MAXIMUM CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT vs. SURVIVAL CULTURAL EXISTENCE - Part Two

Part two of a list from Haki Madhubuti's book Black Men: Obsolete, Single, Dangerous?


MAXIMUM CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
Revolutionary Mentality

13. Respects elders.
14. Dislikes incompetence and mediocrity.
15. Fights against Black-on-Black crime and understands that its root is white-on-Black crime.
16. Loves Black art, music and literature.
17. Can give and follow instructions. Encourages experimentation and criticism.
18. Committed to Black liberation, local, national, and international.
19. Does not use drugs.
20. Politically active. Not crisis-oriented; acts on information rather than reacts. Plans for the long term; alert; prepared for change.
21. Self-confident. Respects others regardless of race or culture.
22. Understands the economic forces that control our lives on a local, national and international level.
23. Rational in decisions and actions.
24. Rewards merit and achievement.


SURVIVAL CULTURAL EXISTENCE
Accomodationist/Riot Mentality

13. Puts elders in nursing homes and forgets them.
14. Gravitates towards incompetence and mediocrity.
15. Involved in Black-on-Black crime or is apathetic about the issue.
16. Loves any kind of music of the new generation.
17. Can give instructions but not follow them; avoids/rejects criticism.
18. Committed to self-liberation only.
19. Drug dependent - cigarettes, alcohol, hard drugs, etc.
20. Politically inactive; crisis-oriented; reacts.
21. Egotistical, ignorantly arrogant, has little concept of culture; feels he will forever be the racial underclass.
22. Naive about economics; unaware of the international nature of capitalism that touches all of our lives.
23. Rewards "yes" people.