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Some people believe that right and wrong can be determined by one's dominance
over another. They believe that whoever has the mightiest army or the
most guns can decide what is right. This is a delusion. It does
not matter what point of view people hold. Nothing any person says or
does can determine right and wrong.
We are Black people, whether born in Africa, or in another land, as descendants of those taken from our ancestral home. Although I refer to us as Black people, it does not matter what title we use, whether Black, Colored, Afrikan American, Caribbean, or any other. Our substance is in our mind, body, and spirit, and exists regardless of the names we bear.
Our people have faced great adversity, possibly more than any other people, simply for being a Black race. Now we must overcome the centuries of abuse and massacre to rise to the responsibility inherent of the righteous. Many Black people feel powerless in a world that seems to be dominated by white people and an anti Black world order. That is the subject of this page.
To the non Black people who may be reading this, this page is not meant to be anti white. Still, it is one of the pages on this site designed specifically for Black people. The context is meant to be understandable to Black people, and any insult to other people is probably due to their different point of view. If this page is insulting to you, feel free to send me your feelings about it, but do not expect me or this page to change do to your misunderstanding of pro Black text.
The world we live in gives us many reasons to feel powerless. We have been enslaved, tortured, sold as cattle or other property, and murdered as if our lives have no value. To add to the torment, the same people who did these things to us are in political power and still have the capability to affect our lives. The adversity we have to face every moment of our lives is much more than I choose to include in a single web page. Listing the relentless brutality is not my goal. My goal is to help my people to overcome the hatred, the brutality, and general wickedness, so that we can reach the day our forbears dreamed of.
The forces against us are so relentless, brutally bombarding us with so much evil that Black people feel overwhelmed, as if the evil is too great. They feel powerless against those who would have us enslaved or eliminated. They feel as if any chance we ever had to overcome has been taken from us, that our enemy has us at its mercy. It has even been suggested that God must be against us, or we would never have been put through such turmoil. This is our delusion, implemented by the intoxication of satanic worldly forces.
God is on our side. If God were with our enemies when they attacked us, we would have been eliminated. Also, we are not at the mercy of our enemy. The fact that we remain alive despite our enemies' most terrible attacks is proof that our fate cannot be determined by our enemy. Only God can determine whether we live or die.
We are not powerless. Those who oppress us perform their tricks to convince us that we are powerless so that they can keep us manageable, if not under control. They tell us they outnumber us, they tell us they have superior weapons, and they tell us that they are genetically superior, among many other tales. These tales make us feel helpless, and we remain inactive and docile, and our enemy preys on us during our delusion.
It is time for us to stop accepting the tales our oppressors tell. They want us to believe we are powerless because they know that if we realize the power we have, we will not allow ourselves to be oppressed anymore.
There is more than one reason why people do not want us to realize our power. Some people are afraid that if we do, we will use our power to punish those who oppressed us. Others are hungry for power and do not want to give up control over others. Others are simply hateful and willing to do anything to hurt Black people.
As I will probably repeat every time I write pages like this, I am not claiming to be a source of complete wisdom. I am only offering my thoughts and perspectives on various subjects. It is important for me to mention this before writing about solutions.
As most people, Black people tend to want power. Some of us may read this with skepticism, preparing to dismiss it as useless motivational text. It may be motivational text but if I thought it was useless I would not spend precious time typing it. This text is meant to be a key to unlock the power within us.
I believe in order for us to realize our power, we first have to stop accepting the words of our oppressors as absolute truth. This means never let someone tell you that you are not as smart as another person. It means never let someone tell you that you must raise your children their way and not your own. It means that you should never let someone tell you that you cannot change your life or change the lives of others. It means you should never let an oppressor make you think that you are not good enough or that you need them to survive. There are too many examples to list but basically what I mean is you should never let the words of an oppressor stop you from overcoming them.
Second, we must not give up our struggle. We have come too far as a people, and fought too many battles to give up now. Whenever a Black man or woman gives up, that person not only fails himself or herself, but also all other Black people. That person fails all righteous people. You were not put on earth to be a failure. All people have hard times. I am experiencing hard times as I type this. Still, You and I must both remember that no matter how hard life gets, we can survive. We can survive because Jesus told us we could. You may feel as if you have taken all of the pain and abuse you can handle. Maybe you don't see the food, clothing or other material things you need. Maybe you don't see the friends or family you need. Maybe you are so entrenched in some problem that you feel there is no way out. Maybe you feel as if you have been defeated by someone or done yourself in.
The fact that you are reading or hearing this is evidence that you have not been finished yet. Dead people do not read or hear. You are still alive. As long as you are alive, you can change the situation in your life. Experience has shown me that hardship is not me downfall, but instead is a source of power. Just as exposure to chicken pox makes us immune to it, each time we survive and overcome an obstacle, we become more capable of overcoming future obstacles. Through slavery and murder, our oppressors have tried time after time to destroy us, and each time, we have consumed their vicious attack, and become a more powerful people. The more people try to destroy us, the harder it will be to destroy us.
Don't let yourself remain idle. You have power and it is in your nature to overcome hardship. You can defy the way of the world and thrive despite the voices telling you to give up. Voices told slaves they would never be free, but we are now free to correct the problems caused by slavery. Voices told Jesus he was not the son of God but he came back from "the dead" and saved the world. Now it is time for you to defy the voices telling you not to succeed. The method cannot be described in this web page. It must play out in your mind. That is where you will find the end of this document.
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