The primary problem with america
- Henery X (long)
- Sep 1, 2021
- 2 min read
Updated: Oct 2, 2025
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The Primary Problem with america
Henery X, 2021 ©
The primary problem with America is this: Our ancestors (those American people of African descent) prior to slavery weren't slaves. They were as free as the land they were taken from. So many, especially American people of African descent; act as if the crime of slavery was a misdemeanor. An offense, worthy of a slap on the wrist and 1000 hours of community service. Slavery was an act intended to never end from the beginning; because it's psychological warfare at its worst. To totally alter a person's mind via a slow, diabolical plan to the point it becomes a part of the very DNA of the person and/or people. Now; just imagine this being done to millions of people. The plan is no longer necessary because now it's perpetuated via birth.
American people of African descent's worse enemy is ignorance, which in its simplest form means "to not know." We don't know that we're not free because it's our minds that are enslaved. Our ancestors were kidnapped and brought over here for one reason and one reason only... to serve. Most of us are allowed to live because we serve the same purpose. We're regarded as servants, by the servants of those unseen forces who truly oversee this country. It's not a coincidence that American people of African descent make up a large percentage of the general labor workforce. We're continuing the duties they forced our ancestors to serve, but since we're receiving an unfair wage... we're blind to this fact. Wake up! Or die in your sleep! Just my humble opinion.
Deeeeeeeep Henery! Your words are not just an “opinion” they are an incantation…
To “not know” is to be kept from ( at this point keeping ourselves back) from remembering who we truly are and what was stolen beyond the body: our cosmology, our sovereignty, our song.
When a people’s consciousness is colonized, the system no longer needs overt chains. The battlefield moves inward. We are made to believe that our worth lies in utility, our freedom in consumption, and our healing in assimilation. And yet, beneath all that, the ancestral drum still beats…. a frequency calling us back to original KNOWING.
Your words remind me that liberation is not merely political or economic … It’s metaphysical. It’s the reclamatio…