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Sunday, April 24, 2011

LIMITED MINDS

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU PICKED UP A BOOK TO ENHANCE YOUR KNOWLEDGE BESIDES A TEXTBOOK....AS A CULTURE I DON'T THINK WE EDUCATE OURSELVES ENOUGH ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AROUND US...WE ARE SO CONSUMED WITH MEDIA.... WHICH STANDS FOR MULTI ETHNIC DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA....AND THIS INCLUDES CELEBRITY GOSSIP...REALITY TV.. MUSIC VIDEOS. VIDEO GAMES...GADGETS...ANYTHING THAT  IS NOT OF ACTUAL REALITY... WE ARE SO CONSUMED THAT WE BECOME ENGULFED IN THE MEDIA WHEN IT ACTUALLY ADDS NO SIGNIFICANCE OR VALUE TO OUR LIVES AT ALL.... IT ALL COMES BACK TO A STATEMENT THAT SAYS... IF YOU EVER WANT TO HIDE SOMETHING FROM AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PUT IT IN A BOOK... THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT WE ARE BLINDED BY AS A CULTURE BECAUSE WE DO NOT TAKE THE TIME TO EDUCATE OURSELVES OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM... IN THE CLASSROOM TEACHERS ARE ONLY OBLIGATED TO TEACH A LIMITED AMOUNT OF INFORMATION ON THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED...SO IT'S UP TO US TO EDUCATE OURSELVES AND BECOME DIVERSIFIED IN OUR OWN KNOWLEDGE...MEDIA WAS CREATED AS A DISTRACTION IF WE FEEL THAT WE CAN LEARN EVERYTHING FROM TELEVISION OR A MOVIE THEN IN ACTUAL REALITY MOST OF US WILL NOT OPEN A BOOK TO READ THAT SAME INFORMATION...I THINK ITS TIME THAT WE OPEN OUR EYES TO WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE WORLD AND NOT LIMIT OUR MINDS TO WHAT THE  MEDIA WANTS US TO KNOW BUT TO TRULY EDUCATE OURSELVES AND EMPOWER EACH OTHERS AS A CULTURE......SMOOCHES

ALL FEEDBACK IS WELCOME..

1 comment:

  1. ** 2 thumbs up** Totally agree. African Americans should go "shopping" at the Borders, Barnes & Nobles, instead of fishing for fashion...

    Kudos!

    Charli

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