Day: March 19, 2013

In the era of chattel enslavement, almost 2 million enslaved Africans lived in bondage. Those Africans who resided in free states lived in poverty and squalor; there was a small minority of Africans who lived well and enjoined many of the amenities of White ‘Civilization.’ The vast majority of those free Africans were more concerned with daily survival, or maintaining what privileges they hay had, than destroying the overall system of...

Emotions are powerful, but also transient; no functional relationships can rest on emotion, be it love or hate. If you engage in emotional relationships (romantic or otherwise); you will have turbulent and sporadic relationships, marked by extreme highs and lows with very little stability. Emotional relationships are stagnant as well as dysfunctional. They impeded the growth of all individuals who are invested in the relationship. Just look at...