A mantra to all students -------- especially African-Americans ----      

  to counter the idea that black      means dumb!!!!!!   

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   Education = Prosperity


When are, we, as a people, going to start working with our youth to

eliminate the lies that are fed to them by the media that prevent them

 from achieving to thier fullest potential?  When are we, going to stand up

and fight the idea, pervasive in our youth, that if you are excelling in school, in

advanced classes and dominating (academically) you classmates, you are

acting white”.  This idea is absurd!  Throughout history, we have

pushed education when it was forbidden upon pain of death!  Even during Jim

Crow, we created over 150 colleges to serves our children when the

mainstream ones refused to let us in.  When mainstream businesses

refused our money, we became entrepreneurs and set up thriving districts

such as Little Hayti in Durham, North Carolina and Black Wall Street in Tulsa,

Oklahoma.  This all happened, because we educated ourselves, either formally

or informally!!



Now, after our people fought to open doors to the mainstream of

American intellectual life, a thief come in the night to steal the victory and

perseverance from our kids; the idea that academic excellence is

“acting white”, our  ridicule of our brothers and sisters who strive for

educational and professional excellence.  As they go forward in their academic

accomplishments, we have Black idiots taunting them with the label “acting

white.”  Do not confuse professionalism or academic excellence with “acting

white.”    One has nothing in the world to do with the other.  In fact, those Black

folks who do not encourage nor support their fellow Black students or Black

businesses are actually the ones  “acting white.”  They also act

white when they do not sound their objections or defend against other races

that denigrate their Black brothers and sisters, or when they mistreat their own

Black people with the same lies, injustice and incorrectness as white

supremacist do.  Those who are accusing other of  “Acting white,” are simply

being niggerish, or, put a better way “stupid”, themselves!





I issue a challenge to everyone!  Check you state’s, your individual district’s,


your child’s school’s status on proficiency tests.  You will see an great gap in

the performance of  black and white students.  Check the

ACT, SAT, AP, and other tests.  With affirmative action about to go off


into history and the standards rising, we must reaffirm our intellectual tradition. 

Start reading (newspaper, books, magazines, etc., use the

public library, etc.).  As a special treat, give your kids gifts certificates for

bookstores.  Take your children to museums, galleries, parks, etc.  We must

challenge the idea promulgated through BET and throughout  history that all we

do is play sports and rap!!



View my sites at: 
•    http://www.geocities.com/jvbzook,
•    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Afro-American_Intellectual_Association/,
•    http://groups.msn.com/BlackIntelligence. 
•    http://jvbzook.tripod.com/
Or, you can email me at  Jeffrey_V_Brown@hotmail.com.