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How To Fight Racism Muhammad Ali Style

Muhammad Ali was very clever in this interview. While he is addressing the adversities and obvious social differences in America during the time of this video, there is a very important message here. I hope this clip challenges you to look into your history and really learn your ancestry. For America as a whole, we all have been manipulated into believing a false history and continue practices that are a hinder to us and our planet. There is a racial divide in America, whether or not anyone wants to acknowledge it, we all are victims of racism and our structural system. We don’t have to be, we need to first acknowledge it and then show each other a little love.

Racism = Bully

The real devil is racism and not the evil red figure with horns. We are living fear everyday of Ebola or contracting aids and do not realize we all have a disease called RACISM ingrained in our minds that is more powerful than any other disease I can think ok. We have not been able to find a cure for it and that’s because we don’t realize we have it. It’s sort of like having a piece of spinach stuck in between your teeth while you’re on a date. How can you get rid of the Spinach if the strikingly good looking gentleman across from you is staring at if you are not aware that it is there. You will either wait for him to tell you or you may look in the mirror and figure it out for yourself (See where I am going with this). While the comparison are different levels of intensity, the moral is recognizing racism is real, racism is alive and its bullying us, I don’t like bullies, do you?

Recognize Ebola & Fight It!

Symptoms of Ebola include

  • Fever (greater than 38.6°C or 101.5°F)
  • Severe headache
  • Muscle pain
  • Weakness
  • Diarrhea
  • Vomiting
  • Abdominal (stomach) pain
  • Unexplained hemorrhage (bleeding or bruising)

Symptoms may appear anywhere from 2 to 21 days after exposure to Ebola, but the average is 8 to 10 days.

Recovery from Ebola depends on good supportive clinical care and the patient’s immune response. People who recover from Ebola infection develop antibodies that last for at least 10 years.

http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/symptoms/

Winnie Mandela: Would You Bleed For Love?

http://www.putlocker.tw/watch-winnie-mandela-online-free-putlocker-2011.html

Truly an inspirational story. This film symbolizes strength, bravery, courage, determination and positive image for Blacks to see. A Black Man and a Black Woman coming together in strength to fight their oppressor. Their efforts may have taken what some would consider a lifetime to accomplish. We must not fear time, rejection, oppressors and all things preventing us from acquiring social justice. Our society can learn what to do and what not to do in this story. I believe we can peacefully reach a resolution. Beautiful story, share any thoughts.

Jane Elliot: Share Power to Empower Everyone/ Racism is a Mental Illness.

Key Points:

  1. Realizing Anger, Race Injustices
  2. Acknowledging sensitivity to racial injustices.
  3. Electricity, Alphabet, Numeration System, Paper, Major Religion: numerous contributions made by Black/African
  4. Faulty school system improperly teaching the history of Blacks in America.
  5. YOU ARE NOT BORN A RACIST
  6. IF YOU CAN LEARN IT YOU CAN UNLEARN
  7. SHARE POWER TO EMPOWER ALL
  8. YOU ARE NOT BORN RACIST BUT INTO A RACIST SOCIETY
  9. DIFFERENCES ARE OK, EMBRACE THEM
  10. IDENTIFY, ADMIT, CHOOSE TO CORRECT RACISM

I admire the bravery of Jane Elliot and her contributions to correcting racism. She’s honest, strong and is what America needs to overcome this exhausting racial battle. She is the perfect representation of what I hope to contribute to society.

Preventing Ebola

There is no FDA-approved vaccine available for Ebola but there are measures you can take to prevent it.

If you travel to or are in an area affected by an Ebola outbreak, make sure to do the following:

  • Practice careful hygiene. For example, wash your hands with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer and avoid contact with blood and body fluids. USE SOAP! WARM WATER! ClEAN UNDER NAILS!
  • Do not handle items that may have come in contact with an infected person’s blood or body fluids (such as clothes, bedding, needles, and medical equipment).
  • Avoid funeral or burial rituals that require handling the body of someone who has died from Ebola.
  • Avoid contact with bats and nonhuman primates or blood, fluids, and raw meat prepared from these animals.
  • Avoid hospitals in West Africa where Ebola patients are being treated. The U.S. embassy or consulate is often able to provide advice on facilities.
  • After you return, monitor your health for 21 days and seek medical care immediately if you develop symptoms of Ebola.

Healthcare workers who may be exposed to people with Ebola should follow these steps:

  • Wear protective clothing, including masks, gloves, gowns, and eye protection.
  • Practice proper infection control and sterilization measures. For more information, see “Infection Control for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers in the African Health Care Setting”.
  • Isolate patients with Ebola from other patients.
  • Avoid direct contact with the bodies of people who have died from Ebola.
  • Notify health officials if you have had direct contact with the blood or body fluids, such as but not limited to, feces, saliva, urine, vomit, and semen of a person who is sick with Ebola. The virus can enter the body through broken skin or unprotected mucous membranes in, for example, the eyes, nose, or mouth
 http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/prevention/ (Information obtained from the CDC)

The Lion King in Observation

 

Photo Credit: http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/the-lion-king/images/27847299/title/scars-kingdom-photo

Photo Credit: http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/the-lion-king/images/27847299/title/scars-kingdom-photoMoors/Africans/the Black Race lived in castles, wore expensive garbs and jewelry, heavily rooted in religion, wealthy and healthy.

Opening Scene: As the Lion King begins, SImba is being born, there is a celebration for the new life entering the circle of life, the animals are happy, the city is flourishing. The same sort of prosperity is seen in the beginning of the black race and amongst society as a whole.

At the age of 4, I drastically overlooked the importance of this scene. Mufasa is explaining the balance of life and how we must respect all walks of life no matter your social status. This very concept has been lost in the evolution of the human race. While Mufasa is referring to animals, the human race black, white, asian and all races, we are all connected, there is a balance and we must restore it. This scene also demonstrates the importance of teaching your children their history, the true history.

Once you have educated your children on their history, culture and true essence, you will embed more into your child’s esteem than you may be aware. I have no children and I am not expert. However, I am equipped heavily with common sense. Realizing self is powerful. Teach your children where they came from, watch Hidden Colors, make sure they understand. Once you learn who you are, you are unstoppable. This will be the one of the most important weapons in restoring the balance.

The Lion King

As I watched Hidden Colors, I begin to instantly draw parallels between the situation blacks have been subjected to and the message I decoded from the movie The Lion King. I will break down some of the vital parts of the film and even include pictures if possible.

The Lion King was served to us on a platter and we were never told the influence behind one of Disney’s most popular animated films. The Lion King was set in an African land, characterized by animals found in Africa and voiced by black characters but there is more to the story. The Lion King was influenced by Sundiata Kieta and his willingness to respond to the people of Mali to help overthrow his brother and restore the city. The following post will outline my thoughts.

Hidden Colors

This blog is greatly inspired by the documentary Hidden Colors by Tariq Nasheed. Many of my references and comparison will be attributed to the findings of this documentary. I believe we have been left messages from our creators on our identity and it is waiting to be revealed. The Black/African/African-American race is a great race with a great history and a great story. We are not the minority. We do not know our history. I report what I consider to be facts and do my best to exclude any biases. I simply intend to provide you with the knowledge I am acquiring along my journey to explore my lineage, you decide what you want to do with it. I will find away to upload the documentary or post a link directing to the video, please stay tuned for the post.

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  Photo Credit: http://atlantablackstar.com/2013/10/07/when-black-men-ruled-the-world-moors