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Some more good videos from a lecture by Brother Michael Imhotep about breaking fictitious beliefs and stereotypes place upon us. Take time to listen and share with your friends and family. Good info and done very well.
YouTube Video Clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE8lu0kQC04&feature=bf_prev&list=ULTAoLp_A8NLg
Again, there are thousands of video clips there for you to learn "OUR-Story."
Because of the painful and unresolved memories of our past, many "AFRICANS in AMERICA" and throughout the world who continue to encourage their sisters and brothers to remember the struggles of their ancestors are frequently told by others to "get over slavery and forget the past."
We must be ever mindful that there has "NEVER" been a culture that achieved greatness by separating itself from its past. History has shown that wherever culturally-centered people traveled throughout the world, they knew that the retention of their language, culture, philosophy, laws, and god concepts were essential to their survival.
The Europeans who were expelled from "Not-Great Britain' and forced to seek refuge in North America, attempted in every conceivable way to replicate the culture they left behind. To them the 'new world' was to be an extension of the world they left behind. They named the territories New York, New Jersey and New Hampshire after York, Jersey and Hampshire in "Jolly Ole England."
Centuries later, the Eastern seaboard of the United States is still referred to as New England and the "unofficial" language of the United States is also called "English" out of respect for the Anglo-Saxon past that is rooted in English culture.
No 'sane' people willingly turn their backs on their past. It is only by facing your past that you can accurately perceive reality and determine your destiny. Reality is a pathway to the future, but if that pathway becomes blocked or is partially obscured, then one is destined to wonder aimlessly until the old pathway is found or a new one is forged.
Africans in America and abroad cannot expect to have a sustainable future if we believe we are something that never existed. To that end, the European-created Negro consciousness must die, and we must learn to perceive ourselves in a context which is defined by a new consciousness and not color.
A similar death knoll should be sounded for the perceptions related to the term 'Colored' because every person (with the exception of albinos) is colored. We all possess melanin in our skin that protects us from the harmful effects of the sun and gives our skin varying "beautiful" shades of color. The darker your skin, the more melanin it possesses, and the more pigment it produces. This is a basic biological process that is essential for life. Those who live in Africa, a continent whose midsection straddles the equator and is heavily saturated with sunlight, are BLESSED with darkened skin.
Read that again : BLESSED WITH DARKENED SKIN
This genetic trait has been passed on throughout the millennium to the descendants of Africa who now inhabit more temperate regions of the globe.
When African people ruled the earth, thousands of years ago, black skin was a badge of honor. The color "black" was associated with GOD and various aspects of the divinity. Ausar, the resurrected God/Nsut Bity(king)of ancient Kemet(Egypt) was referred to as "Lord of the perfect black," and the black soil from which he was resurrected was considered sacred.
Even the ancient Greeks considered blackness divine. The word 'melanin' is derived from the Greek word 'melons' which means black. Melons is derived from the words, 'El' meaning black and 'Ann' which is derived from a singular word 'amine' which refers to 'Amon' or "Amen", ancient words for God.
Yes, there was a time, thousands of years ago before we became "Hoodwinked", when black was not only beautiful, but it was also considered divine by all people who possessed, within their skin, the black presence of God. In this respect, everybody was considered colored and some more so than others. It was only after the consciousness of the world was turned upside down that color/blackness became associated with evil and filth, and its antithesis, whiteness, became the metaphor for things good, clean, and holy.
This misconception has had a devastating effect on our psyche for far too long. If we make a conscious decision to refer to ourselves as "Black," then we must continually strive to restore dignity to "Blackness." Ase'
I'm often reminded of the saying, "It matters not how others see me, what matters most is how I see myself."
Asar Maa Ra Gray
"As you modify your thoughts and behaviors, you begin to attract people of a similar mind"
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