During slavery, there were lot of people protesting. Regardless of their protests, slavery of Africans lasted over 300 years. During colonisation, there were lot of people protesting it. Regardless of their protests, African direct colonisation lasted 200 years, and still is going. Why did those protests fail? Powerless people making moral noises and calling to […]
Category: Culture
Bugs in your Mind
There are a lot of known bugs in human body and psyche. Some of these bugs could be patched by humans themselves, but many could be fixed only by the designer of humans. Unfortunately, we don’t know the designer home address, and there is no suggestions box to report those bugs. However, knowing these bugs […]
Abstraction for Dogs
(How to explain abstraction to a dog… If it doesn’t work, try this on a human) “Do you know what is a dog?” “Of course, I know a dog. What a stupid question!?” “What comes to your mind when you think about a dog?” “A beautiful labrador, in a green field”, she replied. “Well… But […]
Slave Names and Christian Names in Africa
Few centuries ago, when European terrorists capture people in Africa to sell into slavery in Europe or America, they mark their skin with hot iron, either to claim ownership or distinguish them from others. Later on the way, the process evolved to making ID cards for the slaves and their families with the name of […]
Racism and “The first African to …” lexicon
The first parrot to sing in English. The first monkey to learn the alphabet The first cat to dance flamenco The first black to behave like a white award. I’m always sad when I see posts like ‘first black to…’ behave or did something white had been doing, but never heard about ‘the first white’ […]
Individual evolution and collective evolution
The study of evolution as science is often focused on one side of evolution, the individual evolution which means how individual animals, including humans, under the contingency and randomness of their environment adapt or fail to survive. The side of evolution that is often overlooked is the collective evolution, which means how species as a […]
Why Are African Americans so Vulnerable?
It’s not because you are unlucky, born orphan and handicapped that the laws of gravity stop applying to you, or you get a waver. Indians in America have the country India as a backing nation. The Chinese have China. The Russians have Russia. The Turks have Turkey. Armenians have Armenia. Mexicans have Mexico. The Arabs […]
Matriarchy: a Come Back
In a self sufficient society, women are more affluent, therefore matriarchy. When a society is confronted with scarcity, Men become more affluent as war is required to conquer new territory for survival. Patriarchy is the offspring of scarcity, and matriarchy is only possible in abundant society. Women want peace. It gives them more power. Men […]
Bewitch YOURSELF
In one of my most recent piece about witchcraft, I explained how objectifying others would instantiate powerful forces in your mind and body, enabling you to overpower people and circonstances. Refer to that post to learn more about what is witchcraft and its operational experience. This post is about the best part of witchcraft which […]
What is witchcraft?
Have you ever wondered what is witchcraft? If you are interested in witchcraft I’ll try in this short post to explain it to you in a way that separate superstition and mysticism from the true core of witchcraft. In all societies, past and present, there is witchcraft. Some societies have more witches than others, and […]