ุจูุณูููููููููููููููููููู ู ุง๏ทฒูุงูุฑููุญูู ููู ุงุงุฑููุญููู
THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
ุจูุณูููููููููููููููููููู ู ุง๏ทฒูุงูุฑููุญูู ููู ุงุงุฑููุญููู
“HARLEM”
What happens to a dream deferred?
Does it dry up
like a raisin in the sun?
Or fester like a sore–
And then run?
Does it stink like rotten meat?
Or crust and sugar over–
like a syrupy sweet?
Maybe it just sags
like a heavy load.
Or does it explode?
As-Salaamu ‘Alaikum Dearly Beloved Asiatic Black Family!!!
I justย found out recently thatย this poem was writtenย by THE Langston Hughes!!!
Never did my High School English Lit teacher (an old white devil) inform his classes of the importance of the personality who was Langston Hughes nor of the magnitude of the context in which this powerful poem was written – The Harlem Renaissance.
I didn’t even realize that this poem, which I have never been able to forget and which also was the inspiration for Lorraine Hansbury’sย stage-play “A Raisin in the Sun,” was even written by a Blackman – and Langston Hughes at that! I didn’t even know the poem was called “Harlem.”
But I digress, years later,ย in college, when I learned about the Harlem Renaissance, my professorย lectured onย the question that still plagues Black artistsย today, but which probablyย originated during the Renaissance, which was at that time referred to as THE “NEW NEGRO” MOVEMENT:
Shouldย Black artistsย create ART FOR ART’S SAKEย or forย POLITICAL AWARENESSย in the attempt to educate the masses and MAKE A STATEMENT through the medium of art/music/literature?
Of course, you can probably guess my stance on this topic, but I think Langston put it best in his article “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” (1926)
“One of the most promising of the young Negro poets said to me once, ‘I want to be a poet–not a Negro poet,’ meaning, I believe, ‘I want to write like a white poet”; meaning subconsciously, ‘I would like to be a white poet’; meaning behind that, ‘I would like to be white.'”
The question, rather, the approach a Black artist takes towards his medium depends on his approach toward life in general, I believe.
If he feels politically driven, it will manifest itself through his art. If not, it won’t.
Your views?
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A BROKEN ROSE….
ุจูุณูููููููููููููููููููู ู ุง๏ทฒูุงูุฑููุญูู ููู ุงุงุฑููุญููู
The Rose That Grew From Concrete
Has Sharp Thorns Now….
Tho’ No Longer A Baby
She Still Smells As Sweet
Aย Rose-Bud Has Blossomed
Into A Lovely Bouquet
Around Which Her CARETAKER,
ALLAH IN THE DIVINE PERSON
OF MASTER FARD MUHAMMAD,
TO WHOM PRAISES ARE DUE FOREVER,
HAS BUILT A STURDY FENCE….
– ONLY ONE HAS THE COURAGE AND THE INCLINATION
TO TACKLE THE WALL AROUND HER.
LIKE SLEEPING BEAUTY’S PRINCE,
HE STORMS IT WITH DETERMINATION –
ALL-THE-WHILE, NEW PETALS CONTINUE TO FORM
BRIMMINGย WITHย CONFIDENCE THAT ONLYย COMES
WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF SELF.
–
HER AROMA AND INTELLECT COMBINE TO BEGUILE HIM
BOTH GROWING STRONGER AS THEY AGE…
–
SO APPEALING….
THE HUMMING BIRDS & THE BEESย DRINK HUNGRILY
FROM HER CONVERSATION.
SHE VALUES THEIR ADMIRATION.
WITH MORNING COMES
FRESH DEW, SUNSHINE AND ANTICIPATION.
“TODAY MY PRINCE WILL COME….
WITH HIS LIQUID SWORD,
HIS SHIELD
&ย SUIT OF ARMOUR
EVER-READY
TO PLUCK AND PROTECT ME!”
SO, SHE SPREADS HER LEAVES TO RECEIVE AND
WELCOME HIM TO HER CONCRETE JUNGLE.
– NEITHER UNAFRAID NOR INHIBITED BY HER THORNS
HE FERTILIZES THE CRACKS IN THE CEMENT
AROUND HER WITH THE HOPE THAT
SOMEDAY WILL ARRIVE AGAIN SOON,
BRINGING WITH IT NEW BEAUTY AND LIFE
TOย THE DARK AND DESOLATE
METROPOLIS
WHERE ROSES SOMEHOW MANAGE
TO STILL FIND A WAY
TO GROW UP THROUGH CONCRETE….
TOMORROW
ุจูุณูููููููููููููููููููู ู ุง๏ทฒูุงูุฑููุญูู ููู ุงุงุฑููุญููู
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO TOMORROW?
