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Knowledge of Self (Determination)

Freedom Fight in dark gear for the years to get brighter

About Me

I believe in a revolution, a social revolution. One that is not won by violence, but intelligence. So we as people can recognize foolish ignorance and bs when it gets in our face in all it`s infamous glory. A revolution of how we treat our women, get rid of our misogynist views and start giving more women the respect they deserve, instead of looking at women as objects given to men only for the purpose of sexual sastisfaction, because a woman can stimulate your mental a great deal too. But women in order to get the respect you deserve, you must also make a change in yourselves, because in order to achieve this social revolution, we must work equally together to get things done and receive our equality. I am trying to do my part, but you must try to do yours also, if you want such a thing. However, we still need a respect for others and ourselves in general, because when we have that we can communicate better. When we show this world that we can unite for our advancement in society, our possiblities are ifinite. The powers that be don`t want us to change, they would love to see us remain ignorant so we wont be in THEIR places. Many of us think that our elevation depends on the people who have power, only a fraction of that matters, what matters the most is our individual internal growth and change for the better. When we think and use our intelligence, we are very dangerous, because we have the power to inspire other generations, and the social revolution will continue until it becomes the social "norm" and a part of our everyday lives. This needs to be based on love, for all people, no hate of any kind which means racism and sexism. The only thing we should hate is stupidity...This profile was edited with MySpace Profile Editor MySpace Profile Editor"Nowadays, we are told what to rap about, how to look, what to do and yet, with all the money that is being made by certain levels of artists, we can’t get that negative mindset off the brain!"-Big Ced

My Interests

activism, politics, reading, playing bass guitar, laughing and joking around with friends, being with family, listening to music, playing video games, having good conversation.

I'd like to meet:

doesn't matter, long as you're not an asshole

Music:

Common, Talib Kweli, Norah Jones,John Coltrane, John Mayer, Carlos Santana, Goapele, Lauryn Hill, Jurassic 5, Chronic Future, Sly Family Stone, Earth, Wind, and Fire, Anthony Hamilton, Prince, Miles Davis, Maroon 5, Duke Ellington, Amel Larrieux, Musiq, Jill Scott, Maceo Parker, Jack Johnson and many more.

Movies:

Do The Right Thing, MALCOLM X, HUEY P. NEWTON STORY, 25th Hour, THE CORPORATION, Ray, Spiderman 1 & 2, X-Men 2, Life, Trading Places, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Parenthood, Saw, Dave Chappelle's Block Party, Hearts In Atlantis, Crash, HOTEL RWANDA, Pulp Fiction, Clerks, Sin City, The Big Lebowski, Kill Bill 1 & 2, The Green Mile, Forrest Gump, School of Rock, Napoleon Dynamite, Beverly Hill Cop, The Score, Ocean's Eleven, Good Will Hunting, Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory (remake), Butterfly Effect, Guess Who, The Nutty Professor (remake), Saving Private Ryan, 40 Year Old Virgin, FAHRENHEIT 9/11, Office Space, The Inside Man, BOWLING FOR COLUMBINE, Mr. Holland's Opus, Election, ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE, Lackawanna Blues, I'm Not Rappaport, V FOR VENDETTA, Talledega Nights, The Departed

Television:

The Boondocks, Chappelle Show, The Dead Zone, THE WIRE (best show on Earth), Def Poetry, Heroes (2nd best show)

Books:

Native Son, Invisible Man, The Purpose Driven Life, The Dying Ground, Coldest Winter Ever, A Lesson Before Dying, All Things Censored, The Color Complex, From Slavery to Freedom

Heroes:

Jesus Christ, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr, Stanley "Tookie" Williams, Mumia Abu-Jamal, John Henrik Clarke, and every person of every race, of every gender who has faught and continues to fight opression and injustice or who makes it their purpose to influence the lives of others in a positive way through love and teaching.

My Blog

Bret Ratner, stick to movies about odd couple detectives

He butchered X-Men 3, okay it wasn't butchered but it was really lacking the elements that made X-Men good and X-2 great. Summed up in three words, cheesy, rushed, mediocre. Where is Brian Singer when...
Posted by Knowledge of Self (Determination) on Fri, 26 May 2006 01:10:00 PST

BET: The MISrepresentation

       We are often lead to believe what major corporations, such as Viacom, feed us through propagandized advertisement. Prime example of what I speak of is BET. BET sta...
Posted by Knowledge of Self (Determination) on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Rep' Yo City

In our society today many people hold a proud disposition to what city they were raised from a child in. I have no problem with people when they represent where they are from, but what I do have a pro...
Posted by Knowledge of Self (Determination) on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Treat Her Like a Lady

It is too often that we men degrade and disrespect women. We call women out of their name, beat them, sexually exploit them, impregnate then leave them, and worst of all we rape them. I find that the ...
Posted by Knowledge of Self (Determination) on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Don't F*ck With Me, I'm Gangsta!

I have a cousin who's 18, and a while back she told me that she knows how to shoot a sub-machine gun. She's sounding all happy and proud about it and I tell her that that's not something to be proud a...
Posted by Knowledge of Self (Determination) on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

I Can't Stand The Superficial

All the guys know of that girl that won't give you the time of day because you ain't rockin the latest Jordans. Or ladies, that dude that won't even look at you just because you're not wearing the the...
Posted by Knowledge of Self (Determination) on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST