Please share videos and ideas that suggest new and innovative ways to educate our people by destroying social stigma and erroneous ideas.

 

 

Developing Positive Self-Images In Black Children (1988) | Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu

 

Oh! as an aside just love his 70's swagger....almost like a dance how can you not learn - 

Countering The Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys (1987) | Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu

This is the brother whom Dr. Umar Johnson comes down in the footsteps of.

And before Dr. Jawanza.....you had the late great Dr. Amos Wilson.

Yeah Dr. Kunjufu is the 2nd bestselling author of all-time on this site.  He has made our bestsellers list 100 times!

 

40 years ago he understand how Black boys were not being served by our "educational" system.  I suspect things have only gotten worse today for Black boys. 

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Amos Wilson - Developmental Psychology of the Black Child, Part 1 | For the People (1981)

 

Life as a contrarian is so aggravating. 😆

 

His point about peer pressure in 4th grade is interesting then he starts talking about Competition.

 

I was bored out of my skull in 3rd grade and then discovered science fiction in 4th grade. But the nuns NeVeR taught science. I was learning things that the nuns were not teaching and so there was nothing relevant to compete about at school.

 

I think letting White people define  education is part of the problem. They cannot make accounting mandatory in high school and then economists fail to discuss the Depreciation of Automobiles for 70 years.

 

The system is designed to screw White people.

 

The Screwing of the Average Man (1974) by David Hapgood 

If I can only recommend one book to a person it is Marcus Aurelius's. Meditations.

 

He was a soldier a general and became emperor of Rome. The book is about how to conduct oneself. One of the quote is, "It is better to be straight than straightened."

22 hours ago, Delano said:

If I can only recommend one book to a person it is Marcus Aurelius's. Meditations.

 

Abracadabra!

 

https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/2680

To Be Popular or Smart: The Black Peer Group (1988) | Dr. Jawanza Kunjufu

Sorry dude, I got over 1300 on the SAT and did not study 12 hours per week. 🤣

 

I probably read science fiction books more than 12 hours per week. Then I would research stuff I found in sci-fi books.

 

Of course this was before that Star Wars crap!  🖖

What suggestions do Black kids get for enlightening reading.

 

Slavery as an Industrial System (1910) by H. J. Nieboer
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/74463

 

When Africa Awakes (1920) by Hubert Harrison
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/69712

 

Black Man's Burden (1961) by Mack Reynolds
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/32390

 

Border, Breed Nor Birth by Mack Reynolds
https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/30639

 

There's never been a shortage of smart, intelligent, gifted, talented Black folks. 

 

That's why we Black folks have made it *this* far in the system of racism white supremacy.

 

The *problem* Black folks have is an unwillingness to be less dependent on the system and no desire to break it. 

 

No amount of reading or degrees or money will lead to freedom if people are comfortable and complacent in a mental prison.😎

8 hours ago, ProfD said:

No amount of reading or degrees or money will lead to freedom if people are comfortable and complacent in a mental prison.😎

There is no such thing as freedom there is only power. Freedom simply means that nothing is inhibiting your power.  Relevant Knowledge can provide power and money. But money and Wealth are two different things. Not knowing about Planned Obsolescence half-a-century after the Moon Landing is actually funny.

1 hour ago, umbrarchist said:

There is no such thing as freedom there is only power. Freedom simply means that nothing is inhibiting your power.  Relevant Knowledge can provide power and money. But money and Wealth are two different things.

Excellent observation.

 

1 hour ago, umbrarchist said:

Not knowing about Planned Obsolescence half-a-century after the Moon Landing is actually funny.

Rest assured that knowledge won't increase power and/or wealth.🤣😎

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6 hours ago, harry brown said:

Black.  Children.  Going. To. Religious.  Schools.  Teaching. Them..,To.  Embrace.  White. Religions  ..The. Only.  Religions  Black. People.  Do. Not. Have. Is.   The.  Amish.  And.  The. White. Christian.   Snake. Handlers.   ...Some. Black. Parents.  ,,Are. Not. Involved. In Their. Children. Education.  .Poor. Inner. City.  Schools.  Jobs. Taken. Out.  .Racist. White. Politicians.   Racist. White.   Police.  Dumping. Out.  Drugs.  Guns.  For. Black. Genocide. .....

Yeah!

 

My mother sent me to a Catholic school. Those dumb nuns NeVeR taught science. If I had not started reading Science Fiction in 4th grade I don't know what would have happened. Maybe I could have murdered a nun or three.

 

My sister told me a nun said, "Science and Religion don't mix." Thinking and religion don't mix. Trash the religion.

 

I figure that if there is a God then He/She/It has a lower opinion of religion than I do.

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12 hours ago, ProfD said:

Rest assured that knowledge won't increase power and/or wealth.🤣😎

 

That is one of the strangest things that I have ever read.

 

I started teaching myself electronics at home when I was in high school. I went to college for electrical engineering but dropped out after two years. I went to a head hunter and he gave me an electronics test with mechanical aptitude thrown in. He said I made one mistake.

 

But that got me my first full time job at Panasonic. The funny thing is that the chemistry and physics and calculus that I took in college was close to useless. But most people assumed that was where my knowledge came from.

 

Teach Yourself Electricity and Electronics by Stan Gibilisco 

 

The problem is finding decent books when you don't know anything from the get go.

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1 hour ago, umbrarchist said:

That is one of the strangest things that I have ever read.

To be clear, I was referring to knowledge of planned obsolescence not increasing power and wealth. 

 

Of course, I totally believe requisite knowledge and application can generate wealth and acquire power.

 

1 hour ago, umbrarchist said:

The problem is finding decent books when you don't know anything from the get go.

There's no shortage of books on every subject.  Individuals have to seek out reading material of interest to them. 

 

Getting folks interested in reading is the harder part.  A love for books and information seems to be an acquired taste.

 

H8ll, most church-going people only open their bible during Sunday service.🤣😎

 

4 hours ago, ProfD said:

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There's no shortage of books on every subject.  Individuals have to seek out reading material of interest to them. 

 

DECENT books. There are LOTS of crappy electronics books. I could not select a DECENT chemistry book if my life depended on it.

 

Fortunately, I am not interested.

19 hours ago, ProfD said:

To be clear, I was referring to knowledge of planned obsolescence not increasing power and wealth. 

How is Depreciation and Accounting separated from that? And of course the Moon Landing drags technology into the issue.

3 hours ago, umbrarchist said:

How is Depreciation and Accounting separated from that? And of course the Moon Landing drags technology into the issue.

Poll the rich, wealthy and powerful people  in the USA. Many of them have amassed their fortunes in tech industries.

 

Yet, I believe less than 10% of those people  knows about planned obsolescence, depreciation, accounting and the moon landing.  I'm sure 99.99% of them don't care about it.😎

8 hours ago, ProfD said:

Poll the rich, wealthy and powerful people  in the USA. Many of them have amassed their fortunes in tech industries.

 

Yet, I believe less than 10% of those people  knows about planned obsolescence, depreciation, accounting and the moon landing.  I'm sure 99.99% of them don't care about it.😎

 

Those people can pay cash for all of the cars they want. I do not give a damn about Them!

 

 

Mechanics are pointing out that crap is getting more crappy.

 

Start this one at 6:30

 

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That red thing in the thumbnail looks like my first car, a '67 Dodge Dart. But mine was yellow with a black vinyl roof. Bought it used for $1000 in '72. 😂

I thought that concave rear window was kind of weird.

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