Celebrating Life At Amen Par Ankh!

Welcome to Amen Par Ankh!

Amen Par Ankh is an Afrikan Centered Spiritual Ministry.  We are Urban Growers who have come together to  Make Food, Pour Libations, practice Healing Arts like Orissa Ankh (Reiki),  Celebrate the Seasons of the Sun, AfRaKan Akabalon KRST Naming ceremony, write Books, enrich as Teachers, storytellers, Spoken Word Artists, Chanting Heka, Artist to Activists and, performance artists community engagements, who share knowledge of Environmental Conservancy, Recycling and Green Sustainable initiatives. 

Amen Par Ankh are Words of Power from ancient East Afrikan Societies known as KMT/ Kamata or Khemet (People of the Sun) Amen Par Ankh translates as Sacred Temple of Living. Amen Ankh (Sacred Life) is our Way of wellness in mind body and spirit. We recognize that we are souls having a human experience. We must take care of our bodies and feed our minds as sacred temples.

My Spiritual name is Nuta Beqsu.  I am currently the KMT Minister in the Kansas City, metro area.

*I am an Educator and Tutor who supports an Afrikan Centered Home School Network for Enrichment in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Cultural and Industrial Arts and Mathematics.)

*My Sun, Mika Eli and I will entertain adults and student audiences at various churches, schools, colleges, libraries, hospitals, festivals and gatherings throughout the United States. We will mesmerize audiences with folktales, original stories and original Chants and Poetry. 

*We grow and cultivate foods for Elders and at community sites, right in their yards for easy access. *We share African Centered history, stories, and DJ for Youth, Birthdays, Parties, Family Reunions and community celebrations and entertainment. 

*We are KMT KRST Ministers, who Pour Libations for the Equinoxes and Solstices, as well as Birth, African Naming, Funeral services, and Harvest Celebrations. Our Temple is our Bodies, So pe practice Welness and holistic Health. We Grow our own foods to connect with the Ecology of the earth, Sun and cosmose. We are also known for a variety of Afrikan Centered Poetry and portrayals of historical African and African American Women, such as: 

+Auset and the Ausarian Resurrection, 
+The Story of Ankh- The Kemetic Womb of Mankind
+Afrikan Goddesses, Princesses, and Queens(Kandaki)  
+The story of Sari Bartman and 
+Mother “Moses” Harriett Tubman.

*I work as a spiritual revivalist. With Poetry and my original story “Conversations with my Brother” a story of healing that has touched many hearts.

*I also work as a Sip and Paint Healing Artist and 
*Home Economics  and Homesteading, with Custom Clothing and Accessory Tailor
*I also share health and wellness knowledge as in the healing properties of Herbs and Back yard edible weeds, as well as the spiritual properties of essential Oils  

Spoken Words and chants about "Life at Amen Par Ankh" are riveting and energizing! I have written several of articles that are featured in our Blog, http://amen-parankh.blogspot.com , It is our wish and hope to Educate, entertain but also inspire young people to acquire knowledge of self, A sustainable way of life, how to overcome life's challenges, realize their inner greatness and accomplish Great things.

* I work with young women in a group called You G.R.O.W.W. Girls- Teach a girl, Heal a Nation. 

(G.R.O.W.W. stands for Gaining Resilience, Opportunities, Wealth and Wellness)

We teach Girls how to gain Resilience and perservierance through finding your Purpose, Strengths, in Destiny, Health, Career and Relationships. Each student will chart and journal their journey, through Meditation, Positive Affirmations, Exercise, Self-Help Book Club

Opportunities to travel, and gain scholarships, in our Choir and Dance Clubs, 

Wealth in Financial Literacy, and entreprenuralship

and Applyed or Project Base Learning in Urban Agriculture and Green Sustainable initiatives.

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I am available for Lectures, Libations, Griot Spoken Word Presentations, KMT Wedding, Birth and Ascension officiant, Salutations and Blessings for new beginnings, Home and Businesses, Afrikan Storytelling, Conferences and Workshops Contact: amen.parankh@gmail.com or amen.ankh@live.com Phone: 816-281-7704



The information on this website has been put together for general information, education, reference, Spirituality Current Events and entertainment purposes only and is not intended to provide medical advice. This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any specific condition. Ask your doctor for his professional advice before making radical changes in your diet and lifestyle.

