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Parable of the Parrot

Parable of the Parrot

for Ngugi Wa Thiong'o and the Pan African Revolution

The king wanted parrots around him. He wants all his ministers to wear
parrot masks. He said he had to do the same for the previous king. He
only said what the king wanted to hear

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Parable of the Man Who Loved His Mama

Parable of the Man Who Loved His Mama

Mother love turns to smother love....
--Nietzsche

Heaven is at the feet of your mother.
--Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)

There was a man who loved his mama and his mama loved him, even though she called him the ghost of her

Started by Marvin X in Education

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Parable of the Black Bourgeoisie

Parable of the Black Bourgeoisie

The economic and political dependence of this African neo-colonialbourgeoisie is reflected in its culture of apenmanship and parrotryenforced on a restive population through police boots, barbed wire, agowned clergy a

Started by Marvin X in Education

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A Dialogue with Plato Negro on White Supremacy

A Dialogue With Plato Negro on White Supremacy

Present:
Simone
Rashidah
Paradise
Ramal
Plato Negro
Location: Plato Negro's Library

Someone mentioned Richard Wright's Native Son.

Plato: Baldwin objected to Richard Wright's thesis that Bigger Thomas represente

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Parable of the Colored People

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Parable of the Colored People

Parable of Colored People

There was a world consumed by color. One man named DuBois called it the problem of the color line. In a place called Amirika there were people who lived behind the color

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Parable of the Man Who Left the Mountain

Parable of the Man

Who Left the Mountain

On April 4, 2008, forty years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I found myself packing to return to the Bay Area, a killing floor for black people. During the past five years, I was blessed

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Parable of the A Students

Parable of the A Students

There was a group of students who were good in school. They did everything their teacher told them, attended classes without fail, did homework to the T, went on field trips to the various hot spots in town, even stayed

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Chicago-Midwest

BLACK AMERICA 2010 - DON'T DRINK THE KOOL-AID

Started by Enoch Mubarak in Education

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The Life Story of Henry Ramsey, Jr.

The Life Story of Henry Ramsey, Jr.

An Autobiography;
Hardscratch Press 2008

“Henry Ramsey's open-ended conversation with his descendants is a gift for any reader. His frank and eloquent account of the journey from Jim Crow childhood to a life of acti

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Parable of the City of God

Parable of the City of God

You have destroyed the City of God, turned it into a hell hole wherein brother is against brother and sister against sister. The City of God has become the habitation of devils who kill at will the children of God who are sl

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On Marvin X as Plato Negro

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Marvin X

at the

Malcolm X

Jazz Fesitval

Oakland

On Marvin X as Plato Negro

Dr. Nathan Hare,
chief advisor to
Plato Negro

Dr. Rodney D. Coates,

Senior Advisor to

Plato Negro

Ishamel Reed called Marvin X Plato: "If you want to learn about

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Parable of the Basket

ay, March 12, 2010

Parable of the Basket

A wise street brother suggested Plato Negro place a basket on his table at his open classroom downtown Oakland. The basket, according to the wise brother, would be for donations people might want to make to his

Started by Marvin X in Education

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Fable of the Sleeping Lion

Fable of the Sleeping

Lion

Once there was a lion who lived in a cage in a wilderness. He did not like living in a cage, but he was put in the cage by his master.

He was strong and he used to run free, but now he was in a cage. The master fed the lion fo

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A Poem for Clara Muhammad

A Poem for Clara Muhammad
She went to the door
when Master Fard knocked
selling red silk
asked was brother there
she said yeah
he in the back
drunk as a coot
Master Fard
sobered him
raised him from dead
so-called negro
Master departed
Elijah in char

Started by Marvin X in Education

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Toward A Post-feminist/Post Crack Definition of Bitch

Toward A Post-feminist/Post Crack Definition of Bitch

Rashidah Mwongozi Defines Bitch

Every woman should be a bitch because a bitch is only a woman who has come into her own power. You are not a bitch until you take a stand for yourself. Once you tak

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Return of Gov. Moonbeam

The Return of Gov. Moonbeam

California is already well known as La la land, Wild Wild West, last frontier, end of the white man's world, after all, once on the west coast Asia awaits us, the non-white world. So Cali is indeed the last frontier, an

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Fable of the Rooster and the Hen

Fable of the Rooster and the Hen

for Jah Amiel, James, Jazmin,

Jordan, Mahadevi, Kevin,

and you

There was a farm that had many chickens and roosters. One rooster used to control his many hens with an iron fist and he made the sound of the rooster to le

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A Nation of One Million School Drop Outs

If one million students drop out of school annually, should we question the intelligence of the students or the ignorance of the school system, including the curriculum that may be antiquated and irrelevant,

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West

A Shared Note To: Shamako Noble About The Injustices Done To Joel Benard Perry

A Shared Compliment Note To: Shamako Noble About The Injustices Done To JoelBenard Perry

Dear Shamako Noble:

My wife Heather showed me your "Open Letter to the Seattle Times andLevi Pulkkien: Joel Bernard Perry is not a Gang Member." The motherSandra

Started by Min. W.D. Patterson in Education

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South

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Celebrating 3 Years Strong &a Still Got It Going On

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Parable of the Parrot

Parable of the Man Who Loved His Mama

Parable of the Black Bourgeoisie

A Dialogue with Plato Negro on White Supremacy

A Dialogue With Plato Negro on White Supremacy

Parable of the Colored People

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Parable of the Colored People

Parable of the Man Who Left the Mountain

Parable of the A Students

BLACK AMERICA 2010 - DON'T DRINK THE KOOL-AID

The Life Story of Henry Ramsey, Jr.

Parable of the City of God

On Marvin X as Plato Negro

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Parable of the Basket

Fable of the Sleeping Lion

A Poem for Clara Muhammad

Toward A Post-feminist/Post Crack Definition of Bitch

Return of Gov. Moonbeam

Fable of the Rooster and the Hen

A Nation of One Million School Drop Outs

A Shared Note To: Shamako Noble About The Injustices Done To Joel Benard Perry

2/24/20109PM CW.E. A.L.L. B.E. Radio: The 2010 State Of The Black Union

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