Podcast with a cool twist. As though your book club has fused with social media. Let's read something that is powerfully impactful, that will help you grow and learn something meaningful and positively impactful. And share some thoughts that may shed some light.
Forward/Introduction of an unblinking look at what it is like, to be an African American Man with depression. And analysis of the connection between racism and the illness
The misused, misguided, misunderstood, miseducated, are the results of a systematic decree set forth to decapitate the minds of boy's, preventing then from becoming true Men. And it is no accident that spiritual, psychological, and economic & emotional death occurrs as a result from the systematic assassination and annihilation of the Black Boy
Like Bob Marley sang in the song, I shot the sheriff. He said that the evil ones decreed to kill them before they grow
Chapter 2 section 1: the importance of imagery and it's power that can shape who we are through how it effects our minds
The boy learns about himself from the confrontation of problems and being forced to find solutions for those problems.
When the games and the playing become a substitute for determining some strategic life plan, then, you are stuck as a boy
This mind operates with instant panic from a position if instinct and impulse.
When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child. But when I became a Man. I put away childish things
The continuous state of evolution or on-going development. The human is transformed by his thinking.
Dr Na'im Akbar is one of the world's preeminent African American psychologists and pioneers in the development of an African-centered approach to modern psychology.
The revolution starts with Africans coming together to help each other. Information is the most valuable commodity in the world. Our people should not be content with where they are today because there is so much more to do!
FAITH- the complete trust and confidence in someone or something. FAITH is taking the first step even when you can't see the whole staircase
Getting back to who we are and our destiny of greatness that we've once held. Doing this by uplifting and doing right and becoming a better man for ourselves and for our most important counterpart. Our Queen. The Queen - having an iron will with a goddess like glow.
The power of fear and it's side effects are life threatening, until we decide to admit it exists and seek help to understand the trauma it's causing, and how to better deal with it.
Who are you as a man, and as a black man in America?
AS A BLACK MAN THINKETH: A Guide to Self-Empowerment and Black Excellence - by Reggie Whittaker (2018)
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