The Black Family: Where The Real Revolution Begins.

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(ThyBlackMan.com) I was blessed to grow up in a two parent household where my parents; where and still are until this day, my biggest heroes. I also have an army of aunts and uncles that for the most part all have families of their own. Some of the happiest times in my life where all based around my family. Holiday dinners, family trips, weddings, and even funerals we all always supported each other, in our times of joy and sorrow. “Nothing is more important than family” was a motto that I adopted at a young age. I knew that every day wasn’t Sunday, but I felt and witnessed that with a strong family structure no challenge or tragedy could break our bond. Many people say times change and we should be willing to make adjustments to keep up. Although, I do agree with that in most things, I feel like the fundamentals should not change.

The fundamentals are the foundation in which we build strong families, communities, and children that the go on to continue this 2016black-family

process ensuring the survival of the black race. We have gotten away from the fundamentals in our quest for acceptance into the dominate society. We traded family and community for independence and the “illusion” of inclusion into a system that was never meant to accommodate us as free human beings. Now we are quickly seeing the destruction of our communities, schools, and the family unit itself.

So why is the “Black” family so important? First we have to take a look at the family structure as a whole. There is really no “typical” family these days, so I will just use my family structure as a way to illustrate the roles of a black family. Father (Daddy) – The masculine energy in the household that is the protector, provider, teacher, and guiding force of the family. He leads and governs his family with love and respect. Next we have the Mother (Momma), the feminine energy, nurturer of her husband and children, spiritual center for the family, and in my opinion the glue that holds the family together. Children are basically little husbands/wives and Moms/Dads in training…lol.

So now that we have done a quick description of the family structure we can now explore why it is so important that we begin to really take a look at its importance to the black nation as a whole. Dr. Claude Anderson said in one of his lectures that “black people don’t have one community in this whole country. We have neighborhoods but no communities” He goes on to explain the communities is where a race of people hold and control their wealth and economic bases, educate their children, and hold their history and culture. By now you might see where I’m going with this.

I titled this piece The Black family: Where the real revolution begins. I believe that the repairing of the black family structure and the rebuilding of our communities are an essential part of the revolution. What do I mean by revolution? In this case I am just referring to a collective awakening of the masses based around the fact that we must unify in order for us to all elevate our race to its former pre trans-Atlantic-slave trade glory. When our people created dynasties that have yet to be equaled to this day. We must begin pool our economic resources to rebuild and repopulate our neighborhoods and build strong self-sufficient communities.

We must use our greatest minds to create comprehensive curriculums that will properly educate and prepare our children and us as adults to finance, build, and operate our own community banks, businesses, and schools of thought. The black family is the seed that must be planted and nurtured in order for us to harvest true freedom and independence in this society. It sounds like such a large order but I feel we are the generation for the job. Let’s be proud, let’s be unified, and let’s be free!

Staff Writer; Kendrick Snipe

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Kamau says:
October 18, 2016 at 1:45 pm
Great article! Family is the bases of all power. The worst attack on black people has been on the family. If we can restore our families all other problems affecting us can be solved.
Marque Anthony says:
October 15, 2016 at 6:04 am
Revolution begins with freedom.
Freedom begins with the mind breaking out of bondage.
Breaking out of bondage begins with THE TRUTH
Marque Anthony says:
October 15, 2016 at 6:03 am
It amazes me how many of you are still brainwashed to call yourselves BLACK. Black is not an identity and scientifically black is not even a color. It is next to nothing. Black is the “color” of your car tires, not your skin. The white oppressive slave trader called you black and himself white to set up a contrast and to attach negative images and denotations to you based on a lie about color. Look up BLACK in the dictionary.
Research even shows that blacks are perceived by other groups as very different from African Americans. But we still keep calling ourselves what someone else defined us as, what we are not and what has a negative dictionary denotation in society. WAKE UP. LOOK AT THE REAL COLOR OF YOUR SKIN. YOU ARE NOT BLACK. You are an African American. The lie of calling us black and defining us by color (the wrong color) has been in place so long that our people accept it as truth – but it’s not. Know your colors.
Native Americans do not allow others to call them red men. Asians do not accept being called yellow men. Hispanics do not answer to “what’s up brown man”. And Caucasians are not white, notebook paper is white. Wake up and see the plan where white racist supremacists plotted to redefine our people from Africa. STOP CALLING YOURSELF SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE NOT!
AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE NOT BLACK.
Black is the color of your car tires, not your skin author. Being called “black” is a lie and it should be offensive. Haitians, Jamaicans and even Africans do not accept being called “black”, Why do you think that is? They are identified by tribes, klans, geographic areas and their respective countries. By using the very term black to describe us, we are doing the following:
1. Using a term white oppressors and slave masters gave us.
2. Letting someone else define us other than our own people.
3. Calling ourselves something we are not.
4. Buying into thee lie and the negative denotation. Check the dictionary.
5. Being set apart in a way that no other ethnic group allows. Native Americans are not called Red Man. Asians are not called Yellow Man. Hispanics are not called Brown Man. They do not and will not accept being defined by color and by some other race or ethnic group at that.
6. Ignoring our actual color (brown) which means brainwashing has worked. Any time someone can get an entire race, ethnic group or culture to ignore what they are and call themselves what they factually are not, THEY HAVE BEEN INDOCTRINATED, ASSIMILATED AND BRAINWASHED.
7. Playing right into the oppressor’s profiles and stereotypes. Did you know studies show there is a different perception of black people than there is of African Americans? Words create perceptions and perceptions create actions towards us.
WAKE UP. You know your colors. And even though others around the world equated our ancestors with the color of the soil in Africa or the meaning of negro/negroid, that does not change the fact that WE ARE BROWN – NOT BLACK.
If you look in the dictionary or send an email to brainstormonline@yahoo.com, I will send you the research. Facts are facts and YOU ARE BROWN, NOT BLACK. When you receive the revelation of why they keep calling African Americans “black” and Caucasian people “white”, you may just wake up!
STOP LETTING OTHER GROUPS DEFINE YOU WITH AN OBVIOUS LIE that we have heard and accepted so much that we believe it’s true and forget our colors. The de-programming has to take root or African Americans will forever be defined, limited and oppressed by those who get us to accept a lie.