tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36201255.post7693222132612543680..comments2023-10-20T11:21:36.415-05:00Comments on Rico The Opinionist!!: Black Afrikan-Centered Consciousness: Is it still what it used to be back in the day?Rico Rivershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01609387018986988645noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36201255.post-89370579901543478062015-12-16T01:42:43.237-06:002015-12-16T01:42:43.237-06:00Greetings king in the Dallas area link upGreetings king in the Dallas area link upAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601164293833087703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36201255.post-1552963741468728972015-12-16T01:42:27.957-06:002015-12-16T01:42:27.957-06:00Greetings king in the Dallas area link upGreetings king in the Dallas area link upAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10601164293833087703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36201255.post-50672709045772088142014-06-26T16:48:51.640-05:002014-06-26T16:48:51.640-05:00Brotha,Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi:
You get it....Brotha,Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi:<br /><br />You get it. You know what exactly what the deal was. I am so glad that you mentioned Bro. Amos Wilson. So many of These so-called "conscious" brothaz and sistaz of today have not caught with the knowledge of the economic needed to move our people forward. Having the knowledge is one thing. But Having the knowledge with no actual plan of action and ECONOMICS to carry out the plans, is useless. I was very close to Conscious community when I lived in Memphis. However, the sista and the audience were more interested in sarcastic quips and playing the call and response game with the speaker than actual solutions. However, I am still helping black folks who want my help. :)Rico Rivershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01609387018986988645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36201255.post-16166459676837739252014-06-24T11:03:56.457-05:002014-06-24T11:03:56.457-05:00We all have an agenda based on what we know AND wh...We all have an agenda based on what we know AND what we don't know. There is a time and place for everything. . .That event was not the challenging place for a "stranger" Particularly, a stranger with an outsider mentality, who had not been seen at any other function, who had not made himself known to any one in the community and who has grave assumption about a so-called "conscious community" what is that? Are you working for your people, or not? If you are, one might think that you would want to learn the folks you want to serve, find out who they are, where they are in their development, and then to align yourself with that information and offer your services. Service is not an elistist propositionl Judging appearances etc. is foolish when doing "the people's" work. God's Speed on your evolution as a dedicated Afrskan. . .who has intentions, intelligence, and creative social skills which galvanizes and not alienate. As with the previous 2012 writer; "The work contiues. . .it never stops. . ."Baba StoryManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06356936158521563269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36201255.post-59156401493595670942012-09-17T01:56:31.814-05:002012-09-17T01:56:31.814-05:00Seems that you walked into a "I am African ce...Seems that you walked into a "I am African centered/conscious" because the white man wont allow me into his world, so I will scream and speak of our greatness and force him to accept me group. <br /><br />Pyschologist Amos Wilson discusses those type of so called conscious Afrikans. Not really conscious merely making the speech circuit to spout half understood ideas. Or attending three hour lectures to get the feel good high. No real interest in solutions or healing. He also has an excellent lecture he gave on the subject of Black Relationships, not your run of the mill approach and definitely not something that the pseudo-conscious crowd you walked into would deal with. <br /><br />For example, I would have thought that if it was an Afrocentric discussion on Black Community counseling etc. they would have made extensive use of the literature presented by black psychologists in the US who are also members of the Association of Black Psychologists.<br /><br />I have heard of that speaker, All I will do is laugh. Not big on serious research and serious solutions, lot of personal issues stemming for wrong headed decisions and pushing a weird 'Black' Feminist Agenda. <br /><br />She used 'projection' on you by projecting her lack of understanding of the example you gave onto the audience. Funny, she used the 'oppressors' methodology.<br /><br />Because they have no cultural foundation, as a result of being uninterested in authentic Afrikan systems of mental health, they make up stuff as they go based on half baked ideas centered on half understood theories, and you get the foolishness you encountered. <br /><br />We just have a lot of work to do.Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04053374296021034259noreply@blogger.com