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THE BLACK MAN’S DILEMMATHE BLACK MAN’S DILEMMA
Is Our FIGHT to be FREE or The QUEST to be ME?
By Abraham W. Bolden, Sr.
Abraham W. Bolden, Sr. June 26-1976
Written and Edited by
Abraham W. Bolden, Sr.
1st Manuscript
Published June 26, 1976
Robinson Walton Printers
Chicago, Illinois
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Introduction 4
Purpose and Function 7
The Consequences of The Ignorance of Purpose 9
The Search for Solutions 9
The Diversity of African and European Culture 13
The Effects of Change in Environment and External Conditions 14
Internal Nature and Cosmic Law 16
The Importance of Ancestral History 18
Education vs. Liberation 20
Black Skin as a Barrier 22
The True Cause of Black on Black Crime 23
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INTRODUCTION
The first casualty of any war between nations or peoples is TRUTH.
When there is strife between peoples whether it be based upon race,
religion, ethnicity, classism, social status or any number of
classifications of being, the victorious oppressive power in most cases,
contribute their success to some superiority either in intelligence,
civilization, religion, or some other quality that renders the oppressive
power ruler ship over another.
The first action of a colonizer is to remove the colonized people from
their familiar surrounding, deprive them of the true knowledge of
themselves and those principles that served to stabilize and govern the
colonized people. The colonizer then proceeds to establish institutions
and educational systems, and formulate laws that tend to minimize the
humanity of the colonized victims and maximize the evolutionary
superiority of the imperialist power.
After generations of the subjugated peoples have been cut off from their
true history and become under the complete control of the foreign
powers, the subjects are reeducated and their lives reconstructed to
conform to the wishes of the colonizer. Those subjects that possess
knowledge of the previous rules of conduct and belief systems that
governed their daily affairs are silenced. Some are silenced by murder,
others by fear and still many by conspiring with the colonizer in hope
for better position and station within the occupying forces.
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Because of the enzymatic actions of the educational, sociological, and
culture systems that are always constructed for the purpose of
maintaining the domination of the imperialist power, each generation of
the conquered peoples become more mentally compatible with their
captors and having been deprived of their true history can be easily
manipulated by the occupying force.
Such is the mental and spiritual condition of the African people in
America and throughout the Diaspora. In an effort to throw off the
chains of slavery, we have sought our equal rights as citizens and co-
rulers with the oppressors of African Peoples. We have attempted every
avenue of escape from our condition.
Then what is the basis of the problems that we face in America? In
order to solve any problem, one must think. Marching, singing, crying,
and oratory are not thinking. The rational intellect must rule the mind
before we can expect success in any endeavor. Emotionalism must give
way to experiment and observation. Our leaders must put away their
emotional and faith based solutions to the African problem in American
and become more analytical and scientific in thought and action. Faith
based leadership is no leadership at all. No constructive planning,
organizing, forward progress or problem solutions can be solved by
faith alone. We must move based upon conclusions predicated upon
logic, history and facts that can be substantiated either historically or by
the application of verified scientific principles. What are the Truths that
will make the Africans of the Diaspora a free people?
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This presentation is not the final answer; but it is a factor to be
considered in our attempts to understand what has happened to us and
our forefathers before, during and after the advent of slavery. Let us
proceed.
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Purpose and Function
First, we must begin with the logical proposition that a created entity,
essence, nation, or thing is superior to the extent that it is able to function
according to its purpose of existence. The purpose of existence, according
to most ancient philosophers is the final cause of existence and without a
clear understanding of its final cause and purpose, its integration into the
natural order of nature cannot be readily discovered. The purpose can only
be determined after some knowledge of the nature and morphology of the
entity under examination has been established. This inherent nature
ultimately determines how the object, entity, or organism will interact with
its environment under various circumstances and conditions. The inherent
nature of the existence determines how it can be utilized, its environmental
requirements and it potential for survival under changing external
conditions.
These propositions have proven to be irrefutable. The fact that the nature,
morphology and chemical constitution of a creation weighs heavily upon its
ability to exist under changing conditions can be supported by scientific
experiment and observation whether from an evolutionary or mechanistic
point of view.
