Being an African American woman comes with its disadvantages, obviously. When I was younger my mother use to always say, " you've got 2 strikes against you already. You are Black and You are a woman. You have to work 2 times harder than black men, 5 times harder than white women and 10 times harder than the white man to make it in this world".
Growing up I found this to be true because of things I saw not necessarily experienced myself. I wasn't at all conscious growing u. I attended very diverse catholic schools. The all girl catholic college I went to was predominantly white but there were a sprinkle of black girls and "others". I can honestly say that I really grew up with a false sense of reality. Although my mom was aware that being black meant that there were many difficulties and tribulations to overcome she wasn't into consciousness and just the general enlightenment of blacks in America.The only things I really knew about myself and what it meant to be black was that I was born with 2 strikes and the things that were taught to me in school and well you know how that goes. The school systems really don't educate students on the true and full history of slavery and the oppression of minorities, specifically blacks in this country. I feel like every student should be required to take a course on racism in America. Systematic White Supremacy 101. I also think all students should be required to read The Art of War. I call that the "White man's bible". A lot of us don't realize that even though the shackles have been taken off of our wrist and ankles, and we have the right to vote, shit, eat and sleep like most of America that we are still not free Black people. Being "FREE" is a huge misconception. War is no longer a physical feat but a mental and psychological one. The easiest way to divide and conquer is to mentally defeat the opposition. Even the blacks who were physically enslaved can relate to this. Tactics such as turning the darker hued slaves against the lighter hued slaves, Castrating the males in front of the women, slavemasters having sex with enslaved women in front of the men, Giving some slaves certain incentives that they didn't give others, etc were all used as a ways to take over the minds of the enslaved. Now let's fast forward to today, 2015. Are many of these things still going on today??? I would say definitely yes! With the media's standard of beauty being White, blonde hair, blue eyes or for the black community the light skin, wavy, long haired beauty, along with the bashing of darker skin, I believe that it would be safe to say that psychologically this has had a huge effect on blacks in America. Add economics, social barriers along with other glass ceilings and waaaaalllaaaa the perfect remedy for disaster within broken people.
Growing up I found this to be true because of things I saw not necessarily experienced myself. I wasn't at all conscious growing u. I attended very diverse catholic schools. The all girl catholic college I went to was predominantly white but there were a sprinkle of black girls and "others". I can honestly say that I really grew up with a false sense of reality. Although my mom was aware that being black meant that there were many difficulties and tribulations to overcome she wasn't into consciousness and just the general enlightenment of blacks in America.The only things I really knew about myself and what it meant to be black was that I was born with 2 strikes and the things that were taught to me in school and well you know how that goes. The school systems really don't educate students on the true and full history of slavery and the oppression of minorities, specifically blacks in this country. I feel like every student should be required to take a course on racism in America. Systematic White Supremacy 101. I also think all students should be required to read The Art of War. I call that the "White man's bible". A lot of us don't realize that even though the shackles have been taken off of our wrist and ankles, and we have the right to vote, shit, eat and sleep like most of America that we are still not free Black people. Being "FREE" is a huge misconception. War is no longer a physical feat but a mental and psychological one. The easiest way to divide and conquer is to mentally defeat the opposition. Even the blacks who were physically enslaved can relate to this. Tactics such as turning the darker hued slaves against the lighter hued slaves, Castrating the males in front of the women, slavemasters having sex with enslaved women in front of the men, Giving some slaves certain incentives that they didn't give others, etc were all used as a ways to take over the minds of the enslaved. Now let's fast forward to today, 2015. Are many of these things still going on today??? I would say definitely yes! With the media's standard of beauty being White, blonde hair, blue eyes or for the black community the light skin, wavy, long haired beauty, along with the bashing of darker skin, I believe that it would be safe to say that psychologically this has had a huge effect on blacks in America. Add economics, social barriers along with other glass ceilings and waaaaalllaaaa the perfect remedy for disaster within broken people.
On the other hand you have these black women who have a pink pickle push going on, campaigning against black men, specifically the ones who hate black women.They just have to announce to the world how it's so great that they have found true love in the opposite race and why you should do it too. Then you have the black women who have adopted the men's model of fear mongering and bashing black men. Displaying their hatred for black men for the world to see. Why is this going on?? Is this the product of the indoctrinated self-hate that we have been taught for the past 500 years? I'm pretty sure this divide has a lot to do with the bigger picture and no one is even paying attention to it. The whole grand scheme of things is to keep everyone blinded by miniscule shit and at each others necks to keep attention away from what is truely going on. Unity is a powerful tool when used right and the powers that be are aware of this..
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