Published in Oct 2017

10 points of clarity for black people

1) No white woman, non-profit, foundation, or government agency is going to save black people. In fact, we should not assume that other people of color will save us either, some of those very people of color deny their blackness and they harbor anti-black feelings and sentiments. Some of those very people are colonizing Africa, other people of the Diaspora and our local neighborhoods.

2) Neither the clothes you wear, your country of origin, your hairstyle, the languages you speak, the food you eat, who you choose to love, what type of name you have, how many books you have read, the countries you have visited, the religion you follow nor your level of wealth, popularity, constitutes any authentic measurement of black consciousness. The only authentic measurements of black consciousness are your intentions, your dedication to black people, your consistent and sincere involvement in organization, action plans, products and  programs designed to empower and liberate black people.

3) Some of our black people in dedicated, sincere organizations are phonies, con artists, incompetent, informants, agents and megalomaniacs.

4) No one organization, individuals or approach is sufficient by it self to solve the collective social, cultural, political and economical problems for black people.

5) In order to get our people where we need to be some of us will have to sacrifice greatly, this means some of us will have to sacrifice personal wealth, some of may lose your life, some of us will have our good reputation smeared, some of us will have to end relationships and part ways with people who are anti-what we stand for.

6) Let us be clear on how and why people sellout, the enemy gets you to sellout by carefully studying your appetites, then the enemy tempts you with the very thing you love and crave. What this means for you is to get your appetite in check, build your discipline, if you talk too much cut back and listen, if you like shopping cut back and save some money, teach your brain and body to go without some of these appetites you have. You may not be able to get rid of all the appetites but you may have to control them and exercise discipline or you will become a prime candidate for the enemy.

7) The market for black entertainers, court jester, people that make the white man laugh, people that divert our attention from serious things, people that put us to sleep or make us suffer peacefully, that market is saturated, we have more black dancers, rappers, entertainers than you could possibly imagine. What I would like to humbly suggest is that, even though the black market entertainment is saturated, there is plenty of room and need in our community for more black educators, scientists, farmers, writers, journalists, healers, psychiatrists, psychologists, historians, community activists, social workers, financial experts, entrepreneurs, etc. If your kids want to be entertainers make sure you also introduce to them to other career options, because the black entertainment market is saturated.

8) The purpose of education is not to simply get you a job, to fill important or to give our parents and friends something to brag about. A true education should provide you with character and integrity, important skills, attitudes, information and an empowering sense of identity, to help protect and advance yourself, your family, your  community and to transform the world.

9) People in our community who consistently cause confusion divert our attention away from more important tasks or discussions, people who promote divisions and disharmony, people who will defend the enemy's views and practices are either collaborators with the enemy, agents, informants for the enemy, and if they are not we should start looking at them as such or at a minimum keep a real close eye on them.

10) We should stop talking about it and actually practice the principal from Ghana of Sankofa. We should closely study our ancient history and our modern history, not just from 2000 years ago, but our family history. We should look at recent history from the Civil Rights movement, history from the African Independence, history from the Black Power Movement. We should study our history with a critical eye, we should go to our history with a question, we must take our history seriously, you start with a question, "Where have been effective strategies in our past, to help us gain economic and political empowerment?, How did African countries gain independence and what happened after?" Do not stop until you get an answer to the question.


By Mr X.