Personal Development for Black People
The purpose of this blog is to help empower black people to strive for personal development. This blog is for all black people throughout the diaspora but in particular to black Americans or black people living in the United States. Collectively we have so much potential for the power to change our circumstances, but I feel we flounder in this because individually we are, overwhelmingly, at a loss for how to develop our innate talents and reach our full potential. I also feel we are individually and collectively haunted by the memory of slavery. We are individually and collectively affected by the legacy of slavery. We are individually and collectively affected by the overt and covert racism that exists today. This hampers us in our personal development.
This site serves to help black people have vital, happy, successful lives, in spite of that.
Yes it is possible.
I felt compelled to start this blog because I am on a path of self-discovery and personal development and have read many books and visited many sites in search of answers, inspiration, and help. There are not many resources out there that address the issue of personal development for black people. There is a necessity for this, in part because this failure to address how racism affects black people means that many black people won't respond to personal development resources. The need is also there because one of the main and most damaging effects of racism is the hold it has on the minds of black people. So many black people feel that they cannot improve their lives, because white people won't allow it. So many black people feel that we cannot take responsibility for our problems, because white people caused all our problems; they made the circumstances and we are helpless in our response to the circumstances.
This sense of helplessness is problematic for many reasons because it creates in the minds of black people who believe this the idea that they cannot change their lives or help themselves in any way. I have read quite a few blogs on race issues authored by black people, and while I understand their anger and rage and sense of righteousness, I also see how helpless they feel and get the sense that they are spinning their wheels. Quite often they not saying anything that will help them move forward or help other black people move forward right now. I am not saying it's not important to expose racism when it happens. I am not saying stop fighting racism or to stop holding racist white people accountable for what they are still doing to us. I am saying, we, black people, know what the deal is. We know racism exists, we know we are oppressed. How can we move forward with this knowledge? I am saying, we need to fight against the effects of racism within our communities as well as fight racism from racist white people. We need to hold ourselves accountable for personal growth so that collectively we improve our circumstances. This site will give ideas and tips and tools to do just that though my articles.
Welcome to Personal Growth for Black People. I welcome your feedback.
This site serves to help black people have vital, happy, successful lives, in spite of that.
Yes it is possible.
I felt compelled to start this blog because I am on a path of self-discovery and personal development and have read many books and visited many sites in search of answers, inspiration, and help. There are not many resources out there that address the issue of personal development for black people. There is a necessity for this, in part because this failure to address how racism affects black people means that many black people won't respond to personal development resources. The need is also there because one of the main and most damaging effects of racism is the hold it has on the minds of black people. So many black people feel that they cannot improve their lives, because white people won't allow it. So many black people feel that we cannot take responsibility for our problems, because white people caused all our problems; they made the circumstances and we are helpless in our response to the circumstances.
This sense of helplessness is problematic for many reasons because it creates in the minds of black people who believe this the idea that they cannot change their lives or help themselves in any way. I have read quite a few blogs on race issues authored by black people, and while I understand their anger and rage and sense of righteousness, I also see how helpless they feel and get the sense that they are spinning their wheels. Quite often they not saying anything that will help them move forward or help other black people move forward right now. I am not saying it's not important to expose racism when it happens. I am not saying stop fighting racism or to stop holding racist white people accountable for what they are still doing to us. I am saying, we, black people, know what the deal is. We know racism exists, we know we are oppressed. How can we move forward with this knowledge? I am saying, we need to fight against the effects of racism within our communities as well as fight racism from racist white people. We need to hold ourselves accountable for personal growth so that collectively we improve our circumstances. This site will give ideas and tips and tools to do just that though my articles.
Welcome to Personal Growth for Black People. I welcome your feedback.
posted by Trula at
10:21 AM
2 Comments:
Hi Trula,
I found you on my my friend Kactus' blog and had to check you out. Actually, I feel very fortunate to have found you because your subject matter is so closely related to what I have been experiencing in my life as a on-my-way-to middle-class college mother of three. I was born in the projects of Chicago but Mom moved us to Milwaukee to give us a better life (and admittedly to apply to a better welfare system at the time but I digress). I was always an excellent student but I know lots of my behaviors back then can be attributed to my own ignorance, attitude, and overall environment. Now that I have matured a bit I see things more clearly now. It has always bothered me that the black children of former slaves living in America were so completely severed from their culture through slavery. I have always thought that what we are living through as a community now is a byproduct of that disconnect. It has slants and skews our interactions and relationships with one another and hinders our integration into mainstream culture. Darker skinned people distrusting lighter ones and vice versa. The fear of talking too "white" and its implications of betrayal to other blacks.
Anywhoo... I just wanted to tell you I appreciate what you are doing. I will definitely be a frequent visitor.
:)
Thank you Nix! I am just getting started with this blog, I have so much to say. It is my hope to reach as many black people as possible, I believe we can make a turn-around with our culture. I also believe we has a responsibility to each other, to help each other, especially the kids coming up.
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