Change Mentality

Hello Bloggers,

 Angel Y. is tuning here.

Let's talk about the mind. Changing the mind takes work, and people's mentality is even more important. It is difficult nowadays to change someone's mentality. Why was itn't so difficult in the past?

I don't like politics, activism, and many other things. But the power of words to change the mind of a stubborn person is something to admire and honor.

America was stubborn.

Going over and over about a change mentality, and I came across in one of my African American Literature classes about someone named Malcolm X. 

Who was Malcolm X? 

Malcolm X is one of the most widespread revolutionary figures in American history. Why? Because he created change and a change for the better, a change mentality.

He was the leader of the civil rights movement, which encouraged African Americans to gather in unity.  Fighting against racism and racial segregation, and disenfranchising the country of its negative mentality against African Americans.

Here's a video explaining the Civil Rights Movement: https://youtu.be/9ppTiyxFSs0?si=MKNE_HsogjjHd_D8 

This past week, I read one of his speeches, "The Ballot or The Bullet," and it was an eye-opener.

I especially like his Black nationalism strategy. What is black nationalism? Black nationalism advocates economic self-sufficiency, race pride for African Americans, and black separatism. In other words, it seeks to unite and control the Black people in America. Malcolm X's black nationalism revolved around the rights of Black citizens, and he believed that they were best protected through racial unity and black separatism.

However, what I like most about Malcolm X's black nationalism is that he encouraged a change mentality.

Taking that into account...

We live in a world full of unfairness and injustices, and many legal systems hold up that same forth of injustice. It is not easy to change what is already thought from generation to come, but we can change it from unity peacefully. Malcolm X taught me a lot in his speech; I wish I had access to this speech in high school; it would have changed my mentality on many things. One of the reasons is that he wasn’t afraid to speak up. He wasn’t scared to tell his people that their mentality had to change. The realism in his speech connects with his people. With us. He advocates in his speech black nationalism, something that you don’t see so much in our current society. Still, he also talks about taking charge of your train of thought and not letting anybody tell you what you must do for your people, your family, or those around you and the world. There’s a lot of violence and brutality against one another. 

We need black nationalism in our current society! For all cultures!

We need to have a change mentality because if we keep hanging over what happened in the past and keep thinking that only white people (no offense) are pressuring us and putting guns through our heads every time we are faced with unjust situations, we are in the wrong train of thought.

It might be true in most cases, but some situations are created by our hands. Many times, actually.

Take charge. Change mentality and use black nationalism.

Because a clear and change mentality can turn things for the better.

Peacefully! No violence is included in taking charge.

If you want to know more about black nationalist and how they came about to take into account black nationalism. The Black Past website have multiple narrations of such black activist.

Here's the link: Political Activists - Black Nationalists Archives • (blackpast.org)

There's also a podcast made by Robin C. Spencer and Jakobi Willians, which helps us understand the transition from civil rights to Black Power and contemporary issues like mass incarceration.

Here's the link in where you can find it: www.learningforjustice.org/podcasts/teaching-hard-history/civil-rights-movement/the-black-panther-party-and-the-transition-to-black-power

It only takes a little bit of a change mentality and taking charge.