. Here are 7 things that all of us can do right now to engage in a new paradigm of thought and action, thus stopping white supremacy in its tracks:
1) Every black child should be homeschooled, even if they go to school someplace else: We know that many of our schools are failing. We also know that our kids are being left either uneducated or miseducated by a school system that doesn’t care about them. This is where we step in. After school, during weekends and holidays, that’s when you should be using the Internet to teach your child the basics of black history, how to start a business, how to be a good parent and how to survive and succeed. We must all be a part of that child’s educational process.
2) Every black child should be taught the basics of entrepreneurship, even if they work for somebody else: Children must learn to earn their own money the way you learn to grow your own food. It’s not logical to depend upon the descendants of your historical oppressors in order to get the things you need. It only leaves you in a position of weakness.
3) We must be willing to pay the cost of our own freedom by supporting black-owned institutions: It is critical that we support our own institutions, including HBCUs, community groups, and civil rights organizations. If we don’t support our own organizations, then who will?
4) We must rebuild the family unit and broken black relationships: The black family has been destroyed over the last 40 years, largely by the War on Drugs and Mass Incarceration. Now, our children must be re-educated on the fundamental skills necessary to build and sustain a strong family unit. This starts with learning how to manage and negotiate relationships, and giving our children a fighting chance at having a functional two-parent upbringing.
5) We must build better children: Too many young men are never taught how to be men, husbands or fathers and are misled by mass media into disrespecting black women. Too many young women never learn the value of respecting manhood or themselves. This must be changed so that when those young children reach adulthood, they can emerge as healthy, whole individuals capable of raising productive, safe and balanced children themselves. We must also confront the tragic mental health consequences resulting from the destruction of our families and mass incarceration.
6) We must be economically intelligent: Your money is your power, so why are we always so determined to give it all away? The key to liberation in a capitalist society is to understand and harness the power of money. We must support black-owned businesses, embrace the concept of financial literacy, teach the value of ownership and become savers and investors rather than borrowers and consumers. As a Finance professor, I can tell you that the key reason for chronic black unemployment is the absence of black-owned businesses. The next front in the fight for equality is going to be on the economic landscape.
7) Black leadership must be de-centralized: No longer should we define and confine black leadership to be represented by two or three figureheads that are burdened to lift 40 million people. Our community is filled with brilliant individuals from all walks of life, many of whom are quite capable of sharing viewpoints and ideas that can inspire and uplift those around them. Our belief is that we can ALL play a role in elevating our communities, since we are all positioned to be leaders within our own space. A mother and father can lead their own children. A teen can lead the people around him. A teacher leads her class. A strong man can lead our boys toward manhood. The fact of the matter is that black leadership starts in your living room and when it comes to solving the problems of our community, we need all hands on deck.
I’m tired of being tired, and I’m sick of being sick. It’s time for a New Paradigm in Black America, and I hope that you agree.
Egyptian Language:The Mountains of the Moon, Niger-Congo Speakers and the Origin of Egypt
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...believes he was making up signs as he went along... LMBO
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This is so funny to me. I can't stop laughing. If this brother (who looks like the mechanic in Jill Scott's The #1 Ladies Detective Agency) did this as a f.u. to the global elites - a kind of, yall full of **it, talkin' but sayin' nuthin - then god bless him. If not, doesn't matter, I can not stop laughing. -maybe he is someone's cousin who got him the job, and he just hustled it...good for him (big smile).
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The Fast Runner Trilogy Video on Demand (VOD)
Three unique Inuit films expressing the dramatic history of one of the world’s oldest oral cultures from it’s own point of view.
“A masterpiece... The first national cinema of the 21st century.” – A.O. Scott, NY Times review of Atanarjuat The Fast Runner, 2002.
“A masterpiece... The first national cinema of the 21st century.” – A.O. Scott, NY Times review of Atanarjuat The Fast Runner, 2002.
Service of My Vision
“When I dare to be powerful—to use my strength in the
service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am
afraid.”
~Audre
Lorde
How should tears come?
“How should tears come?
What would I be regretting then? In the decline of my life I have found
it hard to take out anything that has found its way into my spirit and to say
of it that it has brought with it peace and the good stillness which
understanding brings.”
~Ayi Kwei Armah, Fragments
Free Men?
“The people would grumble and complain to the English
Commissioner who was indulgent and showed mercy. And in this way they sowed hatred in the
hearts of the people for us, their kinsmen, and love for the colonizers, the
intruders. Mark these words of mine, my
son. Has not the country become
independent? Have we not become free men in our own country? Be sure, though, that they will direct our
affairs from afar. This is because they
have left behind them people who think as they do.”
~Tayeb
Salih, Season of Migration to the North
System of Education Prepared Us For
“If we have lost touch with what our forefathers discovered
and knew, this has been due to the system of education to which we were
introduced. This system of education
prepared us for a subservient role to Europe and things European. The educational system which we devise today
must equip us with the resources of a personality and force strong enough to
meet the extensiveness of the African presence and situation.”
~Kwame
Nkrumah
Capitol Junk
“You
will not find in history an Afrikan people practicing Afrikan religion waging
war or jihad based on their spiritual beliefs against others, it doesn’t
exist. That should tell you something.”
~Wole Wanyika
Before Alexander of Macedon
“Nothing
in Africa had any European influence before 332 B.C. If you have 10,000 years behind you before
you even saw a European, then who gave you the idea that he moved from the
ice-age, came all the way into Africa and built a great civilization and
disappeared, when he had not built a shoe for himself or a house with a
window?”
~Dr. John Henrik Clarke
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Primate Educator
“Do not show wisdom, where there is wisdom.”
