Where Do We Go From Now?
What is your Philosophy on Change?
At times we are faced with moral stalemates, reminders that knock on our conscious by way of our simple humanity. It could be a turn of events such as the racially charged atmosphere we have been experiencing or perhaps another issue that brings us close also such as a natural disaster, national outrage or perhaps it was a death of someone close to us. What are we to do when we feel powerless? Sometimes I feel like the problems of the outside environment outweigh everything however are nowhere present within the struggle happening within my own home. The way of the land affects the way you land in bed tonight, whether you acknowledge it or not. The political atmosphere as well as the natural environment have a direct impact on the way we are allowed to live our lives.
We are all capable of using our own mind and utilizing our own logic, when it comes to what we deem right and wrong. What we do and choose not to do will effect not only our children but other generations to come. So it is with dire urgency that we preserve all life and build everyone and every living thing up so that we might know a deeper part of ourselves and plan for the children before it's too late. We turn on the news, see videos on youtube and receive facebook posts all with negativity. This person got shot that person got shot, this person killed their children, this person shot a movie theater up." We then see the other media stuff, the celebrity distractions and somehow forget about what matters... because we are Taught to!
Some things such as natural disasters are out of our control but we can plan for our families and can make a difference here at home, in the streets outside by simply picking up a piece of trash or planting a tree. Could planting a tree be seen as revolutionary? Think about it, in a planet where we use technology for everything and tech savvy is how we're all expected to be, to do something natural to create or preserve life other than organize and control it would be seen revolutionary indeed. We can pick up a book and read to our kids. We can go to a beach, park or museum or see some crazy performance from out of town, if we can afford it right? More than anything when we see something wrong or unjust, we can call it like we see it and use the unfortunate opportunity to educate. Let's lead by example and show folks different!
I found these small manzanita bushes on the side of a windy mountain by themselves. They were small, yet strong! When determined, nothing can shake you, deter you or cause you to loose footing. How can we change conditions? By challenging thought, but explaining things as clear as day in a manner everyone can comprehend, we can make a difference in our lives as well as in those around us. By having conversations about race, class, money, and the natural state of things as well as revisiting the past, we can help sculpt a future desirable for everyone. Here's something I did for a class when I was in New York. You can always challenge old ways of thinking. By the way, I almost always got an "A," because my logic was sound, arguments arranged well and well sourced. This teacher had to stick to the script and was very cool but I couldn't stand what I was being taught at times or that we were even required or expected to learn this BS. "The Greats" my ass! How are you going to be great? To breath alone is a feat in itself, for life is no accident and we have to fight to live! So live!
Sekou M. Black
Philos 100-9E
Professor Mendoza
12-11-09
The Difference
Between Savages and Animals
“I am, therefore,”
No! “I am what I am,” said the great philosopher Popeye the sailor man
According to Locke a
savage was not
Though justified
enough to ravage his lands
Displace natives rape
the women
Sell the children for
220 shilling “sold!”
Give others blankets
laden with disease
With bloody feet
trails of tears were frozen cold
It is these thoughts
I venture not on
The canvass they
paint where God was reason
Enough to show
corrupted souls
Their logic flawed
like recently passed seasons
No gifts of thanks
only to celebrate
A great massacre of
700 heathens
If I were aboard with
knowledge of their ways
No land for days I’d
leave not one breathing
Here lies the story
of painful pasts
Within this class by
blood we share
These Greek greats
were full of shit-
I hope some argue
against the loved I pray you dare
To test the tides
even Descartes thought
The animals to be
without some ethos
Without reason Aristotle’s
Ethics
Have no choice thus
act sporadic just like my peoples
Please forgive our conditioned ways
Alienation many lives
lost & taken stories tragic
Never forget the past
& your families separated made slaves
Unforgivable that
dreadful passage
Now many hoods know
endless cycles savage acts
Upon occasion only
rashness void of prior deliberation
Governments led the
desecration of habitats?
Spread across the
globe to every nation
So what’s tomorrow?
The future we hold
My posteriori solid
as animals remain sane
My understanding is
beyond reason
My breaths are laxed
I can’t complain
Disappointed by what
my eyes hurt to see
Often strain to blind
my hearts view from the lavish
Who’s executed these
truths acts deemed inhumane?
Who’s civil now and
who’s the savage?
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