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06-09-06, 11:59 PM
The "Colonized" mind. Makes me "despair" a little bit, knowing that other black folks would question your choice to regarding your name. I keep thinking of the line from "Roots", when Louis Gossett Jr's character "Fiddler" looked at a black man who was trying to escape and said,
"I don't know how to be no free n!gger."
Some of us have broken minds, it seems. Well anyway, it's awesome to know that you have reclaimed your name. We definitely do not have to "force" these decisions on others. But when you lead by example like this, it makes me a little bit ashamed that I have not reclaimed my name.
But I think I would like to go through a process of doing that. I haven't quite thought out how I would like things to unfold in that regard.
Again, I applaude you. This thread lets me know that I have a few miles to go in terms of truly recognizing my own identity.
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“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground, they want rain without thunder and lightning.
http://www.covenantwithblackamerica.com
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