Black Elves and Leprechauns- Bes All Over The World

Black Elves and Leprakans-  Bes all over the world

Zwarte Piet/ Pieten(Black Pete) is a character who has deep roots in traditional Dutch and Netherlands folklore. He appears in The Netherlands as a Spanish Moor (common to southern Holland in the 1500s), in caricature, as a Black man, with gold earrings and colorful period costumes of a Spanish Moor.

The story goes that Zwarte Piet chose to work with Saint Nicholas as his engineer and magical accompaniment. Since the 18th century in Holland, he has been depicted as a companion to Saint Nicholas in all of his holiday travels. Zwarte Pieten is today commonly depicted as a black person in the colorful pantaloons, feathered cap and ruffles of a Renaissance Moor, This character and tradition was later recorded in a children's book published in 1850. Zwarte Pieten is often portrayed as a mischievous but rarely mean-spirited character, the character is believed to have been derived from Bes the spirit pagan after his traditions. Nowadays, Zwarte Pieten has become a much more respected assistant of Saint Nicholas, often humorous, self-determined, magical and playful.

 
Wikipedia:

Zwarte Piet (pronounced ['zʋɑrtə pit], "Black Pete") is the companion of Saint Nicholas (Dutch: Sinterklaas from which the American figure of Santa Claus is derived) in the folklore of the Low Countries. In its modern form, the character is commonly depicted as a blackamoor, with blackface make-up, and dressed in stylized colourful Renaissance attire, akin to Maures in European heraldry, and similar to Moorish characters in the "Moors and Christians" Iberian folk festivals commemorating the Reconquista.

History of The Moors

The History of the Moors in Europe goes back to a successful harmony of civilization, and goverment for more than 1000 years.

The Moors were a nomadic people from North Africa; originally they were the inhabitants of Mauretania. They invaded and conquered Europe, taking their Islamic religion and culture with them. In the year 711, they overran the Visigoths.

Black Europeans were actually still in existence, living as Original peoples, up to their discovery by Nazis, who gave them the choice of sterilization or incarceration in a death camp.

Black Pete was a free man who chose to engineer the work for SinterKlass. He had the upper hand over his counterpart and was the essential agent in the success of this operation for children all over the world. 

Yet the perpetuation of the depiction of servitude, (which reinforces the idea that Black people should be always in that role,) together with the horrible history and tradition of blackface in the US, means that it is time to revisit some of the old traditions and change them. It does matter that the tradition of blackface was most prominent and therefore most hurtful in the United States. But as with all things, we must find the balance between honoring what is important and adapting to the needs to respect the human dignity of all. If we wish to remember or honor the tradition of "Black Pete", then let him be portrayed by willing black actors/celebrants and as the willing friend of Sinterklaas that he is, and not a comic figure, slave or buffoon. I know that he has been portrayed by Dutch for countless generations in blackface, as a celebration for children, of a long-forgotten historical person, most likely a Moor. However, the time for blackface anywhere has come to an end.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/15/black-pete-arrests_n_6163926.html

Currently, the media is presenting articles about the many Black people who are protesting the public displays of Zwarte Piet by Dutch people wearing "blackface" and Moorish styled costumes. So now the Dutch, meet Globalization –We now exist in a global world and that means we have to expand our knowledge about other cultures and peoples that make up diverse societies. The festival of Black Pete does, appear to be the glaring elephant in the room in the face of the invasion of South Africa by the Dutch!.. I now reflect back as a child living in Germany, people were so fascinated by us when they saw us at public Shopping districts. They would sometimes approach me and touch my skin… Seeing us must have brought back childhood memories of Black Pete. Understanding that the depiction of Moors and Moorish people in Europe has been slanted as one of servitude, now there are more Black citizens in Europe that live as equals and in authority, all over Europe.