MUSIC
POETRY
ART
LANGUAGE
SCIENCE
MATHEMATICS
TECHNOLOGY
THEATRE
DRAMA
STUDY
FAITH
KNOWLEDGE
UNDERSTANDING
LOVE
WISDOM
REFINEMENT
LUXURY
CLEANLINESS
PEACE
KINDNESS
RIGHTEOUSNESS
PATIENCE
WAIT
BANGING RED VS. BLUE
ุจูุณูููููููููููููููููููู ู ุง๏ทฒูุงูุฑููุญูู ููู ุงุงุฑููุญููู
As-Salaamu ‘Alaikum Dearly Beloved Sisters & Brothers
Dearly Beloved Brothers and Sisters, I have come to learn that gangbanging is still going on in our communities. This disappoints me, but I am going to try and put a new perspective on eliminating gang culture.
The truce method obviously doesn’t work – at least not 100 per cent. So, I am going to try to eliminate gangs by convincing gang members that RED is better than Blue, so we should all unite under RED.
It’s about colors anyway….
The color RED symbolizes TRUTH, while blue symbolizes falsehood. Hear me out.
RED is the primary color in the FLAG of the Universe –ย The Sun, Moon & Star. The Red background in the flag symbolizes the SUN. The Sun is a Red Ball of Fire, which brings out the TRUE colors in a thing.
Blue is just the opposite. IT IS FALSE.ย In television production, when a person stands in front of a blue screen, the producers are then enabled to put a picture of anything they want behind them. It is a false background.
We say there’s a blue sky. Well…ย you can go up there a million miles and you will never find any blue. It is a false sky. It appears blue because of a gas called ether which comes up from the earth into the atmosphere.
RED is also a better color because it symbolizes FREEDOM. The Sun in our Flag shines on everybody freely regardless of income, religion, age, race, gender or location. It is better than BLUE just as TRUTH is better than FALSE, as we all agree.
SPREAD THE WORD AND LET US UNITE AS A NATION UNDER OUR NATION’S FLAG WHICH IS RED AND NOT BLUEย – THE SUN, MOON AND STAR.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON OUR UNIVERSAL FLAG CLICK HERE.
Our Beloved Messenger, The Honourable Elijah Muhammad (May the Peace and the Blessings of Allah Forever Be Upon Him) teaches on the meaning of the two colors in the following lecture
CHANGE IS INEVITABLE
ุจูุณูููููููููููููููููููู ู ุง๏ทฒูุงูุฑููุญูู ููู ุงุงุฑููุญููู
As-Salaamu ‘Alaikum Dearly Beloved and Beautiful Asiatic Sisters (and Brothers)
Last night my ears were ringing like crazy for over an hour and I know it was my hubby – THE KING – plotting his next move.
Our Beloved Messenger, The Most Honourable Elijah Muhammad (May the Peace of Allah Forever Be Upon Him) taught us in his Theology of Time lecture series (listen below), and many of us heard, growing up, that when your ears start ringing it means someone is talking about you or trying to get in touch with you. This is 100 per cent Right & Exact.
I don’t care about anyone else enough to be able to tune in to them (except my son, Hakim). Soย I know it had to be my Honey-Stick.
I feel horrible for causing him grief. Suicide is very selfish. I forgot all about my children, who would’ve been devastated. And, gave up on My One True Love – Completely inconsiderate of his Love for me.
I’m sorry, Sweetheart, you deserve to know the aftermathematics.
I was taken to the hospital for observation and placed on a 72-hour hold which extended to two and a half weeks.
I was discharged this past Tuesday, on the condition that I continue my treatment by participating in an intensive partial hospitalization outpatient program.
ุงูุญู ุฏ ูููโ I have been placed in transitional housing soย am no longer homeless. And, it’s so sweet because it’s walking distance from Leimert Park!
The Day Program is wonderful. I get to travel out of the city every day except Sat & Sun and roll out to the foothills of the Sierra Madre Mountains, which is therapeutic in itself. The air and the skyline is beautiful. Everytime I look at the skyline, it reminds me of Blue Jay. But, in a good way.
We are served a Continental Breakfast and then participate in group therapy sessions until we break for an healthy hour-long Lunch. Two more groups and another tranquil, wonderful ride home.
Theย Transitional Housingย is cool too. I get along with my roommates well, but I’ve decided to make Lunch at the Program my one meal. It is healthier and more delicious than the meals we are served at the Transitional Housing.
I’m extremely happy andย optimistic about openingย this new chapter in my life, also relieved to beย closing the dark chapter of homelessness and privation. btw Honey-Stick, I saw Andy right before I was hospitalized. I didn’t say anything. Heย was sans the glasses which is a good look for him. But I digress, I have nothing but good expectations about this new chapter, knowing how it’s going to end – MARRIAGE.
A week ago, I would’ve NEVER guessed that my life would have changed so dramatically in such a short amount of time, even considering how dramatic my life has always been.
