If I speak in the language of other cultures and assimilate to their ways, but have not cultural affirmation, I am a copy-cat or a second class citizen.
If I have their theories, philosophies, and beliefs, and quote all their great men; and have studied all their sciences, so as to perpetuate their culture, but have not a sense of my own cultural solidarity, I am walking the path of least existence.
If I throw away all my heritage, and hold up the heritage of other cultures, but have not any consciousness of my own, I gain nothing.Blacology is patient and kind; it is not jealous or boastful. It is not ashamed of its history. It is productive and creative.
It does not rejoice at self-hatred and it rejoices in unity. It bears all its people; believes in all its people. It hope for the future and it knows what the people need and what they want. It endures all struggles.Blacology never ends. As for assimilation, it will pass away. As for other languages, they will cease.
For their theories and philosophies are imperfect and their second class citizenship is imperfect; but when Blacology comes, their imperfections will pass away. When I was a slave, I spoke as a slave; I dreamed as a slave; I thought like a slave; I reasoned like a slave; and I acted liked a slave. When I became emancipated/free, I gave up my slave mentality.For now we must acknowledge the need of Blacology, but then we wore a mask.
Now I have knowledge: knowledge of self and equality. Then I was afraid, even as I understand the need of a Cultural Science. I know I must be understood. So, I say to myself, it must be worth fighting for; it must be worth living for; and it must be worth dying for. Abide in these three, but the greatest is to die.
For if a BlacMan or BlacWoman has not found something worth dying for, he/she is not fit to live. Brothers and Sisters Blacology is the ancestor's gift to Black Culture.
Professor Walter Cross(copyright © 1989)
If I have their theories, philosophies, and beliefs, and quote all their great men; and have studied all their sciences, so as to perpetuate their culture, but have not a sense of my own cultural solidarity, I am walking the path of least existence.
If I throw away all my heritage, and hold up the heritage of other cultures, but have not any consciousness of my own, I gain nothing.Blacology is patient and kind; it is not jealous or boastful. It is not ashamed of its history. It is productive and creative.
It does not rejoice at self-hatred and it rejoices in unity. It bears all its people; believes in all its people. It hope for the future and it knows what the people need and what they want. It endures all struggles.Blacology never ends. As for assimilation, it will pass away. As for other languages, they will cease.
For their theories and philosophies are imperfect and their second class citizenship is imperfect; but when Blacology comes, their imperfections will pass away. When I was a slave, I spoke as a slave; I dreamed as a slave; I thought like a slave; I reasoned like a slave; and I acted liked a slave. When I became emancipated/free, I gave up my slave mentality.For now we must acknowledge the need of Blacology, but then we wore a mask.
Now I have knowledge: knowledge of self and equality. Then I was afraid, even as I understand the need of a Cultural Science. I know I must be understood. So, I say to myself, it must be worth fighting for; it must be worth living for; and it must be worth dying for. Abide in these three, but the greatest is to die.
For if a BlacMan or BlacWoman has not found something worth dying for, he/she is not fit to live. Brothers and Sisters Blacology is the ancestor's gift to Black Culture.
Professor Walter Cross(copyright © 1989)