Ancient Origins of Leprechauns

As we advance to the New Year, and the new season of spring, let us not forget our original Ancestors. The March Vernal Equinox reigns in the spring. We celebrate Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday before spring fasting. We acknowledge Bes the Le-Pr Ra Khan- Black people of the forests and St. Patrick- wearing the regalia of "Ptah" Driving out the Uraeus snake hat and snake Headed people, and Easter in the West- celebrated on the first Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox on March 21. These are Agricultural references for an Agrarian society to request an abundant growing season and harvest. Black people have lived all over the planet. Their lives in the north are often reflected in the titles of elves the dwarfs, leprechauns, trolls, and faeries stories.

http://amen-parankh.blogspot.com/2014/02/ancient-origins-of-leprechauns-black.html

 

Indigo People of African Descent are the original "Snake Headed" people of Ireland- We the ones who were driven off and/or slaughtered, in the name of a Catholic "saint" who ironically adorned with the symbols of Ptah. Our Black Ancestors knew about the powers of all of the indigenous Herbs like Clover and Thistle. This shines a new reference on the real "Europeans"

 

who was St. Patrick? Why would a man be canonized (declared to be a saint) just because he supposedly got rid of all the snakes in Ireland? Well here is another version.

 

The Twa/Koi San are a pygmy (small people) that have a history that pre-dates the timeline history of Adam and Eve by almost 16500 years. The Twa journeyed to Europe, and Northern Ireland prior to the influence of the Roman Catholic Church and had a cultural, technological, and philosophical impact on Europe. Their influence influenced the Druid and Norse spiritual systems. One of the cultural influences of the Druids/Twa, was in their headdress, and their hair, who many grew into locs that looked like snakes. They wore a fez or head covering that depicted the Kemet symbols known is a Uraeus or cobra raised to strike, which is the same snake image you see worn by the Kings and Queens in ancient Kemet (Egypt).

 The Roman Catholic Church misinterpreted the practices of the Druids, and decided to convert them to their religion. If they couldn't, they would remove their beliefs and symbols, along with the Twa people who were still present in Northern Ireland at that time.  So ST PATRICK was given an order to set up Roman Catholic Churches all over Northern Ireland, and in the process, convert or remove the Druid and Twa influences. Ol Patrick killed countless numbers of Druids and the Twa people, in the name of Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.

So when you hear people tell you that he was made a saint because he removed the snakes from Northern Ireland, it's really referring to the Uraeus or lock headed people of the Druids and; the Twa. So the leprechaun represents the short Black men that were murdered all in the name of Christian religion.

For more information or for lectures on this and many other special presentations, Contact Nuta Beqsu Mosley at 816-281-7704 or email:  amen.parankh@gmail.com 

BES is the spiritual protector, promoter and healer of the home and family. He/She encourages fertility and watches over and teaches parents and children in their growth and development. Bes holds all of the wisdom and knowledge of the earth. She knows the cycles of time and the seasons. She knows the healing properties of all herbs. She is familiar with the gardens, forests, animals, insects, lakes, rivers, mountains and caves. She knows the prayers, chants, lyrics, limericks, lullabies, the bedtime stories, dances, mathematics, letters, formulas, recipes, and words of power. He symbolizes the Shaman healer of the Nome or Klan. He is chemistry and physics. She represents the Sage, guardian and spiritual intuitive energy to ward off hostile energy from your family, life, home, office or wherever it is present. Bes controls The weather, the rain, and the wind, the earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Bes is Majic. He loves gold and can draw wealth and prosperity to the home. You can find this symbolic image of Bes all over the world. The earliest images of Elves, Trolls, Leprechauns, Fairies, and Gnomes from all over the world were Black. The people are all characteristic and symbolic of our ancient Ancestors -the Twa and Khoisan (also known as "Pigmy") Mother and Father, with their history and wisdom of nature and the universe

Geb Is the Goose that laid the golden egg

Geb (Gabab) was a god of the earth and one of the Piaget-Ennead -9 Great Gods of Kemet. His grandfather was Amen/Atum (the self-created creator god), his father was Shu (Shawaw) and his mother was Tefnut (Tafaf-Natat). Ausar (Osiris), Auset (Isis), Set (Seth/ Satakh) and Het-Heru (Neb-Het/Nephthys/Nabatet-Hatet) were the children of Geb (Gabab) and his sister-wife Nut (Natat). Geb (Gabab) was the third divine pharaoh, reigning after his father, Shu), and before Ausar. He also supported Heru( Horus/Harar) right to the throne following the death of His father Ausar. KMT /KaMaTa/Kamatians believed that the pharaoh was the living image of Heru, the Pr/ pharaoh was sometimes known as the "Heir of Geb.

Aside from cobbling, leprechauns are tied to the idea of luck, shamrocks, and four-leaf clovers. Their miserly wealth, good fortune, and antics make leprechauns an enduring Irish legend known the world over.

