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The Timbuktu Syllabus (Pt1)

MEC @Lesufi has been celebrating the arrests of Black Criminals. 👏🏾

However, to what end?

Fair to say, it's time we told the story of the misunderstood Black Child.

A diagnosis on;

"How once a Greater Hero, became a Misunderstood Zero."
There's just too much to explain over one thread. So I'll be doing new threads every 9am, explaining how The Black Man suffered the 5 Defeats...

Social Defeat
Economic Defeat
Intellectual Defeat
Cultural Defeat
Structural Defeat

But firstly, I need us to tap into deep thought🙏🏾
As a Communications student, part of my thesis included writings by neurologist and psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud.

He wrote the Psychoanalytic Theory. A profound piece of work which gives proper diagnosis of the human mind and how it's influenced by environmental communication.
We, as human beings, live in a world of perpetual communication, whether it be in community, family, education or media, everything around is communication with us.

Everything we are exposed to day by day is an environmental language that will later shape the person we become.
For example, we all recently watched a video where a community looted alcohol from Tops.

But what most failed to notice was the little children amongst these people.

Children receiving environmental education under the course, Criminal Activities 101.
Ten years from today, those young boys you see...

Will be these guys here.

I grew up amongst poor people.

And though I lived amongst them, my father always taught one thing...

"Observe the village. But do not fall victim to it. There's a lot that can build you, and many more that can destroy you"
One of the greatest minds to ever come from the African American community.

Sociologist W.E.B Du Bois wrote a thesis on the "Double Consciousness of the Black Man"

I went on to understand this as two positive Intellectual aspects that complete the modern day Black Victor.
Cultural and Urban aspects.

Cultural positive side of the village is that it instills "Wisdom". Understanding of the "Cultural Self".

And the Urban upside instills "Intelligence"

Only through a reconciliation of these double conscious worlds, shall a Perfect Black prevail.
However, embracing only one of the two always leads to greater defeat.

Example, the Culturally intellect understands the importance of black culture, black unity and black identity. She is true to self.

However, it's always urban challenges that will forever defeat her.
When she tries to speak out about her challenges,it's the absence of "urban" voice that leaves her unheard.

She stands a better chance of attracting the media chanting "Fees Must Fall" in Braam...

Than crying out about the lack of electricity at her daughter's school in Giyani.
Lack of white words leads to frustration, which, at times, leads to violent resolutions.

If you follow most rural violent protests, they were preceded by peaceful gatherings that fell on deaf ears.

In the village, only fire attracts the English Speaking Cameras.
And when the black woman goes completely urban, she discards everything of true self...

She obsesses white hair, White world (paris), white culture, white brands (Tiffany).Her children speak English. "Buy Local" is vulgar to her.

Biko calls this one, a Curse to Black Progress.
Cultural or Urban minds are seldom a choice,they communited into habits through environmental language.

All human are born clay, we become whatever sculpture society, family, education and beliefs build out of us.

No child is born criminal, criminals are built by criminal world
End of Pt1

Tomorrow 9am I'll be explaining in depth how the conscious mind works

...and how modern black world's been working against Black Folk.

So much wrong has happened yesterday, which has morphed into a toxic contagious environmental language today.
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