my sisters and brothers,the[it]i'm speaking of is the thirst for knowledge that we as a people seem to have forgotten about down through the decades,one of the things that we speak of with pride here is the fact that our ancestors always had an almost unreal passion for knowledge even at the risk of losing thier lives they read by starlight-candlelight-moonlight[malcolm strained his eyes in prison because he wouldn't stop reading once the lights were out]one of the saddest things that i hear us say is[why should i learn that ol stuff i ain't gonna ever use it]no just like you[ain't]never gonna use that stuff you read in that[fashion-sex-sports-gossip]mag..[and before ya'll jump on me,haha]let me state that i'm not condemming reading for pleasure[heck i read some of that stuff too]no my people what i'm talking about is the fact that somewhere along the lines we have stopped wanting to know about things that would just make us well read[if i may use that term]the old addage[the easiest place to hide something from a blackman is to put it in a book]is unfortunately true and we need to get back that thirst that has sustained us as a people...for our own survival.
Black People : WHEN DID WE LOSE IT AND WILL WE EVER GET IT BACK?
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Good point! personally I dont think our desire for reading and learning as disappeared.
Its just that times have changed as they always have done ( and will continue to do)
where as the Library or a course were perhaps the only way of increasing ones Knowledge folk are now doing this at the click of a mouse. It seems that most people nowadays buy books as a way of retaining a personal copy of work they've enjoyed or find in the longer term particularly useful.
New tech and ways of learning shouldnt necessarily be viewed as a bad thing
for ex take this website.
Reading the articules / information that people post, and being able if you wish to delve further into an interest, or interact with the author via the forum or privately, is an advantage on soley reading a book. Not to mention that ppl can now meet with ..and learn with and from each other, much more easily than they would have been able to in the past.
No I dont think we have lost it .. I just think the way we will choose to learn and utilize just what we have learned that has changed!
Its just that times have changed as they always have done ( and will continue to do)
where as the Library or a course were perhaps the only way of increasing ones Knowledge folk are now doing this at the click of a mouse. It seems that most people nowadays buy books as a way of retaining a personal copy of work they've enjoyed or find in the longer term particularly useful.
New tech and ways of learning shouldnt necessarily be viewed as a bad thing
for ex take this website.
Reading the articules / information that people post, and being able if you wish to delve further into an interest, or interact with the author via the forum or privately, is an advantage on soley reading a book. Not to mention that ppl can now meet with ..and learn with and from each other, much more easily than they would have been able to in the past.
No I dont think we have lost it .. I just think the way we will choose to learn and utilize just what we have learned that has changed!
- Mar 26, 2003
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tv's, movies, ipods,psp's and computers have taken over....
in america we are heading down the lazy path...and not just blacks
audio books are selling almost as much as regular books.....
but i will agree with you that our quest for knowledge is not what it should be....
i think that has everything to do with our complacency in this country....
simply put...the majority of us just aint hungry like previous generations were...imho
one love
khasm
in america we are heading down the lazy path...and not just blacks
audio books are selling almost as much as regular books.....
but i will agree with you that our quest for knowledge is not what it should be....
i think that has everything to do with our complacency in this country....
simply put...the majority of us just aint hungry like previous generations were...imho
one love
khasm
- Feb 28, 2009
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Oooh-wee! You said it, brotha!
I have been spouting that same thing for years! And what's even more sad about it is some of us think we "got it SO good!"
great great points...
i know we'll get it back...
some of us are as hungry as ever...
i think once we started just being complacent with no regard for the future and just existing day to day and check to check we lost sight of ourselves..
future is from the latin futuras meaning about to be.....
most have lost hope because they can't see their own futures.... due to institutionalized racism.. .. deteriorating schools... discriminatory justice.. corrupt political leaders.. and accepting oppresion
people suffer because they lack vision... this is what causes the fear and doubt that leads to depression and a "no way out" mantality
we must plan for our own future....
why wish for health, love, awareness or wealth when we can simply plan for health, love, awareness and wealth...
our future and those that are about to be are our children ...
many are just worn out...
with out a sense of future we will fail to have one..
i know we'll get it back...
some of us are as hungry as ever...
i think once we started just being complacent with no regard for the future and just existing day to day and check to check we lost sight of ourselves..
future is from the latin futuras meaning about to be.....
most have lost hope because they can't see their own futures.... due to institutionalized racism.. .. deteriorating schools... discriminatory justice.. corrupt political leaders.. and accepting oppresion
people suffer because they lack vision... this is what causes the fear and doubt that leads to depression and a "no way out" mantality
we must plan for our own future....
why wish for health, love, awareness or wealth when we can simply plan for health, love, awareness and wealth...
our future and those that are about to be are our children ...
many are just worn out...
with out a sense of future we will fail to have one..