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I am available for Lectures, Libations, Griot Spoken Word Presentations, KMT Wedding, Birth and Ascension officiant, Salutations and Blessings for new beginnings, Home and Businesses, Afrikan Storytelling, Conferences and Workshops Contact: amen.parankh@gmail.com or amen.ankh@live.com Phone: 816-281-7704


The information on this website has been put together for general information, education, reference, Spirituality Current Events and entertainment purposes only and is not intended to provide medical advice. This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any specific condition. Ask your doctor for his professional advice before making radical changes in your diet and lifestyle. 

Seed Capital to Abolish Food Deserts

Seed Capital to Abolish Food Deserts

From the Cyber Pen of Sasteh Meter Mosley   

November 6th, 2011

To download your Application links: http://www.emwot.ws 

Over the last three years, I have worked with many of you individually to gain more Food Sovereignty for the residents of the East side of Kansas City.  Now I would like to present a funding stream here in Kansas City that can provide the necessary start-up funds for farms, community food projects, stipends for workers, infrastructure for existing pantries, land acquisition, or any other reasonable expenses to wash away any obstacle to producing healthy foods. I am in Oakland, California for the Community Food Security Coalitions with thousands of other in the country that realize we have to take the next step in the Food Movement.

With the announcement that Aldi will open in 2011, It was suggested that the Food Desert in East Kansas City, MO will be eliminated.  Unfortunately, the definition of having a grocery store within a mile (12 city blocks) is woefully inadequate to address the nutritional challenges of low income and high health risk residents.  Several organizations have convened groups to define solutions: 

1.  2008 NBUF Food System meetings at Dubois Learning Center with Bill Grace (DLC), The Beys (Moorish Science Temple), Kenyattas (Seed Restaurant), and Sasteh Mosley (Amen Christ Temple)

2.  2009 Black Agenda Group present Jim Nunley Training on Health Care Foundation, Rosa James (NAACP), Carol Coe, Debra Mann (Emmanuel Community Center)

3.  2009 Stimulus Funds Economic Development Meetings on Creation of Green Jobs (Urban Farming), Marlon Hammonds and Sasteh Mosley, Craig Bland (Freedom Inc), Clyde McQueen (FEC), Ken Bacchus (Economic Development Chair BAG and Freedom Inc.), Carol Coe (Convener), 19 other Activists

4.  2010 Urban Farming Ordinance and Food Policy Summit,  Beth Gothstein (Organizer), Terry Riley, Sharon Sanders Brooks, Cindy Circo, Melba Curls, John Sharp, and Ed Ford (Ten Voted in Favor of Ordinance), KCCUA, GCFPC, Bad Seed, EMWOT, Green Acres

5.  2011 Urban Farm Movement, Will Allen Abolish the Food Desert Event by Green Acres, Chicken Ordinance KCMO, Green Acres Urban Farm and Research Project Aquaponics Program (KCMO, KCMSD, BEU), EMWOT Urban Farm initiatives and services (Real Estate and Land Acquisition for farming, Farm Tours, At-Risk-Youth with Green Careers, Tilling Services, Music CDs, Health Classes), Get Growing Kansas City (CultivateKC.org, KC Community Gardens, and Lincoln University) Adenike AmenRa (AmenRa Par Ankh- Urban Farms, Wheatgrass, Food Preservation Classes)

Let's all take the next step in this movement.  As other movements plan to come into the East side of Kansas City, let’s make sure we continue to do the work to ensure that residents have the healthy, locally grown food they need to be successful.  Let's get these applications in, help others submit them, pass them on to those who are willing to work for a healthier city.  This seed capital can help those with tight budgets do something fun to help them feed themselves, support farm businesses that can hire people, and help existing organizations get into the "teach how to fish" side of feeding people. 

 Please forward this information to the gardeners, farmers, and community leaders you know.  I can provide technical assistance, group presentations, and free workshops to assist in getting the applications complete. 

Thanks,

Sasteh Mosley

CEO of EMWOT (East Meets West of Troost), (816) 304-7240 and

Team Member Get Growing Kansas City (Zip Codes 64128 and 66104), (913) 279-1461

Human Connections Start With A Friendly Touch : NPR

Human Connections Start With A Friendly Touch

Human Connections Start With A Friendly Touch : NPR

Touch is often determined by class and culture. Each culture has a clear concept of what parts of the body one may or may not touch. The basic message of touch in the western world is to affect or control — protect, support, disapprove (i.e. hug- hit, kiss- kick). Touch in the African diaspora is for connecting, healing and nurturing. The concept of touch has been skewed in African culture by the denigrating impact of the Maafa.

