Black Folk Action and Truth by Reuben Beckles

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Friday, June 17, 2011

Old School- New school- Back in the day

Slavery in all its forms in America is a terrible situation when the mind has been depleted of culture, history, and truth. I was reading some Twitters a few days ago and came across a young man who questioned some of the black activities which involved fires and other forms of destruction within the black community across the land- Watts in particular! His statement was: "Back in the day, niggas was destroying everything!" What's the point of your destroying your own communities? On the face of it, it sounds real until you dig into the truth. It's like the Old Testament- there had to be a foundation and this young man like many others didn't have a clue. If he remains in that ditch like many others they have no future of real substance. Many a brother, man, and father fought and died to keep truth alive to bring forth a glorious future. To do so one must have a strong foundation. It's not enough to know the history of chains, shackles, lynchings, burnings, castrations, broken homes, poor education (if any), reckless eyeballing, and being treated like animals by police and citizens who now call themselves patriotic. "Lest We Forget" the foundation close to home and time. Watts, like traffic tickets, was nothing to be played with. It was designed, like the system, to keep blacks down and poor! Crime then and today perpetuate the community. The business and home mortgage companies are ran and owned by outside interests here and abroad. Watts in particular (back in the day) was a cesspool for smiling demons and thugs selling garbage as food with high interest rates- everything else you brought was 4-9% higher than other areas! Dope was sold to keep you blind and dead under the table, and to keep hope alive, you were fed religion- nothing more than organized body and spirit takers. To make ends meet, your mother left the area to raise other people's children, and in many cases went into prostitution and welfare. When the welfare worker came around to see if a man was in the home, they would have to jump out the window so the woman's county check wouldn't be cut off. During this time, many a mother spent much of the day and night making clothes to put on her children's back or washing hand-me downs! There are many things I could say having lived back in the day. I hope we have opened the window to make some of the curious investigate some truth relative to the lies they are being told and the folly they claim to be living in freedom. Which brings us to the present day situation of the unfinished revolution of self, God, and Black power as we didn't just arrive on these shores from nothing to something. The nation your ancestors built on this land is crumbling and you are told you're something with a promissory note- "forget the past, let's come together and build as one people." What separated you and when were you paid for free labor enabling you to put your own house in order? Where's the Justice? Where's the land? Is this your system or have you even thought about the truth of it? There is not another people in this land that came here as you worked like you, stripped of everything like you- pure Genocide! You want to believe you have a black President in the White House who represents all people but you are entitled to land, restitution, reparations. Even the banker's and big businesses got a stimulus of tax payer money....you've got what? Debt, foreclosure, and people looking for a job! To get people of your stature and background to a point of self hate is terrible and sad, especially saying you know and love God. This is where we part company knowing I will not be in the bucket of crabs going nowhere but over the cliff believing in everyone, loving everyone, but self and kind!

Reuben Beckles, Seed of Jacob, Son of Simeon. 6-17-11

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