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Generational Brainwashing

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Today while running, I heard a parent say something that I’ve heard many times before. “You better stay out the sun before you get even darker.” I thought to myself, “for the rest of this child life she will most likely feel negatively about dark complected people because her mother said that being dark is something that she should avoid. It’s a negative.” The same thing can be said about “good and bad hair” or any of the other hang ups Black tend to people have. Is The Black Inferiority Complex caused by society’s view of us or is it how our parents and grandparents taught us to view ourselves? Continue reading →

Saving the children from themselves

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Why do today’s inner city youth sell and use drugs; exhibit savage violence and hostility toward each other; and seem utterly unsalvageable?

All of the aforementioned issues are caused by a cycle of short-sightedness due to the perception of being in “survival mode.”

We all know the old African Proverb: It takes a village to raise a child. What if the village is poorly educated, living paycheck-to-paycheck, and constantly working and/or having fun instead of giving the child much needed attention and mentorship? The answer can be seen in Chicago, Detroit, Pine Bluff, Newark, Philly, Baltimore, DC, etc. Many of these communities are a real life adaptation of “The Lord of the Flies.” The children are fighting in the streets for supremacy and the parents are either unable or unwilling to correct their child’s actions. Continue reading →