Black-Light

As I sit back listening to some Afro-Activist music I thought about my race and how it has lost its touch with its self. Yes, most of the African-American community is still in slavery but to whom you may ask. To ourselves…we have sold our souls into our own hands. It’s sad too, the greatest parts of our culture we have given away and now they have turned it into a cash crop. This is the concept of modern day slavery. But even 400 years ago we were the ones who sold ourselves to the Caucasians. Most of us when we envision Europeans capturing African we imagine white men catching “savages”, but in reality African tribes sold prisoners of war to Europeans which began the slavery we know today. Brief history lesson but back to the point. What has happened to our, to my race? We, as an individual, have lost our “power”, our “glow” our “Black-Light”, and it slipped away right underneath our eyes. We traded music for money, black activism for drugs, and power for pleasure; now look at us. The point I’m trying to make my people is that we need to realize, to open our black eyes and see that the shackles around our ankles, the collars around our neck…these chains lead into our hands. Nobody stole the black power, we just lost it. Over 200 years ago,  we fought against all odds in order to gain freedom, 40-50 years ago our grand parents protested in order to gain our equality. Now in the 21st century its Black on Black crime, drugs fill our heads rather than education, and we have fallen from grace. Black is beautiful but even beauty has its flaws, we must learn how to live with these flaws that we caused rather than blame others. There have been countless people who have tried to bring us down but as they say “you are your worst enemy”.  My brothers and sisters I want us to trace our roots, back to the days where the tree of African American’s flourished. To this day we have been one of the most oppressed individuals on this planet but yet we realize this because we have gotten comfortable. M.K. Asante, hero of my generation in my opinion, in his book “It’s Bigger Than Hip-Hop” talked about an interaction he had with a youth in prison. The boy never slept on his mattress in prison, and when asked by Asante he responded that he did not wish to be comfortable in a place he didn’t belong. Think for a second, America has one of the highest prison populations and majority of these individuals are black. The system has literally legalized slavery, but has put it into different terms.You get the picture, we have been socially, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually oppressed since the beginning.
” A member of the BSM (Black Student Movement at UNC).According to the article he raises a ‘defiant’ fist; but that fist symbolizes power, a certain black power.”
We as a people must realize the truth in that our “Black Light” is fading, and will deplete if we don’t recharge our souls. How shall we recharge the soul? By tracing our roots as I stated earlier. By taking the ideals of the past and adding onto them, the perfect blend of Activism meeting Innovation. Only in this partnership shall our true freedom sprout from. A global revolution is coming, and we must take sides. I reassure you that it will come whether we are ready or not, such is the way of live. We must break the bonds that keep us shackled but to do that we must educate our minds and hearts with “true blackness”, not the stereotypical bullshit we see on television, because that’s not “true black”, that is “white black”. Malcolm X, the famous activist (dubbed radical by the weak) , once said “I’m for truth no matter who tells it. I’m for justice, no matter who it’s for or against.” Next time someone tells you that you act white because your not acting loud and hostile, please respond by saying “No I’m the true black, but what you are is a fake”. (Personal Rant). Anyways the concept of true blackness needs to be embraced if we as a people want to survive in these changing times. Change is coming, my brothers and sisters. Ernesto “Che” Guevara, revolutionist and medical student once said that “We have no right to believe that freedom can be won without struggle” and I believe that we have struggled, we shall continue to struggle to win our freedom. The Black-Light shall guide us through the dark times, just as the stars guided our ancestors in the twilight to freedom. Millions have paved the way for us to be here so instead of straying off the path we should follow them and pave the way for the future generations. For although our generation may seem lost, we shall find our way but the next generation will need proper guidance. 
So in closing to my brother and sisters, please power up your black light, for it shall be your key to freedom.