DIALOGUE AND DISCUSSION ON EDUCATION, ENVIRONMENT AND RACE
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This post shines the light on a very dark subject! I was in the Army and one day my roommate told me he was going to pledge for in the local mason lodge and asked if I would be interested. I told him I never heard of masons before and asked what it was about. He told me that it was a brotherhood of chrisitian men who did charitable things etc. It sounded interesting enough, to go to a meeting with him, what could it hurt. I wonder if I am part ostrich because I had my head in the sand about a whole lot of things growing up. I did some asking about masons and heard about the same from everybody as what my roommate told me. I also found out about the secret signs and how the brothers help one another etc and decided to go through the process with my friend.
The first couple of meetings were innocent enough, meeting supportive brothers who were very excited about helping us become real brothers. I remembr reading and studying, and memorizing the book I was given and felt that this could really help me to become a better christian. Reality didnt set in until after passing my first degree and earning my "wages." I was so pissed off at this group of brothers and even my roommate that I said I was not going back again. My roommate convinced me to stick it out saying the worst was over and that we only had two more degrees to go. He also stroked my ego a bit with saying how I was excelling in and learning so quickly. The next degree wasn't as bad or maybe I was starting to convince myself to not be a quitter.
The last degree was pure hazing, abuse and torture and even after completing the step and becoming a brother I really didnt like the group of brothers that were so excited to have new brothers and seemed to care about our progress. Now looking back on that moment of clarity, I can see the confusion my children must have/had for me when I punished them with a spanking. The guys I went through the process with were so excited about becoming a master mason and even talked about being able to be in the next ceremony to welcome in other brothers and even earn more degrees. One guy was hit so hard with a wooden paddle the skin on his butt split and was bleeding through his underwear and he was so enthused to be embraced by these brothers and was one to even speak about helping the next class go through.
I didn't want anything else to do with it after that and once I got out of the military I didnt put a lot of effort into finding a local lodge. I was a little proud to have earned the priviledge of having the seals on my vehicle etc. but had no clue what the symbols were that I chose to have re-present who I was. I went to college after my military experience and even though the fraternities seemed a little exciting, I knew that I was not going to allow someone to torture and abuse me just to be considered a part of their group. A little later I was informed by a few members of my church family that the masonic lodge is evil and not about what they claim to represent, talk about the pot calling the kettle black!
This is my HA_HA_HA for the day---Thank You Adisa
B.
I can laugh at it now Dr. B, but it was not too comical for me back then. The next hazing process I went through was called "training" and involved a tazer gun. Wasn't very happy about that either.
Wow!!! Many people will not admit what you have just shared.
This is the material that is needed for the new "Book of Revealations" that may show where and who the people are that are intent on destroying 'black' boys.
B.
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What hazing REALLY shows and TEACHES is a big part of the SICKNESS that infects us as a people!
I suspect that is why there is so much division and abuse going on among us right now. It is amazing how the "so called have gots and educated among us are some of the cruelest to our people! I am also convinced that this is part of the reason that so many NAME BRAND NIGGAS feel like that so much has to be proven TO them and BY them in our SICK and DYING communities!
Membership may have its priveleges ,but it has its problems , too!-Redd Velvet