jvbzook

               When are, we, as a people, going to start working with our youth to 

eliminate the lies that are fed to them by the media that prevent them from 

achieving to thier fullest potential?  When are we, going to stand up and fight 

the idea, pervasive in our youth, that if you are excelling in school, in advanced 

classes and dominating (academically) you classmates, you are "acting white".  

This idea is absurd!  Throughout history, we have pushed education when it was 

forbidden upon pain of death!  Even during Jim Crow, we created over 150 colleges 

to serves our children when the mainstream ones refused to let us in.  When 

mainstream businesses refused our money, we became entrepreneurs and set up 

thriving districts such as Little Hayti in Durham, North Carolina and Black Wall Street 

in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  This all happened, because we educated ourselves, either 

formally or informally!!

           Now, after our people fought to open doors to the mainstream of 

American intellectual life, a thief come in the night to steal the victory and 

perseverance from our kids; the idea that academic excellence is  "acting 

white", our  ridicule of our brothers and sisters who strive for educational 

and professional excellence.  As they go forward in their academic 

accomplishments, we have Black idiots taunting them with the label "acting 

white."  Do not confuse professionalism or academic excellence with "acting 

white."  One has nothing in the world to do with the other.  In fact, those Black 

folks who do not encourage nor support their fellow Black students or Black 

businesses are actually the ones "acting white."  They also act white when they 

do not sound their objections or defend against other races that denigrate their 

Black brothers and sisters, or when they mistreat their own Black people with the 

same lies, injustice and incorrectness as white supremacist do.  Those who are 

accusing other of "Acting white," are simply being niggerish, or, put a better way 

"stupid", themselves! 

          I issue a challenge to everyone!  Check you state's, your individual 

district's, your child's school's status on proficiency tests.  You will see a 

great gap in the performance of black and white students.  Check the ACT, 

SAT, AP, and other tests.  With affirmative action about to go off into history 

and the standards rising, we must reaffirm our intellectual tradition.  Start 

reading (newspaper, books, magazines, etc., use the public library, etc.).  As 

a special treat, give your kids gifts certificates for bookstores.  Take your 

children to museums, galleries, parks, etc.  We must challenge the idea 

promulgated through BET and throughout history that all we do is play sports 

and rap!!  

                                                              View my sites at:  

• http://www.geocities.com/jvbzook,

• http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Afro-American_Intellectual_Association/,

• http://groups.msn.com/BlackIntelligence.  

Or, you can email me at  Jeffrey_V_Brown@hotmail.com.