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Post by Blaque on Oct 18, 2006 10:39:04 GMT -5
All too often we hear negative stories and see negative images of our people in the media.
These negative images have a profound effect on our psyches - our conscious and unconscious minds. It becomes nearly inevitable that, in the face of this overwhelming disadvantage, we develop an inferiority complex. This negative attitude Black people often have about ourselves and each other gets passed down from parent to child, and from generation to generation.
As the journalist Henry Bonsu said,
“If you have no sense of your foundation, you're skeletal, you can't do anything. This is what's happened. And you have no sense of shame about anything. Nothing is beneath you. There should be codes of behaviour. It should be un-Black to mug and rob somebody. It should be un-Black to attack your teacher. Because you've always had discipline. You've always had balance. But unfortunately, it's become very Black to do these things for a certain group of children. They think that's what being Black is, about being rough and tough.
So this forum is dedicated to celebrating Black people who are making a difference. Black people who inspire us. It could be someone you know, or someone you read about. It doesn't matter. But let's recognize and honor people doing the right thing.
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