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Who Holds The Power To Define?

Who truly holds the power to define the words—the spells—that come out of your mouth?

Institutional racism isn’t only about being denied entry into White society. It’s also about stripping away our indigenous Being, erasing it from collective memory, and denying the legitimacy—even the existence—of authentic spiritual and indigenous intelligence.

This is exactly what any colonial-based society must suppress. And if we—as Americans—claim to have moved beyond colonial thinking, then it’s time to challenge those so-called “norms” and cultural standards.

It’s time to re-examine the labels once used to diminish entire peoples: “barbarians,” “savages,” “pagans,” “heathens,” “primitives,” “natives,” “Niggers,” “Negros,” “Black,” “Moors,” “Black-A-Moors,” and more.

Study those words. Trace their origins. See what they were meant to do.

“Nigger,” “Negro,” “African American,” “Afro American,” “Colored,” “Black”—even “Moors” or “Black-A-Moors”—have all been terms used by some to cast us as less than human, always subordinate.

But the real question remains:

Who holds the power to define the words—the spells—coming from your own mouth?

Who or what defines your reality?

Is it truly you—or is it your programming?

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Excerpt From KRS-ONE Book...

REAL NIGGAS

A Look At Institutional Racism Through An Intellectual Analysis of The "N" Words

"This study is about institutional racism and its modern-day effects on the collective consciousness of American society, and how to avoid it. However, it is by looking closely at the terms Nigga, Nigger, Niger and Negro that we see the effects of modern-day institutional racism more clearly.

What do I mean by this?

Well, first we must come to the realization that when seriously looking for our Black ancestors within White English colonial language and culture, it is not going to be in the accepted and respected English names and terms that we are going to see our Black ancestors, it is going to be in the derogatory and disrespectful names and terms of European and English languages and cultures that we are going to see our REAL Black ancestry more clearly.

Again, it is not in the accept terms and titles that we are going to see our Black ancestors accurately in White English language and culture; it is in the degrading terms that White English imperialists hurled at their enemies (our ancestors) that reveal the real existence, and most of all, character of our real Black ancestors.

Remember, our Black ancestors were the targets (and thus the enemies) of White English imperialism and robbery. Therefore, it is by looking at what White English imperialists were calling their enemies (their targets) that will reveal to us the actual character and day-to-day existence of our real ancestors."

"Black People Are Dead In Law."

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