Where Did The "Love" Go? Day 112

Happy Friday.

I hope you have a wonderful, properous, and peaceful day. I wish you love, and happiness.

Years past, Black people use to love each other. But today, with all of the Black on Black crime, and senseless killing, you can conclude the opposite. Where has all of the love gone? Why do Blacks commit the most heinous crimes on eachother?

I will critically attempt to shed some light on a dismal problem in order to prevaricate the truth, that plagues our communities toay.

Slavery- the condition of a slave; bondage.
Love-a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person;a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.

Brief History:

Nat Turner had a religious zeal and a belief that he was the "chosen one" to free himself and his slave brethren. This 31 year old preacher to the slaves devised a plan of "terror and devastation." His organized revolt became America's most famous and violent act involving slave resistance. On August 21, 1831, Nat Turner and six other slaves killed Turner's plantation master and his family in Southampton County, Virginia. Turner increased his supporting band of slaves as they went about killing a total of 60 white slave owners, including their wives and children. Federal and Virginia state troopers encountered the roving band of slaves and killed most of those in rebellion. Other slaves not connected to the rebellion were also killed. An estimate of over 100 slaves were killed, but Nat Turner escaped. He was hunted down as he hid out in the swamps for almost three months. He was finally captured and executed on October 30, 1831. (B.David Swartz Memorial Library)

In the antebellum South, slavery provided the economic foundation that supported the dominant planter ruling class. Under slavery the structure of white supremacy was hierarchical and patriarchal, resting on male privilege and masculinist honor, entrenched economic power, and raw force. Black people necessarily developed their sense of identity, family relations, communal values, religion, and to an impressive extent their cultural autonomy by exploiting contradictions and opportunities within a complex fabric of paternalistic give-and-take. The working relationships and sometimes tacit expectations and obligations between slave and slave holder made possible a functional, and in some cases highly profitable, economic system.
-- Academic Affairs Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel

"African American women had to endure the threat and the practice of sexual exploitation. There were no safeguards to protect them from being sexually stalked, harassed, or raped, or to be used as long-term concubines by masters and overseers. The abuse was widespread, as the men with authority took advantage of their situation. Even if a woman seemed agreeable to the situation, in reality she had no choice. Slave men, for their part, were often powerless to protect the women they loved.

Slaves resisted their treatment in innumerable ways. They slowed down their work pace, disabled machinery, feigned sickness, destroyed crops. They argued and fought with their masters and overseers. Many stole livestock, other food, or valuables. Some learned to read and write, a practice forbidden by law. Some burned forests and buildings. Others killed their masters outright -- some by using weapons, others by putting poison in their food. Some slaves comitted suicide or mutilated themselves to ruin their property value. Subtly or overtly, enslaved African Americans found ways to sabotage the system in which they lived.

Enslaved African Americans also resisted by forming community within the plantation setting. This was a tremendous undertaking for people whose lives were ruled by domination and forced labor. Slaves married, had children, and worked hard to keep their families together. In their quarters they were able to let down the masks they had to wear for whites. There, black men, women, and children developed an underground culture through which they affirmed their humanity. They gathered in the evenings to tell stories, sing, and make secret plans. House servants would come down from the "big house" and give news of the master and mistress, or keep people laughing with their imitations of the whites." (Africans in America)

Present Day Mental Slavery:

SEVERAL recent studies have garnered wide attention for reconfirming the tragic disconnection of millions of black youths from the American mainstream. But they also highlighted another crisis: the failure of social scientists to adequately explain the problem, and their inability to come up with any effective strategy to deal with it. (New York Times)

Too many Blacks have succumb to the povery mentality. Too many are not focused on education. They are more focused on "bling", the opposite sex, and having a good time. Living for the present, and forgetting about the future mentality. Black teenagers are more violent. Just this morning, I heard on the news that an elderfly lady in Miami area was stabbed more than 60 times for five dollars ($5.00). I reinterate, a life was taken for $5.00. What in the h%&$ is going on? Why have so many Black people resorted to violence, as thie way of articulating their position?

If you know, can you share the answer with me? Where did the Love go?

Have a great day,

L. for Love