THE HOOD SCHOLAR

I recently became introduced to Pimpin' Ken Ivy on a hip-hop site (www.worldstarhiphop.com). Pimpin' Ken - in the below video - interviews 50 Cent. 50 Cent describes his transition from being a one-hit wonder, to being nowhere but back in the hood, to being in the upper echelons of society. I thought thi would be good for yall lil' nigguhz. Uno.

The world is fu*ked up. It's like I'm starting not to like the future. The hip-hop masses' personality, style, and overall level of attention deficit disorder is dictated and influenced by media. A long time ago, the fans of music had real people to model themselves after.
We had:

Frank Sinatra
"Alcohol is the enemy, but the bible says, 'Love your enemies'"

Johnny Cash
"Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world, except money"

Miles Davis
"If somebody told me I only had an hour to live, I'd spend it choking a white man. I'd do it nice and slow"

Mohammed Ali
"It's just a job. Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up.

These are the options we had. Real swagger, before when clothes didn't make the man.

But now, we have:

Kanye West
"Gays really be knowing how to dress .. cause if people see you lookin' at 'em ... so I look at the quick then I gotta look away." - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W83hVi8jBNg

Little Wayne
"I kiss my daddy."

The effects on my hip-hop demographic, alone, has been devastating. We have men wearing women's jeans. We have women wearing men's jeans.

You have entertainers, admittedly, dressing like homosexuals (as seen in the link above), which starts to synthesize my favorite music genre (hip-hop) with homosexuality. So now, the dudes, dress and act, less 'man' like. The women notice this change, subconsciously. Hmmm. It may be a coincidence that women seems to be more bi-curious lately; or maybe because a lot the 'fly' dudes all dress like homosexuals.

I am telling you sh*t is ugly out here. You have people fighting against gay marriage. Why? Not because they are homophobic, but because once the state condones homosexuality. They become obligated to create "pro-tolerance" sex-ed programs in schools - to reduce hate crimes in the state (due to the increase in homosexual voter presence in that state) - which teach children, at a young age, that homosexuality is okay. Don't heterosexuals have rights nowadays?

I don't have an issue with the homosexuality; what people do in their private time is their business. I just see the entire country is becoming demoralized and blinded to this transformation. Perceptions and the mind have become hypermutable to the repetitious whims and desires of those who decide they want to impose their debased "auto-tuned" ideologies on the rest of society.

Why am I so livid?

I got turned down at a bar filled with beautiful women and cheap drinks for not wearing skinny jeans!

WTF.

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Don Duval Patterson
Series 2009 D

Hey. I know yall may thing I am a little crazy for this one; but every morning, I watch Mike Tyson knockouts before I prepare my day. I have a creed taped to my mirror, I read every morning and night as a result of this. I thought I'd share it with you. As many of you may or may not know, I am in a preparation phase right now. I want to be intellectually on the level to not just graduate an Ivy League, but dominate it. Slowly and quietly while lames criticize just like in LaGuardia CC.

Anyways, here it is.

I'm the best ever. I'm the most brutal, most vicious, and most ruthless student there's ever been. There's no one can stop me. Other students, conquor? No, Im Alexander. They're no Alexander. Im the best ever. There's never been anyone as ruthless. I'm Sonny Liston. I'm Jack Dempsey. There's no one like me. I'm from Marcy. There's no one that can match me. My style is impetuous. My defense is impregnable, and I'm just furious. I want the professor's heart. I want to eat their children. Praise be to Allah.

"When we go to decide upon a subject without really troubling to examine what it is, then at best we only inform ourselves of what is said about it; and our judgment of it will be founded on nothing more than a sort of pretense or imagination not reflected by the facts. If there is error in the reports we rely upon, then that error becomes our own; and this again in its turn confirms error in others. The mistake of one becomes a public mistake, and then it is consecrated; so that he must be a bold man who would question it, or even refuse it subscription"(Mason 5).

A lot of people live life as everlasting tyro. Never questioning the established doctrines, uniform schedules, and 'natural' order of things. The study of chess and application of that study to the approach of one's life, I believe, can change how one thinks and looks at life. When I say study, I do not mean play as an amateur. I mean, to really study the game as all the constants are exactly the same in human life - limited resources (pieces or people), limited space (corporate building, target market, or chess board), limited force (range of available motion between two bodies), limited time (amount of moves available before successful or failed completion of a desired goal, or amount of moves available before checkmate or before being checkmated).

The study of chess allows people to see the world with more foresight than the average acquiescent individual.

This movie is crack. Definitely.

Ok. It's 4:04AM. I am reading the new posts of blogs and websites I follow. I come across a clip from Bill O'Reilly. His opinions of Jay-Z's statements at a public venue were justified. Jay-Z and Young Jeezy made some of the most racist and inarticulate comments at possibly the worst time in history. I don't judge Jay-Z or Jeezy. However, to be so economically savvy. They played checkers during this chess game of life.