Much has been written concerning the so called inferiority of the Africans of
the Diaspora. It has been both openly alleged or subtlety inferred through
the mass media and text book authored by those who claim superiority in
both evolutionary and intellectual abilities over other nations and peoples of
the earth. The Black civil rights organizations quickly respond by denying
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the claim of inferiority without evaluating or considering that this allegation
of inferiority of the Africans of the Diaspora might be TRUE under the
PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES.
History bears out the fact that the African inner nature is not compatible with
an individualized, mechanistic, capitalistic society. Throughout history,
there has been no record of an African civilization that has thrived under
mechanistic, “dog eats dog”, “winner take all” society. The very thought
and drive by the lost African peoples to attempt to salvage some token of
humanity in the Western social culture, belief systems and values
demonstrate a profound lack of knowledge and wisdom. No African people
have risen, or ever will rise from a position of inferiority by internalizing the
moral, religious, and social standards of those who enslaved our forefathers.
Such internalization operates contrary to the African principles of life and
inhibits the growth and developmental potentials of an African people.
The point here is that there are no indications that the so called Black man is
inferior as a member of the human species; but it is both reasonable and
consonant with all biological creations that the appearance of inferiority may
be predicated upon our attempts to twist and override our true inherited
nature with those that appear to be naturally inclined to hedonism and
addicted to an individualized and competitive mode of life so characteristic
of the natures of those of the Western civilizations.
Therefore, because of our ignorance of our purpose of existence, which
purpose dictates our abilities to function under various social environments
and conditions, we become inferior in the execution of those instinctive
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innate actions that sustain our survival. We are then at the mercy of and
under the mental and physical control of those whose very inner nature and
purpose make them better adapted to function under the identical conditions.
The laws, customs and religious beliefs of other nations are adhered to
because they have proven to be effective and complementary to their
specific survival. Their customs and belief systems enhance their survival
and are a consequence of centuries of evolutionary development that tend to
continue and facilitate their existence.
The Consequences of The Ignorance of Purpose
When we attempt to function under European customs, laws, and religions,
we become frustrated. Because we are frustrated, we become angry and
because we are in a state of constant anger, we cannot think. Because anger
interdicts the ability to think we are consequently inferior and reduced to the
state of behavior patterns of the animal kingdom. The main attributes of an
animal are extreme cruelty and selfishness. In our animal nature, we
become preoccupied with the short term goals of eating, sleeping, recreation,
sex, and fighting and neglect those goals that require long term planning
such as the production of food, the maintenance of a moral and virtuous
environment, the education of our children and the laying of a firm
foundation for future generations.
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The Search for Solutions
Logic dictates that when any naturally created existence fulfills its own
purpose in accordance with its inborn nature, that existence is in a state of
heaven. Contrarily, when any existence acts or is caused to act by forces
external to its innate and intrinsic, that existence is in a state of hell, misery,
or death. From this, we can arrive at but three possible propositions and
they are:
(1) That the African peoples are acting in opposition to their inherent
natures,
(2) That the natures of the African and other homo sapiens are the same
but the African peoples of of the Diaspora have been denied the
opportunity to express their nature to the highest potential,
(3) That the natures of the African and other homo sapiens are identical
with the European having reached a higher development and
therefore the superior nation.
These three propositions give rise to the three basic divisions in the African
American social structure namely the so called Black Nationalist, Black
Muslims, and other Black Separatist organizations who subscribe to the first
conclusions. These organizations, supported by such renowned authors and
researchers such as Chancellor Williams (“The Destruction of Black
Civilization”) and Ivan Van Sertima (“They Came before Columbus”), point
out that historically and physically the African and other parallel
civilizations developed along very different social, economic, and religious
lines. A strong case is made that prior to the foreign encroachment into the
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African Continent, the African exhibited phenomenal industrial, artistic, and
agricultural skills. Their research demonstrated that it is only when the
African began to accept many of the European and Arab customs, religions,
and educational institutions did the African fall to the lowest depths of
human existence. They further point out that in the African social
environment, using African laws to govern themselves, through the building
of such mysterious works as the Pyramids, the indigenous African has
demonstrated that under his customary circumstances and environments, the
African has shown that he is equal with or in some aspects and aptitudes
superior to other nations of the earth. These groups subscribe to the
proposition that the nature of the African Peoples (as reflected in artistic,
institutional, social, and intellectual accomplishments) predates those of later
civilizations and are the matrix around which subsequent alienated
civilizations were constructed.