I LOVE YOU AND I KNOW YOU’RE EXTENDING YOUR HAND TO ME.ย CONSIDER ITย TAKEN.ย AND, KNOW THAT I CARRY YOUR HEART WITH ME EVERYWHERE I GO.ย I CARRY IT IN MY HEART….
“The Restrictive Law is our Success.” #22
– The Honorable Elijah Muhammad (PBUH)
ุงูุญู ุฏ ูููโ
ALL PRAISE IS DUE TO ALLAH!
As-Salaamu ‘Alaikum Dearly Beloved Sisters & Brothers
I am so thankful to Allah to be able to sit and write these few lines. Allah, Master Fard Muhammad, To Whom Praises are Due Forever, Is Obviously NOT finished with me yet, as you will see once I relate the incident of March 19, 2015.
I was haunting the train stations when I saw one of my hubby’s Doppelgangers.
For some reason, that I can only attribute to fear and stupidity, Iย disembarked fromย the train.
As I watched the train pull off, I had the sinking feeling that my future was heading – without me – to Union Station, my most favorite place in the whole world, next to The Jonathan Club. In sha Allah,ย I would like to marry there (or the JC)ย if it pleases THE KING. ๐
Anyway, I ended up feeling so alone, I just hopped on the next train that arrived: NORTH HOLLYWOOD.
I didn’t make it.
I got off at the very next stop and was horrified by my surroundings. It must’ve been the Hollywood or Sunset station because it was “decorated” with all of these horrible old reels from the reel-to-reel days and it was just so creepy and ugly.
This, coupled with the preceeding incident, led me to believe that I had entered a world devoid of beauty and also my hubby. Needless to say, I did not want to live in a world such as this and I tried to kill myself by jumping in front of a train.
However, I crouched down and waited, expecting the train to run into me and crush me to bits, but instead it rolled right over my head. You can imagine my disappointment. Well, maybe you can’t.
In any case, I’m still here, so I’m going to do what Allah put me here to do.
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KNOWLEDGE OF SELF
ุจูุณูููููููููููููููููููู ู ุง๏ทฒูุงูุฑููุญูู ููู ุงุงุฑููุญููู
YOU
ุจูุณูููููููููููููููููููู ู ุง๏ทฒูุงูุฑููุญูู ููู ุงุงุฑููุญููู
YOU areย my Nightingale inย the Spring.
YOU put the beat in my heart.
YOU put the melody in my song.
YOU put theย Fire in my Sun.
YOU put the sparkle in my eyes.
YOU put the joy in my smile.
YOU put the rhythm in my rhyme.
YOU put the right in my wrong.
YOU make my life wholy complete.
YOU put the harmony in my melody.
YOU put the Heaven in my Here-
After the hell of this old world
In which we now live.
RESTRICTIVE LAWS OF ISLAM
ุจูุณูููููููููููููููููููู ู ุง๏ทฒูุงูุฑููุญูู ููู ุงุงุฑููุญููู
Restrictive Laws of Islam
This means all believers must strictly obey these laws.ย Mere belief counts for nothing unless carried into practice.
1. Obey Allah, His Apostle and believe the Message He has sent to you and me by His Messenger.
2. Obedience to the Apostle is obedience to Allah, as the Messenger is the bearer of Allah’s Message. Respect to the Messenger is respect to Allah.
3. Worship no God but Allah. The one the Messenger represents to us.
4. Fear no one but Allah.
5. Obey those in authority among you and obey non-believers in authority over you as long as it does not conflict with your religion.
6. It is forbidden to commit fornication or adultery.
7. It is forbidden to commit indecent acts on another (sodomy).
8. It is forbidden to eat the pig or its by-products.
9. Honor Allah and respect His Messenger, who is the bearer of His Message to you and me.
10. Insubordination is forbidden.
11. Slack talk and gossip is forbidden.
12. Do not associate with those in bad standing or out of the mosque.
13. It is your duty to report all slackness, weakness and wrongdoing.
14. Do not deal with the hypocrites or show sympathy towards them.
15. No gambling of any kind (numbers, dice, cards, games of chance)
16. No smoking of any kind (reefers or cigarettes, cigar or pipe).
17. No dope (heroin, cocaine or any other).
18. No drinking (wine, whiskey, beer, ale, alcohol, or other intoxicants).
19. We must be clean at all times (mind and body) at home and abroad.
20. No lying (speak the truth regardless of circumstances).
21. No stealing, be kind and do good to all.
22. Do not commit acts of violence on ourselves or others.
23. Keep up prayer, do unto others as you want done unto you.
24. Spend of what Allah has given you in the cause of Islam.
25. Love your brother believer as yourself; kill no one whom Allah has not ordered to be killed.
26. Do not feel, rub or pat sisters, do not stare at sisters or watch the movements of their bodies: do not lust.
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