The Compass
Wednesday, February 13, 2002
8
Inspiration Break
LOVE YOUR BLACK FAMILY
' Anthony Debrow and Nicky Silver
Contributors
What is love? Love is the perfection
of those who are Original. Perfection
means the flawless nature of a special
uj>ion. Love is simply our feelings,
emotions, and desires brought out to its
gi:eatest potential. The Original Black
people are the first race to inhabit the
Earth. We have always possessed the
.^quality of love within ourselves.
'■ •' How do I know this? Or better yet,
ask yourself this question! Why should I
become aware of the answer? One
-reason why is because there is a lack of
love in ourselves, relationships, and
families. This affects our Black communi
ties.
Do you love yourself? Before you
-answer this question, you must first
,iknpw who and what your true self is.
Black men are you gangsters, murder-
'ers, drug-dealers or a common criminal?
No!! You are the prominent Kings of this
pfanet. You are from the lineage of
pyramid builders, world scholars, scien
tists, world travelers, mathematicians
and political leaders.
To become this type of great man,
you must first start loving yourself,
respecting the positive and divine man
that you are. It is time to get out of the
slave mentality. The negative thoughts
you have now was planted or embedded
into us by your former slave-masters,
which was to fear him, hate yourself and
become passive in your abilities and all
aspects of life.
What about you, sister? Do you
love yourself? You are not a whore,
sleuth, or any other derogatory name for
women. The Black woman are the most
respected woman on the planet Earth,
the great and understanding Queen of
the Universe. You are the strongest
woman that ever will be. You are desired
by your slavemaster and imitated by
their women, because of your exotic
beauty, strength and intelligence.
Today’s society has created false securi
ties and luxuries to lure you away from
your true identity. The Welfare system is
a sham. Now they are trying to use it
against you so that you wold have to
take their birth control implants
(Neuroplant), make-up, false eye-lashes,
and improper clothing are items that
were designed for you to be seen only
for your physical self and not your mind.
Black women, dress for respect, not to
impress. Your mind is the true source of
your power.
A relationship is a word that can be
broken down into two words (relation and
ship). Our true relation is to respect, love,
trust and honor. These virtues will deeply
enhance a valuable bond between
companions or soul-mates. A ship is a
vessel built to sail bodies of water. A ship
is your mental thoughts and processes,
while water brings forth life. The union of
these two words (relationship) will show
us great jewels that will be instilled in our
lives; the order of using our minds to
conduct and bring order to a healthy
loving relationship instead of just our
sexual parts. The unity that transgress
with love will be the foundation and
stepping stones for our future (children).
They will learn true strength and
reality from observing a powerful commit
ment from their parents; the values of
trust, dignity and respect. This will be
instilled in their hearts and minds. This is
when the family unit will be complete.
The perfection of life will be in its
immediate stage. Our children will be
come active in positive elevation. They
will know their true self. No longer will we
need the role models that are given to
them society. The role and model of love
will be seen at home.
Let me change direction for a few
lines. What will be the opposite value of
love? This is called hate, heat, the burn
ing sensation that you feel when dealing
with your emotions; that fire inside you
that kindles a negative force; the actual
hell that we are living in today. Please
recognize this thought. If we do not begin
to live, teach, understand and show love,
we will forever live in hell!!
The disrespecting of the elderly is
one example. How long will we instill fear
into them. Our children will be scared to
go outside and play. Stray bullets would
strike the life of a baby. Peer pressure
would warrant them to indulge in life’s
unnatural events.
What I am trying to stress is that we
need LOVE!! Yes, that four letter word
that is so small, but yet so big.
Instill it into yourself, so you can
begin to respect yourself, your Queen,
children and the Black family. Education
and self-awareness is a vital part of this
growth also.
Let us LOVE OUR BLACK FAMILY!!
Let us learn to trust again, so that we can
build our nation up to highest standards.
BUT REMEMBER, LOVE STARTS
AT HOME!
RE.A.C.E
When I see
When I see a flower I remember my childhood
A childhood full of love, but somewhat not
perfect
To show a certain bond with a person
Many people look at you now like you’re weird
Is that okay by societies standards
To be shunned from the world
To hide underneath your mother’s arm
Knowing she understands you the most
Agony is something everyone has shared
Then we are not so different you and me
Are we? Are we really?
Tell me...now why do you hate me?
Are you scared of my skin, the color rubbing
off on you
Fool, Fools, Foolish is this time of thin king
No one has a right to be scared of the other
yet we are
Cannot except that for every sister we have a
brother
All the controversy
Shh...can’t talk about that
Yet we see it everywhere growing up to now
with us
Not just racism because hate has no color
Since when have we brought, bought, and sold
our heritage
Saying that we are only one color
That cannot be
So again when u see a flower
I remember me...
Don’t you?
-Patricia Parks
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The ECSU Planetarium
February 13-14, 2002
5:00 PM
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♦ Lovo Stoiy
7:00 PM
Laser Lover Songs
7:30 PM
Love Story (Encora)
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Black History Trivia Answers
1. New Orleans, 2. The Cotton Club, 3. Ragtime, 4. The Original Dixieland Jazz Band,
5. Sarah Vaughan, 6. Frederick Douglass, 7. February 3, 1870, 8.Ida B. Wells, 9. NAACP