Breaking Free

[#1 pick]

I enjoy your threads TFP but I agree with Broke. At the same time, there is a lot we can do to change things within ourselves.

 

[HideoKojima]

fukk nikkaS BREH
THESE bytchES AINT shyt EITHER

 

[kevm3]

First and foremost, you have to realize what is actually a chain and in order to break it, you have to analyze it for it's weak links and attack it there.

 

[TheFemalePerspective]

fukk nikkaS BREH
THESE bytchES AINT shyt EITHER

 

[TheFemalePerspective]

Power is where men believe it is.

We know the racial hierarchy is based on mythical foundations. But so are the majority of our social mores and practices. The superstitions of a species trying to survive.

Acknowledging the basic truth wouldn't help the cotton picking slave avoid a whipping or the innocent man from receiving lethal injection.Some people are not willing to accept what's real mostly because they have a biased worldview based on their own experience. This prevents them from seeing the truth. For example, I feel as though we should look out for others because selfishness breeds neglect, injustice, and suffering. However if the powerful believe that there is no point to helping the less fortunate, if they would rather scheme and manipulate, then there is no point in sharing how I feel because it would be, as Jesus said, "throwing pearls before swine" only to be ripped open.

I'd have to take steps insuring my own survival, playing the game without believing it, just to reach the fulfillment of my ideals. An uncaged soul in a caged body is still not free. A caged soul is worse to be sure, but there's no pride to be taken in inner liberation without outward practicality.

Interesting

I've had similar thoughts but it only takes one voice, one idea, one person to have enough courage to revolutionize how we think and act. If people aren't aware of the poison they're fed, they'll never reach for the medicine.

 

[The 2020 New Member]

Everything is perfectly imperfect

dat buddha shyt

 

[Nintendough]

@TheFemalePerspective I have been in the process of living how I chose instead of how i'm expected. Of course its been difficult because every single thing I say or do is met with resistance. I have decided to eat healthier(giving up the fried foods, pork etc) and was accused of selling out for eating an egg white and turkey sandwich. I also have been getting side eyes for exploring new music. I can understand the weird looks since I only played Dipset and other rap music in front of people but kept my other music tastes a secret. They think i'm changing but i'm just starting to be more open with who i've always been.

 

[BlackBieber]

There's not only negatives to associating yourself with a group. I'm black and proud and none of the racists' expectations could take that away from me.

 

[TheFemalePerspective]

There's not only negatives to associating yourself with a group. I'm black and proud and none of the racists' expectations could take that away from me.

I, 100%, agree with that statement -- sorry i didn't touch upon that in my post. I focused more on the negatives because that's what we're fighting at the moment.

 

[TheFemalePerspective]

@TheFemalePerspective I have been in the process of living how I chose instead of how i'm expected. Of course its been difficult because every single thing I say or do is met with resistance. I have decided to eat healthier(giving up the fried foods, pork etc) and was accused of selling out for eating an egg white and turkey sandwich. I also have been getting side eyes for exploring new music. I can understand the weird looks since I only played Dipset and other rap music in front of people but kept my other music tastes a secret. They think i'm changing but i'm just starting to be more open with who i've always been.

Exactly! It's amazing how badly people want us to fit into the box that's been created for us.

 

[Chill]

I think a bit of this has to do with maturity, we hit a certain point as we get older where we just don't care about how we are perceived and we start to do things by our own accord. It all depends on how long it takes for an individual to get to that point though.

 

[DuncanWebayama]

ignorance is bliss, we can't change the world, everyone has a different view point, it is unfair and unjust to try and synchronize people to believe in one thing, that is when our magnetically connected atomic structure becomes in a state of unease...

There is no way to change anything in reality, only put fear in niccas. I'd rather live dumb and at peace, then stressed.