Hotep everyone, and welcome back to my website, http://www.bonafidekafele.tk/, I apologize for the delay from updating and posting valuable information on my site. I have been occupied by collegiate studies, personal reading, working, thinking and relaxing during the small amount of time that I do relax or "chill". Besides the fact, I still find time to stay diligent in work pertinent towards the liberation of the minds of my people. As I was cogitating and meditating as I usually do, one of the main notions or beliefs that came to my mind which I feel is inevitably important if we as a people are going to live in peace, love, harmony and prosperity- individually, collectively and spiritually is if we were to Think for ourselves.
The reason why this world is chaotic, separated, divided, unpredictable, despicable and corrupt is because people have been thoroughly manipulated, miseducated, misinformed, and oppressed. This is a world filled with propaganda where people promulgate, propagate, promote, persuade and proselytize or convert a group of people to a certain point of view to for most part, benefit the brainchild, author or authority of the message. There is political propaganda (especially during election times), religious propaganda (in churches, mosques, television, etc), educational propaganda, media propaganda, business propaganda and many others to name. Meaning that every day millions of messages are being indoctrinated or instilled into our minds and usually the people creating these messages have ulterior motives to keep a people mentally controlled.
In society, various factions or groups of people have various agendas for the masses of people and there are people that propagandize certain doctrines to control the minds of others and once you control their minds, you contemporaneously control their body or actions. Dr. Carter G. Woodson said it best when he said "when you control a man's thinking, you do not have to worry about his actions, you do not have to tell him not to stand here, there or yonder, he will find his proper place in stay in it. You don't need to send him to the backdoor because he will go without being told, in fact if there is no backdoor he will cut one for his special benefit, his education makes it necessary." In today's society it is sufficient proof that the masses of people of African descent have been thoroughly miseducated in the school systems, through a propaganda of history through a conservative American and Eurocentric standpoint which teaches us that Black history started during slavery, that Africa was a "jungle", that the Greek and other European philosophers/ inventors learned all of the philosophies we follow today on their own, that Europe civilized Africa, etc.
The American and Eurocentric propaganda is to inculcate, "educate" and proselytize us African Americans to look at Europeans as superior and us as inferior by having our history start during slavery time. Also in the media, the media depict or delineate African Americans for the most part as illiterate, ignorant, disgraceful, humble, extremely religious, impoverished, gullible, self-hating, violent, etc. Through media depiction, this basically is the preface for the cause of a lot of the negativity affecting our community. We as a people are mentally slaved through the propaganda from other forces besides educating ourselves and thinking for ourselves. We need to form our own propaganda through teaching the doctrines of self-reliance, race pride, economic independence, social and political power, unity and nationalism. The only way we could teach and understand this doctrine is through thinking for ourselves, comparing various propaganda and formulating our own opinions in life. Since we are of African descent, we need to think for ourselves and relies the obligation to be self reliant for ourselves for the liberation of the minds of our people.
In closing, we as a people need great mental fortitude , we need to be more prudent and cognizant of the propaganda around us so that we could adequately think for ourselves. In the words of Marcus Garvey, "Liberate minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies men." Our minds, needs to be liberated from the propaganda surrounding the circumference of our brains and once we have to time to think for ourselves, than we as a people will be more knowledgeable and better people.
The reason why this world is chaotic, separated, divided, unpredictable, despicable and corrupt is because people have been thoroughly manipulated, miseducated, misinformed, and oppressed. This is a world filled with propaganda where people promulgate, propagate, promote, persuade and proselytize or convert a group of people to a certain point of view to for most part, benefit the brainchild, author or authority of the message. There is political propaganda (especially during election times), religious propaganda (in churches, mosques, television, etc), educational propaganda, media propaganda, business propaganda and many others to name. Meaning that every day millions of messages are being indoctrinated or instilled into our minds and usually the people creating these messages have ulterior motives to keep a people mentally controlled.
In society, various factions or groups of people have various agendas for the masses of people and there are people that propagandize certain doctrines to control the minds of others and once you control their minds, you contemporaneously control their body or actions. Dr. Carter G. Woodson said it best when he said "when you control a man's thinking, you do not have to worry about his actions, you do not have to tell him not to stand here, there or yonder, he will find his proper place in stay in it. You don't need to send him to the backdoor because he will go without being told, in fact if there is no backdoor he will cut one for his special benefit, his education makes it necessary." In today's society it is sufficient proof that the masses of people of African descent have been thoroughly miseducated in the school systems, through a propaganda of history through a conservative American and Eurocentric standpoint which teaches us that Black history started during slavery, that Africa was a "jungle", that the Greek and other European philosophers/ inventors learned all of the philosophies we follow today on their own, that Europe civilized Africa, etc.
The American and Eurocentric propaganda is to inculcate, "educate" and proselytize us African Americans to look at Europeans as superior and us as inferior by having our history start during slavery time. Also in the media, the media depict or delineate African Americans for the most part as illiterate, ignorant, disgraceful, humble, extremely religious, impoverished, gullible, self-hating, violent, etc. Through media depiction, this basically is the preface for the cause of a lot of the negativity affecting our community. We as a people are mentally slaved through the propaganda from other forces besides educating ourselves and thinking for ourselves. We need to form our own propaganda through teaching the doctrines of self-reliance, race pride, economic independence, social and political power, unity and nationalism. The only way we could teach and understand this doctrine is through thinking for ourselves, comparing various propaganda and formulating our own opinions in life. Since we are of African descent, we need to think for ourselves and relies the obligation to be self reliant for ourselves for the liberation of the minds of our people.
In closing, we as a people need great mental fortitude , we need to be more prudent and cognizant of the propaganda around us so that we could adequately think for ourselves. In the words of Marcus Garvey, "Liberate minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies men." Our minds, needs to be liberated from the propaganda surrounding the circumference of our brains and once we have to time to think for ourselves, than we as a people will be more knowledgeable and better people.
3 comments:
Son, U laid your information out just like your website looks 'Beautiful' We need to make a day for U and some other young Afrikans at WASET. Kha Sekhem Wy
Wow Baruti. I have to say that I am truly impressed by your persuasive and educated words of wisdom. It is very good to see that a guy at such a young age is setting such a great example for others, including myself.
-aileen pezantes*
I commend you my brotha for the words of wisdom that you're implicating to the African American community. I think that the world needs more intelligent young leaders such as yourself.
--Alker-Kelly Antoine--
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