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From the beginning of my adolescent sentence into the "reprogramming system" aka public schoolz, I was told the so-called "native" americanz and the pilgrimz shared a mutually respective relationship. I was also, "programmed" to believe the "natives" were the first in the americaz, shattering any possibility of ever perceiving the historical fact of my Afrikan Ancestorz being here first and therefore the true "natives" (knowing this now, from hence forward I will refer the "natives" to "2nd natives".) I was coerced to believe the pilgrim was as generous as the 2nd natives were, which is allegedly symbolic for the celebration many of us ignorantly celebrate each 3rd Thursday in November.

By the age of 5, my mind had already been momentarily held in captivity, lasting the first 20 yearz of my natural life. A possession as this seldom loses its contagious hold. Mainly because this spell eliminated my questioning of the real story behind thanksgiving as I drew turkeyz from the outstretched fingerz of my left hand as a child. I never asked my momz why eating pig intestines (chitterlingz) and ass (ham) was at an all-tyme high around this tyme of year. I never asked where were the black people while the 2nd natives and pilgrimz was gettin' they eat on. It didn't matter then, all I cared about was buggin' with my cousinz and eating literally like a pig, until I couldn't eat no more...

That was then. Then I didn't inquire about any Afrikan alternative to thanksgiving because I thought it was Afrikan, or rather, Black! After all, my family is Black! But there was no one there to tell me the flipside to man-made hallow-daze (holidayz) I grown to be so fond of.

As adults, we must realize we are accountable for everything we allow to be part of our lives; part of our families. This accountability is essential if we are to break the chain of customz that dishonor our Ancestorz as well as pass on the madness to our children. From the origin of black organizationz to the many hallow-daze we celebrate. In this piece, we'll focus on the fallacy behind Thanksgiving.

There are three levels of thinking author Tony Browder talks of. They are:

1) Litteral—one who accepts without question something told to them;
2) Influential—one who is able to see the underlying message or detect ill subliminalz; and
3) Evaluative--one who is able to not only see the subliminal, but is able to combat it with a deeper meaning and eventual solution/alternative to what is presented to them.

Take a moment before readin' on and decide what kind of thinker you are. This is important because what you read from here you'll be faced with determining if you're really who you say you are...

"At the first thanksgiving celebration in 1621, there were only 6-7 sane people left in the whole pilgrim colony. The rest were basically mentally gone”
xxxxxxxxxx — Captain John Smith

WHAT IS THANKSGIVING?
What is thanksgiving and what is an Afrikan alternative to it? The Afrikan alternative is called Umoja Karamu. Many feel thanksgiving poses no personal threat, labeling it as a harmless day "the man" lets us off from the plantation enabling families to come together and overstuff our bodies (temple) with impure, toxic, flesh-decaying products in the name of family.

For some reason, the Afrikan family has used this tyme only to gather in celebration, not reconstruction. Personally, I feel the Afrikan family should eliminate all celebrationz and hallow-daze because there's more work that needz to be done than celebration. Do you think Rockefeller and the rest of the New World Order crew is chillin', stuffin' toxic foodz into their bodies, watchin' football all day?? Everyone is planning but us! This is no tyme for celebration, this is a tyme for planning, but that's just my two-cents...

However, for those that cannot get out of their festive moodz and need something to celebrate, the alternative to Thanksgiving is Umoja Karamu—which we will detail in a bit. But first, liberation of the mind comes from eliminating ignorance from one's psyche. So I pose the question, "What is the history of Thanksgiving and Who Am I Really Thanking? and what part of history am I forgetting (or ignoraant of)?" Let's go back...

In school, we were taught Thanksgiving dealt with the pilgrimz leaving England via the Mayflower in search of freedom of life and religious practices. However, we were not told they were, in fact, cast out of England! Historian, Joel Augustus Rogers wrote, "in 1611AD, governor dale of Virginia urged king James I of England to banish all condemned persons to Virginia." Most of these pilgrimz had committed crimes of murder, theft, and arson, so the new world—since it was a place they considered uncivilized and wild, was originally meant to be land for life imprisonment where they'd be cut off from England and forced to live on their own. To many, they thought it was a death sentence! The pilgrimz felt, as residents of England, they were basically bullied by the system. What's deep is they bitched about being victimz of suppression and came over here and did the same thing that was done to them to the 2nd natives!

