“And suppose once more, that he is reluctantly dragged up a steep and rugged ascent, and held fast until he is forced into the presence of the sun himself, is he not likely to be pained and irritated? When he approaches the light his eyes will be dazzled, and he will not be able to see anything at all of what are now called realities” (Plato, 1892, 1997)
The sovereignty of free expression has never been a condition of the existence of the Black being. It has never been able to fully and completely express itself to the the level of catharsis it deserves. It was dragged kicking an screaming from the shores of the African continent to be brought to the American plantation to exist as beings forever trapped in the cave, chained to each other and the complex ignorance of its colonizing captors.
“He will require to grow accustomed to the sight of the upper world. And first he will see the shadows best, next to the reflections of men and other objects in the water, and then the objects themselves; then he will gaze upon the light of the moon and the stars and the spangled heaven; and he will see the sky and the stars by night better than the light of the sun by day. (Plato, 1892)
The collective understanding of the ability for full racial utterance will have to begin at the individual level. Given the history of the Black being, it is required to first feel the need to break free the chains that attach it to a self that is unable to express, itself.
-Yogabrofessor
Goldblatt, D., & Brown, L. (1997). Aesthetics: A Reader in Philosophy of the Arts.
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