Why People Hide The Truth

Diallo Kenyatta

Yesterday at 10:12am · Edited · 

Now, after you watch this graphic video there are some things you should concider:

1. George W. Bush banned the media from filming or photographing the coffins of US soldiers being brought back from Iraq, Afghanistan, or any other the other secret wars the US is engaged in around the world.

2. Barack Obama decided to also sustain the media blackout on the coffins and took it even further and has aggressively hunted and prosecuted any soldiers or citizens who've released images or videos of the violence committed by the US military (See: Bradley Manning)

3. The rationale given for shielding the population from the violence of war, and the images and videos of war is that it would demoralize the public, turn the public against the war and the government, and provoke the US population to feel guilt about the violence committed by its soldiers and military.

Now, why is the same corporate media that will not show us the violence of the military, or the violence of private military contractors, or the violence of corporations, or any of the violence coming from the top down, from those in power against those with no power, willing to show us violent footage of the Lumpen-proletariat, especially if those lumpen are Black?

Why is it that even them most ignorant members of our community are aware of the homicides and violence, why is this information inescapable when the general population is so ignorant of so many other issues or social ills?

This is not news, this is not the media trying to keep us informed, this is not even basic journalism, this is propaganda; understand, just because it's true or factual doesn't mean it's not propaganda. If the media will show us the violence of the poor and Black, but not the violence of the Wealthy Elite, then they are manipulating our perceptions, they are indoctrinating us against ourselves.

I'm not trying to excuse the violence, just place it in the larger context of this society and the overall systems of Global White Domination.

If the media is telling and showing us graphic violence, then failing to protect us, or give us the means to protect ourselves, then it's not reporting on the violence to help us, it's doing so to traumatize us and turn us against ourselves; and it's working. You interact with most Black people and they will openly share with you their shame, hostility, rejection of, or ambivalence towards the larger Black population. They will say "ni99as ain't shit," "I can't be around ni99as," "these ni99as all need to be locked up." Yet they can hear about an atrocity committed by the police or military and they will not reject the systems or institutions of power.

The Black community is being systematically demoralized, turned against ourselves, and rendered hopeless; at the same time we are being falsely portrayed as inherently criminal and violent. That's the same tactic you find in Nazi propaganda, Joseph Goebbels use identical tactics against the Jews to turn the average German citizen against the Jews in the Ghettos of Nazi Germany....the overlaps are striking.

Look beneath they surface. Know that when they show you such videos they are trying to provoke a visceral emotional response and shut down your rational mind. Know that we will only address the violence and criminality when we look beyond the violence and criminality and attack the root causes, the fundamental causes of violence and criminality. That's the Radical approach.

Again, I'm not trying to excuse the violence, I live just a few blocks from one of the hottest corners in South Chicago, I fucking hate the violence, but I refuse to allow the media or our enemies to manipulate me or distort my understanding of the violence and what needs to be done.

The media don't give a fuck about violence or they'd expose all violence equally, not just poor peoples' violence, they want to engulf our communities in fear and distrust. They want to justify the Elite's agendas against us from Gentrification to Genocide.

[Please, if you share the video, copy and paste the commentary with it. It is irresponsible for Black people to help the corporate media in their anti-Black propaganda campaign. If we are sharing negative content we should always provide context and insights with it, or we are simply aiding our enemies. Thank you.]

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This week we were asked to talk about disagreements that we may have had back at some point of time…whether it was yesterday or this morning, reflection on this issue and how to solve it without conflict is the key aspect of this week.

            For this assignment I wanted to talk about a disagreement that I overheard when I was at a spoken word gathering some time ago.  I was sitting in the back of the lounge and I overheard a young lady crying to herself.  My first instinct was I hope that she isn’t battered or abused, or worse emotionally disturbed to the 10^th degree.  Come to find out she saw her man with another woman and she was pregnant.   From the outside looking in, it was really a f’d up situation and to be honest; waiting for him to get is butt kicked.  But since it was none of my business, I stayed out of it and just listened to what was going on.  Yes, I was ear hustlin’, man these stories be priceless!

            Well, needless to say, her ex man left the scene and she was still there getting herself together and it seemed that she had friends to cheer her up.  After about an hour things started to pick up and it was my turn to the mic and I was thinking about the situation that I witnessed.  I thought that if I said something in the reference of love I would get boo’d off the stage so I figured to say something funny so that it would take her mind off of her disappointment.  It worked from what I saw and she gave me a big hug afterwards and said thank you.  I never asked her name nor wanted anything special.  It just seemed like the right thing to do.  Come to find out she ended up a famous poet and since it has been 15 years since that situation, I don’t even remember her stage name but I remember her voice and from that I knew I did something good.

            I know that conflict resolution can be very difficult at times and we don’t always have the correct answer, but if you are listening to the cues, then you just may find out the right way to respond if you are on the receiving end.  If you were in a situation like myself, the it’s best to stay out of the situation because you may end up getting beat up….lol

Seriously, we all can stand to be in our own back yard sometimes not exposing our roots because we don’t know what the neighbors think about us.  Even so, I would still say hello just to make the heavens feel good.  To be miserable is a choice, to be combative is a choice, but to have love in your heart and use it for what is supposed to be used for takes training…

Can improper communication cause abnormalities in your DNA?

This week we were asked to give a description of how we personally communicate to others and what they think of you as a communicator.  I found that I had quite a few different remarks and all of them were the same in some way.  I first asked my wife, then my daughter since I am her teacher, and a close friend.  I was told that in my communicating with others, be mindful that the use of words can get inside a person.  So that the words that you use can trigger certain responses in the synapsis of the brain.  We all know that some words are emotional triggers and others can be very destructive especially to those that are very emotionally sensitive.

I was told that I am a person who has power behind his voice and thoughts and be mindful that there are some just a strong as I am in communication and to be aware that there are times when a person may not be debating with you but sharing the same thoughts but communicating them in a different way.

When I asked my wife what did she think of me communicating with other people?  She said that she admires that I can reach anyone that I talk to.  She would like to do that but because of her way of thinking it is okay for her not to.  I really don't like to talk about myself because I feel exposed so that is all I will say about me!..lol

Another way of looking at communication and how it is used; can be seen like the differences between the senses that we have.  We that have a little of human anatomy or physiology background know and understand that if one person has a defect in one of their senses, then the remaining senses kick in to compensate right!  So lets take it a step further to say that with a group or collection of words can be used to get a reaction out of a certain class or race of people at any part of the world at any given time.  Knowing this part of the equation can tell us that what we read in newspapers or magazines may be what our brain wants us to input.  Those negative triggers causes pre-concluded episodes of temporary insanity amongst the people that are taking in this propaganda.  So it is safe to say that what you read can hurt you and what you see can blind you, what you say can be used against you and what you feel can cause confusion.

The one thing that I was told about my communication is that I can sometimes be long winded.  There are times when I would be talking to group of people and take them to a place that they are not ready to see in their minds and because of that they sometimes get lost in translation.  I was told that it was a good thing to a degree because it forces people to think and open their minds up to other possibilities that are out there that we as humans don’t look at because we are given way too many choices.

My wife sometimes tells me that she gets confused about what I am saying only because she doesn’t listen all the time.  That she has a lot on her mind and some of what is being said can be lost.  That goes to say, that when you have someone’s attention, say what you mean and mean what you say.  Let what you say have substance so that the dark matter in your brain can properly code exactly what needs to be addressed at that particular time and space so that your DNA code is stronger the next generation to come…