MAXIMUM CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT vs. SURVIVAL CULTURAL EXISTENCE - Part One

Part one of a list that compares a progressive mentality to one with one that is overly concerned with adapting to its status as society's victim. Very interesting.



From Haki Madhubuti's book Black Men: Obsolete, Single, Dangerous?

MAXIMUM CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Revolutionary Mentality

1. Study-oriented: reads, evaluates, and debates books, newspapers, magazines and scholarly journals. Accepts the challenge of education
2. Worker: looks for ways in which to actively work for self; may hold a job outside in order to sustain self and family. Self-reliant.
3. Organized and systematic. Efficient and diligent.
4. Progressively collective; conscious of others; cooperative.
5. Family-oriented-oriented: regards mate as partner in struggle; loves children. Values trust in relationships.
6. Land conscious: realizes that the only thing that nobody is making any more of is land.
7. Disciplined; strong, unyielding and energetic.
8. Serious. Practices fair play, order and punctuality. Honest and dependable.
9. Analytical and critical.
10. Frugal: buys mainly on need basis; saves.
11. Social life is developmental and involves children.
12. Creatively aggressive: will dare the impossible if it is possible.




SURVIVAL CULTURAL EXISTENCE
Accomodationist/Riot Mentality

1. Does not read or study after "formal" education. Buys few books; reads mainly newspapers, sports pages or popular novels and magazines.
2. Works eight hours a day for some one else. Welfare conscious, get-it-for-nothing attitude.
3. Unsystematic and definitely not organized unless it is for some one else.
4. Backwardly individualistic: I, me, mine mentality.
5. Not family-oriented: regards mate as property; rates children low; generally single-minded; does not want children or responsibility of home life.
6. Not land conscious.
7. Actively fights against discipline.
8. Non-serious majority of time.
9. Not critical or analytical; prefers not to think for self.
10. Consumer junkie; if it's advertised, he's got it. Cannot distinguish wants from needs.
11. Loves social and night life (i.e., lives for the weekend, loves sexual conquests).
12. A defeatist; has few goals other than acquisition of material artifacts.