The Continuing Mis-Education Of The Negro: Sepetmber Carnival for The AfroSphere

“From Columbus forward, I know of no sustained contact with Western whites that Black and brown peoples and their cultures have survived undevastated anywhere.” Randall Robinson; Quitting America

We are a juncture of time in which the power of the mind is most essential for the combat that has been forced upon us. Our very existence depends on the ability to think with a balance of logic and emotion. Now, that the new battleground, is out minds we MUST learn to access the greater portion of the brain, the 90%, that we are said not to use. Countless psychologist are employed by advertising agencies to pierce this level of the mind. These psychologist work to define which colours, sounds and musical notes will appeal to our senses, to sell you on their product or services. There is a constant barrage of commercials and music to stimulate the various parts of our brains for the shear point of selling to the mind that is not aware. In previous decades, the school systems around the country were directing the youth on a path of thinking by emphasizing the process of logical thought as part of daily learning. For instance, one was taught how to write a proper paragraph which followed a logical pattern of thought expressed in words.

Today, there is an emphasis on reaction rather than action. The school system has virtually abandoned the logical processing of information for the reactionary response to information . This is largely visible by the multiple choice, form of testing. Multiple choice doesn’t force the child to THINK of the answer, but merely “recall” what may be the correct answer to the question posed. In essence, multiple choice form of testing, will only prove, in the long run, what the child doesn’t know, rather than proving what the child actually had learned. The result is teaching our children to react and not to act, which is not logical thought but the ability to respond to a particular situation or stimulus. This “reactionary” form teaching is in fact “mis-education.” This is why we often see our children arrested and charged with a crime, with no logical explanation as to their actions. About three years ago, in Forrest Park,, GA a youth was convicted of murder after firing a 9mm pistol into a crowd of children attending a birthday party and killing a thirteen year old girl. The child was quoted as saying “…I didn’t THINK anyone would get hurt when I shot the gun…” The lack of logical thought could be the only explanation for such a comment attributed to the youngster, who was only fifteen himself. Mis-education is the purposeful effort by and agency to lead one or one’s thoughts. We often see out children lead to the penitentiary, instead of higher learning.

The information students receive in schools, colleges and universities is, at its worse, prescribed doses of psychological tampering. Propaganda. In no way should schools teach that Columbus “discovered” America, that George Washington was the first president, that all the Indians were killed by the almighty European, that the Greeks created philosophy, or intimating the Ancient Egyptians were “white.” At its best, the school systems give students a basis of how to learn, how to research. For instance, a student in medical school is not learning how to be a physician, but, is being equipped to function in the medical environment, to be taught, once she or he is employed as a resident ,how to become a physician.

It is our responsibility to educate ourselves. Our very existence, our very ability to live freely in the world is based on how and what we think. We can and do, chart our daily course based on how and what we think. It is a must that we teach our children how to phonetically read. We must teach them how to use the language we speak, properly.  To pronounce words correctly. What we read or don’t read, what we think and don’t think, will come forward out of our mouths, giving the world insight into you as a person and to us as a people. Lastly, Negro is defined in Black’s law dictionary 4th edition as chattel, as property owned by another person devoid of skin colour. Therefore, the mis-education of the negro is the mis-education of a population of a people. Of Slaves.

Comments

[Eddie Griffin]

The mis-education can be summed up in one word: BRAINWASHING. Teaching children "what to think", instead of "how to think", that is the problem.

[victor amenta]

Thanks you Eddie for you comment. All I can say in response is AMEN!