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RE - FLECTIONS

...what is the black
man busy believ-
superiority over other races works race sees me doing something, ing about himself, his
by the power of belief, that is, a they will be like "because he is a
belief that has become a lifestyle or black man and because he carries home in Afrika and
a system of judging a man based on in him the "Life Seed" of humanity, his Afrikan brothers
his skin color rather than his heart then what he is doing will surely
or life's ideology. The question now succeed”? Instead of the usual and sisters?
is this, while the white race is busy nose-raising, he-is-too-inferior-to- The white man in his pride and
believing this twisted idea that the do-it attitude they have towards me
black man is inferior to him and because I am black. knowledgeable ignorance dances in
is doing everything to undermine the garment of his feelings of supe-
riority over the black man because
and subject him to himself, what is You get my point? he feels that going to the moon (if
the black man busy believing about that was actually true) is an achieve-
himself, his home in Afrika and his Taking it further, can we as Afri-
Afrikan brothers and sisters? kans get to the point in our lifetime ment worth dancing over. Because
To put it another way, what if the where our skin color becomes in my mind, he is not thinking that,
by his own supposed advanced
black man can shake off that feeling the reason we are respected, just technology, he is destroying the
of inferiority that makes him freak because we have finally come to only home God gave him, while
out at the presence of the white understand and embrace the power
man, take a deep look into himself, of self-discovery and the author- fighting to go to the moon where he
lay hold of that "Life Seed" at his ity found in our black melanin? is not permitted, by nature, to live
on. Some people just need to climb
core that makes him the custodian Because it carries with it power, down from their high horses before
of life on earth (Afrika is the cradle authority, life and wisdom for life it’s too late. The balance in nature
of humanity), understand how that and living. Can we get to the point
"Life Seed" works and begin to in our lifetime where our skin color is already tilting and many will be
apply it to every aspect of his life? and our genuine Afrikan ideology thrown off.
Think about that. becomes the reason that nations Afrika's superiority is not found
of the world will come to Afrika to in some prideful and arrogant
I personally believe that if the white learn how life is really supposed to
man's superiority complex is based be and by that we dictate the terms attitudes towards others, even
on his own belief system, which of engagement? Can we get to the though she has the ability to do
that because of her massive wealth
has worked for him for a long time, point in our lifetime where the col- that keeps the whole world going.
then the black man by the same or of our skin becomes the reason Her "superiority" is found in her
principle of belief, can lay hold of why a white man or any race will say
his own true identity, understand "because he is black then all will be God-given responsibility to uphold
how it works, flaunt it for the world well”? If Afrika is the motherhood the "Life Seed", nourish it with the
water of wisdom until it blossoms
to see, but not from the place of a of life on earth and if Afrika is the and fills the earth with goodness; a
feeling of superiority or competition cradle of humanity, as even science thing which is backed by science,
against anyone, but because he has proves, don't you think the reason
found himself and he is living out the world will not leave Afrika since the Afrikan woman is the only
his own reality without permission alone to thrive is also because she is one with the ability to birth every
race on earth. This is made possi-
from anyone. the nest of nurture, care and safety ble by the Eve Gene which only the
I am trying to paint a picture, so for the world? Mothers' milk will black woman has.
please bear with me however this always satisfy the hungry child, no
painting comes out. It will make matter where he has been. Yes,
sense somehow, I believe. I believe so and that’s exactly my So while many fight over the issue
of racism and how it has become
Here is something in my mind that point in this article. Afrika's most painful wound, can
I will use to explain my perspective we just take a few steps back, relook
about turning the negative influence There is no hope for the world
of racism to the positive. without Afrika. The west knows our own reality of what it means to
Using myself as an example, is it this, Europe knows this, China is be black, just maybe we will see and
embrace that "Life Seed" for which
possible for me to come to that aware of it also, but does the black our black skin will become the key
place in my life as a black man, that man know? that opens the world's door instead
when the white man or any other
of the signal to close it.

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