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What Happens When the Role of Spokespersons and “Leaders” for the Black Collective Transitions from Activists and Practitioners to Politicians and Mainstream Media “Talking-Heads?”
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2020-07-04T21:34:15.000Z
2020-07-04T21:34:15.000Z
Samuel Burnham
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<div><p>What Happens When the Role of Spokespersons and “Leaders” for the Black Collective Transitions from Activists and Practitioners to Politicians and Mainstream Media “Talking-Heads?”<br /><br />A<br /><br />Black Paper<br /><br />By<br /><br />‘Baba’ Amefika Geuka<br /><br />February 3, 2019<br /><br /><br />From the time that people of African descent were first brought to the continent of North America starting in the 16th century, to the election of Barack Obama as the nation’s first “black” president in 2007, leaders of and spokespersons for the uplift and advancement of black people were drawn from among our own ranks. Such persons were most often referred to as “race-men” or race-women. This designation referred to the fact that they were demonstrably committed to the betterment of blacks in America who were descended from the Africans forcibly brought here and made to labor without compensation for over three-hundred years. Until the founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) at the urging of Dr. W.E.B. DuBois in 1909, and the National Urban League (NUL) in 1910, few if any natural black leaders or spokespersons were employed to do their work on behalf of their people. Rather, they were motivated by genuine concern about the downtrodden condition of their people, and a heartfelt desire to aid and abet their uplift and advancement. With the founding of the NAACP and NUL, the first salaried persons joined the ranks of those engaged in helping blacks to overcome the effects of involuntary servitude. While this was a positive development on its face, the downside is that the financing for those paid position came from sources outside our race, and in large part from certain elements of the Jewish community for the NAACP, and the corporate community for the NUL. As a result, with few exceptions blacks never developed our own structured and systematic mechanisms for hiring paid employees to serve as leaders and spokespersons for our collective. This led to the emergence of a dependency relationship between black activists and white philanthropic individuals and groups that persists to this day. The incomparable Marcus Mosiah Garvey sought to break this “stain of dependency” with his founding of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League (UNIA-ACL) early in the 20th century and came close to succeeding. However, the U.S. government and its empirical European allies took note of Garvey’s potential threat to their colonial aspirations and moved expeditiously to derail Garvey and his efforts.<br /><br />Fast-forward to developments following Barack Obama’s election: At the time of Obama’s success all leaders of and spokespersons for the black collective had openly stated the case for and made demands on behalf of blacks to the near-exclusion of non-blacks. Obama’s election to the U.S. Presidency automatically elevated him to the position of principal “leader” of black people – over such established luminaries as Rev. Jesse Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton, Min. Louis Farrakhan, Tavis Smiley, and Rev. Jeremiah Wright to name a few. I refer to this phenomenon as Obama having been catapulted into the position of “Paramount Chief” of black folks in America. Unlike natural black leaders who had preceded him, Barack Obama had no previous interest or involvement in the historical movements to uplift and advance blacks who had survived slavery and its after-effects. Indeed, when he was asked at a campaign rally in St. Petersburg, FL what he would do for the black community if elected, candidate Obama stated emphatically that he would do nothing of particular interest to, or to appease black people in particular. Rather, blacks had better prepare themselves to take advantage of whatever programs he would as President put in place for ALL Americans; then roll up their sleeves, “elbow their way up to the feeding trough,” and claim their proportionate share of whatever benefits were to be derived therefrom! I applaud Barack Obama for his honesty toward black folks on that occasion. Whatever was to follow that event, blacks had been duly forewarned that they would receive no special consideration as beneficiaries of an Obama administration! Further proof of this contention was provided during one of the subsequent debates when each candidate was asked in turn if he or she would support “reparations for slavery:” Barack Obama was the most emphatic in saying NO to that question, and except for Dennis Kucinich, all the other candidates followed suit. It is to the eternal shame of the black electorate that they gave Obama 97% of their votes in the resulting election in spite of his rejection of all things identifiably black! We proved that black voters could be taken for granted by the Democratic Party no matter what, and without fear of punitive consequences to the party or its candidates.<br /><br />In the wake of Obama’s ascendancy a number of important transformations have taken place, including but not limited to the following: 1) No party or candidate for high office in America now has to include a ‘plank’ in their platform specifically for the black electorate; 2) “black” as a specific reference for Americans of African descent has all but been abandoned by politicians and the mainstream media in favor of the ill-defined “people-of-color” designation. In sharp contrast, other special-interest groups retain their respective identifiable labels i.e.; “women,” “Hispanics,” “Latinos,” “Orientals,” “Native Americans,” “Transgender,” and “LGBTQ.” In other words, unlike blacks, the foregoing groups are respect-worthy enough to warrant their own distinct classification. The ‘system’ is satisfied that it is sufficient to throw blacks into the ‘pile’ under the generic heading ‘people-of-color;’ 3) a whole new pantheon of individuals have been inserted into high-visibility roles in politics and the media that used to be reserved for individuals who had earned such stature by championing the cause of black uplift. Many if not most such persons in the media appear to be of mixed-race as was Obama, and all are paid for their services and representation by components of the system. Race men and women, including civil rights advocates have been replaced by persons who are no doubt technically well qualified for the positions they hold, but are nonetheless not beholden to black people as a collective for anything of value to them. As a result, none of them are outspoken advocates for black uplift, nor do they champion our cause. They are for the most part merely ‘black’ or ‘colored’ versions of their white, Hispanic, Asian, or Oriental counterparts, and they spout the same company line or narrative of the entity that employs them. “Black’ politicians on the other hand, owe their allegiance and substance to the particular party to which they literally “belong.”<br /><br />What happened as a result of the foregoing transition is that blacks have been supplanted from our position as the largest minority group in America by the combination of Spanish-speaking immigrants who together are now classified as “Latinos.” Accordingly, blacks have been demoted to a sub-group within the general classification of ‘minorities’ or ‘people-of-color.’ The bulk of any concessions made to “minorities” is now proportioned to Latinos, and blacks must share the residue with less-numerous Orientals, middle-easterners, and immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean islands. “Native Americans” are in a preferred class by themselves.<br /><br />There was a time when the likes of Roy Wilkins (NAACP), Whitney Young (NUL), A. Phillip Randolph (Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters), Dr. Martin Luther King (SCLC), James Farmer (CORE), Malcolm X (Nation Of Islam), and Stokely Carmichael (SNCC) were the go-to persons to get perspectives about their black American constituency and its concerns. The acknowledged and accepted role and responsibility of such persons were to “speak truth to power” on behalf of black people throughout America. In the aftermath of Barack Obama’s declaration that his election as President signaled the beginning of a “post-racial” period in American history -- by implication that ‘racism was now a thing of the past,’ the black collective in America no longer has any recognized leaders or spokespersons capable of effectively championing its cause. For all intents and purposes blacks have been reduced to an afterthought among the citizenry, and our issues are no longer relevant.<br /><br />Race-champions have been replaced by a plethora of elected officials (some old, some new), and an array of ‘journalists’ and other media types who only happen to have been born into the African race. Few if any of them have a history of “race-work” or even membership in any identifiably black uplift organization. They can be seen and heard daily on major media networks and are readily recognized by the viewing and listening audiences. However, their articulateness and intelligence are not used to either uplift or advance blacks collectively. Despite the dangers inherent in the situation as I have described in this paper, there is no credible organization, or effective organizational effort among blacks that has the potential to fill the void. We suffer from a potentially fatal disease of what I call “Lone-Rangerism;” an inability or unwillingness among would-be or ‘wannabe’ black activists and spokespersons to join forces and resources in an effort to build ourselves into a force capable of accomplishing what our Race needs in order to avoid becoming victims of genocide not unlike what has happened to Native Americans in this country after the importation of captive African labor made them obsolete.<br /><br />Who out there is willing to take the lead in correcting this situation; where can you be found; and how can you be reached?<br /><br /><a href="http://www.iamoneofthemillion.com/" target="_blank">www.iamoneofthemillion.com</a></p></div>
CASTING CALL: Anti-Opioid Music Video, "FLIPPIN" Seeks Community People To Appear
https://www.theblacklist.net/forum/topics/casting-call-anti-opioid-music-video-flippin-seeks-community
2017-09-18T16:37:02.000Z
2017-09-18T16:37:02.000Z
Mwalim *7) DaPhunkeeProfessor
