“As Black women, we’ve been conditioned to strive for advanced degrees to ensure we’ll be well-paid. Now we’re the most educated group and among the most burdened by debt and wage inequality. It was all a setup. Tom don’t have no Master’s degree and makes double your salary.” Cinneah of Flynanced
“Education does not deserve the genius of our BLACK kids.” Dr. Gholdy Muhammad
“The Liberation of the Black mind must come from a thorough knowledge of self and that education process must come in two steps inspiration and information” – Dr. Khalid Abdul Muhammad
“It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I”d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on the Earth as though I had a right to be here.” James Baldwin
AS I WAS IN THE HALLWAYS, I SAW THE PROUD GRADUATES WITH THEIR MEDALLIONS AND I HEARD SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY………..
I HEARD HOW WE ARE DIVIDED
I HEARD HOW THEY BEGAN TO SEE THEMSELVES AS WORTHY BECAUSE OF HARD WORK
I HEARD WHITE INFERIORITY AT WORK
I HEARD THE SLAVE BELLS RINGING
I HEARD BLACK MIDDLE CLASS
I HEARD BLACK UPPER MIDDLE CLASS
I HEARD BLACK ELITE CLASS
I HEARD BLACK BOURGEOISIE
I HEARD BELLS AS COLLARS TO DETER ENSLAVED STUDENTS WHO GOT THE WORST EDUCATION TO THINK THAT THEY ARE SOMEHOW DIFFERENT, BETTER, MORE ACCEPTED, AND PREFERRED OVER THE REST AS THEY REACH FOR SOMETHING GREATER, BRIGHTER AND MORE FAKENESS OF FREEDOM
BECAUSE OF WHAT IS IN OUR DNA, WE ARE ALL BLACK EXCELLENCE
BECAUSE OF WHAT IS IN OUR DNA, WE AER ALL INTELLIGENT
BECAUSE OF WHAT IS IN OUR DNA, WE ARE OBSERVED
BECASUE OF WHAT IS IN OUR DNA, WE ARE ADMIRED FROM AFAR AND UP CLOSE
BECAUSE OF WHAT IS IN OUR DNA, WE ARE CELEBRATED
BECAUSE OF WHAT IS IN OUR DNA, WE ARE ENAMORED BY OTHERS MARVELING OVER US
BECAUSE OF WHAT IS IN OUR DNA, WE ARE IMITATED
BECAUSE OF WHAT IS IN OUR DNA, WE ARE COVETED
BECAUSE OF WHAT IS IN OUR DNA, WHEN PLACED IN THE RIGHT SOIL, WE BLOSSOM
BECAUSE OF WHAT IS IN OUR DNA, WE EXUDE INNATE BEAUTY OUTWARDLY
BECAUSE OF WHAT IS IN OUR DNA, AMERICA CREATED WAYS TO EXCLUDE, OMIT, REJECT AND DENY US FROM PARTICIPATION AND COMPETITION SO WE DON’T DOMINATE AND OUTSHINE
BECAUSE OF WHAT IS IN OUR DNA, WE HAVE INNATE CONFIDENCE
BECAUSE OF WHAT IS IN OUR DNA, WE EXUDE GRACIOUSNESS AND GRATITUDE
BECAUSE OF WHAT IS IN OUR DNA, WE ARE INNATELY TALENTED, GIFTED AND HIGHLY SKILLED
BECAUSE OF WHAT IS IN OUR DNA, WE BORN LEADERS
BECAUSE OF WHAT IS IN OUR DNA, WE ARE BECAUSE THEY WERE…..
BECAUSE OF WHAT IS IN OUR DNA, WE ARE OUR ANCESTORS WILDEST DREAM, THE ARE OUR BIGGEST INFLUENCERS
BECAUSE OF WHAT IS IN OUR DNA, WE WIN, WE EXCEL, WE WSOAR, WE ARE STRENGTHENED, WE PRODUCE WHAT IS WITHIN WHEN IN THE RIGHT SOIL
TO STRIP US OF OUR BLACK BRILLIANCE
TO STRIP US OF OUR BLACK INTELLIGENCE
TO STRIP US OF OUR BLACK LOVE
TO STRIP US OF OUR BLACK STYLE
TO STRIP US OF OUR BLACK EXCELLENCE
TO STRIP US OF OUR BLACK PRIDE
TO STRIP US OF OUR BLACK CREATIVITY
TO STRIP US OF OUR BLACK UNITY
TO STRIP US OF OUR RESILIENCE
TO STRIP US OF OUR BLACK INGENUITY
TO STRIP US OF OUR BLACK INNOVATION
TO STRIP OUR AWAKENING
TO STRIP US OF OUR BLACK CONFIDENCE
TO STRIP US OF OUR RESISTANCE
TO STRIP US OF OUR SUPPORT SYSTEM AMONG EACH OTHER
TO STRIP US OF OUR BLACK STRENGTH
TO STRIP US OF OUR DOMINANCE
TO STRIP US OF OUR ACADEMIC PROWESS
THEY REPLACED BLACK TEACHERS WITH THE MOST INCOMPETENT, INFERIOR, MEDIOCRE, WEAK, AND IGNORANT WHITE TEACHERS WHO HAVE CONTROL OF OUR MINDS, SPIRITS, SOULS AND LIVES DAILY.
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