Intellectual Free Post
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Started by RevolutionarySistah
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May 2004
RevolutionarySistah
Los Angeles, CA
....aiight, so I see people starting free posts all the time, I figure I can do it too. Only twist is, if you gon' post something......let it be intellectual
(i.e nothing about a party, grad nite, or shout-outs)
something tells me this post is gon' die quickly....... :roll: oh well, i gave it a shot!
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I honestly believe that the major key to changing the state that black people are in at this time is, RE-DISCOVERING the importance of EDUCATION. It is truly the key to our liberation. Today we really don't have as much enthusiasm towards education as we should have.
No white man controls us or holds us down we are the MASTERS of OUR OWN DESTINIES!!!!!!
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I am in tune with what is being said by most in this thread. It is an extremely hard problem to find a solution for. de Bohème said:
>> Get rid of all forms of projected-racism found in commercial hip hop
Not only projected-racism, but the materialism that hip hop is blasting into the community. That needs to go. People can't pay bills but they have 22's. Is that really necessary to get attention? What about the person inside.
>> Black developed/supported education systems that stem beyond HBCUs; we need black elementary schools and high schools.
Are you talking about private black elementary schools, or public? If private the communities that need them wont have the funds to send their students (or maybe a free private school? is it possible? yes).
>> decrease/elimante the epidemic of teenage parenting.
Definitely.
I live in West End, Atlanta (AUC!) in the heart of where the civil rights struggle took place. I can see the progress since then and let me assure you.... there is none. I would go so far as to say we've digressed in these areas. The thing is there is no desire in these communities to live a different life. Children don't excel because their parents didn't. Youngsters hug the block because the older cats do it. This is the cycle they find themselves in.
However, the cycle could end simply if the individuals decided to do something greater with their lives. Nothing is stronger than the will! It takes a concious decision. But these individuals see nothing but the materialism portrayed in the media and the rims spinning outside which they want to imitate. Not knowing all along true fulfillment comes from inside.
The powers that be know what is going on in the majority black city of Atlanta, yet they let it continue because they need it. Capitalism requires at least %5 of the population to live in poverty. I see mechanisms in place/action which I have interacted with. The prison systems, ****, especially crack and ****. There is no way that black people after slavery had the means to supply so much dope to the community. It was supplied by yours and my government. However, it is still the choice of the individual to go that route.
I think one thing need to do is present alternate choices that may have been overlooked for those that are caught in this trap. I say one thing because there is so much more that needs to be done.
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REALity wrote:I can see the progress since then and let me assure you.... there is none. I would go so far as to say we've digressed in these areas.
de boheme wrote:>> Black developed/supported education systems that stem beyond HBCUs; we need black elementary schools and high schools.