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<div><p><b>SKL is producing a music video for the Anti-Opioid Anthem "FLIPPIN" and is seeking community members to appear in the video f</b><b>or a national campaign.</b></p><div><img width="300" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828857344,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-right" alt="3828857344?profile=original" /><div><span>MASHPEE - SKL is seeking volunteers from the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe as well asother First Nations people and </span></div><div><span>community members to appear in a public service announcement/</span><span>music video for the Anti-Opioids Anthem, "FLIPPIN" by Soul Poet's Syndicate.</span><br /><br /><span>The Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in conjunction with Song Keepers, Ltd is looking for people from the community to appear in the video. They are particularly reaching out to people who have family members to this epidemic to appear with pictures of their loved ones.</span></div><p><br /><span>The shoot will take place on Saturday, October 7 at the Old Indian Meeting House in Mashpee; and Sunday, October 8 at the Herring Run in Mashpee. Both shoots begin at 1pm.</span><br /><br /><span>"We are looking for elders, children, mothers, fathers, cousins, siblings... everybody from the community who is ready to take a stand and say no to those pushing this poison into the community." - Billie Atkins, President of Song Keepers, Ltd.</span><br /><br /><span><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}3828857283,original{{/staticFileLink}}"><img width="250" src="{{#staticFileLink}}3828857283,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-left" alt="3828857283?profile=original" /></a>FLIPPIN is a song with a powerful message directed at members of the community who have chosen to sell heroin and other opioids to their neighbors and peers. Heroin has reached epidemic proportions throughout the country and Native America is the hardest hit demographic with this disease. The Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, whose membership numbers below 3,000 people has been experiencing an average of one death per month due to opioid overdoses or prolonged usage.</span></p><div>Soul Poet's Syndicate is a spoken-word collective comprised of primarily Native American MCs, poets and storytellers and grew out of the SKL Artist Mentoring Program.<br /><br /><span>For more information, call <a target="_blank">774-251-9021</a> or visit:</span><br /><a href="http://facebook.com/soulpoetssyndicate" target="_blank">http://facebook.com/soulpoetssyndicate</a></div></div><p><b><span></span></b></p><p><b><span><iframe width="100%" height="300" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/342058537&color=%23ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true"></iframe></span></b></p></div>
White Power v Black Power: Don’t Get it Twisted
https://www.theblacklist.net/forum/topics/white-power-v-black-power-don-t-get-it-twisted
2017-02-22T15:14:05.000Z
2017-02-22T15:14:05.000Z
Dr. Kinaya C. Sokoya
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<div><p>During the presidential campaign of Donald Trump, a number of radical groups, like the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), have risen from the shadows. The American people are now calling this group “White Power” activists, the “alt-right,” White supremists and White Nationalists. This terminology for White dominance is used interchangeably. I am not going to attempt to describe the differences among the groups above but I want to differentiate between these groups and groups that were or are part of the Black Power Movement. Don’t get it twisted. White Power and Black Power are very different. White Nationalism and Black Nationalism are very different in focus and content. As stated, the term, nationalism in White Nationalist is descriptive of White supremacy. However, nationalism in Black Nationalism depicts the area of advocacy – the country (USA). Conversely, Black Pan-Africanism focuses on activities and events in the world, particularly Africa. These activists state that all people of African descent are connected by blood and history; and, contend with common issues. While White Nationalism and Black Nationalism sound similar, they are not equivalent in any way.</p><p>African American activism to achieve Black liberation has existed in America since the days of slavery. This activism has, for the most part, been defensive strategies against racism and oppression – not the pursuit of Black privilege or to enable Black people to discriminate against other groups. Black Power organizations were/are about sharing power; defending Black people from unprovoked violence, breaking down social and financial barriers for equal opportunity; reeducating Black people, <b>and healing Black people from the ravages of slavery</b>. </p><p>Most people view Black activism that occurred during the 1960s and 1970s as the Civil Rights Movement. Because of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. many citizens are familiar with this movement. However, there were several other movements that occurred during that time including the Black Power Movement. The goal of civil rights activists was and is breaking down barriers in areas such as voting, housing, education, and jobs; and, Blacks achieving equal rights as US citizens. Black Power Movement activists, however, focused on the emotional, social, and psychological needs of African Americans. We realized that we had been grossly mis-educated about our rich cultural heritage, our contributions to the world, and our connection to the peoples in Africa. The West portrayed continental Africans as savages swinging from vines in the jungle (remember Tarzan?). This portrayal effectively caused African Americans to deny any connection with the peoples of Africa. We were embarrassed by them, all because of the negative and inaccurate depiction.</p><p>Just as Civil Rights activists point to Dr. King as their inspiration, Black Power activists point to the teachings of Malcolm X (El Haij Malik El Shabazz) and Marcus Garvey as their inspirations. Malcolm X said that Black people had a right to self-defense, should practice self-determination, and must re-educate ourselves. The Black Power Movement was about healing – recovering from being enslaved, correcting history, and reestablishing the rightful place of Blacks in the world. It was and is not about hating anyone.</p><p>Based on my knowledge of the Ku Klux Klan and recent hate crimes of some Trump supporters, this White movement is about hatred of anyone that does not look like them. They contend that the White race is superior to other races, and is deserving of being dominant because, they assert, the US was founded by the White Christian race. Activists in the White Power Movement feel it is their right to attack, shame, and oppress people of color. After the election of Trump to the White House, hate crimes against Blacks and other people of color have spiked. Black Power Movement activists focused on uplifting Black people, not attacking other people. Again, it was a defensive movement against oppression and proactive in planting seeds for the future of Africans in America and around the world. These are and were very different movements. Please share this article with others who may be confused about this issue.</p></div>
Madam Ambassador upholds African Fashions from Liberia
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2015-11-18T00:26:32.000Z
2015-11-18T00:26:32.000Z
Urban Fashion Network
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<div><table align="left" border="0" cellspacing="10" width="183"><tbody><tr><td width="145" align="center" valign="middle"><img name="Kimma" src="http://www.tk-designs.com/NYFW_2015/art/Time-Kimma_Head-Shot.jpg" alt="Fashion Ambassador to Liberia" height="244" width="156" /></td></tr><tr><td align="center" valign="middle"><span style="color:#333333;" class="font-size-1"><strong>Fashion Ambassador of Liberia:</strong> Kimma Wreh</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Throughout the developed world, African nationals are racing to build sustainable marketplaces for independent designers of Afro-centric inspired fashions. Numerous African inspired Fashion Week events have emerged throughout three major regions: North America, Western Europe and West Africa. Setting the pulse for this movement are the agendas of the <strong>World Fashion Organization</strong> (WFO), <strong>African Union</strong> and <strong>Africa Fashion Reception</strong> (AFR) to develop wealth creation and eventually free African societies from a dependency on world aid. The ambitions of these organizations are for the further development of 'World Fashion' by helping developing nations improve intercontinental trade. Overall, WFO aims to create a global marketplace for emerging fashion brands under the theme "<em>We Fashion All</em>".<br /> <br /></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Africa Fashion Reception (AFR) is an initiative of <strong>Legendary Gold Ltd</strong> in collaboration with the African Union and the World Fashion Organization. <strong>Mr. Lexy Mojo-Eyes</strong>, founder of Legendary Gold is a member of the Board of Governors of WFO. Apparel is the chosen market for economic development in Africa because of the high degree of influence African aesthetics has had in the western markets. "Rather than receiving financial aid from the international community, African nations need help developing commercially viable creative industries. The fashion industry has multiplying chains of vocation, which can create wealth. For example, the clothing industry creates jobs for Apparel Designers, Accessory Designers, Tailors, Weavers, Textile Designers, Pattern Makers, Wardrobe Stylists, Models, Fashion Photographers and Writers etc.<br /></span></p><p></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The plan for staging an international trading platform is to span events across three continents: Africa, Europe, and North America with annual events in Paris, Montreal and Nigeria to form the largest African marketplace for "<em>Made In Africa</em>" garments, textiles and lifestyle products. Mr. Lexy explains, “</span><em><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;"><strong>Each participating country will be given an exhibition pavilion where they can promote not only their apparel and accessories products, but also culture and tourism potentials. Each participating country will be represented by a nominated Apparel Designer to introduce their country's tourism, trade and apparel manufacturing resources.</strong></span></em>” <span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">There are currently thirty African nations being represented by a top designer from each country that will be featured in an exclusive fashion runway show. Unfortunately, logistical obstacles such as language barriers, political conflicts and under developed infrastructure are cause for hindrance to some of the 54 African nations participation.<br /> <br /></span></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3"><span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The aim is to expand the potential power of fashion as a tool for fighting poverty in Africa by creating wealth through the empowerment of women and youth. in the various fashion vocations through training, capacity building schemes, workshops and setting up of medium/small scale businesses thereby supporting the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and the African Union Agenda 2063. Mr. Lexy Mojo-Eyes is a member on the Board of Governors at WFO and heads the annual Africa Fashion Reception event in collaboration with the African Union.</span> “<em><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;"><strong>We wanted to take advantage of some of WFO’s platforms for producing fashion events” states Lexy. “Africa needs to build its own platform. We Africans have not been able to get into the mainstream of the global fashion networks and events. Apparel manufacturers in African nations can effectively compete if Africa’s governing leaders decide to create a level playground for Africa’s apparel manufacturers through heavy investments in the apparel sector like China did. The garment and textile industry can help Africa to eradicate poverty if only our leaders will realize the potentials in the fashion sector. Since we all wear clothes, this shows the economic viability of the garment industry. After the 2nd World War, the apparel sector brought Europe back to wealth creation through industrialization. The apparel market is doing the same for Asian countries. Fashion is the highest creator of jobs around the world.