ITS TIME TO STAND UP

Nubians, I have been inspired to say this to you, IT’S TIME TO STAND FOR SOMETHING OR YOU WILL CONTINUE TO FALL FOR ANYTHING.  Many of us have seen these words as a group before but have not applied it to your daily lives.  We as a people, not individually but as a people, have for many years believed that it is in the plans of the “white man” to keep our people in poverty, in ignorance, in miscommunication.  We as a people have not come together as a WHOLE to demand our freedom from impoverishment, from our ignorance, from the idea that there are others that are superior to us.   

To this day there we are surrounded by black men and woman fighting for the rights for the empowerment of our being, whether it’s education, economics, the right to vote, technology, health care, and etc.  However, we also have black men and woman who continue to be hypnotized by the fact that we are not IMPORTANT enough to take what is rightfully ours, like our education.   

I watched the State of Black America Forum and was reaffirmed that we have Black Politicians, Black Educators, Black Spiritualists, Black Writers, Black Business Men and Woman who stand and fight, and sometimes alone for the rights of OUR people.  And Nubians, believe it or not, this is against our own people.  Furthermore, it is without OUR backing, without OUR help and support, that these Role Models, these Leaders, fight.  However, while they are fighting many of us sit on our asses and send our children to school without even meeting the teachers that educate and influence our future leaders.  While they fight we sit on our asses and allow the gangs, the streets and the environment to raise OUR children.  While they fight we sit on our asses and decide not to VOTE because we have made the decision that OUR vote does not count nor does it matter and for those that do vote, how many of them actually are involved in the party they vote for?  Blacks as a matter of routine have hypnotically voted Democrat with few or no follow up of the promises made.  In the year 2000 we went to the polls with the words “lesser of two evils” on our lips.  This is unacceptable on any ground.  While they fight we sit on our asses and WAIT for others to do for us that WE, having the ability and the resources to research, can RETRIEVE for ourselves.   

We complain about what the “white man” has and what we as black people don’t, but continue to support those that do not defend our needs nor encourage our interest.  We find excuses to patron business that are not owned by black men or woman because “we” charge too much, or “we” are shady business owners, or “we” don’t know what we are doing or just simply think that ‘White is Right’.  Then, as a race, we pass this simpleminded reasoning to our children who then pass it on to theirs.  

We tell our children not to smoke, drink or do drugs while puffing on a freshly rolled joint with a glass of Hennessey in the other hand.  We tell our young black men not to degrade our Nubian Queens while hushing them up so we can watch the latest Lil’ Kim video or listening to the lyrics describing the latest evening exploits with the “hoe” from the neighborhood.

Nubians, I cannot give the answers to you because I don’t have all of them, but I will repeat this, IT TAKES A FAMILY TO RAISE A VILLAGE, but if it is a family of IDIOTS then you will raise a village of IDIOTS. 

STAND UP AND BE ACCOUNTED FOR NUBIANS… AND IF THE DOOR IS CLOSED…GREASE UP AND SLIDE UNDERNEATH… I heard that from one of our Leaders today. 

Peace & Much Blessings…