There is an urgent need for black awareness in the black society. It is ignorance of our ways and true identities that has landed us in this painful state. Sadly though, every time one speaks about black consciousness, one is perceived to be political-minded; and, in the black society, that is the passport to be ignored or even hated. We need to realise that black consciousness is an awareness of the true nature of the black (wo) man and not a political stance. Without true knowledge of ourselves (past and present), we will remain in this despicable condition. It is, therefore, an individual responsibility of each one of us to pursue knowledge of self and help others to do the same. Unless we make it a personal cause to revolutionise the black minds, we will remain sheep and our offspring’s, like us, will be black zombies and subjects of the system.
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