This is a question that all people who are Medensan should ask themselves.  Since our ancestors were physically enslaved in  America, we must ask ourselves if we have progressed past the pain which our predecessors endured.  Before I give you my answer, let us examine the situation.  

 On page 9 of the Medensan Creation Charter it reads, "Today we, a people, find ourselves under intolerable, excruciating, humiliating and even dangerous pressure and nightmarish oppression which an evil "TRINITY" of Slavery, Legal Segregation and "Rule BY MAJORITY RACIAL CULTISM" unwaveringly visits on us."  While this is a brash and bold statement, it is also very true.  We are 80% percent of the prison population, with black women being the fastest growing demographic.  We have turned to crime, because crime gives some of us hope of having the THINGS that we see in all the TV ads that we can't afford, the so-called American Dream.  Whether it is common thievery, drug selling, or murder to protect the THINGS we have acquired by ill-gotten means, we have become slaves to materialism and debt. Since as Medensans we are not criminal by nature, we get caught. We go to prison. We get out. We go back in,   and as this cycle is repeated we become  perpetual slaves , or  permanent slaves (life in prison). Free labor for a PRISON INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX  that has already projected it's quarterly profits off of  our sweat.    

We have the highest incident of HIV, with the highest occurrence being, once again Black Women between the ages of 15 - 25 yrs old.  STDS, teen pregnancy, unprotected sex, we know the problems. These problems have led us to devalue ourselves as men, they have also led us to devalue our women and our girls to the point where they have become nothing more than objects of temporary desire.  We have become slaves to our own flesh.  I could go on, but you get the point.  You may ask, how can a great people be inundated with such deep rooted problems, problems which would have undoubtedly crushed any other people, but yet we still persevere?  We have survived.  We are still here.                                                                    

This goes to the crux of the answer to the question I posed at the beginning of this post. The above mentioned problems are just the effect, the real cause, the real problem that we as a people suffer from is a SLAVE  MENTALITY.  Thats right.  You and I still have the mind of a slave.  We still walk like, talk like, wear our pants(lol) like a slave.  We still do not feel that we are good enough, or as good as other cultures of people.  We still suffer from an inferiority complex as a people, because we do not know who we are, where we come from, and consequently, where we are going.  Until we embrace who we are(Medensan), we will forever try to imitate those who have dominated us for almost 500 hundred years here in North America.  Is there hope? Absolutely.  In fact, there is great promise for us as a people, and a nation.  However; It is my opinion that if we are to begin on the road to redemption we must weave into the fabric of our thinking, six simple words.  Those six words are: ACCEPT YOUR OWN AND BE YOURSELF.  Until we can make those six  words real in our everyday life, then the answer to the question has to be YES, you are still a slave.

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