Principle #1 Unity
Means helping each other stay together as families, communities, a nation, and a race.
MEANS STOP HAVING WELFARE BABIES OUT OF WEDLOCK AND STOP ABANDONING THEM.
DOES NOT MEAN HATING OTHERS FOR THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN.
Principle #2 Self-Determination
This is the right to decide who we are, what our names will be, what we will become, and what we will create for ourselves.
We will not let others do these things for us.
MEANS STOP SUCKING ON THE GOVERNMENT TEAT.
MEANS STOP MOOCHING OFF PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR A LIVING.
Principle #3 Collective Work and Responsibility
This means we should build and take care of our communities. We should work together to solve our problems.
"WORK" MEANS GET JOBS.
"RESPONSIBILITY" MEANS STOP TRASHING YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES
Principle #4 Cooperative Economics
This means that we should build and maintain our own stores, shops, and businesses. We should profit from them together.
WARNING !!! - REQUIRES ACTUAL WORK.
PROFIT IS SOMETHING EARNED, NOT SOMETHING HANDED TO YOU BY THE GOVERNMENT.
Principle #5 Purpose
Our purpose should be to make our people and communities as great as they can be.
We can do this by taking care of our homes and communities and developing the skills and knowledge of all our people.
MEANS STOP BEING CRIMINALS AND STOP PROTECTING CRIMINALS
MEANS STOP LOOTING AND BURNING HOMES, BUSINESSES AND CITIES
Principle #6 Creativity
As African American people we should do as much as we can, in our unique way, to make our homes and communities more successful and beautiful.
"CREATIVITY" DOES NOT MEAN MAKING UP RIDICULOUS UNPRONOUNCABLE HOMEMADE NAMES FOR YOUR CHILDREN
"UNIQUE" DOES NOT MEAN WEARING YOUR PANTS DOWN TO YOUR KNEES
Principle #7 Faith
We strive to believe with all our hearts in the worth of African Americans. We believe in the struggle and victory of our people.
"FAITH" IS GOOD. FALSE SELF ESTEEM IS WORTHLESS
"STRUGGLE AND VICTORY" DOES NOT REFER TO THE "KNOCKOUT GANE" OR DRIVE-BY SHOOTINGS.
This is the right to decide who we are, what our names will be.....
well isnt that special...
doesn’t EVERYONE pretty much have those RIGHTS as it is???
perhaps this is the reaction to having wite;.....SLAVE NAMES like jackson and johnson instead of Lamooomba....and Arafat