The second conclusion (that the natures of the African and European are
identical but the African peoples of the Diaspora have been denied the
opportunity to express themselves to their highest potentials) is held by the
Integrationist. This group acknowledges that we were an African people
who developed along separate social and institutional structures that were
very different from those developed in Europe. But they contend that we are
no longer an African people. Though their argument has no validity in
either fact, logic, or the science of genetics they point out that the institution
of slavery erased or so diluted the “African” part within the Blacks in
America, that it is in error to think of ourselves as other than Americans and
therefore seek full recognition as American propagating European economic
ideas and social values while forsaking any thought of reconstructing the
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customs and institutions that are distinctly African. The goals of the
Integrationist is to ‘catch up’ with the European using the educational
systems and industrial opportunities of the European and therefore destroy
what is seen by them as the crippling effects of their Africanism. This group
feels that the African is basically better off as citizens of America and
attribute many of the great African contributions as but flickering lights of a
long-ago dying civilization. Those Integrationists actually perceive the
African societies through the eyes of the colonizer and regard those who
express willingness to study the ancient African societies with hope of
reconstructing the lost African as advocating a return to barbarism, jungle
life, and ignorance. Most of the so called successful civil rights leaders,
politicians and religious leaders in America belong to this group.
The believers of the third conclusions encompass the White Supremacy
organizations. They openly contend that there is an apparent physical and
intellectual dissimilarity between the African and the European; but due to a
higher stage of evolution and development, the European is of a higher
superior quality. They contend that the European is more mentally adept,
superior in organizational abilities and more suitable to compete in the
existing world. Many have broken ranks and have written articles and books
suggesting a genetic basis for the inferiority of the African which
consequently suggests superiority of the European. In many instances, the
beliefs of this third group is exactly the same opinion held by members of
the second and the push by the Integrationist group tends to confirm that
they have a deep seated feeling of inferiority in relation to the European.
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Moreover, this group feels that a perfected imitation of the European is the
real answer to the serious problems facing the African trapped in a Western
Civilization. Both groups are antagonist of the African Nationalist; the
Integrationist because they have fallen prey to the teaching of the White
Supremist that a return to African custom and collectivism means a return to
barbarism and the White Supremist because they believe that the only hope
of the African peoples in America is in their assimilation into the social
structure, environment, and governmental institutions as a conquered people
and remain locked into a restricted social and economic level.
The Diversity of African and European Culture
As previously stated in this writing, history bears out the fact that in the
individualistic, mechanistic, capitalistic society, the so called Black man has
not reached a level of advancement as have other peoples around the world.
Recorded history does not show that there was any African society
constructed in the image of the European social and economic structure that
thrived even after the invasion of African territory by the European in
colonial conquests dating from the 15th century. Progress among African
peoples have only come within movements that are designed to change the
social and institutional environments; where African peoples worked for the
betterment of African peoples; where individualism was replaced by
collectivism and where there was a strong realization of the truth that the
African people must be Nationalistic in attitude and move forward as one
people unattracted by and not distracted by the fears and goals of any other
people. Let us look briefly at the importance of environment and its effect
upon living things.
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The Effects of Change in Environment and External Conditions
The same qualities that make a thing superior in one mode of existence may
render it inferior in another mode of existence when the environment
becomes alien to the growth and development of the organism in question.
On good fertile land, an apple tree is superior to a cactus plant. The
chemical composition, nature, and purpose of an apple tree permit it to be
superior in the production of apples under proper environmental conditions.
But when those conditions are changed and that change is alien to the
growth and development of apple trees and now favors the propagation of
cactus plants, the apple trees become inferior because their fullest potential
according to their genetic endowments cannot be reached under the new
alien conditions. On the other hand, if the conditions alien to the apple tree
are conducive to the growth of cactus plants, the cactus plant becomes a
superior form of existence in this new desert environment. This is because
the nature, purpose, and form of the cactus plant permit it to thrive in this
type of desert environment.
If we were to “investigate” the inferiority of the weak looking, half dead
apple tree dwelling in an alien desert environment (and if we knew nothing
of or refused to accept the history of the apple tree while planted under more
favorable conditions), we might conclude that the apple tree is inferior as to
form, material, chemistry and ability to survive. If we stopped our
investigation here without taking into consideration the alien environment,
we might further conclude, after observing the steady and hearty growth of
the cactus, that the apple tree is inferior by nature to the cactus plant. We
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may then make the erroneous conclusion that all apple trees are inferior to
cactus plants where ever they are found.
