Revolutionary Daily Thoughts: The Philosophies and Opinions of Our Ancestors/Elders

[Akua Ma'at]

"The quality and nature of the struggle waged in this country by black people must be viewed in a historical context. First, it must be recognized that we were brought here against out will, thereby making us, en masse, political prisoners."

John Henrik Clarke



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[Yahmeesh]

"It's easy to clean up,
when your own house is dirty"

- N'hr proverb -

[Akua Ma'at]

"I am quite frank. I do not pretend to 'love' white people. I think that as a race they are the most selfish of any on earth."

W.E.B. Dubois
"Whites in Africa after Negro Autonomy"


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[Akua Ma'at]

"Would it not be wise for American Negroes themselves to read a few books and do a little thinking for themselves? It is not that I would persuade Negroes to become communists, capitalists or holy rollers; but whatever belief they reach, let it for God's sake be a matter of reason and not of ignorance, fear, and selling their souls to the devil."

W.E.B. DuBois
The World and Africa


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[Akua Ma'at]

"They were such artful liars, they were such artful, skillful liars, that they were able to take a criminal system and, with lies, project it to the world as a humanitarian system. They were the worst form of criminals themselves, but with their lies they were able to project themselves as pilgrims who were so religious they were coming to this country so they could practice their religion. And you ate that thing up 100 percent."

Malcolm X
Malcolm X on Afro-American History


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[Akua Ma'at]

"You will be the guardians of the liberty you cherish."

Jean-Jacques Dessalines

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[Akua Ma'at]

"Too much freedom leads to loss of identity."

Akan (Afrikan) proverb

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[Akua Ma'at]

"They were such artful liars, they were such artful, skillful liars, that they were able to take a criminal system and, with lies, project it to the world as a humanitarian system. They were the worst form of criminals themselves, but with their lies they were able to project themselves as pilgrims who were so religious they were coming to this country so they could practice their religion. And you ate that thing up 100 percent."

Malcolm X
Malcolm X on Afro-American History

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[Akua Ma'at]

"Once the slave has his master's education, the slave wants to be like his master, wants to share his master's property, and even wants to exercise the same privileges as his master while he is yet in his master's house."

Malcolm X
The Speeches of Malcolm X at Harvard


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[Akua Ma'at]

"boys are students men are teachers
boys are consumers men are producers
boys play with toys men work with tools
boys break things men make things
boys ask questions men give answers
boys are disruptive men bring order
boys run in gangs men organize teams
boys play house men build homes
boys shack up men get married
boys make babies men raise children
a boy won't raise his own children
a man will raise his and somebody else's
boys invent excuses for failure
men produce strategies for success
boys look for somebody to take care of them
men look for somebody to take care of
boys are present-centered
men are time-balanced, having a knowledge
of the past and understanding of the present
and a vision for the future
boys seek popularity men demand respect
boys are up on the latest
men are down with the greatest."

Clarence L. James, Sr.

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