by Kenny Anderson
To Black men and Black Folks in general the COVID-19 Pandemic has been tragic for us; many premature deaths have occurred and many more will be occurring; too many Black Lives Mattered love ones lives have been lost. This Pandemic has brought out and amplified emotional distress particularly depression and anxiety in us; yes too many of us have become 'uninspired'.
Since this is Black History Month let us take out some serious time for self-reflection to reflect on our enslaved Ancestors who had to daily endure a white supremacy slave pandemic for 246 years; this viral pandemic we are experiencing now is in no way a comparison whatsoever to what our Ancestors faced, don't get it twisted!
What surprises me is that when I talk to some unrealistic Black folks who assume they should have struggle-free lives; that they should not have to be dealing with a virus pandemic. However things haven't been that way for our people since we were forcibly brought here.
Under white supremacy it aint worked that way for us; suffering and struggle has from past to present been our lives in America until we take the collective responsibility and end our oppression!
Indeed this COVID-19 Pandemic has shook many of us to our core, it has shook many of us to insanely deny the virus even exists or is deadly. Though we've been shook by the Pandemic there are lessons from it too:
*Life is unpredictable
*You can't take Life for Granted
*Don't put your Life on hold 'procrastinating'
*Appreciate the people in your Life
*Slowed us down to take a look at 'examine' our Life
*Exposed that we were overlooking our massive bad health
*Our inner weaknesses have been disclosed 'revealed'
*That self-care must become a main priority in our Life
*We have to find our inner Strength and Courage
*Life requires Patience, Endurance, and Resilience
Through the Spirit of 'Sankofa' during this Black History Month let us engage in 'deep reflective time travel' to fetch our past 'tapping into' the inspiration in our DNA memory that kept our enslaved Ancestors inspired through the very dark days of enslavement: immense separation, suffering, trauma, and deaths; who stayed inspired to "make a way out of no way."
During this month and everyday let us also 'conjure up' Ancestral spirits inspiration by invoking their 'Names' by pouring libations for them to be with us as a lofty inspiring 'uplifting' presence through these difficult days.
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