</strong></span></em>” <span style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">explains Lexy.<br /></span></span></p><p></p><table align="right" border="0" cellspacing="5" width="580"><tbody><tr><td bgcolor="#333333" valign="top"><object width="640" height="480" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" data="http://static.ning.com/socialnetworkmain/widgets/lib/js/tiny_mce/plugins/media/moxieplayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" ></param><param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" ></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" ></param><param name="wmode" value="opaque" ></param><param name="movie" value="http://static.ning.com/socialnetworkmain/widgets/lib/js/tiny_mce/plugins/media/moxieplayer.swf" ></param><param name="flashvars" value="url=http%3A//www.queenofthebrides.com/video-media/Ambassador_Slide-Show.mp4&poster=http%3A//www.queenofthebrides.com/video-media/2_ambassador.JPG" ></param><embed wmode="opaque" width="640" height="480" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://static.ning.com/socialnetworkmain/widgets/lib/js/tiny_mce/plugins/media/moxieplayer.swf" flashvars="url=http%3A//www.queenofthebrides.com/video-media/Ambassador_Slide-Show.mp4&poster=http%3A//www.queenofthebrides.com/video-media/2_ambassador.JPG" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal"></embed><img alt="LIBERIA'S FASHION AMBASSADOR" src="http://www.queenofthebrides.com/video-media/2_ambassador.JPG" title="No video playback capabilities, please download the<br /" /> video below" height="480" width="640" /"></object></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#EAEAEA" valign="top"><span class="font-size-2" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><b><small>Pictured with Excellency Mr. Joseph N. Boakai - Vice President of the Republic of Liberia; Kimma Wreh is commissioned as Liberia's Fashion Ambassador by Liberia's National Tailors, Textiles, Garments & Allied Workers' Union Inc.</small></b></font></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Africa Fashion Reception is a Pan African initiative that will bring together fashion designers, dignitaries and media from over thirty African countries in a celebration of the proud theme ‘<em><strong><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;">Africa is the new inspiration of global fashion</span></strong></em>’. Preparations are being made for designers to present in Paris on November 21st. After the 2015 Paris event, the next African Reception event will be hosted in January 2016 at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The Africa Fashion Reception event is aimed at attracting global attention to Africa’s garment and textile industries. With the AFR event positioned during the African Union Summit, the coordinators will work to engage the governing leaders to help improve intercontinental trading conditions for better collaboration amongst fashion practitioners throughout the African continent. Activities lined up during the African Fashion Reception in Addis Ababa include the first African Fashion Business Forum with the theme ‘<em><strong><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;">Exploring African Rich Dress Culture for its Social Economic Growth</span></strong></em>’. The ultimate goal is to promote self-reliance as the initiative for economic stability for citizens of Africa.<br /> <br /></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Designer Kimma Wreh of TeKay Designs has recently been recognized by the Vice President of Liberia, Honorable Joseph Boakai as Liberia’s official Fashion Ambassador. Wreh will promote the nation's design talent, tailoring and manufacturing capabilities, and showcase Liberian made clothing and accessories on the runway during the African Fashion Reception event in Paris. Kimma Wreh is a Liberian National who resides in the United States, and creates bridal and formal attire and jewelry for special occasions. TeKay Designs has distinguished African-inspired apparel and gown collection that is produced in the West-African country of Ghana; with a manufacturing expansion into Liberia.<br /> <br /></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">“<strong><em><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;">I am very proud to share my success in fashion with the people of Liberia</span></em></strong>.” explains Kimma Wreh. “<em><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;"><strong>I’ve donated clothing to needy women and children of Liberia because I want to help the people. I am honored to be nominated and represent my home country of Liberia during this prestigious event. My dream of being a fashion designer extends beyond myself. I intend to expand fashion manufacturing into Monrovia, Liberia. Apparel accessories production can offer viable opportunities for employment and a better way of life for the people of Liberia, as well as many of the other developing nations that are represented at the African Fashion Reception event.</strong></span></em><br /> <br /></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em><span style="font-family:'times new roman', times;"><strong>I fled Liberia during the civil war in the 1980's. Since then I've earned a bachelor's degree from Howard University, and a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from LeTourneau University in Houston, Texas. My venture in fashion has been long and not without struggles. However, I've begun to see my hard work pay off. The opportunity to introduce Liberia's industrial capabilities to the western markets is another proud moment of success for me. I want to collaborate with other apparel and accessory designers who wish to expand production in Liberia as well.</strong></span></em>“ explains Wreh.<br /> <br /></span></p><p><span class="font-size-3" style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Partnering with Liberia’s National Tailors, Textiles, Garments and Allied Workers Union (LNTTGAWU); Ambassador Wreh will lead a delegation of fifteen Liberian professional tailors and government officials to participate in the Africa Fashion Reception event. Liberia’s Assistant Minister of Culture, as well as the Assistant Minister of Tourism will also be part of the delegation. The tailors union will present a portfolio of sample merchandise produced at the Liberian Tailors Union’s facilities. The presentation will include a live demonstration by a textile weaver producing Liberia’s official country cloth on the premises. Working on behalf of the Liberian government, the garment workers produce official uniforms for police, military, immigration officials, hospitals, school uniforms for students, and custom made garments. The union offers Liberians fundamental training courses in tailoring, weaving, creating Tie and Dye cloths, home fashions for interior decoration, business and finance management courses. The union provides advanced courses for professional tailoring, such as pattern making, advanced garment design and construction. Advanced business management and strategic financial planning are also a part of the curriculum. As the established western apparel markets continue to look to African culture for style trends and creative inspiration, The Tailors Union sees opportunity for small enterprises in Liberia who are professionally savvy about the business of fashion. The future holds potential benefits with preparing Liberian professionals for the attention and buzz about the African fashion industry. According to Liberia’s Tailors Union, Liberia’s educated workforce is invaluable for Liberia’s participation in a marketplace that promotes the African culture, it’s history and traditions.</span> <br /> <span class="font-size-3"><br /></span></p><p></p></div>
The self perceptions of Black people are being covertly ill-formed by white elites
https://www.theblacklist.net/forum/topics/the-self-perceptions-of-black-people-are-being-covertly-ill
2011-08-09T21:00:51.000Z
2011-08-09T21:00:51.000Z
Franklin Jones aka thanubian
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<div><h1>The self-perceptions of Black people are being covertly negatively shaped by white elites.</h1><table cellspacing="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><p> “Reality is merely an illusion, although a very persistent one.”</p><p> – Albert Einstein</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The perceptions of black people are being covertly negatively shaped by White elites to ensure the continuance of white dominance and control. It is a very sophisticated racist system that is much less public and obvious than the overt methods used in the past--yet it is unprecedentedly more harmfully proficient. With a strong prevailing history of slavery in the United States, racism has always been an issue. This engrained societal problem of racism has always necessitated that America’s white elites develop and implement racist systems to defend and maintain their positions of white dominance. As seen where of which after the abolition of slavery different forms of <a title="Racial segregation in the United States">segregation</a> were implemented including <a title="Jim Crow laws">Jim Crow laws</a> and the later American political structures which invited extreme segregation within many cities across the nation. However as overt and obvious racial discrimination became morally unacceptable and illegal it became necessary to develop more sophisticated less apparent covert methods.</p><p> </p><p>Because the past, blatant methods used for ensuring the continuance of White dominance from the reconstruction period through the 1960's had become morally and socially unacceptable this required that America’s White elites develop a more sophisticated and stealthy method—a design better suited for changing times.</p><p>Today Black people are unknowingly the victims of a very sophisticated covert racist program. This new method is far more sophisticated than the overtly racist methods used in the past. Its methods includes both the ability to create a national climate that is insensitive to the plight of African Americans and produce psychological feelings among African Americans that makes them more compliance to white dominance.</p><p> The U.S. media’s racially devaluing depictions and distorted portrayal of Black America that amplifies the negative to the point that it distorts reality is a deliberately designed racist ideological subversion program. This subversion program disseminates false deplorably racially devaluing statistics and propaganda about America’s Black population as a means of defending and maintaining America’s position of white dominance. Today what are often deemed as being credible news sources are often totally made up stories made to push an agenda or meet a governmental objective.</p><p> This present system uses the national media's proven ability to mass manipulate and socially engineer society through the usage mass media propaganda techniques. Its constant deplorably negative depictions of African Americans- that subjects them to seeing only the fraudulent worst in themselves- is designed to corrupts their sense of racial black unity and cohesion, mold the character of self-hatred, engender self-doubt, self-loathing, and distrust among their group; and insinuate that Blacks admire, respect, and trust only Whites. It also drills the message that Blacks are powerless, of lesser moral, and intelligence and that they need whites to govern over their lives. Its unrelenting daily assault on the Black psyche is designed to adversely manipulate and shape the minds and collective consciousness of America’s Black population. The main motto of this mass manipulation program is to divide and conquer and it works by affecting the unconscious mind through deception.