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Yimhotep
> I do realize my >perception of the way the >world is are much different >than yours or any people >of color. I'm just >trying to understand why grouping >all white people into a >group and saying that their >whole collective conscious is based >on fear, or they all >feel guilty because of slavery >seems like a good idea >to anyone.
what do u mean "seems like a good idea?" it's not about a good idea or a bad idea. Harriet Tubman's many trips didn't seem like a "good idea." u c i'm not coming from that place where i'm thinking about the kid in Idaho and how he might interpret this, i don't care if he wants to hate black ppl and hip hop more. to do that is FEAR. i can't base my actions off of that, "well, does this seem like a good idea to Tom, Dick and Harry? (Read: White ppl) if so: do it, if not: don't."
do u c the kind of thinking i'm trying to get away from? it's the kind of thinking that shouldn't enter your mind either eric. u don't want to act out of fear and u shouldn't want to encourage anyone else to either.
Every single one of the missions i outlined has everything to do w/ these posts, granted this was supposed to be funny in the beginning, i just knew it wasn't going to get anymore than 5 posts, all w/ titles: LOL. alas, as msgs often do, it has metamorphasized into something more.
black ppl need to understand that they have a coll. consc. that is diff. from what they r experiencing b4 they can transcend their probs. i don't know how else to put it. i'm out of analogies. i mean i was working w/ Qoolskip but he done skipped out on a Kemetian.
there's no doubt about it. Baba Djehuti Q. is a better man than i, he has more patience than i. maybe he gets extra blessings. (BTW Q, the inbox msg was sent b4 i saw any mention of me in your replies) but me personally, i'll have less stress than i would otherwise.
u know Frederisco i can work w/ but really, if ppl can't start w/ a basic acknowledgement, then u'll always be able to point the finger elsewhere and absolve yourself. that's like me saying i have nothing to do w/ the bombings in Afghanistan. i mean how can i not feel guilty for what is taking place? that's my tax money killing those ppl. i benefit from low gas prices, how can i absolve myself from ppl's oppression? that's the difference, i don't run away from it. i accept my responsibility and do my part to counter it until i can remove myself from this place permanently, until i can use my brain power to fuel the economy of a non-oppressive society. u know i have yet to hear a single African (from/on the continent) tell me crap about "why should i feel guilty? it was my ancestors, i didn't have anything to do w/ it. it was the Hausa, the Ibo, the Akan, not me" when it comes to slavery and Our role? maybe that's just my personal experience tho'.
also, here's a tip: don't take everything so literally.
look @ this: >Just as it >would be to assume that >all black people are in >a postion of poverty.
dude i don't care if u r scraping the bottom of an empty garbage can to eat, if u know who u r, i mean truly KNOW yourself u r richer than any black dude in a lex, w/ $10k on his wrist thinking he has absolutely zip to do with Africa.
Shemhotep ************ "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)
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