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Mental enslavement is the act of blindly and deceitfully maneuvering a person into servitude while that person believes he/she is thinking for him/herself. In realizing that one is mentally enslaved, one can begin to constructively take strides toward freeing their mind from the shackles and re-building a solid, intelligible, unshackled, independent mind state.  Read More »

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Black History Month: A time for African-American slave descendants to reflect, uplift the honorable triumphs attained by ancestors, and pay righteous homage to African-American ascendants whom fought hard for the freedoms in which African Americans are privileged today? Or is it?  Read More »

In lieu of the n-word’s derogatory and demeaning definition, African Americans have still continued to uplift the n-word, protected it like a mother instinctively defends her newborn, and placed it high on the altar as if the idiom is something in which to be proud.  Read More »

Centuries ago, the Great Commonwealth of England excommunicated those citizens considered unfit members of society and common criminals to an undeveloped, God-forsaken place. This place has since become the greatest and most powerful country in the world—the United States of America.  Read More »

Community leaders all across America are now stepping up to the plate and challenging the insanity that’s been going on within the black community relative to the self-deprecation use of the n-word, and other profane words.  Read More »

What do BET, Viacom, and the hip-hop culture have in common? the snowballing trend toward promoting promiscuity, emphasizing material gain, and encouraging self-destructive behavior and attitudes. These same trends have been conveyed in BET’s “Read a Book” video.  Read More »

On Monday, February 26th, 2007, New York City Councilman Comrie conducted a hearing requesting a Resolution to symbolically ban use of the n-word. The reaction has been fast and furious. Chris Rock’s reaction as reported by the news media was as follows:  Read More »