</p><p>Furthermore it totally detaches African Americans from their sense of power and reality. And it also facilitates a national setting that is insensitive to their plight and that fosters a consensual national setting of where in which they are more easily mistreated, exploited and ultimately suppressed.</p><p>When most people hear the term of psychological manipulation they usually think in terms of the classic "conspiracy theory" that refers to overt mind control such as mind altering drugs with carefully hypnotic programming. However, the real and true dangers are the well proven methods of affecting the unconscious mind by using deception, and psychological manipulation. It is neither magical nor mystical, but a process of manipulation that works by affecting the unconscious mind through deception. It uses the psychology of deceit to adversely affect the recipient group in terms of their behavior.</p><p> Here is a simplified example of how this is being implemented against African Americans. Let us, for example, imagine that a crew of people was aboard their own massive ship and that this ship was being followed by another neighboring ship that was constantly broadcasting derogatory messages to the first group. Such messages as that their ship was lesser, smaller, not seaworthy, perhaps slowly sinking or that their crew was incompetent and was planning a mutiny. With time, the group receiving the negative messages, being unable to refute or to confirm these derogatory messages of their deficiencies will grow weary and paranoid of the negative messages and will eventually comes to accept these negative assessments of themselves. The perception created by the taunting now unconsciously influences how the taunted group perceives themselves, subsequently causing them to become distrustful of themselves, doubting themselves, hating themselves and, eventually, fighting among themselves. The taunted group may even become so besieged by deep feelings of inadequacy that they may even jump into the sea and attempt to swim towards the taunting ship now believing it to be superior to their own ship even if their own ship was in fact better. The basis of this concept of mind manipulation is that the human being's most critical aspect is the mind and it works by affecting the mind through deception. The ultimate goal of this method of psychological manipulation is to divide and conquer and it works by affecting the unconscious mind through deception.</p><p>In regards to African Americans this mortifying psychosocial treatment is precisely what is being deliberately done through an immense campaign of false derogatory misinformation and false negative media reports and statistics [that are totally comprised by white sources] that intentionally subjects them to seeing only the fraudulently worst in themselves.</p><p>Here is how it works: Fraudulent derogatory stories about African Americans are secretly created by U.S. governmental agencies and then leaked to its collaborators in the news media, which either knowingly or unknowingly carry the stories as their own. These false information about African Americans are then disseminated unrelentingly everywhere; it is deliberately perpetuated through news releases in magazine articles, radio, television, press releases, documentaries, and false census reports. However, the weapon is not in how the message is carried, but is instead within the messages that it carries and how these messages perpetuate and frame the myth of Whites’ racial, moral, and ethical superiority over its Black population. This falsehood detrimentally affects the Black population at large. The ultimate goal of this governmental psychosocial treatment of African Americans is to destroy the Black unity and cohesion that was historically the cornerstone of civil rights gains and that was a crucial factor of the survival of African Americans through more than four hundred years of white racial oppression.</p><p>Logic dictates that given that unity and cohesion among African Americans was responsible for the demise of White America’s previous blatant system of institutionalized racism, then destroying this unity would be an essential objective of this psychological manipulation program. Changing times made it necessary for the U.S. government to change its racist methods to a much more subtle and socially acceptable manner, then clearly, the sophisticated method of psychological warfare met such a need. It was the logical choice, perfect for the changing times. Unlike the blatantly brutal forms of racism used in the past, which Blacks were able to identify easily and therefore unify and form counter strategies, this modern method of racism covertly works from a psychological perspective-- thus providing the U.S. government a more socially acceptable means of protecting its White racial hierarchy given that it is not as easily recognized. <br />This method of covert racism is much less public and obvious form of racism or <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overt_racism" title="Overt racism">overt racism</a>. It is hidden in the fabric of society, covertly suppressing the individuals being discriminated against. Covert racially biased decisions are often disguised or rationalized with an explanation that society is more willing to accept. These racial biases cause a variety of problems that work to empower the suppressors while diminishing the rights and powers of the oppressed. Covert racism often works subliminally, and often much of the discrimination is being done subconsciously. See Chester Pierce, "Offensive Mechanisms" in Floyd B. Barbour (Editor), The Black Seventies (Boston, Mass: Porter Sargent Publisher, 1970).</p><p>All African Americans have experienced the burden of this covert system of applied psychological conditioning, some more severely than others have. It is experienced every time that an African American read a newspaper, watch the evening news, listen to a radio report, enter a classroom and read its racially biased textbooks. Most Black people are unaware that they are the systematic victims of this massive covert racist scheme however it is directly attributed to the intensification of internalized self-hatred, profound disunity, and present confused outlook now prevalent in Black America.</p><p>No group can be preconditioned to see only the worst in themselves and not exhibit some degree of negative psychological impact. To the detriment of many African Americans, this psychosocial program has been an extremely effective. It has successfully conditioned many African Americans to accept the dominance of Whites and white institutions over their lives by misleading them to believe that they are themselves, their own worst enemies. This creates feelings of internalized black self-contempt that pulverizes Black unity and halts Black upward mobility. <br />And while many African Americans have successfully navigated through this psychologically mortifying mine field and have gone on to lead successful, productive lives, for far too many this immense devaluation can seem inescapable. And tragically, over time, many begin to accept subconsciously and painfully the negative portrayals of themselves. Many also become discouraged by the acceptance that their society is also preconditioned to see the worst in them and that, therefore, if they were ever to gain acceptance, if it is to be won at all, that success would be hard won. This in turn manifests negative internalized psychological pain and distress within many African Americans that can take many forms. In fact, this mortifying governmental psychosocial treatment of African Americans may be the most aggravating, if not core, factor of the national phenomenon of self-contempt; loss of unity, cohesion and racial pride; and often fragile psyches of many African Americans today. It is in fact so fundamentally detrimental to the Black human condition and psyche that it may even affect the extent to which many African Americans realize their full human potential. This massive psychosocial program is at the root of both the profound feelings of internalized self-contempt now afflicting so many Black Americans and is at the heart of internalized feelings of superiority that many whites possess.</p><p><br /><b>This mass manipulation program also fosters a national climate that is insensitive to the plight of Black America</b>. It does so by engendering a shift of victimization that changes the root problem of racism in America to be due to Black’s behavior rather than White’s proclivity for racism. This produces increasingly prejudiced distorted perceptions and acrimonious beliefs about African Americans that makes the nation and the entire world insensitive to their plight, tranquilizes efforts on their behalf, lessens pressure for social change on their behalf and makes any serious criticism of White racism almost impossible today. <br />It also creates a false justification for the legal system’s mistreatment of African Americans. Wherein they are disproportionately incarcerated, given stiffer sentences, and are more likely than other racial groups to be treated brutally, beaten, and fired upon by police officers while they are unarmed. These injustices now goes ignored because the perception has become that it’s all now justified. When contempt of Blacks is made to appear to be justifiable, it is the most fiercest and effective type of racism because its witnesses, bystanders, and even world audiences will sit by idly allowing African Americans to be brutally mistreated disproportionately incarcerated under the belief that it is justified.] It also affects attitudes that when enacted through governmental policies, laws, and other legislation actions, serve to ensure that African Americans will not advance. Its effects are manifested in ideas, education, governmental policies, economic stratification, social segregation, housing markets, hiring and promotion practices, psychological issues, and minority access to a variety of social services and opportunity. Moreover, some studies have shown that this shift of victimization now reflects increasingly acrimonious beliefs and prejudiced perceptions about and against African Americans that are arguably stronger today than they were after emancipation. <br /><br />This concept of the U.S government using psychological warfare through the national media as a weapon to influence and control its Black population is not at all ridiculous. The objective of the United States government has always been to maintain and defend its position of White dominance against its Black population [This secret tradition continues even with now having its first Black President], and clearly this method of covert mass psychological warfare meets this need—It was perfect for changing time because it covertly allows white governments to control and manipulate its Black population to maintain its White dominance. Furthermore, the U.S. Government has an extensive history of using the national media to psychologically manipulate and influence public opinion. It is indeed a very common governmental practice.