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Re: Skin-Deep Discrimination (Colorism)

Honour

Great insights. I especially like the one about fundamental change occuring at a genetic level. There are some heavy implications in those words.

Language is the vehicle that carries the concepts that embody a civilization. To elaborate, if we compare a civilization to a healthy body, the concepts (philosophical, religious/moral) that nourish this body can be compared to blood and the language through which these are expressed can then be likened to arteries.

So, what happens when something that postures as a civilization falls victim to cancer? Specifically, leukemia.

Two sayings : "a picture is worth a thousand words", and, "actions speak louder than words".
Both mainly correct but slightly misleading because, just as there are singular words that are worth more than all pictures, there are also words which can put actions into a truer context. These words have, within thier meanings/etymology, deep philosophy; these are singular words that a textbook could be written on.

So, when a so-called leader stands up to make a public speech during which words like 'freedom', 'prosperity', 'justice', 'opportunity', and 'development' are heavily featured, then we would be correct to expect that all the deeds that will follow these fine words will be with the intent of reinforcing the high moral standards contained within the speech. When this does not happen, when this repeatedely does not happen, then, some who are less well informed as to the true meaning of words will start to get a false idea about the actual concepts represented by those words. This is how standards are lowered instalmentally, and, as generations pass, a new breed of 'leaders' pick up the baton, do thier job and standards are further lowered. This is an ongoing phenomenon in Africa right now.

Which is why it is not at all strange to see, (in the larger world that is overseen by the corporate 'mainstream' media, holeywood, and whatever incarnation of leopold/hitler is sitting in the 'white' house) how the war on words continues. Now, we have words like "liberal", "independent", and "aggressor" currently undergoing modification. These are some from the new set of words that have been deliberately targeted as a way of continuing the incremental corruption of the spirits of the ones who are constantly (willingly) being fed on illusions. And, as usual, the scams are working. Especially in amerikkka, where there is now a sizeable segment of the population who think "liberal" is a dirty word. These, we must never forget (in spite of the efforts of the likes of morgan freeman) are people whose ancestors firmly believed that populations of indigenous people would have to be exterminated as a first step to bringing 'civilization' to the land. People who sat down in the morning to pontificate with thier rotten jaws on the subject of 'human liberties' before returning home in the afternoon to resume the feverish dehumanisation of thier so-called slaves.

A pattern that was not new, a domineering hypocrisy that went right back into the beginnings of wastern 'civilization' (i.e. the greeks). So, if it is clear that from the time the 'white' project got underway, certain words (and the ideas they were meant to seed in the human mind) had already been corrupted, what is the point in still seeking to find meaning FROM these same sources? We have clearly seen what these words 'Humanity', 'Justice', 'Love', mean to the 'whites' and we now need to look elsewhere. So, I say this in agreement with what Karibkween was saying : if we are TRULY seeking meaning, where would be the logical place to start from? We must ask this question repeatedely (and in as many ways as possible) until the ONLY answer that returns is the right one.

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