i've been reading...

...the narrative of the life of frederick douglass, an american slave, and i realize why i stopped reading stuff like this. in a sense, it makes me angry because when i read i escape reality and venture off into the world of the narrator; i become part of the scene and visually speaking, it's not been a good journey thus far. it's amazing to me how articulate and smart someone can be during a time when people went beyond the call of duty to make sure that we (black people) stayed dumb as shit. maybe that's what they should do now- try to keep us from getting an education because i think some people would probably see the value in it then. so many young people don't give a fuck about school, yet they think that they will grow up and be millionaires; and then there are those who will settle for working at mcdonald's for the rest of their lives as long as they can spare a little change to get them a dime bag on friday. come on people! there is more to life than that.

i was watching tupac resurrection last night and he actually had some great ideas. he said, "the reason why we brought the troops home from the vietnam war was because we were able to see on television how brutal and violently they were dying and being killed. so what i'm trying to do is expose the harshness of the ghetto to the world so that someone will want to help make the situation better for all of these people." makes sense if you ask me. a black revolutionary who just so happened to be a rapper. and we can't blame tupac for being an angry black man because in reality we all are if you push it to the limit. ask nikki- she'll tell you about me! lol. but seriously, we need to get it together. it's way past due ya'll. it's way past due.

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