This type of investigation is precisely what was done by Doctor Shockly and
other “scientist” who have labeled the so called Black as being universally
inferior by nature and genetic combination to the so called White races. The
all important factor of environment has been omitted. By environment, we
mean all of the external forces, customs, institutions and religions that affect
the development of intelligence and personality. By environment, we mean
all of the conditions, circumstances, and influences surrounding and
affecting the development of an organism or group of organisms.
Then, what do we mean by Nature? When we say that the Arian people or
any other people have a certain nature, we are simply saying that that people
have a certain internal inclination or leaning toward a psychomotor action to
a perceived stimulus. These leanings and tendencies are genetically
inherited and relate to what we call natural abilities. We are talking about
the natural bent of an existence when unaffected by contrary external forces.
By the word Nature, we mean unlearned activity combined with how any
existence will use the product of learning. The ability of a lowly spider to
spin a web exactly like the web spent by his ancestors without benefit of
learning is part of the nature of the spider. The ability of the ant to organize
along definite social structures, the Beaver to build a dam, the Hawk to
calculate the speed and distance of the running mice without benefit of
mathematics all allude to and identify the nature of that existence. The word
nature applies in like sense to both animate (living) and inanimate (non-
living) existences.
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A rock is a non-living mass of congealed matter, unable to move itself or
engage in any of the activities of a living organism. Yet, inherent in that
rock is what we call its nature and that nature causes the rock to rest upon
the earth and become subject to the erosive actions of air, wind, rain and
heat. The notes non-living, mass of congealed matter, resting upon the
earth, and being subject to the erosive elements of the earth, constitutes what
we call the nature of the rock. These are internal qualities (natural) rather
than qualities that depend upon external (environmental) conditions for their
expression. And that rock cannot be inferior or superior as to the basic
qualities but can only be said to be such according the usage that we intend
to make of it. A diamond is superior to a pebble because of its nature but
because of that nature which in inherent in both diamond and pebble they are
alike rocks and stones. Any rock that naturally resists those internal
qualities mentioned above is beyond our comprehension-as it is very
difficult to maintain the mental image or any rock that would remain
constantly floating two or three feet above the earth in our present
atmospheric and environmental conditions.
Internal Nature and Cosmic Law
The rule of law is that there can be no internal movement against the
inherent nature of an existence by the existence itself. The impetus or
motivating force that moves any organism, thing or matter contrary to its
inherent nature must come from without. There must be a re-training or an
over-riding of the inherent internal characteristics by energy expended from
without. When this is done, we say that Violence is done to the Nature of
the organism or object. If we move a rock from the ground, for instance,
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and hold that rock in our hands, we have interrupted (but not destroyed) the
inherent nature of that rock and in doing so we have done violence to the
nature of the rock and expended energy by creating an external force to get
the rock so moved to a new position. But, as stated above, we have not
destroyed the nature of that rock for the violence that we have done against
the nature of its existence manifests itself in another force called weight that
lets us know that the rock is trying to assert its basic internal nature. When
we cease the interference, the rock falls to the earth and releases the energy
within the earth in the form of heat.
When we attempt to study the nature of any existence, whether that
existence be plant, animal, human or inanimate, such a study must be
scientific in scope. We must determine first the questions to be answered
pertaining to the existence. Next we must study that existence under various
conditions. How does it interact with other existences when brought
together either by compound or mixture? What are the conditions that
influence the conduct of the object of our examination and in what manner
do the conditions cause the existence to react? What conclusions can be
drawn from the experiment or research and what action can, should, or must
be taken to control the conduct of our existence in order to achieve the
desired effect? In other words, our research must be methodical, diligent,
precise, thorough, and above all unbiased. And once that the research is
complete, the products of that research must be accepted whether we want to
activate them or not. This fact is very important because the products and
conclusions of our investigation is our record of the history of that existence
and only through a thorough knowledge of that history can we make
judgments that are intelligent and effective.