</p><p>Today what are often deemed as being credible news sources are often totally made up stories made to push an agenda or meet a governmental objective. Many journalists working for public relations firms are now hired by a U.S. government department to produce fake news reports. The media is manipulated in all manners through professional public relations (PR) firms, and covert and overt government agencies which disseminate propaganda as news. These media reports are used to promote certain political policies, ideologies and governmental objectives. These false reports are being presented as factual news by journalists, and are rebroadcast by news stations without revealing the segment is from a PR firm hired by the government, thus giving it the appearance of genuine news. As a means of meeting its unrelenting objective of maintaining its white racial dominance and control, the U.S. government now secretly disseminates racially devaluing fake news reports and fraudulent misinformation through the national and local media regarding its Black population. <br /><br />Furthermore, throughout western history cultures that creates and maintains empires have done so by manipulating the people that they are trying to conquer. They go out of their way to make sure that the people that they’re attempting to conquer is perpetually misled and manipulated. Therefore the conquered group’s perception of reality is not their own. It is shrewdly imposed upon them without them even knowing it.</p><p>Fake deplorable news reports about African Americans are being deliberately disseminated unrelentingly everywhere through news releases in magazine articles, radio, television, press releases, documentaries, and false census reports perpetuating and framing the myth of Whites’ racial, moral, and ethical superiority over its Black population. It is time that more African Americans wake up to this reality and ongoing tradition.</p><p>This is not an attempt to advocate anti-white racism, but is instead the indisputable truth. This unethical yet very sophisticated method of control through the usage of mass psychological manipulation is the crowning achievement of Dr. Edward Bernays, a mass manipulation expert that was hired by several U.S. presidents. Dr. Bernays was also a prestigious founding member of the Tavistock Institute of Human Relation; an organization that specializes in mass manipulation and brain washing. He said in his book Propaganda, that; "The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in a democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country” “...If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without them knowing it.” The current public relations industry is a direct outgrowth of Bernays' work and his is also still currently used by the United States government. <br />The media’s immense ability to manipulation the masses should never be under estimated nor is it ever overstated. A few news reports about a fake swine flu outbreak can convince millions of people not to attend work tomorrow and to even pull their children out of schools. Mass manipulation through the media is a very powerfully effective tool.</p><p>The psychological manipulation of African Americans has been so successfully accomplished that it is very difficult to reverse. You see, part of the conditioning is almost like Stockholm syndrome. The victimized group begins to love their oppressor and come to feel that the oppressor is justified in its mistreatment of their group. The victims begin to feel that they deserve their endured mistreatment, and will even resent what is being disclosed here within this article.</p><p>Although the formal covert Counterintelligence Program deployed by the FBI directed against African Americans during the period of 1956-1971 was discontinued, this far more sophisticated method was secretly implemented against America’s entire Black population. And it continues even now. To learn more about this real life <b>“Black Matrix”</b> that is being used against African Americans and Black people the world over please visit <a href="http://www.divineblacktruth.org/">www.DivineBlacktruth.org</a></p><p><b> </b></p></div>
How Black people are being fooled in order to preserve white dominance
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2010-10-13T02:42:22.000Z
2010-10-13T02:42:22.000Z
Franklin Jones aka thanubian
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<div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#f6f6f6;margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:150%;text-align:center;" align="center"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Impact;"><span> </span></span> <span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:150%;font-family:'Gill Sans Ultra Bold';">HOW THE MASS MEDIA IS BEING USED AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN WHITE DOMINANCE</span></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;"><font color="#000000"><span> </span> Many African Americans now holds the opinion that in the face of greater gained opportunities that many within their race became their own worst enemies. It is not uncommon to hear these negative sentiments about their own race now echoed by many African Americans themselves—they that consider themselves as being exceptions to this norm. This perception often engenders profound feelings of immense humiliation, racial self contempt, and disunity among many African Americans in the 21st-century. But are these self contemptuous views among so many African Americans correct?</font></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;"><font color="#000000">And if so how have African Americans, the racial group that demonstrated an unprecedented degree of Black racial pride and unity during the 1960's civil rights movement now become living contradictions of their former selves? <span> </span>The common response, when presented with this daunting question is to take the position that the core problem lies with something to do with Black people themselves. Although tragically many Blacks themselves have also come to accept this viewpoint, the emerging evidence does not support this premise. <span> </span>Such assertions are racist and totally not consistent with the history of African Americans.</font></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;"><font color="#000000"><span> </span>While perhaps difficult to believe today, Black unity (Umoja) was historically, the cornerstone of the African American community and a crucial factor in their survival for more than four-hundred years of White racial oppression. Black unity was the most significant factor in the success of the 1960's civil right movement. The remarkable degree of unity among African Americans then was made evident by the brilliant organization and mobilizations of mass bus boycotts, marches, freedom riders, and sit ins that were peacefully conducted through the unified protest of civil disobedience. The degree of unity and organization demonstrated among African Americans then was extraordinary and arguably remains unrivaled by any other group in the history of America. So what then is the reason for the unprecedented racial self contempt and disunity among many African Americans today?</font></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:150%;"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;">The present unprecedented feelings of racial self contempt among so many African Americans are neither a baffling phenomenon, nor the result of some innate racial deficiency. It is instead the result of a deliberate governmentally deployed mass manipulating social engineering program. White America’s methods of institutionalized racism has been secretly modified into a more sophisticated and stealthy design.<span> </span> Today to control and produce conformity among the masses, the U.S. government commonly disseminates propaganda domestically among its own citizens. To domestically defend its position of white dominance that was lessened by civil rights gains made by the civil rights strategies and efforts of African Americans, the U.S. Government secretly deployed these same mass propaganda programs against its entire Black population. Through the usage of psychological manipulation programs Black people in the United States are seeing themselves through lenses that have been secretly and deliberately assigned to them by white mass manipulation experts.</span> <span lang="en" style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;" xml:lang="en">This psychological manipulation program uses negative propaganda to adversely manipulate and shape the minds and collective perceptions of America’s Black population.</span> <span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;">Through totally white controlled outlets it</span> <span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;">conditions African Americans to admire whites and despise themselves by subjecting them to seeing only the fraudulent worst in themselves.</span></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:150%;"><font color="#000000"><span style="font-family:Arial;"><span><font size="3"> </font></span></span> <span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;">The <em><span style="font-style:normal;font-family:Arial;">mass media is the most powerful tool used by the ruling class to manipulate the masses. It shapes and molds opinions and attitudes of its recipients.</span></em> Most African Americans that frustratingly and shamefully complain about the national disparities among their group are, for the most part, responding to negative statistics and depictions given about their race totally comprised by white controlled sources and media outlets. African Americans own negative personal interactions among their group merely then act as a confirmation of what is being implied through these white sources.</span></font></p><p style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;"><font color="#000000">Because the previous blatant methods used in the past for ensuring that white dominance be maintained in the U.S. had become morally and socially unacceptable, the U.S. government secretly implemented this more sophisticated and stealthy system. <span> </span>For several decades covert agencies within the U.S. Government have secretly disseminated false deplorably racially devaluing statistics and propaganda about its Black population. It uses the psychology of deceit to adversely affect African Americans in terms of their perceptions and behavior. Its constant deplorable depiction of African Americans is a very carefully and deliberately designed massive media manipulation program that subjects African Americans to seeing only the fraudulent worst in themselves. Its fraudulent information is designed to adversely manipulate and shape the minds and collective consciousness of its African American population. The motto of this method of psychological manipulation is to divide and conquer and it works by affecting the unconscious mind through deception. It is designed to corrupt African Americans’ sense of racial unity and cohesion, mold the character of self-hatred, engender self-doubt, self-loathing, and distrust among their group while insinuating that Blacks admire, respect, and trust only Whites. Thus fostering a massive setting for where of which African Americans are more easily divided, exploited and ultimately suppressed. This present system uses the national media's proven ability to mass manipulate the perceptions of the public by the usage of propaganda. This process merges the often harsh individual realities of many black people with what is misleadingly deplorably depicted of them, therefore solidifying the thoughts within their psyche that it is they that are now their own worst enemies. Its unrelenting daily assault on the Black psyche also drills the message that Blacks are powerless, of lesser moral, and intelligence and that they need whites to govern over their lives. It totally detaches African Americans from their sense of power and reality.