Ever so slowly, Black America is climbing out of it's slump. Everyone is stirring and waking up from all kinds of illusions, lies, delusions, and sleep. But what a world we are waking up to! The dystopian world that our previous generation has left us, leaves us with a lot of work to do.
However, not to shame the previous generation too much. After all, they have given us many of the needed parts. It's just now we must put all the parts together and that takes an organized mind.
WE HAVE THE NUMBERS.
When it comes to quantity, although Black America has been bumped out of the number 2 minority spot, it is still a sizable group and 12/13% of the American people.
Not only that, but with so many waking up globally, that increases the areas we ought to consider. We are in a global society now and should expand our minds to include the idea of perhaps living in Australia or South America, or even China.
WE HAVE THE MONEY.
We stand on the shoulders of giants who paved the way for us. Since the great Madame C.J. Walker began her hair career, its been progress ever since. Myers Funeral Home, Robins Drugstore, and Harris Grocery Stores all gave black America hope and vision. Even at present, there are still great stepping stones we can appreciate. Ice Cube who started off as a rapper for NWA, quickly turned into acting starring in several movies, and now runs Big3, a basketball league worth checking out. Michael Jordan, the famed basketball player, owns restaurants and his own team.
We should not discount the little guys as well. Salute to all the barber shops, the African hair braiding salons, the Caribbean restaurants, and so on.
The money is there.
WE HAVE THE KNOW-HOW.
Thankfully, Black folks, no matter what negative thing you want to throw at them, one must admit they have that middas touch! From the awesome music of the FBAs such as Jazz, blues, and rock & roll to the unique styles of clothing (who'd think wearing addidas sandals would become a cool thing?!). Not to mention wildly popular Afrobeats vibrating out of Ghana and Nigeria to the popular mannerisms of the Jamaicans, Black folks are admired and valued.
TIME FOR THE MIND-SET.
The next logical and pressing step is the organized mind. We must not fumble the ball. The civil-rights era folks broke open many doors. Even though its a trending thing to bash them, we must not forget that because of them we have more mobility. We can go to any restaurant we want (doesn't mean we should!), we can go to any bank we desire (doesn't mean we should!), and we can go to any college of our choice (again, doesn't mean we should!). But the mind must be right so we don't go to somewhere that's nonbeneficial.
Ways to help the mind get set:
- Have accuracy in our word choice. Let us know get twisted or confused. A word should have one meaning and we must all agree on that meaning.
- Just like previously before this woke stage, we have a vision of where we wanted to be, now we need to manifest it. Our actions, speech and thought must be about that world that we imagine. There will be distractions thrown our way and the only way to deflect from those distractions is to have our emotions in check. Buzzwords should have no effect on us.
- The majority of us should not deal with the outside world. Most of us should be doing in-house keeping. Meaning to say, the bulk of us should be building the community by building schools, museums, banks, and exchanging money between us, while there is a select few who bring in money from the outside.
Caution: If our minds don't get straightened out, then it is as if we lack understanding. And the universal rule is that there is no need to have compassion for someone who lacks understanding. Just give them a lollipop, and they're happy no matter what abuse you previously inflicted on them. Therefore, its important to get our minds right and not even appear to lack understanding lest grifters come thinking we are easy prey.
This is the pressing matter in the Black world. No, you won't hear this in the media. There will be no big announcement because everyone else would love for you to go back to sleep. Afterall, you are more useful to them asleep, buying their products, supporting their college kids, etc.
So its up to you and me and us to keep this at the forefront of our minds and push forward. May we see a great day of success!!