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The Importance of Ancestral History
History, then, is the root upon which the present is constructed. It is a record
of identities and relationships and reveals how the objects of that history
interacted in the past and from the evidence adduced from that record of past
interaction we can predict the results of future conduct. The very nature of
any existence can be determined through the history and record of that
existence.
The difficulties experience by African peoples in the Western civilization
whether they be social, economic, educational or moral, stem from the lack
of a clear and thorough knowledge of pre-colonial African history.
Moreover, the attitude prevalent among many African peoples in the
Western oriented civilization that the past should be forgotten is utter
nonsense and has no reasonable foundation since the past experiences of
African peoples constitute the root of our existence. Nothing that is living
can survive without a root and to ignore that root is to invite disaster as the
condition of the American African people so amply demonstrates. We
cannot repair a broken am without first having some knowledge of the
anatomy or morphology of that arm before it was broken. Neither can heal
nor reconstitute a nation unless we first possess some knowledge of the
history and record of that nation before the nation became ill. And once that
record is known; once the history is ascertained, we must reconstruct the
new African people along the lines and near to the image of health no matter
how great the pain or discomfiture.
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The labor of the educated African peoples in the Western civilization must
be towards discovering the reason or underlying cause of the appearance of
inferiority of African peoples. To every effect, there must be a cause. But
to discover a cause takes time and sacrifice and many of the educated have
little time and are not willing to make the sacrifice to undertake a study. The
quest for recognition in the European world; to be honored by Europeans; to
be rewarded by Europeans; to be welcomed into European societies,
fraternities, social groups and the like is the overriding concern of our
African elite. We view our educations in philosophy, chemistry, physics,
mathematics and other sciences as avenues of livelihood. Higher education
is seen above all as a means and method to escape the dungeons of ghetto
life. It is a means by which the allegation of African inferiority is defeated
and European acceptance is courted. We have all of the personnel, all of the
journalist, all of the biologist, all of the chemist, engineers, brick masons,
carpenters, economists, and other scientific personnel to organize, construct,
and maintain our own institutions. Then why is this not being done? There
is only one answer to that question and that answer is that the African
peoples of the Western civilization do not have the prerequisite confidence
and trust in themselves to believe that it is possible to maintain
governmental, social, economic and moral system not overseen by the
European. This absence of confidence is reflected in the often quoted
passage from a speech by a very famous civil rights leader “We will live
together as brothers or die apart as fools.”
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Education vs. Liberation
What am I saying then in regards to our educated African brothers? I am
simply saying that the majority of us are not using the education that we
have received for the betterment of African peoples. We are not using
education as a tool to solve problems of a long standing nature as those
problems relate to the vast majority of African American peoples. To the
contrary, education is too often seen as a means and method by which the
educated can escape his African origin and perfect European mimicry. And
in doing so, in a mad rush to escape, the educated become enemy to his own
African brother and instead of remedying the problem of the masses; he
contributes to and compounds that problem. By failing to use the education
received for the upgrading and advancement of African peoples, the majority
of educated Africans in America seek to ensure their own personal
advancement in the European social and economic structure.
In fact, we have heard it stated that there are no true Africans in America.
And this falsity is stated by some of our best African minds. The reason
given is that our African forefathers were so polluted by slavery and
recurring interbreeding that true African inheritance has been destroyed. If
this be true, and it is neither true according to genetic science or biology,
then likewise there are no true Chinese, European, Indian, Arab, Hebrew or
any other nationality. The European peoples were under the domination of
African peoples in Spain for over 700 years, but we hear no one who
subscribes to the statement that there are no true Europeans. China was
under the rulership of European powers for over 100 years but we do not say
that there are no true Chinese. (“China fell into the hands of Great Britain,
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France, Russia, Japan and Germany from 1850-1945,” Emerging Nations,
Clinton E. Bartwell, page 245.) The British were enslavers in India and
were just recently overthrown as the governing authority of the Indian
peoples but there are few statements denying that there are pure Indians. No
one denies that there are presently true so called Jewish people although,
according to their own legend and myths, the Jew was captive in Egypt for
430 years. If other nations and nationalities have endured slavery, captivity,
miscegenation, and integration (whether forced or willingly), why is it said
of the African American only that he is impure or so diluted as to not exist
as a separate body of people? Why have our learned men and women, our
scholars and intellectual leaders not informed the African peoples of the
complete falsity of this preposterous allegation?
