As I read the many posts on this forum, I’m a little confused about who the members of this forum view as the enemy to Black folks. I believe all people on this planet are caught up in a war that begins in the womb before conception.
As you may know, before conception, millions of sperms are ejected into the womb, and under normal circumstances only one of the sperm, from the millions ejected into the womb, will reach the egg for fertilization. Now when the millions of sperms are ejected into the womb, they are immediately set upon by the chemistry of the female body as hostile invaders that must be destroyed. This chemistry begins to destroy the invading sperms as each sperm attempts to get to the safety of the egg. The chemistry of the female body became the enemy of each sperm. The female body attempts to keep the sperms from reaching the their objective – the egg.
Finally after one of the sperms reach the egg and is accepted by the egg, the door of safety is closed to all other sperms still struggling to make it. They are destroyed and become food for the female body.
At this time, the sperm that made it to the egg is safer than before, but its struggle for survival in the womb is still not over because the female body will still continue to try to destroy it by aborting. The female body remains an enemy; trying to destroy the very life it is producing until such time as that life leaves the womb and enters the world outside the female body.
You are that life that fought all the odds, and fought all the enemies the female body could throw at you. You overcame odds of a billion to one in order to survive the journey from your father’s loins up through your mother’s womb, and withstood the attacks your mother’s body threw at you for nine months.
You went through all of that and survived. Nothing in life will ever be as difficult or have such odds against you as what you went through to get here. Any problem you may have while in this life is nothing compared to what you went through to get here. Millions of the other sperms (your brothers and sisters) didn’t make it. That’s the reality of nature.
What does that journey teach? It teaches that self-preservation is first and foremost with nature. Your survival was the utmost importance in order to reach the egg first – in order to survive.
Nature is nature – it does not change. What was natural on your initial journey through your mother’s body is just as natural in your journey now that you are outside of your mother’s body. You merely came from one womb and entered into another womb. Most everything else is the same. The one primary difference is that you can now assist others in their survival and use others to assist you in your survival, whereas while traveling to the egg you could not help any of the other sperms and they could not help you.
However, just as when you were a sperm and you were ejected into a hostile environment, so to is it when you left your mother’s body you were ejected into a hostile environment – and that is the environment you live in today.
Why is it that Africans have not united? It is because there is no such thing as Africans. That is a myth – a misrepresentation. True, there is such a thing as people being born on a continent named Africa, and therefore, those born there may be referred to as Africans, but that is the extent of it. That is not you, that is the landmass of your birth, not you.
If you came from Mississippi, does that make you a Mississippian? And what would a Mississippian be. No, it would just mean you were born in Mississippi.
Your thoughts and your actions determine who you are, the place of your origin does not. If you and I have the same general way of thinking, the same goals and objectives, similar desires, etc. then we would be family. We would be tied together as a family by the things we have in common – our thoughts and desires. That is how tribes and nations are formed. Tribes and nations are formed by individuals having common grounds on which to base their unity; and when there is no longer enough common ground to support the union of those people, a power struggles erupts and soon the tribe or nation is destroyed. This is what you see happening all over the world today. It has nothing to do with genetics.
History has shown that race is not enough grounds to unite. History has shown that religion is not enough grounds to unite. History has shown that being from the same landmass is not enough grounds to unite. Race and religion, and even landmass, can be contributing factors, but in and of themselves, they are not enough.
I am a Black man, but I know that all Black people are not my friend. I also know all “white” people are not my enemy. I know there are some Black people who would not want me to have the right of “free speech”. I know there are Black people who would not want me to be free to make my own choices. I know there are Black people who would attempt to put limits on me and not allow me to be all that I can be. I do not consider those people to be my family – I consider those people to be my enemy.
It is easy to define and identify your enemy; it is more difficult to identify your friends. But, at least if you have identified your enemy, you stand a much better chance to survive and achieve your goals.
How do I identify my enemies? My enemy is anyone who attempts to take away my rights and freedom, or attempts to prevent me from being free. By free, I mean having the freedom to do as I choose as long as I don’t infringe upon the rights and freedom of others. It doesn’t matter their race, religion, gender, nationality, etc. If there is no victim, then there is no crime – there should be no such thing as a victimless crime.
I hear so much hate directed towards certain groups of people as if that hate will solve anything. I am not about hating any people (and that includes “white” folks) regardless of what their group history is. I am, however, about the destruction of my enemies and being free.
And whom do I consider family and friends? Anyone who helps me get and/or keep the aforementioned rights and freedom. It’s really that simple.
In order to survive and achieve, one must get together with like-minded individuals and form a group, then form coalitions with similar like-minded groups.
I am currently looking for other individuals who want to be free, but remember, you cannot be free if you don’t want others to be free.
It’s not about race, discrimination, bad words, etc. - It’s all about freedom, everything else is just distractions. You are either free or you are not.
I welcome other views on this – tell me what you think.
Know the truth, then act on that truth, and the truth shall make you free.
Liberation begins at home.
I'll be free, I'll be free,
And none shall deny,
With fetters and chains,
This spirit of mine.......
By any means necessary
Peace, Blessings