We Wear the Mask
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
We wear the mask that grins and lies,
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes—
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,
And mouth with myriad subtleties.
Why should the world be over-wise,
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries
To thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but oh the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise,
We wear the mask!
The assault on public education across America is the cancer that will metastasize, and destroy the country.
The game of America is the strategic circumnavigation of the political, socio-economic, and cultural challenges of a system designed with both institutional and structural levers of control and subjugation in place. So here's the dilemma, how much can you get done by working within a system to give your agenda a chance to gain traction? To sit out the political process in defiance is suicide. You could invariably grant the reins of power to a bigoted megalomaniacal jackass, who would have our asses in concentration camps. So many of our ancestors fought and died for the right to vote. To consciously dismiss and sit out an election in protest, lessens any chance of getting shit done, albeit incrementally. Be advised, sit this one out in '24, and we may have to reopen the Underground Railroad to get the fuck outta here, or resign yourself to the fact that while death is imminent, it could be premature, hopefully taking as many of the enemy with you as possible.
Thinking deeply about this, for a full sized vehicle this would NOT be possible because of weight. Let me unpack. The toy car is lightweight. So, yes, this IS possible with a tiny magnet. HOWEVER, a real vehicle is heavy. For this to work, on a much bigger/heavier vehicle, the car would need to be extremely light, and the magnet needs to be the size of a commercial airplane. So, the answer is - no, this would not work for standard/heavier vehicle that people could fit in. Now, cars ONCE DID run on magnets, hundreds of years ago. HOWEVER, they did so by a small magnetic motor, that was rigged to be in constant motion, thereby creating a thrusting motion of the vehicle. Running a vehicle using magnets IS possible, HOWEVER, NOT in the way shown in this video - in the other way I just mentioned.
Redamancy is the best thing ever pt. 10
I’m yours forever
Do you know that?
Like Hollywood films
Boy and Girl belongs together
They realized that….
Do you see?
Does it click?
I wanna love you
Everyday
Teach me how to love
You in the best ways….
Cos you’re the person
Who deserves to be loved…..
A person in front of me
I don’t have to express my feelings
To you on Valentine’s Day…..
I want to tell you what’s in my soul
Every night on pillow talk…
Do you love me, too?
Do you want me to teach me how to love me
In the best ways, also?
We won’t allow heartaches
We won’t invite pain…
We wanna be okay with each other…
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A HUNGRY STOMACH KNOWS NO POLITICS!
There’s been a profound shift in the consciousness of Africa’s young people. That’s the contention of author Joshua Maponga - who contrasts today’s rising generation with what he alleges is more a ‘docile’ and subservient one of the ‘60s.
He claims that Africa’s youth will no longer tolerate bad governance and inequality and are ready to take matters into their own hands if necessary.
The spate of revolutionary coups across the Sahel - which boast popular support - vividly illustrate Maponga’s words. As he puts it here, “A hungry stomach knows no politics.”