• In the U.S., a handshake is common (even for strangers), hugs, kisses are permitted for those of opposite gender or of family (usually) on an increasingly more intimate basis. Most American-Africans will always touch on greeting, often in very sophisticated and elaborate ways, but are annoyed if touched on the head (good boy, good girl overtones).
  
• Africans and Asians generally don’t touch the head unless they are grooming or are intimate (The head houses the soul and a touch puts it in jeopardy).
• Many non-western cultures associate touch with healing. so the Healing Touch or Laying on of Hands is a significant part of cultural life. 
• Islamic and Hindu: typically don’t touch with the left hand. To do so is a social insult. Based on their beliefs, the left hand is used for toilet functions. It is mannerly in India to break bread only with your right hand (sometimes difficult for non-Indians)
• Islamic cultures generally don’t approve of any touching between genders (even handshakes). But consider such touching (including hand holding, hugs) between same-sex to be appropriate.

What is Healing Touch?
Healing Touch is a relaxing, nurturing energy. A gentle touch assists in balancing the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being of a person. Healing Touch works with your energy fields to support your natural ability to heal. It is safe for all ages and works in harmony with standard medical care. 


How Does Healing Touch Benefit?

• Reducing stress
• Calming anxiety, depression
• Decreasing pain
• Strengthening the immune system
• Enhancing recovery from surgery
• Complementary care for neck and back problems
• Deepening spiritual connection
• Supporting cancer care
• Creating a sense of well-being
• Easing acute and chronic conditions

 Healing Touch in Reducing Stress


   One of the common reports after receiving a Healing Touch session is one of deep relaxation and a sense of peacefulness.  This has been reported in a number of patient satisfaction surveys and in practice by both practitioners and their clients. In our stressful lives having the opportunity to come to a place of peace and rest is beneficial.  Some of those receiving a healing report that it feels like experiencing a deep meditation without the training and effort... (read More)
http://www.healingtouchinternational.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=177&Itemid=383

  

Anxiety and Depression

  Anxiety and depression are very common in today’s global society. The effects of these disorders can create personal, family, and community hardship. Healing Touch may be able to help alleviate some of that suffering. For example, in a research study with heart patients Healing Touch was shown to reduce anxiety when used prior to a hospital procedure.(1)

Depression is a complex disorder that often times requires medical treatment. In one study symptoms of depression using a standard test were found to decrease faster with those receiving Healing Touch.(2) In an Australian study(3) depression was found to result in a disconnection from self, others and the world. Healing Touch was helpful in providing an opportunity for the patients in this study to experience understanding, safety, trust and positive anticipation in order to reconnect with the self, others and the world.

In other studies that involved looking at these factors positive effects have been found on decreasing anxiety and depression.(4),(5),(6) For example, in women undergoing radiation treatment the Healing Touch group showed more pronounced improvements in their levels of depression, anxiety and anger compared to the group that received a sham or fake healing session.(4) In another study,(6) with patients receiving chemotherapy for cancer treatment, there was a decrease in depression in all three intervention groups (one of which was Healing Touch, the others massage and presence), which suggests that the presence of a caring person may help improve mood and reduce depression. However, they found that the specific intervention effects of massage and Healing Touch suggest that the touch therapies have an additive beneficial effect in improving mood, energy, and reducing fatigue. (Read More)

http://www.healingtouchinternational.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=136&Itemid=384

The above revelations of Healing Touch display how the European corpora-tocracy of imperialism has capitalized on our original knowledge of healing modalities, then has planted the impression that our curative and survival solutions are inaccessible without medical prescription and financial sacrifice. What greatly concerns me is the presence of the pariahs of "Post Traumatic Slavery Disorders" that lurk within our communities, They are reflected in the highest statistics of physical illness, (Stroke, High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Heart Attack, Cancers,) also Domestic Violence, Child/ Adult Abuse, Mental Illness, and Black on Black crime statistics. With these statistics, there seems to be a phenomena of great depression, Isolation, self medication and abuse, and desensitization that goes on, in our community. We can always say that "This is by design" all day long, yet, in saying that, we are surrendering to outside pressures and oppression. I for one, refuse to allow my family and community to "go gently into...!"

