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HELLO ALL MY NAME IS DAVID CLEMENT AND I AM A MAN OF AFRICAN DECENT. I USE PORTRY AS EXPRESSIONS BUT TODAY I JUST WANT TO WRITE ABOUT MY ETHNICITY. THIS IS NOT A KNOCK AGAINST MY FRIENDS WHO ARE OF A DIFFERENT ETHNICITY. I LOVE YOU ALL THE SAME BUR I AM JEALOUSY OF WHAT I DON'T HAVE...."IDENTITY"!!! WE IDENTITY OURSELVES BY WHAT THE NEXT PERSON HAS. I DO NOT IDENTIFY MYSELF WITH "AFRICA" BECAUSE MY CULTURE HAS BEEN WATERED DOWN . YOU CAN SAY WE ARE "BRAINWASHED" AS A CULTURE BUT MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE AWARE DO NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AMERICAN HISTORY HAS STOLEN OUR CULTURE, HERITAGE, RELIGION, GOD, ETC. MANY OF US DO NOT ENDULGE IN OUR ETHNICITY. I SEEN THE SELF HATRED IN MY CULTURE. I KNEW BLACK WOMEN AND BLACK MEN WHO DO NOT WANT CHILDREN. I KNOW SINGLE MOTHERS AND SINGLE FATHERS WHO DO NOT DO RIGHT BY THEIR CHILDREN. MEDIA HAS PLAYED A ROLE IN THE STRATEGIC DOWNFALL OF THE BLACK FAMILY. FROM SECTION 8 TO BLACKPLOITATION VIDEOS AND MOVIES. WE ARE STILL SLAVES: SLAVES TO FADS SLAVES TO THE MAJORITY MENTALITY TOWARDS PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DECENT WE ARE ENSLAVED MENTALITY. OUR CHILDREN ARE BEING RAISED BY IGNORANCE AND WE ARE OVERLOOKING THE SIGNS. CHILDREN ARE LEARNING FROM OTHER CHILDREN HOW TO BE ADULTS THANKS TO THE MEDIA AND OUR NEGLECT. NEXT TIME, CHECK OUT THE MUSIC YOUR CHILD LISTENS TO OR VIDEOS THEY WATCH AND AS YOURSELF, "IS THAT REALLY ENTERTAINMENT?" "SET FREE" by DCpoet34 MY PEN WRITES FREEDOM VERSES FOR MY MIND TO DRIFT ESCAPING REAL LIFE.... SOMETIMES, I JUST SIT AND OBSERVED TELEVISION OR LISTEN TO THESE RADIO STATIONS AND JUST FEEL THE EXPRESSIONS OF THIS SELF HATRED. WHY DO US (BLACK MEN) DEGRADE OUR BLACK WOMEN? I NEVER SEEN MY DAD DISRESPECT MY MOM AND THEY ARGUED A LOT. HE DID DRINK ALOT BUT I DO KNOW HOW MUCH HE LOVED HIS FAMILY. "BLACK HEROES" by DCpoet34 I grew up in a Time where parents were parents. They are the heroes.... HE ALWAYS DID THE BEST HE COULD AND I INSPIRE TO THE SAME. MY MOM HELD THE FAMILY TOGETHER THE BEST WAY SHE KNEW HOW SO MUCH SO THAT SHE STILL DOES IT TODAY. MY BROTHER WAS THE PERSON WHO TOLD ME THAT "FAMILY COMES FIRST" SO WHEN I START MY FAMILY I HOPE TO ENSTILL THAT IN MY CHILDREN. WE, PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DECENT, SHOULD TRY TO APPRECIATE OURSELVES AS INDIVIDUALS AND AS A COMMUNITY. "WE NEED US!!!!" "SELF DESTRUCTION" by DCpoet34 DREAMS KILLED BY OUR DEFEATIST ATTITUDE. WE ALL NEED TO TRY MORE... SOMETIMES I THINK OF MYSELF AS A SUPER HERO WHO TRIES TO FIX EVERYTHING TO MAKE THE QUALITY OF THIS LIFE BETTER.BUT I REALIZE THAT I MUST FIX HOME BEFORE I CAN ADDRESS ISSUES OF MY CULTURE. LOVE MY LADY THE CORRECT WAY, IF NOT THEN THE BEST WAY I KNOW HOW. THAT IS THE ONLY WAY I CAN DO THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO FIXING MY CULTURE. I NEED TO STAY AWAY FROM INSTANT GRATIFICATION AND FOCUS ON LONG TERM. "MAKE IT WORK" by DCpoet34 COMMUNICATION, SELF-SACRIFICE. AND LOVE WILL MAKE IT WORK....STAY TRUE! TREATING PEOPLE THE SAME WAY YOU WANT TO BE TREAT. "69 IS A WAY OF LIFE". REACH ONE TEACH ONE. I HOPE I REACHED YOU. IF NOT, I AM GLAD THAT I TRIED. BUT I WILL NOT GIVE UP..........