Thursday, March 7, 2013

Who are the real phonies?

How do you feel about people who aren't really genuine about who they claim to be?
Is someone who's made it out of the traps and negative aspects of the Black community and become successful in today's world say, as a doctor, yet, has animosity towards those within the community who remain better than someone who has made their money as a rapper delivering stereotypical images of Black people to the world, yet doesn't live that life anymore?
Are they both phony?
Both exhibit the symptoms of a slave mentality, the self hatred that allows for the direct hurting of your people versus the dismissal and abandonment of that same group.
I personally believe that the acknowledgement of a slave mentality and the conquering of it wouldn't allow for either mindset. There would be an obligatory sense that you must uplift the community and support it. Success breeds a mindset of sacrifice and creates an atmosphere of education and even rescue. One would neither damage or leave the ones who need one's understanding.
When you create an environment of self awareness, self-definition will follow.

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