“….we will use the same basic principle that we use in breaking a horse, combined with some more sustaining factors. What we do with horses is that we break them from one form of life to another; that is, we reduce them from their natural state in nature. Whereas nature provides them with the natural capacity to take care of their offspring, we break that natural string of independence from them and thereby create a dependency status, so that we may be able to get from them useful production for our business and pleasure.”
Irregardless of whether or not we choose to believe that Willie Lynch’s 1712 “The Making of a Slave” is true or not, the state of black people around the world may very well be due to the concepts of “The Making of a Slave”. If I may say so myself, if this letter is in fact a documented part of history; Lynch’s strategic plan to the break down of the black man/race has been carried out successfully. I hate to be critical of the very race that I myself belong to however if being overly critical and conscious does not save us from this path that we have mindlessly embarked on, I’m not sure what will.
In recent conversations and discourse among friends and I concerning the almost dead end path we as a race seem to be on, I’ve come to realize and accept it as truth that the primary factor that has us as a people on this downward spiraling path is that of the media’s propaganda. Almost everyday there is a new study or finding about black people that the news feels the need to air. Majority of the time this so called information is in reality half truth and misinformation that is literally malnourishment to our being. The Willie Lynch concept is very well prevalent throughout our media today and only infiltrating our minds, keeping us bound through mental slavery.
In an article/blog in Clutch Magazine Online concerning educated brothers opting out of relationships, a friend, in response to the article stated that “…when you buy into such [media] propaganda (black men aint sh--, black women cant get a man, they all date white women, etc) you contribute to the break down of the black family and the dehumanizing of black men…”. Reading her comments did not quite click with me until I read another blog on the depiction of black women’s body on Coco and Creme Online Magazine (also by the founder/creator of Clutch Online Magazine) which allowed me to reflect on the abovementioned friends quote which resonated with me and were no longer mere words. The more I hear the propaganda that the media spews to the public the more I begin to realize that it’s all a means to keep us down. The more that the media’s half truths flood and infiltrate or minds the more likely we are to become accepting of them and inevitably become manifestations of what the media claims us to be. The media is literally programming a race of people and what is even more sad is that we’re blinded to this very truth.
Now my whole spiel is not to solely place blame on the media, but is more so a call for us to become more conscious and aware as to what we allow to permeate or minds and thus our whole being. If only we were to become more accountable for our actions and the state of our race, maybe just maybe we may have a chance at back tracking and return from the dead end path that we seem to be on. The solution to saving ourselves as a people right now is to become conscious, aware, and accountable for our actions.