</font></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;"><font color="#000000">When most people hear the term of psychological manipulation they usually think in terms of the classic "conspiracy theory" that refers to overt mind control such as mind altering drugs with carefully hypnotic programming. However, the real and true danger is this well proven method of affecting the unconscious mind by using deception, and psychological manipulation. It is neither magical nor mystical, but a process that uses the psychology of deceit to adversely affect targeted groups in terms of their perceptions and behavior. This massive manipulation program is being done to African Americans through an immense campaign of false derogatory media reports and statistics. These fraudulent data are created by U.S. governmental agencies and then leaked to its collaborators in the news media, which either knowingly or unknowingly carry the stories as their own. These false information about African Americans are then disseminated unrelentingly everywhere; it is deliberately perpetuated through news releases in magazine articles, radio, television, press releases, documentaries, and false census reports. However, the weapon is not in how the message is carried, but is instead within the messages that it carries and how these messages perpetuate and frame the myth of Whites’ racial, moral, and ethical superiority over its Black population. The ultimate goal of this psychosocial treatment of African Americans is to destroy the Black unity and cohesion that was a crucial factor of the survival of African Americans through more than four hundred years of white racial oppression. Logic dictates that given that unity and cohesion among African Americans was responsible for the demise of White America’s past blatant system of institutionalized racism, then destroying this unity would be an essential objective of this psychological manipulation program. This modern method of deploying white racism is far more sophisticated and stealthier than those blatant methods used in the past. Moreover, it is directly attributed to the intensification of internalized self hatred, and profound disunity presently among many African Americans.<span> </span> All African Americans have experienced the burden of this applied psychological conditioning, some more severely than others have. To the detriment of many African Americans it has been extremely effective. It has successfully conditioned many African Americans to not only accept the white dominance over their lives but to also prefer it. It also engenders an aberration of internalized self contempt among many African Americans that pulverizes Black unity and halts Black upward mobility. This psychosocial program is in fact so fundamentally detrimental to the Black human condition and psyche that it may even affect the extent to which many African Americans realize their full human potential. No group can be preconditioned to see only the worst in themselves and not exhibit some degree of negative psychological impact.</font></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;"><font color="#000000">This massive psychosocial program is at the root of both the profound division and self hatred now afflicting so many Black Americans and is at the heart of internalized feelings of superiority that many whites possess. And while many African Americans have successfully navigated through this psychologically mortifying mine field and have gone on to lead successful, productive lives, for far too many this immense devaluation can seem inescapable and tragically, over time, many begin to subconsciously accept the negative portrayals of themselves.</font></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:150%;"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;"><font color="#000000"><span> </span>IT IS ALSO GARNERS SOCIAL CONSENT FOR THE MISTREATMENT OF AFRICAN AMERICANS</font></span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;"><font color="#000000">Not only does this psycho-social program negatively impacts Blacks self perceptions, but it also conveniently provides a more socially acceptable<span> </span> means of ensuring that the masses of African Americans remains the most racially devalued and most economically exploited group in America. Its deplorable depictions of African Americans are also used to engender national consent that justifies their mistreatment. Its deplorable depictions of Africans Americans are also designed to create a shift of victimization in behalf of whites while lessoning pressures for social changes in behalf of Blacks. Thus creating a consensual national setting that facilitates the easier exploitation and suppression of African Americans. This is in fact a common practice used throughout modern western history. When groups in power want to suppress or to exploit its minority group they do so by portraying that group as a fearsome enemy or a major problem of the society through lies and manufactured news items. This same type of propaganda technique was also used by Adolph Hitler to facilitate a national consensual setting that allowed his heinous mistreatment of the Jews. Hitler's propaganda chief, Joseph Goebbels portrayed them as a fearsome enemy of German society through lies and manufactured news items. These negative imageries were used to justify their annihilation. This tradition continues today in the case of African Americans. The U.S. media’s constant deplorable depictions of Black Americans is deliberately designed to produce prejudice distorted and acrimonious beliefs about African Americans that makes the others insensitive to their plight, tranquilizes efforts on their behalf, and makes any serious criticism of White racism in the U.S. almost impossible today. This also creates false justifications for the legal system’s mistreatment of African Americans wherein they are disproportionately incarcerated, given stiffer sentences, and are more likely than other racial groups to be treated brutally, beaten, and fired upon by police officers while they are unarmed. These injustices now goes ignored because the perception has subconsciously become that it’s more often justified. When contempt of Blacks is made to appear to be justifiable, it is the fiercest and most effective type of racism because its witnesses, bystanders, and even world audiences will sit by idly allowing African Americans to be brutally mistreated under the belief that it is justified. This is what America’s renowned propaganda expert Dr. Edward Bernays referred to as “socially engineered consent”. <br />The effects of this social program are also manifested in ideas, education, governmental policies, economic stratification, social segregation, housing markets, hiring and promotion practices, psychological issues, and minority access to a variety of social services and opportunity. It also affects attitudes that when enacted through governmental policies, laws, and other legislation actions, serve to ensure that African Americans will not advance. Some studies have shown that this social program has engendered increasingly acrimonious beliefs and prejudiced perceptions about and against African Americans that are arguably now stronger today than they were after emancipation. It was this psychological conditioning program that ended the Black revolutionary movement of the nineteen sixties and that stripped African Americans of the national and global support that was acquired during that era’s civil rights struggles. This article is an excerpt from the book the Black Matrix ©2006, 2008 By <span> </span>F. Jones. Please forward this article everywhere and to everyone. To learn more visit</font> <a href="http://www.divineblacktruth.org/">www.divineblacktruth.org</a></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:150%;"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:Arial;"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p style="text-align:center;" align="center"><i><a title="Ask AfrocentricNews" href="mailto:theodore4@me.com"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">ask@afrocentricnews</font></a></i></p></div>
THE 1ST NATIONAL BLACK TEEN EMPOWERMENT EXPO PRESENTS FAME: FASHION, ART, MUSIC & EDUCATION (UPDATE)
https://www.theblacklist.net/forum/topics/the-1st-national-black-teen
2009-01-12T21:30:48.000Z
2009-01-12T21:30:48.000Z
R. Lee Gordon
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<div><a href="http://s190.photobucket.com/albums/z51/uniteedesign/?action=view&current=NBTEE-RBG-LOGO2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z51/uniteedesign/NBTEE-RBG-LOGO2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket" /></a>Please consider sharing this information among your circles of influence:As my “calling" is to uplift the quality of life and learning for our young generation in a country and media-based society seemingly more intent on turning our children into prisoners and prostitutes rather than productive, positive people, I am currently organizing The 1st National Black TEEN Empowerment Expo Presents FAME: Fashion, Art, Music & Education in New York City, spring or summer 2009. And to ensure we consistently engage as many youth as possible, the expo is being planned as a semi-annual event, and currently scheduled to be held in Atlanta fall 2009 or winter 2010.Designed to enrich the hearts, minds, bodies and spirits of today’s male and female teenagers between 12 and 18 years of age, the expo will expand perspectives, critical thinking, opportunities, capabilities and confidence levels, and narrow achievement gaps, technology divides and drop-out rates.The 1st National Black TEEN Empowerment Expo will feature FAME (fashion, art, music and education), a proven “edu-tainment” model that leverages our teenagers’ interests in fashion, art and music, and integrates effective educational approaches to ensure their academic achievement as well social and professional development.The expo will also bring together many groups and individuals who work with our communities and youth so that we all can begin to establish a stronger support system for our younger generation, and forge a national youth movement with strength in numbers and political power.If we are supportive, strategic and creative in ensuring this first event is created to collectively benefit all those it engages, we will transform the way our communities better support their children, and simultaneously arrive at better ways to reach and teach today’s teenagers.Currently, I am assembling a national committee to initially aid in establishing sponsors and funding sources, and then to assist me in creating the powerful education programming in a highly creative curriculum for the expo. We’ll also need the participation of fashion designers, models, artists and artisans, musical acts, performers, youth educators / “edu-tainers”, community and youth resource providers, vendors, etc., as well as promotional support via media and Internet resources.The NBTEE has recently received the full endorsement of The National African American Congress (naacforum.ning.com) and its more than 300 members strong. We, too, are at our best and strongest when we work together towards a common cause and greater good. Thus, your input, feedback, suggestions, support and potential participation is greatly valued as gratefully appreciated.I hope you will join me in proclaiming (and proving) 2009 is indeed The Year of Our Youth!R. Lee Gordon<a href="http://www.uniteedesign.com">www.uniteedesign.com</a><a href="http://www.betterdetroityouth.org">www.betterdetroityouth.org</a><a href="http://www.greaternewyorkyouth.org">www.greaternewyorkyouth.org</a> (just around the corner . . .)WHAT: The 1st National Black TEEN Empowerment Expo Presents FAME: Fashion, Art, Music & EducationThe 1st National Black TEEN Empowerment Expo is the first event of its kind solely dedicated to uplifting