Using the word 'black' to describe people of dark skin - the educated, the ignorant, the rural, the urban, the African-American, the African-Caribbean, the African, the African - "filling the blank" - will and is going to create a major problem. Yes, we do have a black president. However, he is from Hawaii, raised by a white family, Ivy-League educated, married, married to an Ivy-League educated black woman, fathering two children.

If blindfolded and asked to picture a successful black man in your mind: Would he look like Obama? Be named Obama? Is he more likely to be an entertainer?

I think I will conduct a survey during the summer.

Anyways, peep the clip. It is really crazy.

I am definitely going to Brazil this year



I am definitely going to Brazil this year.

No political structure of any size can dispense with order, and one of the fundamental applications of order is to time, for no communal human activity can take place with out it. Indeed one might say that the regulation of time is the primary attribute of all government. A new power which wants to assert itself must also enforce a new chronology; it must make it seem as though time had begun with it. Even more important to such a power is that it should endure. Its own estimate of its greatness can be deduced from the stretch of future time it lays claim to: Hitler’s Reich was to last 1,000 years. The Julian calendar endured longer than this and, even today, the month called after Julius Caesar is known by his name [July]. Of historical figures only Augustus succeeded in attaching his name uninterruptedly to a month. Others tried it, but their names have crumbled with their effigies.

The most impressive mark on the reckoning of time is that made by Christ. Here he supposed even God himself, from whose creation of the world Jewish chronology began. The Romans counted from the foundation of their city, a method which they took over from the Etruscans and which certainly played a not inconsiderable part in the world’s picture of Rome’s mighty destiny. Some conquerors content themselves with inserting their names somewhere in the calendar: Napoleon is said to have had hopes of August 15th. There is an irresistible attraction in the idea of linking one’s name with a regularly recurring date. That the vast majority of people are ignorant of the origins of such designations seems to have not the slightest effect on the desire of rulers to immortalize themselves in this way. No one man has succeeded in attaching his name to a season, although, there are whole centuries which are known by the name of dynasty. Chinese history, indeed, is reckoned in dynasties; one speaks of the Han or the Tang period. Even short-lived and inglorious dynasties, which would be better forgotten, got the benefits of this. Among the Chinese is has become the usual method of reckoning large stretches of time, but it is families rather than individuals which it immortalizes.

A ruler’s relationship with time, however, is not exhausted by the vanity of his name. He is concerned with the regulation of time and not only giving his name to existing units. Chinese history begins in this way. The prestige of the Chinese legendary rulers derives in great part from the effective regulation of time which is ascribed to them. Special officials were appointed to watch over this and were punished if the neglected their duties. It was when they achieved a uniform calendar that the Chinese first became a nation.

Civilizations are perhaps best distinguished by their arrangement of time. They prove themselves by their continued capacity to organize their traditions and they disintegrate when they cease to do this. A civilization comes to an end when a people no longer take it chronology seriously. At this point an analogy with the life of an individual is permissible. A man who no longer knows or cares how old he is has finished with life; he might as well be dead, when he cannot know. For a civilization, as for an individual, periods when the awareness of time is lost are periods of shame, which are forgotten as soon as possible.

There are obvious practical reasons for the overwhelming importance which the regulation of time has acquired. It binds together large groups of men who may live far apart and not be able to meet face to face. In a small group of perhaps fifty people everyone knows what everyone else is doing it is easy for them to join in common activity. The rhythm of their lives is beaten out within the pack. They dance the continuity of the group, as they dance so many other things. The time gap between one pack activity and another does not matter, for since people live in close proximity they can always alert each other when they need to. Every expansion of the physical milieu makes it more important to do something about time. Drum and smoke signals, which bridge distance, serve this purpose.

A different kind of unity was given to large groups of people by the lives of single individuals: Kings embodied the whole period of their reign. Their death, whether it came with the decline of their strength or, as later, coincided with their natural span of life, indicated a break in time. They were time. Between one king and the next, time stood still. There was a gap in it – and interregnum – which people sought to keep as short as possible (Canetti).

This is why we must compete for labor. Understand money and you will understand why I am the 'way' I am.

-DON P

I read this poem and Ioved its content. Its length is short; however, I believe you will like it.

Yea, you.

Ambition Over Adversity

Take one's adversity
Learn from their misfortune
Learn from their pain
Believe in something
Believe in yourself
Turn adversity into ambition
Now blossom into wealth

I love 2Pac for his force of spirit. His spirit was like a rubber band pulled to the point of breaking. Yet,it never broke. It just sprung him into a level of unparalleled success. Although he didn't have the educational background in business to harness that force in terms of monetary accumulation. He was able to create music that articulated reasons why a hood dude could be proud to be from the hood.

