Innuendo...2010 v. 1997

"Whoever controls the images, controls your self esteem, self-respect, and self-development. Whoever controls the history controls the vision." -Dr. Leonard Jefferies

So, all the young girls & now even the young boys b/t the ages of 5-21 have a new roll model!!! I don't have a problem with one's artistic expressions but when there's an agenda behind all the madness that our children are seeing visually and hearing through sound that clouds their brains and souls... It must be addressed in proper context!    

The blatantly sexually suggestive, foul language, misogynistic, and believe it or not misandrist over and undertones that permeate the music and video production today has run a muck! Our kids our absorbing this garbage at a more faster rate than they do their school curriculum. There is no buffer today--it's all on the damn table for everyone see and hear. And not enough people seem to be appalled by the downward spiral that our society is on! So, we allow this madness to continue to enter our homes and surroundings. And chalk it up as if it's no big deal and is not having an ill affect on our children today.

I know this generation is smart and very fast when it comes to technology and things of that nature. But being on the ground everyday whether it's in the hood or burbs with this cohort--the social-psychological context by which most process with is totally different today. They see nothing wrong with Nikki Minaj 'atwa' and Superman that hoe! Perhaps because they haven't been taught or perhaps because we as adults don't emphasize the degrading nature of such? Any thoughts? Or am I just getting old? :-)

Believe it or not? God's Movement & Presence is Real...

"Believe it or not there is no doubt that God is on the scene today."

The rapid degradation in society that we live in today can truly warp one's sense of hope and belief.  In this time of so-called "keeping it real or 100," there is not much that we as a society have to hold on to that is decent or morally fit today.  From youth as young as 5 years old cursing on a YouTube video to explicit music lyrics and videos, we as a society over the past twenty years have sunk lower and lower by the minute in terms of moral standard and conduct.  It has gotten so bad that we have become use to and immune to the degradation, as a normal part of life.  Back in the day, when I was a youngin' I can remember when being respectful was a thing of high priority even for those of us who grew up in the "hood."  But not today!  And it's disheartening to witness.

Residing in the great City of Chicago where you can find a church or religious institution on every block from north, south, east and west one would think it would be much different.  Because as a society we have truly fallen off and it makes one question the movement and presence of God today.  There has been much critical examination done in the area of social and moral decline which has produced many profound conclusions and answers.  But why does the condition of the people continue to worsen?




A Glimmer of Hope



Looking at it through a frame of reference that utilizes scripture is most applicable in the authors' perspective.  Utilizing scripture coupled with the good sense that grand-momma passed down gives one hope.  Knowing that God's Almighty presence still exist is reassuring in this time of moral and social degradation.  God's movement is real and He keeps it 100 with us at all times.  So, I say like Dr. King said "Don't cha get weary..." cause "believe it or not there is no doubt that God is on the scene today."

Scriptural & Literary Support:



Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence. -Psalm 91:3 NKJV

Hear the word of the LORD, you Israelites, because the LORD has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: “There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land.  There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.  Because of this the land dries up, and all who live in it waste away; the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea are swept away.  “But let no one bring a charge, let no one accuse another, for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.  You stumble day and night, and the prophets stumble with you. So I will destroy your mother— my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge "Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.  -Hosea 4:1-6 NIV
 

But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away! -2 Tim 3:1-5 NKJV

You adulterous people, don’t you know that friendship with the world means enmity against God? Therefore, anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God. -James 4:4 NIV

On no account will Allah leave the believers in the condition which you are in until He separates the evil from the good; nor is Allah going to make you acquainted with the unseen, but Allah chooses of His apostles whom He pleases; therefore believe in Allah and His apostles; and if you believe and guard (against evil), then you shall have a great reward. -Holy Quran 3:179


Surely Allah does not change the condition of a people until they change their own condition... -Holy Quran 13:11

 I swear by the time, most surely man is loss, except those who believe and do good, and enjoin on each other truth, and enjoin on each other patience. -Holy Quran 103: 1-3