It is because that we have becomes so Europeanized in our aims, thoughts,
and motivations that in order to achieve the Europeanization of the African
peoples, we subscribe to the falsehood that our African heritage is destroyed.
And in doing so, in teaching that we are not an African people but a blended
people genetically somewhere between an African and a European, we
destroy our own nationhood and leave the uninformed masses no choice but
to view the natural African physical characteristics, social structures and the
like as either undefined or nonexistent qualities in a European society.
Logic dictates that the pure is superior to the impure of the same kind. That
which is least polluted or diluted is seen to be superior and the diluted
inferior. A pure object is said to be of better quality than is that same object
in a diluted state. Since there is little challenge to the purity of the European
American or to the dilution or impurity of the African American, what can
be the overall conclusion except the inferiority of the polluted?
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Black Skin as a Barrier
The African masses of the Western civilization are taught by the educated
leadership that their problem is one of color. How many times have you
heard it said that we are denied economic progress, jobs, good education,
good homes and the like because we are black; we are oppressed, says the
leadership, because we are black. We are discriminated against because we
are black. We are suffering because we are black. Of all statements made by
those in position to influence the minds of African peoples, the statement
that “we are denied this or that because we are black” is by far the most
popular….and by far the most damaging.
To understand the damaging effects on the psychological attitude of African
peoples toward their selves generated by the statement “because we are
black”, one only needs to use a little imagination and common sense.
Imagine any person imprisoned in an open enclosure, unable to escape.
There is very little food within the enclosure and the captive is forced to
survive in a naked state. There are four walls around about him and these
walls deny him the opportunity to get proper food, ample clothing against
the cold or sufficient materials with which to construct a roof over his head.
Beyond the walls, there are stores of food, beautiful homes and necessary
clothing. However, each time that the captive attempts to better his
condition by leaving the enclosure he cannot go beyond the walls. These
walls are in fact a barrier to those things that are necessary for his survival.
Why can he not acquire the necessary food? Because the walls are
constraining him from food! Why can he not acquire the proper clothing?
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Because of the walls! Why can he not obtain shelter? Because of the walls!
Tell me then; will the prisoner feel that these walls are of benefit to him?
No! Will he or can he view these walls as beautiful? Will he seek to
maintain these walls and love and cherish them as something of value and
worthiness? Will the prisoner believe that those walls should be cared for or
kept from falling into a state of decay?
The answer to all of the above questions by any reasonable person must be a
resounding “no.” No one can truly love a barrier that is placed between him
and what he perceives as good or necessary for his survival. Moreover, the
barrier presents itself as an obstacle to progress and the obstacle in the form
of the wall present a frustrating situation to the captive. Frustration
manifests itself in anger, anger reduces itself to aggression and that
aggression or anger is directed towards the barrier. The barrier must be
eliminated if progress of the captive is to be achieved. The barrier must be
destroyed if happiness is to be attained.
The True Cause of Black on Black Crime
Our current leadership has made “blackness” a barrier. We do not have jobs,
homes, good education, opportunity and power. Why” “Because we are
black” says the leadership. Therefore we must what? Destroy the barrier!
Eradicate Africanism! Become an integrated, diluted people because this
barrier must be removed. The African youth perceive from what is taught
by the leaders that their color is the barrier that must be removed. So,
because dislikes and prejudices tend towards generalization, all blackness is
bad, a barrier, and an undesired characteristic. But on the other hand, it is
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shameful to hate one’s own color for it is the internal nature of any living
organism to move towards self survival. For to say that color is a barrier, is
to say that, that barrier should be destroyed or at least diluted to the point
where it no longer inhibits progress. Therefore, there exists in the mind of
the Africans of America a conflict. The nature of the African American
calls for self survival while the desire or will of the African American is
towards extinction of the distinct African qualities that are perceived as
barriers to progress in a European civilization. And it is the unconscious
mental conflict, this duality of mind, this confusion between inherent nature
and overt will that is the direct cause of the appearance of inferiority of the
African peoples in the Western Civilization. The end result is that our young
men and women are goaded, by Black leadership, to perceive Black as
synonymous with a barrier to be overcome.
I do my duty
“THE LIPS OF WISDOM ARE CLOSED, EXCEPT TO THEEARS OF UNDERSTANDING….The Kybalion
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