WE NEED TO REBUILD OUR CULTURAL IMMUNE SYSTEM!!!
WHEN WE TRANSFORM OURSELVES, ALL OTHERS AND ALL ELSE MUST TRANSFORM ALSO!!!
Whatever progress we were making in the rebuilding of our culture during the Black Power/Black Consciousness movement has been derailed, suspended and reversed between 2004-2012, as too many Black folks fell into a 1950-ish, individualistic, glory-seeking, integrationist, assimilationist way of thinking. November 8, 2008 was an extremely important date, serving in a very large way to erase four decades (40 years!) of struggle, vision and progress.
With the election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States, our “leader” (in the minds of too many Black folks) is also the leader of our enemies — an absurdity too large for too many to navigate. That absurdity has become an ill-wind, further collapsing the sails of our ability to aggressively critique the country’s non-stop political savagery for fear of criticizing him also in the process (criticism that he may, indeed, need and deserve!!!).
A people lacking sovereign consciousness become mirrors, puppets and parrots of whatever system under which they reside. Its time to ushering in a “new-old” sovereignty movement in 2012/2013 ; to organize for accountability and overcome “loose cannon-ism;” to put cultural/political classes into operation throughout our communities; to become disciplined warriors for our people and our ancestors.
Posted By: DAVID JOHNSON
Sunday, December 9th 2012 at 5:03PM
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