According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary…
Intelligence:
(1): the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations: REASON also: the skilled use of reason
(2): the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or
to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria
Ignorant:
a: destitute of knowledge or education an ignorant society also : lacking
knowledge or comprehension of the thing specified parents ignorant of
modern mathematics
b: resulting from or showing
lack of knowledge or intelligence
Knowledge:
(1): the fact or
condition of knowing something with familiarity gained through experience or association.
Peace/Blessings,
After seeing the movie, The Woman King, I posted the
following.
“Just finished seeing The Woman King…Empowering, Impactful
& Great Imagery…During the movie, I turned to my 9-Year-old Princess &
sad Agojie: & she responded…Woosuu!”
“Do not Bow Your Head.”
After posting the aforementioned post, I received pushback
regarding the support of the movie…One called the title “Oxymoronic”…The
summation of the pushback ranged from the writers of the movie not being a
person of color, the writer’s sexual orientation, the writer being from the oppressor’s
ethnic group, supporting Hollywood and white supremacy…
Those who know me, Know what happened next…
I politely responded…I systematically and methodically
addressed the points that were presented by these individuals…As I read their
points of contention prior to responding, I detected something…During my responses,
I carefully worded my verbiage touching on aspects of the movie…When they
responded, my detection was confirmed…
I then asked, “Did you see the movie?”
For the first one who called the title “Oxymoronic”…Which I
addressed and was explained in the movie…I made the following comment, prior to
asking the aforementioned question…
“I want us to have the same energy about the usage of black people
calling themselves Nigga & Bitch as it relates to oxymoronic titles”
I received no response…
To the other individual…He responded that he did not see the
movie and did not need to…He then continued with a lengthy response…
I responded with the following…
“Peace Beloved…smh…Out of courtesy, I’m letting you know that
I stopped reading your post after you stated that you didn’t see the movie,
which I suspected…Would a person be correct in making an on point assessment
about you without knowing and/or experiencing you?...Their research may give
them an idea, but without knowing you, they would be speaking out of…ignorance…Be
well my Brotha…Hotep.”
That ended this thread…
When doing critical analysis, one should be mindful to be in
harmony with the proper context…Thus the analysis is just…chatter…Also, one
should be mindful to not be in “their feelings” when presenting said analysis,
which could also render the analysis to just…chatter…
The two individuals that I highlighted had points that I
understood and theoretically agreed…Their arguments crashed due to not being in
the proper context…
The most affective analysis is one that is done utilizing
aspects or examples from that which they are critiquing…To do that, one must 1st
Do the Knowledge…
OTHERWISE, One will become the Intelligent Ignorant…Hotep.