We must take back our healing modalities and then apply them to our own families and communities. If it can be said that the wealth of a civilization, society or culture is manifested by there investment in their Children and Elders... then we have a long way to go to divest from a society that "eats their young" and institutionalizes their elders.

http://electronicdrum.wordpress.com/2004/07/17/minding-the-baby/


http://electronicdrum.wordpress.com/2009/05/16/some-thoughts-on-the-benefits-of-massage-in-relationships/

Jumpin Jim Crow and His Role with Women

Jumpin Jim Crow and his Role with Women

WHO CAN STILL REMEMBER THE EXPERIENCES WITH THE U.S. APARTHEID OF JIM CROW LAWS?

I was born during the reign of Ol’ Jim Crow. By 1965, Jim Crow laws were at the apex of their effect on Afrikan Americans and this society. The US instituted Jim Crow Laws for almost 100 years after, the reconstruction period, that occurred after the Civil War. Many Caucasians practiced Jim Crow anti-social and terrorist behavior, after their beliefs, that the remaining people of African descent, who survived the Civil War, were advancing economically, in spite of the many hundreds of years of US imprisonment and forced labor, of peoples of African descent. Jim Crow was branded after a man of African Descent, who suffered with physical and mental disabilities. Jim Crow became a fictitious characterization of African American Men, to debase and dehumanize men of African descent, to be thought of as undeserving of equal human rights and economic empowerment.  

Racism is just and an artificial political construct. The coining of the word and description of "white" to describe people of Aryan, Caucasians, was contrived around the latter 1700's in the United States. 

 As you believe in this artificial world, you become controlled by it's psychopathy and often crippled into PTSD (Post Traumatic Slavery Disorders), Ma’afa Syndrome and Cognitive Dissonance.

From the 1880s into the 1960s, a majority of American states enforced segregation through "Jim Crow" laws (so called after a black character in minstrel shows).

Jim Crow was the name of the racial caste system which operated primarily, but not exclusively in southern and border states, between 1877 and the mid-1960s. The name Jim Crow is often used to describe the segregation laws, rules, and customs which arose after Reconstruction ended in 1877. Reference: Ferris State Univ.

I remember as a young girl how my Mom enjoyed shopping “downtown.” I can still recall having to ride in the back of the bus, with her. Before boarding, mom would enter the front of the bus to pay, then we would run to the back entrance of the bus, and wait for the driver to open the back door--- so that we could finally board- (hoping that the bus driver wouldn’t just drive off!) As I look back now, I reflect on how dehumanizing and humiliating this experience must have been to my Mother and anyone else who had to endure this treatment. We could only go to “certain” stores… that would allow “Negros” to patronize. There, clerks would watch us like hawks! So as a little girl, I was made to feel that -they (store managers or owners) assumed we were thieves. We could never try on the clothing in the dressing rooms or even try on new shoes. Once we purchased "their" clothing, we would never be permitted to exchange or return an item. Mom would always pack a nice boxed lunch like cold fried chicken and potato salad, or pimento cheese sandwiches with fresh fruit and, a thermos of milk, lemonade or cool aid to have on the journey. So, when our stomachs grumbled as we passed by a lunch counter or café and restaurant to smell the food on the grill, Mom would take us to a park, (often times we were not permitted to enter there either,) or find a bench, where she would spread out a blanket so that we would have an outing together for lunch. I can recall the humiliating experience of having to squat in the bushes to relive myself sometimes, -because "the colored" could not use public restrooms! Often, they did not provide a “separate and unequal” toilet facility.

My Mom and Dad never tried to explain Jim Crow laws to us. So, when we asked if we could go swimming, or even play at a public playground, or go to a carnival, or an amusement park, they would quietly say “no we can't” (or just didn't say anything.)

My great grandmother was employed as a maid and had to travel day after day –in the back of several buses to arrive at her destination- to clean floors, cook and nanny, only to be able to pass on their employer's leftover food and hand-me-downs, to my mother and her siblings. Maids, cooks, Nanny, Housekeeper, Laundress, Dishwasher, Sharecropper, were the examples of the most common, limited and lowly positions that African women were allowed to employ. So, even employment opportunities were segregated.

