Footprints of Injustice

It is clear to see the footprints of injustice all over the playing field of democracy. The question is what do we do? Can we formulate liberating ideologies from minds that are imprisoned? Imprisoned by lies forced to suffer life sentences of disillusionment. We must be willing to move beyond the tangled webs of apathy and embrace a vision of freedom by any means. This means relinquishing the tight grip that we have on the "American Dream" and recognizing that struggle can never be synonymous with the status quo. Let us challenge the structural prisons that confine the life chances of so many. Sadly, there is a realization that most will not embrace the path of revolution, but we simply allow for the limited confines of conformity to define their existence. However, I believe that life should be more and we should agate until this is reality. Let's Get Free!

Breaking Chains

The mission: Breaking the chains of slavery that still fit tightly around the necks of my people. In the age of colorblindness the recognition of slave codes that still confine black lives to the oppressive side streets of invisibility is pivotal. I find peace in the midst of the chaotic screams of revolution.Even though, I recognize Revolution is more than slogans and poses devoid of substance. Revolution is intensely given meaning in the acts of love that force people to stand for righteousness in the midst of oppressive times. So, I seek to duplicate the keys that will unlock the chains of ignorance that stifle black potential. The potential that lies in the hearts and minds of those that make up my community cannot be contained by the brutal barricades of Jim crow. So everyday I fight I actively resist the temptation of white lies that seek to confound black truth. Let's Get Free!

Captives

Sadly, we are not strangers to captivity. We have been held captive by the cultural myth that this system works. This faulty premise has left us in the midst of invisible prisons unable to grasp the vastness of the bars. So our voices remain passive in the face of systemic oppression. Passive voices, that we use because the reality of the situation is overwhelming. It is in the midst of this overwhelming state that we retreat to simplistic answers that don't force us to recognize the true nature of the system. The system is broken and anytime solutions require using the oppressor's tools or embracing avenues that the elites endorse is foolish. The journey for freedom cannot be reached by traveling the similar paths that have led to our oppression. It is time to wake up to the reality that revolution is not convenient but necessary. Let's Get Free!

No Limits

At times it seems that in my community so many define their lives in terms of limits instead of seeing life as limitless. For so many, it seems that blackness requires submission to a minimalist existence. That dreams and aspirations are beyond our scope and we are simply force to embrace survival as the main mode of our life. However, I want to see my people begin to live beyond systematically imposed limits that crush the seeds of hope that lead to fertile lives. We must break free from the chains of limitations the way our ancestors broke free from the chains on inferiority. It is when we begin to live without limits that our embrace of liberation will be truly realized.Blackness does not require that we shrink from the main stage of life and embrace a second class existence. We are entitled to become the epitome of greatness embodied by the sacrifice of our ancestors. Let's Get Free!

apathetic times

Apathetic times breed frustration, the possibilities of change diminish with every passing day. It seems that most are simply incapable of breaking free from the chains of conformity that make dissent possible. Those who claim to be individuals have simply allowed for a capitalistic culture to define their simplistically contrived poses.So we seek poses devoid of substance and embrace ideologies lacking in purpose. Therefore, it is no surprise that injustice is entrenched and oppression is running rampant. The time is now that we awaken from our slumber and truly begin to wage war on apathy. Let's Get Free!

Decisions

It is in the midst of troublsome times that greateness can be reached. It is that time for our generation. To move from the destructive ideas of selfishness and greed and embrace an ethic of selflessness and humilty. It is imperative that our dreams move from the narcisstic to the noble. That we begin to look beyond careers and steadily growing bank accounts and begin to truly take stock of the broken world that we currently inhabit. The world does not need more professionals the world needs more people concerned with the deplorable condtions that suffocate the life chances of so many. So for our generation the question remains, what path will we take? Will our lives be nothing more than the building of self constructed monuments to our greatness? Or will we lose our notions of the "good life" and recognize that true greatness is connected to our willingness to serve? Let's Get Free!

Comforting Ignorance

Can consciousness contend with the comfort that ignorance provides? The recognition that the brokenness of the world requires a response, and that those that choose to stand on the sidelines silently endorse the architects that are responsible for the brokenness.It is in the midst of these stunning revelations that we will be forced to give an account of how we contributed to the possibility of liberation or allowed for oppression to remain the dominant theme in our world. Will the emergence of a new consciousness instill in us a courage to confront the evils that seek to dismantle democracy and make misery commonplace for the masses? There are no easy answers but ignorance assures that there will never be the conviction necessary to search for answers. Let's Get Free!

"Right Choices"

How do we respond when we make the "right choices" and still the door to the American dream remains locked? Do we continually believe in the tenets of hard work even as we witness countless hard workers that struggle to escape the crushing grips of poverty? What do we do when the startling truth that the American dream was not meant for all begins to shatter the illusion that we cling to, in order to silence our frustration? There will come a time when the hypocrisy of the American system cannot be explained away. And we will be force to take a stand. However, it seems that the soothing waters of conformity have distilled the revolutionary fervor necessary to see this continued hypocrisy as blasphemous to our foundational ideas of democracy. The time for revolution is at hand. I simply wonder how many will heed the call? Let's Get Free!

Who will Sacrifice?

Those who desire freedom must shatter the myth that it's arrival will emerge without sacrifice. However, the question is who will sacrifice? Who will engage in struggle for liberation that is not tied to monetary gain? Can we see past the materialistic ambitions that corral so many of the talented masses? These are the questions I pose,as daily I see the ways the seductive limbs of prosperity have strangled all the revolutionary ambition out of my people. We have become slaves to systems that simply perpetuate our misery. Solutions lie in our willingness to sacrifice and see beyond the picket fences that serve to fence in our anger. Our righteous anger must return and we must begin to transform systems that hold so many captive. Let's Gets Free or bravely rest in the embrace of our failed attempts.