Farrakhan touches the community

 
Many people had mixed feelings about the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan speaking at Southern University. 
Farrakhan’s message to the students was very inspirational and truthful.  The basis of his message was finding yourself, education and thinking outside the box. 
He touched on the subject of blacks and the community.  I was surprised, though, that many local mainstream media outlets were not in attendance.
Farrakhan talked about blacks in the community and what we haven’t been doing.  One of his points was that we do not cater to our own needs.  If we want our hair done, we go to a hair store to buy owned by Asians who know nothing about our hair. 
If we want our nails and feet done, we go to a salon owned by Asians. 
He pointed out what’s obvious to most; other nationalities come to this country for a better opportunity and to provide better opportunities to their children.  There are nationalities that have come to America within the last 100 years and have more than us and we’ve been here the longest and fought the hardest.  They also cater to their community.
Farrakhan talked about education.  He stated that education is important in society.  He mentioned that when you receive your degree; don’t ever think that you know everything in your field because the moment that you think that is the moment that you lose it. 
One should never stop learning because their always something you to learn. 
I was impressed on how much he knew about Southern University and how in-depth his research of the university was.  He singled out the agriculture students that were in the audience and he was surprised that there were only two of them there. 
Farrakhan said that the future is in the sciences (nursing, agriculture, architecture and engineering) and technology. 
These are the concentrations that build communities and it is better that we learn these things now in order to be able to build up our communities. 
He was honored when Chancellor James Llorens welcomed him to the University because he said it shows that the chancellor has faith that his students aren’t easily influenced; that the students are capable to receive information, go back and do research on the information, and make informed decisions on whether they want to accept the information presented or reject it.
Most importantly, he discussed finding yourself.  He said that it is important to trace your genealogy and find out who you really are.
Most last names, he said, come from the slave masters that owned our ancestors. 
I think that it is necessary, as a black person in America, that you do research your genealogy because when we came to the Americas as slaves, we lost a lot of our history.  We started new traditions and joined new religions and most really haven’t looked back to see what we could have been if we had not been captured.