So, as “negro” women and their children bore the burden of ol’ Jim Crow, caucasian women supported Jim Crow Laws with their actions, voices and votes! Jim Crow laws were enforced by race privileged women who, as teachers, refused to teach the Ruby Bridges', all across the U.S. or, after schools were forced to be integrated, would marked down the final assessments of Afrikan children's IQ tests by 20 points or more!

“Jim Crow was jumpin,” in the skin game- when “race privileged” waitresses refused to serve Black people at lunch counters. Then, when Ol' Jim Crow, finally flew away, over turned by civil rights, these same waitresses would put their blond, brunette, or red hair- along with their hock of spit, in the food they served us... 

 It was Race privileged women who often falsely claimed the cry of rape to incite lynchings, and the enslavement/imprisonment of hundreds of thousands of innocent Black Men. The 3K terrorist attacks and death/slaughter of entire Afrikan towns and communities were incited in many cases by false charges of caucasian women that caused the destruction of Black Wallstreet towns.

Yep, Ol’ Jim Crow was finally kicked down a back alley, unable to hold down his position front and center stage, as such a popular reign in the minstrel show circuit… From the end of the reconstruction period, it took almost 100 years of U.S. apartheid before Afrikan people were permitted to move from the back of the bus to the front of the bus, and then finally become the bus drivers and bus company owners!

I am aware that Afrikan people at that time wanted to feel that we belonged to the US experience, yet, as we called for this assimilation as- “progress” ---so that we could have "legal/equal rights", in public venues. In my humble opinion, we gave up so much more economically  to support and reinforce the status quos of Corporatocracy and imperialism! We continue to give our Black dollars over to the prosperity of race privileged businesses and corporations, Then work in race privileged owned factories for the prosperity of  their stock market shareholders… in effect, to run down and neglect our own Black Banks, lunch counters, restaurants, dry cleaners, cultural arts, manufacturing businesses. Our Afrikan American doctors, lawyers and other professionals would follow this dead end path, to then leave our communities to blighted and predatory exploitation. So, eventually, we were subject to the health-care that is really death-care, and dumbed down education, for the manufacture/production and profit of our alien oppressors! So Integration and assimilation only open the gateway for more people to be marginalized and disenfranchised- blurring the middle classes and increasing the wealth for the elite.

Even now, we encourage our children to attend public schools, where the majority of the teachers are caucasian women who reinforce their race privileged, middle class value system into our children. Then upon graduation from high schools, we encourage our youth to go to a college or university, with the hopes that they will find a “good job” in a corporation to “make that good money.” In effect, we have encouraged a generation of our youth, to leave our communities and live in their “suburban” death-style” as assimilated. Our Afrikan American communities are now blighted with fast GMO foods, off label groceries stores and "dollar" stores filled with imported items, illegal drug dealers, liquor stores, gas/convenience stores- all owned by outsiders who don't live within our communities and don't invest in the people that they serve.

Even the "Mega Churches" hire contractors from outside of the community to build quick structures. Our dollars bleed and leach out of our communities faster than we can make the money. There is no recirculation of money. If Money were symbolic of blood and water- the two vital resources for a living body, that would mean sure and eminent death! Even the money spent on drugs, and liquor are brought in by race privileged, and that corrupt money goes to the economic construct of race imperialist and not serve the interests of Black people.

Black People don't police our own communities. The police harass, Brutalize, and terrorize. Whenever they are involved, there is racial profiling and abuse of authority that only leads to support the prison industrial complex of neo-slavery.

The Civil Rights legislation only applied to public Housing and public Businesses- So the racist’s imperialist privilege response, at that time was to immediately go private! Even today, race privileged women/mothers were able to excel and ascend to lofty status in business and within their personal life, as they once again, went along with the racist status quot of privatization; to raise their children in “gated” private neighborhoods and communities, far away from public housing, people of color and Afrikan descendants! 

For instance, Hillary Clinton is the first lady to the highest office of the US. She grew up to enjoy an elite, privileged “Beaver Cleaver” life. She lived her life aloof, of the same racist system that enabled her to launch a political career, from of all places- with The Children's Defense Fund! Yet, She vilified Black youth as Super Predators! 

https://amen-parankh.blogspot.com/2009/09/us-kkorpratakrazy-negro-peons.html?m=1, even though the Clinton's were hounded with the "White Water Affair" during their presidential career, they remain to, assert US imperialism, then to inherit the land and resources of Haiti after the HAARP destruction!