Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Miseducation of KB BY:KB 8.5.15

I know I have been guilty of this…….I guess it’s my own internalized racism. 

My sister and I are often laughing at my mom regarding the messages she has provided over the years. We call my mom the Black bourgeoisie (bougie) who still institutes her own from of the paper bag test. I often refer to my mother as Julia (Black TV nurse played by Diahann Carroll) because we always had to be the first “Negroes” in our neighborhood (which also meant a lot of fighting….I guess this place a big factor in my definitive thoughts on right, wrong and racism.

But, I digress; my racism comes into play when I hear of black kids being accepted into Ivy League Universities.  http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/04/pf/college/immigrant-accepted-all-ivy-league-schools-harold-ekeh/

I tend to think of them as the exception rather than the rule. My SH—TUFF!

I have been an honors student for most of my academic endeavors…forget my freshman year of college – I’d just moved to Cali and I didn’t give a damn about too much other than leaving my beloved hometown. But, again, I digress; I had to check myself and my thinking……..I have received and accepted the color line for so long that I truly believed that certain schools weren’t for Blacks….Now, I’m not delusional, I know this young man WILL have to face some challenges because his very presence will challenge the status quo….but hats off to the brother and I hope he will challenge the status quo….

Without education, you are not going anywhere in this world.   Malcolm X

EDUCATION is the medium by which a people are prepared for the creation of their own particular civilization, and the advancement and glory of their own race. Marcus Garvey, The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey


Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today. Malcolm X

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