THE EPIDEMIC OF STOLEN THOUGHT...
We live in a time where intelligence is praised more than ever, yet true thinking is quietly disappearing. Every screen we look at is filled with information, but not with wisdom. Our conversations are overflowing with opinions, but often lacking deep reflection.
We are told this is the “information age,” but if we look closer, we may see something far more troubling. Instead of an age of enlightenment, we may be living in an age of collective foolishness. It is not simply ignorance anymore—it is obedience disguised as intelligence.
For the Black community, this danger runs deep. Our survival has always depended on the strength of our independent thought, yet now we are drowning in distractions. We are told we are free because we can choose from countless screens and voices, but that freedom may actually be the most efficient form of control.
What makes this epidemic so dangerous is that it does not need to silence us by force. Instead, it suffocates us with noise. It does not punish ignorance—it punishes resistance. When the system rewards conformity, those who dare to think differently are isolated, mocked, or ignored.
The question that stands before us is urgent: How do we protect our minds in a world built to colonize them? How do we defend ourselves from an epidemic that seeps into our very thoughts, shaping our desires, our choices, and even our sense of self?
The Illusion of Knowledge
The problem is not that we lack information. It is that we are buried in it. We scroll endlessly, convinced we are learning and connecting, but in truth we are often becoming exactly what the system wants us to be—distracted and obedient.
This is not freedom. It is control. And for Black people, who already face centuries of false narratives, this illusion of knowledge is especially deadly. We cannot afford to confuse constant scrolling with true awareness.
The Roots of the Epidemic
This epidemic thrives on old instincts. Human beings were shaped to seek belonging more than originality. To survive, we once needed to follow the herd. But today, that same instinct is used against us. We echo what is popular rather than daring to think for ourselves.
The Black community must recognize this. Our struggle has always demanded courage, not conformity. When we adapt too perfectly to a sick culture, we risk becoming sick ourselves.
The Psychological Trap
Modern psychology shows how easily we are deceived. Confirmation bias makes us search only for what agrees with us. Groupthink convinces us that the crowd must be right. The hunger for likes, shares, and approval reshapes our very brains, rewarding shallow thinking over deep reflection.
This is how the system steals our focus. A fragmented mind cannot resist oppression. A distracted people cannot build power.
The Emotional Hollowing
Another consequence is emotional. When everything becomes entertainment, nothing feels sacred. We laugh at suffering, consume tragedy like a show, and mistake endless stimulation for connection. But inside, we grow numb.
Numbness is dangerous for the Black community. Our strength has always been rooted in feeling—our pain, our joy, our love for one another. When distraction hollows us out, resistance weakens.
The Triumph of Mediocrity
This epidemic also shapes our culture. We silence ourselves to fit in. We trade dialogue for slogans. We reduce every issue to “us versus them” because complexity feels too heavy.
But stupidity thrives on simplicity. When we avoid difficult truths, we hand over our power. The result is a culture where shallow voices dominate and true wisdom is silenced.
The Death of the Self
The greatest danger is not outside—it is within. If our opinions are borrowed, if our desires are engineered, if our beliefs are echoes of others—then who are we really?
This epidemic erases individuality. It makes us masks of the collective, vessels of noise. Once we surrender our minds, the system no longer needs to control us—we control ourselves in its image. That is the most terrifying form of slavery.
The Black Mind Under Siege
For centuries, control over the Black mind has been the goal of oppressive systems. From forced ignorance during slavery to today’s flood of meaningless distractions, the strategy is the same: keep us from deep thought, unity, and self-determination.
If we cannot think freely, we cannot build freely. If we drown in noise, we cannot hear the voice of our ancestors calling us to rise.
Reclaiming Thought
The only way forward is rebellion—not with weapons, but with thought. Protecting the Black mind requires courage. It means daring to think against everything you are told. It means valuing wisdom over popularity.
It means choosing reflection over distraction, dialogue over slogans, truth over illusions. Only then can we resist the epidemic that seeks to suffocate us.
We are at a fork in the road. Either we walk blindly into the epidemic, or we begin the dangerous but necessary work of protecting our minds.
We must remember that stupidity is not ignorance—it is obedience. It spreads not through silence but through noise. And it thrives whenever we choose comfort over truth.
For the Black community, the cost of surrender is too high. If we allow ourselves to be drowned in distractions, our future is stolen before it is even born.
But if we resist—if we dare to think deeply, to see clearly, to feel fully—we become something greater than carriers of noise. We become protectors of truth, builders of freedom, and guardians of our collective future.
The epidemic is real, but so is our power. The decision is here, now. Will we surrender our minds—or will we rise to protect them?