With no long term childhood friends acknowledged -beside Jada Pinkett Smith- as he moved from town to town; as all he had was his crack addicted mother. He had no choice but to become what he was to become. An dark immortalized poet. That was definitely commercialized way too much. However, still immortalized.

RIP 2Pac "The Hood Scholar"

"Opinions are like assholes ... everyone has one. No matter how clean they appear to be ... they don't realize how full of sh*t they really are". - Don P.



Now, fame is an effect of the repetition of one's name being uttered. It doesn't matter who, so long as it is done. I have experimented with manipulation of faceless shadows. My first experiment was during a student government election. My campaign flyer was just a bright red paper that read, "Vote Don P.". At this point, not one person knew me; but I understood that people (sheep, cattle, et cetera) would constantly repeat the name. The repetition of the name being said, carried with it a reputation, which was created by others. Most of the networking which must be done for success is done by others using this method.

When people figure out how this works, they appear cocky, celebrity-like, and if applied with the right amount of focus, they usually become celebrities. They understand that the hardest part of success - "It's not what you know, it's who you know" - is done by those whose entire life follows the modus operandi of the sheep (i.e. shortcut). Those in the lower echelons of society. The commoner.

Negative side effects result from this. Celebrities have to deal with people speculating about their every move. Depending on how strong minded the celebrity is, they can gain control of this force and harness it in a direction of their choosing, if they are inclined to do so. But most celebs don't ... they don't study the nature of society.

College is the perfect place to test Machiavellian theories such as this.

Blue appears black from a distance. You can believe that from a distance, black is black. Unless you are right up on that which you are looking at, you can not determine its color. In humans, the only way you can tell how dishevelled a person is mentally is by playing the person in a game of chess.

Anyways, be a person of influence or at least try not to be a victim of it, by trying to gain understanding of that which happens around you. Go out and study before you turn 25; because once you are 25, you are pretty much stuck in your ways. I have ensured that my use first quarter of century is to study and test theory. Which have been exposed to me, for success in this globalist, capitalist, society. If you don't have one of the four people described below in your cadre or your not working on being one of the four below ... Get to work.

There are four types of men who control the sheep.

"The Rich Man" - trades and store things of value (usually money) for the purpose of having an expansive purchasing power. GATES, ROCKEFELLER, BUFFETT

"The Ruler" - gains the loyalty of men and only cares about having men to die for his cause. OBAMA, BUSH, KIm JONG-IL, JIMMY IOVINE

"The Celebrity" - only cares about having people repeat his name, then trades that influence for things of value. JAY-Z, Frank Sinatra,

"The Immortal" - similar to the famous person, except the person's art form is usually in literary form, or their actions have been recorded in literary form. -SOCRATES, CEASAR, NAPOLEON

From Brooklyn with Love.

Signed,
ME

I was thinking about the first time I went to central bookings last night for some reason. For those who don't know, central booking is a place where people whom are arrested are taken and processed. Upon leaving, they will either be 'Release on Recognizance' (ROR) or the judge will force a person to pay bail; if they can't pay it within an hour they will be sent to Riker's Island. Then the process of posting bail takes much longer.

Anyways, I was about 16. I got locked up for some random crime. They handcuffed me to the wall like a child until they realized I was 16 years old. At the age of 16, you are tried as an adult in NYC. Anyways, upon being put in the cell, soaking wet from being being mased and having it flushed out of my eyes. I remember the stares at such a young face being incarcerated. A room filled with 20 - 60 year old murderers, weed smokers, crack heads, and drug dealers. I remembered last night because I thought about the acquiescence in their eyes. Like as if though they looked at me like I had so much potential but they couldn't do anything about it. Not to mention the incessant waiting to be moved from one room to the next. It was horrible.

This was an even in my life that made me realize the importance of freedom. Being in a cage, being told what to do, when to do it, how to do it, has not been for me. I realized this a long time ago. In high school, in central bookings, and even in college. Life should not be this recurring episode of people saying, "Do this, do that, or else".


I don't know.

Anyways, it has been a while since I have written on the blog. I feel it is time for people to know where my mind is. I haven't posted anything on the blog because I was extremely sick, last week, for some time; but I feel better now.

Current issues: My scholarship has made me feel like my freedom is restricted by some other person's agenda. My race and socio-economic background make people worried for me. As if though a person, with no father, from the projects, has no future, automatically, if that person is not involved with some corporate interventionist's program / grant that can help him (as a minority) prosper.

Columbia.

Howard.

CUNY.

Who cares? Does any of this help you go further?

F*ck it.

I don't care because no one's approval of me will allow me to win, no matter what.

Firstly, this year's number is amazing. Year 2009. This year will be great. I will find out what college I will be attending; Also, I will be finding out how much money I will be making.