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Liberation is Impossible without Consciousness, Consciousness is Impossible without Reading!
by Baba Asinia Lukata Chikuyu
May 12, 2013

The more I study the Liberation Struggle of People of Afrikan Descend, the more come into the consciousness that Liberation is Impossible without Consciousness, Consciousness is Impossible without Reading! People of Afrikan Descend in america have been struggling to be free since before 1619. In 2013, we continue to battle for freedom and our humanity despite the claims of america the all men are created equal with certain inalienable rights. Afrikan Truth Be Told, when those words were written, People of Afrikan Descend were not even considered human and that mentality still exist in the hearts of too many americans.
But because too few Black People read and comprehend the sequence of events or timelines of their readings, american propaganda has indoctrinated Blacks into a state of psychological tolerance of subjugation, oppression and mental bondage, all of which are antithetical to liberation and human nature. Somehow, Black People have been made to believe that they came to america on the mayflower. Somehow, Black People have been indoctrinated with an ideology of tolerance of the murder, rape and dehumanization of their grandmama and grandfather without them carrying the same burdens of dehumanization themselves. The idea of Africans being innately inferior to pale-pink people has somehow been deeply imbued into the psyche of Black People, who don’t seem to realize that they are Descendants of those very African People.
And what is the logical consequence of psychological tolerance of subjugation, oppression and mental bondage? For Blacks in america the logical consequence is george zimmerman not facing charges for murdering Trayvon Martin without public pressure being placed on the judicial system that claims to administer equal justice to all. Another logical consequent is Marissa Alexander being sentenced to 20-years in prison for actually “standing her ground” against her enraged and threatening husband, even though no one was injured. The logical consequence of our mental illness of psychological tolerance is a tolerance of a $2million bounty on Warrior Queen Assata Olugbala Shakur for wanting to live free while j. edgar hoover, sheriff lawrence a. rainey, bernard l. akins, other "otha" n. burkes, olen l. burrage, edgar ray killen, frank j. herndon, james t. harris, oliver r. warner, herman tucker, samuel h. bowers, eugene “[pit]bull” conner, byron de la beckwith, roy and carolyn bryant, j. w. milan, billie roy pitts, cecil sessum, charles richard noble, charles clifford wilson, deavours nix, henry deboxtel, james franklin lyons, lester franklin thornton, philip delves broughton, travis buckley, william t. smith, travis buckley, howard travis giles, "dynamite bob" chambliss, thomas blanton, jr, bobby frank cherry, herman cash, raleigh j. (red) glover, o. c. poissot, james edward watts, robert fuller, and e. d. morace were free to live out their lives in part because their crime happen “so long away”. Of course, those of us who are not avid readers and researchers do not know that the above-mentioned murderers, kidnapers and extortionist committed their crimes against Black People, and for the most part, lived out their lives as free citizens with impurity.
Liberation is Impossible without Consciousness, Consciousness is Impossible without Reading!
As our struggle for liberation continues, our best weapon in this battle is our mind. We already know that “A Mind Is A Terrible Thing to Waste”, but not enough of us know that reading impregnates the mind. An impregnated mind is equivalent to bringing new life into the world, which begets liberation. Free Your Mind and see what follows. Read More and Live More! Get to Know Thyself by reading stories about us that are untold. No matter what level of liberation you aspire towards, free and full citizenship in america, free self-governance on the north american continent, or repatriation to our Motherland to connect with our historic roots and independent self-governance, Reading is a necessity. Reading is a definite necessary means for our acquisition of "our right on this earth...to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence...." [El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz]