Yimhotep

>"about "death": whites "believe" in heaven
>and hell but that's it.
>u live, u die, go
>to your respective places. u
>don't take part in the
>events on earth after u
>make the transition. u do
>not guide those here, u
>are separate and apart from
>those unborn, those who went
>b4. and u don't come
>back. if this were a
>part of my consciousnes i
>would be scared to die
>too, this is it, i
>only have "one life to
>live"!"
>
>white conciousness on the whole... yes.
>but not everyone. long as
>you recognize that.

this was all it ever was about. the consciousness of the ppl. u all share this same consciousness (the root (or one of them) of which is, IMO, fear). of course not every individual will display the EXACT egs i gave but the egs are only to point to something larger.


>"u asked if i'm referring specifically
>to Kemet b/c u c
>i'm "into" that. it's into
>me. i was referring specifically
>to Africa. all over Africa
>(u can talk about nations
>*not tribes* and there will
>be differences, but there _is_
>an African consciousness) this idea
>persists. Africans in America pour
>libation (look @ R. Kelly
>in that video remembering those
>who had passed) just as
>our family does thousands of
>miles away, even tho' we
>(supposedly) don't know anything about
>them."
>
>no one said you don't know
>anything about them so no
>need to be condescending alright?


slow your roll, wasn't nobody being condescending. ppl have laughed @ me when i suggest that Africans thruout the diaspora have a common consciousness. when i say (supposedly) i mean we truly "know" b/c we act it out, but don't "know" in everyday sense of the word. anyway.

>we pour libations too so
>that's not much of an
>example but i get what
>you're trying to say. but
>if black ppl (and now
>don't go takin this the
>wrong way cuz i'm not
>suggesting this is any kind
>of thing that should be
>done) are so disatached from
>the society (american) that they
>live, why hasn't the idea
>of repatriation as propagated throughout
>american history by ppl, such
>as marcus garvey the most
>obvious example, ever really picked
>up?

that idea was picked up. look @ the history of Marcus Garvey's movement and how it "died" and u'll find your answer. also i mentioned somewhere in here that anyone brought up in the "white" way who is incapable of seeing that it is just that, "a" way and not _the_ way and not _their_ way will exhibit the same characteristics, HOWEVER it must be realized that this is not necessarily a part of said ppl's collective consciousness.


i mean, i don't
>got much of a choice,
>europe might be different but
>it ain't different enough for
>me to want to be
>part of it.

the best thing u could do IMO is just recognize that the consciousness exists, see what it is and if it truly disturbs u, try and change it in yourself and your progeny. i don't know if it's doable to change the consciousness on a mass level. but u will certainly have more luck than i, the mere mention of "white ppl" out of my mouth makes me racist, u however, ppl might be more willing to listen to u. and encourage white ppl, not to be fearful, if they can remove this fear from themselves, then their dealings w/ others will be a whole lot better.


>but seeing as i'm just a
>guilty white girl making this
>thread go 200+ you don't
>have to answer, we can
>just as easily drop it.
>

direct your stuff to the right person ok?

Shemhotep
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"Be not arrogant because of your knowledge. Take counsel with the ignorant as well as with the wise. For the limits of knowledge in any field have never been set and no one has ever reached them. Wisdom is rarer than emeralds, and yet it is found among the women who gather at the grindstones."
-The Book of Ptahhotep(excerpt)