African-American teenagers, and achieving greater levels of youth and community activism.Event goals are to: transform the way our communities support our children; engage teenagers using powerful forms of the arts and “edu-tainment”; assess and deliver better ways to reach and teach today’s teens; and help our children build stronger minds, bodies and souls. Participating youth will also be able to benefit from on-site mentoring and tutoring opportunities. Other important topics will include peer-to-peer empowerment, politics, economics and community involvement.This two-day event will bring together a broad array of individuals and groups who want to enrich the quality of life and learning for our young generation. Through an appealing and comprehensive variety of teen “art-ivities”, forums, seminars and workshops, we will help to flourish the promise and potential that lives within each of our children. Every teenager will be empowered to establish goals, be engaged in productive and positive activities, and be inspired by his and her proud history, beautiful heritage and accomplished culture.The ultimate hope of the 1st National Black TEEN Empowerment Expo is that every participating youth take home the inspiration and confidence to believe, achieve and succeed, and be committed to bettering our people and planet.This event will incorporate the FAME (fashion, art, music & education) model developed by The Better Detroit Youth Movement and UniTee Design, Inc. FAME helps to rally our communities; demonstrate to our children the power and beauty of the many genres of fashion, art and music; and create an “edu-tainment” event that uplifts participants and audience alike. FAME is an effective way to engage children and teens in positive, productive and constructive “art-ivities” that create critical-thinkers, and more disciplined and well-rounded academic achievers.The educational component of FAME actively supports the development of professional, social and business skills in our children via teen empowerment, rites of passage, health, fitness and nutrition topics, and entrepreneurial and professional development curriculums. Based on its successes in effectively engaging children, FAME is now being developed as an after-school program in Detroit high schools.While primarily designed to uplift teenagers, the expo will also benefit many others:Provides vending, exhibiting and sales opportunities for local businesses, entrepreneurs, artists, artisans and others.Provides promotional opportunities for community and youth groups, youth educators, motivational speakers and / or others (to share information, solicit involvement, financial support, volunteerism, etc.).Provides promotional and / or sales opportunities for entertainers, fashion designers, models, hair designers and others.Provides the general public on ways it can support our youth in each event market and beyond.WHO: Those of us committed to working together to improve the quality of life and learning for our youth. A variety of individuals and groups will have an opportunity and forum to empower our teen population at this event:Artists and ArtisansMusiciansVocalistsComediansSpoken Word ArtistsPerformance ArtistsDancersDJsFashion DesignersModelsHair DesignersPhotographersVideographersVideo Game DevelopersCommunity GroupsYouth EducatorsYouth GroupsHealth, Fitness and Nutrition ExpertsLocal Businesses and Business ProfessionalsCommunity ActivistsCommunity LeadersPoliticiansMediaAnd More . . .WHEN: May, 2009WHERE: New York City (venue TBD)WHY: To prove Black America has all the resources necessary to uplift the quality of learning and life for today’s young generation.HOW: “If we can move a Black Man into The White House, just imagine where, together, we can take our children!”If you’d like to be a part of The 1st National Black TEEN Empowerment Expo, or for more information, please contact R. Lee Gordon at 734.395.3079 or rgordon@uniteedesign.com.UniTee Design is a Black Youth Education & Empowerment Enterprise. Our products and programs uplift our people, and inspire our children to believe, achieve and succeed. We are currently working on a Black Economics initiative to hold our elected public officials (politicians) accountable for their demonstrated contributions to our communities, and a Black Child rites of passage program that will help our children rise above the negative influences of media, society and environment.The Better Detroit Youth Movement is a volunteer-driven non-profit group that is bringing together caring citizens and providing them many ways to improve the future for Detroit’s young generation. Plans are underway to build greater youth movements in New York City, Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Houston, Oakland and Los Angeles.</div>
FAME: The 1st National Black Youth Empowerment Expo (Update)
https://www.theblacklist.net/forum/topics/fame-the-1st-national-black
2008-12-21T07:14:46.000Z
2008-12-21T07:14:46.000Z
R. Lee Gordon
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/RLeeGordon
<div>Good eve and blessings, sisters and brothers, and those to whom it should concern . . .As part of "my calling" to uplift the quality of life and learning for our young generation in a country and media-based society seemingly more intent on turning our children into prisoners and prostitutes rather than productive, positive people, I am currently organizing The 1st National Black Youth Empowerment Expo in New York City, spring 2009. And to ensure we consistently engage as many youth as possible, the expo is being planned as a quarterly event currently scheduled to be held in Detroit this August, Atlanta in fall / winter 2009, and then in LA or Houston, TX, spring 2010.The purpose of the expo is to enrich our children’s hearts, minds, bodies and souls; narrow achievement gaps and technology divides; and engage our young generation via the power and beauty of “the arts”, and the creativity of “edu-tainment”. I believe this event will prove to the world how smart and beautiful our children truly are.If we are supportive, strategic and creative in ensuring this first event is created to collectively benefit all those it engages, we will transform the way in which our communities support our children, and simultaneously arrive at better ways to reach and teach our younger generation.Currently, I am assembling a national committee to initially aid in establishing sponsors and funding sources, and then to assist me in creating the powerful education programming in a highly creative curriculum for the expo. We’ll also need the participation of fashion designers, models, artists and artisans, musical acts, performers, youth educators / “edu-tainers”, community and youth resource providers, vendors, etc., as well as promotional support via media and Internet resources.Your input and potential participation is valued as appreciated.For all our children truly need is all of us . . .R. Lee Gordon<a href="http://www.uniteedesign.com">www.uniteedesign.com</a><a href="http://www.betterdetroityouth.org">www.betterdetroityouth.org</a><a href="http://www.greaternewyorkyouth.org">www.greaternewyorkyouth.org</a> (just around the corner . . .)WHAT: FAME: The 1st National Black Youth Empowerment ExpoFAME: The 1st National Black Youth Empowerment Expo is the first event of its kind solely dedicated to uplifting African-American children and teens, and encouraging higher levels of youth and community activism.Event goals are to: transform the way our communities support our children; engage children using powerful forms of the arts and “edu-tainment”; assess and deliver better ways to reach and teach children; and help our children build stronger minds, bodies and souls. Participating youth will also be able to benefit from on-site mentoring and tutoring opportunities. Other important topics will include peer empowerment and community involvement.This two-day event will bring together a broad array of individuals and groups who want to enrich the quality of life and learning for our young generation. Through an appealing and comprehensive variety of youth “art-ivities”, forums, seminars and workshops, we will help to flourish the promise and potential that lives within each of our children. Every child will be empowered to establish goals, be engaged in productive and positive activities, and be inspired by his and her proud history, beautiful heritage and accomplished culture.The ultimate hope of the 1st National Black Youth Empowerment Expo is that every participating youth take home the inspiration and confidence to believe, achieve and succeed, and be committed to bettering our people and planet.This event will incorporate the FAME (fashion, art, music & education) model developed by The Better Detroit Youth Movement and UniTee Design, Inc. FAME helps to rally our communities; demonstrate to our children the power and beauty of the many genres of fashion, art and music; and create an “edu-tainment” event that uplifts participants and audience alike. FAME is an effective way to engage children and teens in positive, productive and constructive “art-ivities” that create critical-thinkers, and more disciplined and well-rounded academic achievers.The educational component of FAME actively supports the development of professional, social and business skills in our children via teen empowerment, rites of passage, health, fitness and nutrition topics, and entrepreneurial and professional development curriculums. In fact, because of the benefit FAME has delivered to children in Detroit, an after-school program is now being developed for several of its high schools.The Expo has been established for our youth, but created to benefit many others:• Provides vending, exhibiting and sales opportunities for local businesses, entrepreneurs, artists, artisans and others.• Provides promotional opportunities for community and youth groups, youth educators, motivational speakers and / or others (to share information, solicit involvement, financial support, volunteerism, etc.).• Provides promotional and / or sales opportunities for entertainers, fashion designers, models, hair designers and others.• Helps to educate the general public on ways to support youth activism in each event market and beyond.WHO: Those of us committed to working together to improve the quality of life and learning for our children and teens. A variety of individuals and groups will have an opportunity and forum to empower our youth at this event:• Artists and Artisans• Musicians• Vocalists• Comedians• Entertainers• Spoken Word Artists• Performance Artists• Dancers• DJs• Fashion Designers• Models• Hair Designers• Photographers• Videographers• Jewelry Makers• Video Game Developers• Community Groups• Youth Educators• Youth Groups• Health, Fitness and Nutrition Experts• Local Businesses and Business Professionals• Community Activists• Community Leaders• Politicians• Media• And More . . .WHEN: May, 2009WHERE: New York City (venue TBD)WHY: To prove Black America has all the resources necessary to uplift the quality of learning and life for today’s young generation.HOW: “If we can move a Black Man into The White House, just imagine where we can take our children!”If you’d like to be a part of this event, or for more information, please contact R. Lee Gordon at 734.395.3079 or rgordon@uniteedesign.com.UniTee Design is a Black Youth Education & Empowerment Enterprise. Our products and programs uplift our people, and inspire our children to believe, achieve and succeed.The Better Detroit Youth Movement is a volunteer-driven non-profit group that is bringing together caring citizens and providing them many ways to improve the future for Detroit’s young generation.</div>
Questions For Us All . . .
