The truth can be manipulated and sometimes confused with reality. If you had a choice to live according to either reality or the truth, on which side of the fence would you be most comfortable? The highest pursuit of knowledge is the quest for the truth.
“Willie Lynch” is a name that sounds familiar because Lynch initiated and instituted slavery. Lynch and his henchmen had a fool-proof, witchcraft like system that would steal the identities, self esteem, self image and self reliance of slaves for more than 300 years.
It sounds like a plan from the evil villain in a horror movie, in which the already wealthy Caucasian wants to take over the world. Lynch even introduced class systems within the slave community that consisted of house, yard, and field Negroes.
Slaves were tortured with three main mental influences: fear, distrust, and envy. Why is it that so many young black men are scared of success? Why can’t we seem to trust one another as much as we should? Why is it that when you have something extremely nice the envious haters want to take it away from you? And why do we, as blacks, often call each other the same derogatory terms that were used to insult and belittle us 300 years ago? Could these subtle signs be the slave mentality?
Consciously or subconsciously, whether minute or extravagant, the perpetual characteristics of the slave mentality churn in the depths of African American reality.
I overheard someone in the financial aid office demanding that they be reinstated but they turned the reinstatement application in late. I wonder if they thought just because Prairie View was an HBCU they could turn in the application late and “get the hookup?” We have to do better, people.
So, what can we do as educated PVAMU students? We must succeed, count on each other, and we can, as a race, live together in harmony and own the glorious amenities of the world.
Everyone is born with three things, talent, gifts, and power. Your thinking process determines your success. Definitely not as easy as it sounds but some say, “Think rich, be rich.” Whether good or bad, you have the potential to manifest and become your reality.
The socio economic triangle places the poor at the bottom, then the lower middle class, middle class, upper middle and the wealthy. The triangle is topped by the wealthy and there is one thing they all have in common, somewhere in their lifetime, the unique trait of discipline was instilled in them.
You must have self discipline, wit, education, book and street knowledge to succeed in a world of lions, tigers, rats, and snakes. I haven’t even mentioned maintaining your religious aspects.
Some contend that the official historical date of the institutionalization of slavery was in 1712. If you simply add 300 years to 1712 you end up with the year 2012.
The year 2007 is sometimes interpreted by African Americans as “The black man’s year.” This coincidently leaves us with five years until the so called curse by Lynch ends. The number five representing the amount of years left is interpreted and defined in the Bible as God’s grace, peace, protection and covering, so theoretically speaking we have five years to fix this problem. Second Timothy 1:7 states, “For God hath not given us a spirit of fear; but of power, and of love and a sound mind.”
Don’t sell yourself short, fellow students.
We are here to succeed and work together while doing it.
What we say, wear, do, and the entourage we hang with is a representation of ourselves, and no matter your race creed or color you should always want to represent positively.