Til' Then

I’m all about expansion in an educational sense. There is always room for learning, thus room for growth/expansion. African American (AA) studies (read: literature and history) are deep fascinations of mine; so in an effort to expand, I decided to take an AA history class this semester. My professor is a sexy Bob Marley look-a-like, but of Hawaiian decent. He’s well versed in AA history and spits knowledge like Hov spits fire.

Week 1 of class we watched a documentary on John Henrik Clark, a historian. After the documentary, we held class discussion and predestination in a successful/advancement sense was brought up. Many people tend to think that minorities are predestined to be fuck ups (for lack of WANTING a better word)….see what I think after the jump>>>>>>

I think that copping out to the ‘predestined for failure’ plea is a weak thing to do. I understand that our fight has been a long, hard battle….but we have won the war. Some people use ‘the man’ as a way to explain their failure. ‘The man oppressed a brother/sister’ ‘The man made the ACT/SAT too hard for blacks’ ‘The man didn’t want me to have that job’. When you have this predestined mentality, you tend to live your life in a way that every mistake has an excuse…that gets old! Mistakes are to be made, especially when trying to conquer a feat…

If we, as a population, could stop living for excuses and start doing, there is no telling where the possibilities could lead us. Many argue that blacks are inferior in the mental capacity, thus the vast differences between whites and blacks. An informative tidbit of knowledge is that all races came from the same origin, which was Egypt…yes, Africa…

I know you are thinking but,but,but…..let me explain….it is SCIENTIFICALLY impossible for something to be originated twice….better yet the 3 times people tend to think(Africa, Europe, Asia)…the first human was originated in Africa and over the years, due to climation and locale changes, we developed different pigmentations and evolved into 6 different specimans of human….think cave man to now. So how can one be inferior to the other, when we are one in the same? People have let the preconceived notions that are presented about minorities affect the way they work and go about their life.

So to make a long story short, do I think blacks are predestined for failure? No, I think most blacks set themselves up for failure by falling into the trap that history’s past has set. No one is predestined for failure…so prepare yourself for GREATNESS!

Til’ Then,
Ms.Trecie