~Kenyan
ProverbThe animal on the left is not only teaching...he is teaching the most important thing: survival. He is clearly hungry. So his instruction is a benefit to the student and the teacher. Black folks can not teach their children this way (here). It is forbidden by beast-heart.
Africa’s Oldest Known Boat 8000 years
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Anda brouwzeu (smile)
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Watchers watched. (vieola anyone?)
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Nobel (ytboipreyes) = tnt
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Beast-heart Way IS Killing Our World
No black man defense. No beast-heart vision.
Lil' man.*
Beast-heart way,
is killing our world.
*lil' Man basically intended to STOP the cop from practicing Racism White Supremacy in a different way than his his sister. His sister tried to reason, he wanted to terminate beast-heart's action. His sister wanted to reason. He was beyond reason.
Full video.
"54 year old homeowner"
..dis fruitaa 2013 apartheid beast-heart amerikkka.
- - - -
- - - -
"There is no argument that can be made to justify the killing
of Renisha
McBride as Whites ride under the protection of the obliviousness
created by White privilege and a justice system that exists to uphold White
supremacy, not fairness and certainly not justice.
I have been accosted by drunk White men and recently had my
privacy invaded at home by a random White woman, which I wrote about
here: Unlike
Renisha McBride, A White Woman Came To My Door (Not Even For Help) And Lived
Another Day. I did not murder any of them. Whites have spit on my life
since childhood and I have not taken a life and most certainly not for someone
knocking on my door. Yet Whites I’ve seen who seem to cheer her death have
the audacity to attempt righteous indignation about her toxicology report
released to the media for mass use even as “54 year old homeowner” has replaced
this man’s name? Whites are really trying to have righteous indignation
regarding alcohol? Do they know what they are like when drunk? Do they know the
chaos they cause? Do they know the hell of dealing with them in a
corporate workspace,college campus, restaurant or neighborhood when drunk?
The entitlement and White privilege plus lack of inhibition? The hell that
causes people.
A murder victim is being treated as a criminal. Still no
charges filed and she’s already been buried. Yet the smear campaign against her
continues and the quasi-anonymity for
the killer continues. In a White supremacist society, Black victims are treated
like criminals and Black criminals are treated like animals.
And since a part of White supremacy includes the
toddler-like nature that many Whites approach race with, all of your derailment and
excuses are covered here so no need to add them to my post: I
don’t care if “all” Whites are not like this; no I am not the “real”
racist; no,
Black people aren’t racist towards you; no,
racism isn’t just insults; no, this
incident is not
isolated; no, this is not about drones or President
Obama—mentioned as a way for you to erase what has happened here; no this
is not about the White
supremacist label “Black on Black” crime that you think Black people
are “happy” about, when most crime is intraracial (including “White on White”
crime) and Black people who harm Whites pay heavily when Whites who harm Black
people do
not; and no, this is not about some “generic” issue where “anyone” is
capable of doing badly. Race cannot be erased from a history that used our
blood as its ink for its story.
I am tired of even having to write a
disclaimer on my posts because your White supremacist petulance includes a lack
of critical thinking, lack of boundaries, repetition of easily refuted
derailment and a lack of self-control. I am…tired. I cannot even have a conversation
on something like this—which is so stressful already—without having to address
bigots every step of the way. Fuck you for this."
Anyway, some important information/links:
- Vigil: In Detroit, Saturday, 11/16/13, 4:00pm
- Demand Justice: Dearborn Heights Police Dept - (313) 277-6770
- Petition: Color of Change - Demand justice for Renisha McBride
- Petition: MoveOn - Treat Wayne Co. Prosecutors Office: Treat Renisha McBride’s death as a crime
- Petition: US Human Rights Network - Petition to bring Renisha McBride’s killer to justice
- Justice For Renisha McBride on Facebook
- Democracy Now: with dream hampton discussing the case
- Voices of Detroit: independent paper with story on the case
All of my posts on this are tagged under her name: Renisha McBride
Just like...
“The gun “accidentally” went off. The killer is “coincidentally” white. The dead woman is “unfortunately” black. These murders “oddly” keep happening. It’s all an “accident”, a “coincidence”, “unfortunate”, like slavery & Jim Crow & the KKK & the prison industrial complex & racist drug laws & police brutality.”
- Remi Kanazi (via gloomy-black-girl-blogging)
By the time we are 7
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East Coast vs West Coast? Rap Lyrics Visualised - Kantar Information Is Beautiful Awards
East Coast vs West Coast? Rap Lyrics Visualised - Kantar Information Is Beautiful Awards:
Not sure where they get their lyrics db from...but still interesting. Show to kids for their thoughts.
Not sure where they get their lyrics db from...but still interesting. Show to kids for their thoughts.
Survival: the largest part of education..
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Sacrilege
"one-who-yawns:
lastrealindians:
86 years ago today (1927)..." http://feedly.com/k/1645AaS
Christopher Columbus was awful (but this other guy was not) - The Oatmeal
Worth a read (this Cristoforo Comebluff us day)...& forgot to mention Columbus was a rapist of native children and bragged about it in his journal... but the great 'father' "de las casas" was a devil through and through too. Don't sleep. DONnnt.
Christopher Columbus was awful (but this other guy was not) - The Oatmeal:
Christopher Columbus was awful (but this other guy was not) - The Oatmeal:
Data storage...
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Online Teaching: Quizlet, Constitute & Bee Line Reader
Quizlet - simple tools that let you study anything. FREE.
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BeeLine Reader makes reading faster and easier by using a colorgradient that guides your eyes from the end of one line to the beginning ofthe next. This gradient makes you less likely to skip or repeat lines, so youread faster. See it in action below, or install our extension now.
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