In the year 1620, the pilgrimz ventured toward the new world. The English parliament knew very little of the new world, and therefore didn't expect them to survive. However, if they did, they were to establish an export trading system, stealing furz, spices, and elements for English inventory. They set sail from South Hampton in two vesselz, the Speedwell and the Mayflower. Difficulties with the Speedwell forced a return to the dock of Plymouth and the Mayflower left solo on September 6, 1620 with 102 passengerz. The voyage lasted a stormy 66 dayz when they dropped anchor near what is now Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Their first winter in the new world was severe, losing 44 of the pilgrim fatherz, leaving just over 50 survivorz. They resorted to living in small huts, eating shellfish and water for sustenance. JA Rogers, wrote, "...Governor Bradford said of the survivors, 'scarce fifty remained and of these were only 6 or 7 sound person's'. George Thorpe, a highly educated colonist, thought however, that despondency (loss of courage or hope) was the real cause. He said in 1621 'more do die here of the disease of the mind than of the body.'"

At the first thanksgiving celebration in 1621, there were only 6-7 sane people left in the whole pilgrim colony. The rest were mentally gone. In The General History of Virginia, 4th book, on page 294, it revealed notes written from Captain John Smith (1580-1631), one of the remaining sane pilgrimz, writes, "So great was our famine that a savage we slew and buried, the poorer sort took him up again and ate him; and so did divers ones another boiled and stewed with herbs. And one amongst the rest did kill his wife, powdered her and had eaten part of her."

Neil Ed., quotes the Virginia assembly of 1623 in its complaints against Governor Thomas Smythe, "One man killed his wife to eat for which he was burned. Many fed on corpses." JA Rogers also wrote, "...other instances of eating corpses and killing Indians and eating them occurred as late as 1846." Now we were set free from physical enslavement just 20 yearz later!

How significant is a hallow-day, that started some 400 yearz ago, relevant to today in Afrikan culture? We must look at how this day has persevered to our present 21st century and where it might lead Afrikanz in the future if we continue to partake in this satanic, cannibalistically-based ritual. Even though most of us will continue to celebrate Thanksgiving because it is a tyme for family to get together in harmony; that still does not make it right if we're continue using their customz.

How foolish we must look to our exploited, murdered, and eaten Afrikan Ancestorz, gathering in the name of family, but having no clue to the real story behind this and other european hallow-daze.

Umoja Karamu comes from two Swahili wordz. Umoja, meaning unity and Karamu, meaning feast. This is a unity feast designed to be a ritual of solidarity for the Afrikan family. The creation came from Philadelphia native, Edward Simms, Jr. and was introduced to the Afrikan nation in 1971.

Simms felt Umoja Karamu is needed because it "injects new meaning and solidarity into the Black Family through ceremony and symbol. It is unique in that it bridges the gap between diverse religious persuasions through a ritual which is easily understood and appreciated by all the participants. Moreover, it draws on the collective Black experience with which most Black Folks are familiar."

The ritual is divided into 5 parts or periodz which depict various aspects of the Black experience just before and after our transportation to America. The periods are:

1) The Black Family in the Mother Country
2) The Slavery Horror
3) The Period of the Emancipation Fight
4) The Liberation Struggle and
5) The Black Family Looks At The Future.

These 5 segments are visually portrayed by 5 colorz, black, white, red, green, and orange or gold. Coupled with this is the ritual of eating of 5 different kinds of foodz corresponding to the 5 colorz. The 5 periodz reflect the oppressive, antihuman, destructive and socially disintegrating acts perpetuated against the family structure of the Afrikan people worldwide. Yet it also revitalizes hope and rekindles the fires of self-determination which motivate us to continue our quest to build a better world with better conditionz we've ever known.

In summation, the question is "Am I Really Giving", and even deeper, "What Am I Giving and To Whom?" Am I passing the ignorance inherited from my parents to my seedz? You are not to blame if and only if, you do not know the origin of this celebration of horrorz. BUT, since, you read this piece, you are no longer in the dark. If you choose to continue, without further research on reasonz to support the continued celebration of Thanksgiving, your end result is the choice to poison the soulz of your seedz with this and the other European hallow-daze.

It is well past tyme for healing and in doing so, we may find a lot of the thingz we've become complacent with, need to be discarded. Study, Learn, Overstand, Implement, Motivate otherz and duplicate! These are the ingredients to liberation! LIK SHOT!!

SOURCES/OTHER READZ:
• Afrikan People and European Holidays: A Mental Genocide, by Rev. Ishakamusa Barashango
• Massacre, Murder, Mayhem: The True Story of Thanksgiving by Dr. Tingba Apidta
• Read about other Hallow-Daze