https://www.theblacklist.net/forum/topics/2055350-Topic-15152
2008-10-30T05:27:42.000Z
2008-10-30T05:27:42.000Z
R. Lee Gordon
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/RLeeGordon
<div>What will it take to rebuild Black Unity ?What will it take to empower our youth with better education ?R. Lee Gordon<a href="http://www.uniteedesign.com">www.uniteedesign.com</a> / <a href="http://www.betterdetroityouth.org">www.betterdetroityouth.org</a></div>
Unifying Our People and Uplifting Our Children
https://www.theblacklist.net/forum/topics/2055350-Topic-11369
2008-08-30T17:09:27.000Z
2008-08-30T17:09:27.000Z
R. Lee Gordon
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/RLeeGordon
<div>Believing the best way to uplift youth is better education, UniTee Design, Inc. (UDI) is on a mission: to rebuild African-American unity in our communities primarily through the development, support and funding of more effective educational opportunities for today’s young generation.A youth education advocacy and ethnic empowerment enterprise with offices near Detroit, Atlanta, and in New York City, UDI’s primary product and service offerings are youth enrichment (i.e., educational research and program development), and ethnic apparel design, production, distribution and sales.UDI uses designs on its products that feature the red, black and green (RBG) colors associated with African-American culture. “UniTee Shirts” and “UniTee Bands” teach our children of a rich cultural history, heritage, and the many, significant achievements of their ancestors, to build and strengthen within them higher levels of self-esteem and self-identity.Several RBG designs also incorporate the words “pride, power and purpose” (the 3P’s) that serve as positive life principles. The 3P’s provide an opportunity to help youth overcome real-life issues such as broken homes, tough streets, gun and domestic violence, and drugs. They are also used to promote the importance of education to help children become more resilient to the multitude of negative circumstances and influences they often face via society, media and environment.UDI supplies positive reinforcement for our youth by using the RBG colors and 3P’s, and then delivers “alternative” education programs to help them identify a specific purpose in life. These programs are typically developed based on direct feedback from youth as to what their interests are to better engage their motivation, participation and improvement.R. Lee Gordon, UDI’s founder says there is a growing movement to better the condition of African-American youth through better education. “By proactively engaging the many groups and individuals who share our mission and value our vision, we can overcome fragmentation, create consolidation and build a national coalition to propel our ability to deliver more effective educational options to the maximum number of youth. Thus, we are willing to work with anyone who will help us support, develop and fund youth education programming that empowers the lives of our children.”UDI has alliances with positive groups throughout the country including:The Single Parent Resource CenterTell Us DetroitThe Hip Hop CongressThe Black Heritage LibraryImproveMichigan.orgChildren and Youth Prevention ServicesThe African American Music AssociationLive In PeaceThe National Black Graduate Student AssociationThe Sataye GroupThe Fashion Guru AgencyOff Da Block EntertainmentThe Black Star ProjectBusiness Management Consortium (Global BMC)The Million Father MarchProject 2019The Temple of Hip HopJanice Hawkins-Higgins – Project R.A.G.E.The Youth Leadership ProgramThe International Men of ExcellenceSandbox TV, Inc.Youth in TransitionMichigan Department of Human ServicesWelcome To HarlemDetroit Youth MarchARISE DETROIT!Motor City Blight BustersPublic Art WorkzUplifting Hearts, Minds, SoulsUniTee Design is currently establishing a national network of “Purpose Providers” consisting of concerned citizens, college students, communities and groups to strengthen youth education advocacy and volunteerism.Using a variety of fundraising, cross-branding and cross promotion strategies, as well as live event and online product sales, UDI funds and develops “alternative” youth education programs to create and ensure more academic successes.Currently teaming with Eastern Michigan University (EMU), UDI is mentoring several youth entrepreneurs to empower their economic successes. It is also establishing a national peer mentor project initiative that will match college students with high school students, and high school students with grade school students, to empower students to strive for and achieve higher education goals that will result in improved academic and professional outcomes.Some of the current programs developed or supported by UDI include:A self-defense and safety awareness program developed in cooperation with The Detroit Threat Management Center helps school-aged children feel more assured and able to protect themselves in their communities by gaining the skills and strategic thinking needed to do so, while fostering self-discipline and respect.The Model Student Fashion Career Development Program introduces the world of fashion to schools via instructional photography, videography, fashion design, modeling and hair and make-up styling. The program is also structured to reinforce overall academic performance.Public Art Workz is a summer camp that teaches creative arts and merchandising to inner-city youth. UDI and BlightBusters (a Detroit-based not-for-profit organization) recently organized a major fundraiser in June 2008, featuring Motown recording artists The Contours and various musical acts matched with talented youth, to support this important program.Combining genres of fashion, art, music and education (FAME), UDI creates exciting live events that engage participants and spectators alike. A recent “Youth Art Party” using the FAME formula demonstrated the power and beauty of the arts to Detroit youth to actively engage them in productive and positive activities, and support critical thinking and discipline that creative arts represent. These “edutainment” events are slated for Morehouse College in Atlanta in February 2009, and in Oakland, California, in spring 2009.UniTee Design products are currently available at Spectacles and Naim’s Unique Designs in Detroit, Phat Gear in Atlanta, EMU, Wayne State University, and national distribution is slated for 2009. Several joint ventures are in the works with The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, HBCU Kidz, The Detroit HBCU Network, and others. Later this year, UDI will introduce new apparel designs and product lines to include sweatshirts, sports jerseys, baseball caps, etc.To improve the quality of life and learning for Detroit youth, UniTee Design recently founded The Better Detroit Youth Movement (see <a href="http://www.betterdetroityouth.org">www.betterdetroityouth.org</a>), a non-profit coalition of positive-minded individuals and groups who are committed to working together with communities, parents, schools and students to improve the quality of life and learning for all Detroit area children.Citizen volunteerism, and youth engagement and participation are key components of the BDYM. We believe by fostering higher levels of communication, cooperation and collaboration among our citizens and communities, while seeking out areas where we can better work together, we will achieve greater success with and for our youth.One of the BDYM’s primary goals will be to improve communication among Detroit’s youth resources by developing a database that will help enhance delivery of services, and serve as the basis for production of a youth resource guide to provide comprehensive services and solutions for Detroit children.BDYM events include one of ARISE Detroit’s signature events on Neighborhoods Day, The Motor City Youth Fest, a talent showcase of Detroit children and teens; and The Detroit 2009 Million Father March, a city-wide initiative that encourages fathers to take their child or children to the first day of school, but will be used to increase community / parent / student involvement throughout the school year. Past events such as a Stop The Violence Campaign, The Youth Art Party and The 2008 Detroit Youth March have garnered broad support from the Detroit area and beyond.A television series, “Celebrating Our Children, is being co-developed by ARISE Detroit and The Better Detroit Youth Movement in the Detroit market. This show will be produced, written, filmed and hosted by high school students (on a rotating basis among many high schools to garner broader teen participation), highlight exceptional youth achievements in academics, arts and athletics, etc., feature a teen panel forum, and a roving teen reporter segment asking youth a “question of the week” that will be discussed each upcoming episode. Each show will contain live film segments from various youth, cultural and community venues in the City of Detroit, promote leading youth educators, and also include guest experts who will address relevant youth issues.Gordon, who recently facilitated a community involvement workshop at The 20th Annual National Black Graduate Student Association Conference in Chicago, concludes, “We need to find better ways to educate our youth. I believe, together, is the only way to give them the best, and build a better people and planet.”</div>
U.S. Government's Divide and conquer manipulation scheme against African Americans
https://www.theblacklist.net/forum/topics/2055350-Topic-8107
2008-07-08T15:05:15.000Z
2008-07-08T15:05:15.000Z
Franklin Jones aka thanubian
https://www.theblacklist.net/members/FranklinJonesakathanubian
<div>Today, in carrying out many of its social-engineering agendas, the United States Government now conducts planned campaigns of extensive strategic psychological operations through the national media to influence and direct the perception and climate of the nation towards its governmental objectives. Its unrelenting committment towards maintaining its white dominance and control resulted in the U.S. Government using these same proven methods of strategic psychological manipulation of its Black population.When most people hear the term of psychological manipulation they usually think in terms of the classic "conspiracy theory" that refers to overt mind control such as mind altering drugs with carefully hypnotic programming. However, the real and true dangers are the well proven methods of psychological manipulation that works by affecting the unconscious mind through deception, using the psychology of deceit to adversely affect the recipient group in terms of their behavior. It is neither magical nor mystical, but a process that involves a set of basic social psychological principles.The U.S. Government now secretly disseminates false deplorably racially devaluing statistics and propaganda about its Black population that are deliberately designed to corrupt African Americans sense of unity, cohesion, and reason and to foster a consensual national environment of which its Black population is more easily divided, exploited and ultimately suppressed.Here is a simplified example of how this is being implemented against African Americans.Let us, for example, imagine that a crew of people where aboard their own massive ship and that this ship was being shadowed by another neighboring ship that was constantly broadcasting derogatory messages to the first group. Such messages as that their ship was lesser seaworthy, perhaps smaller, slower, slowly sinking or that their crew was incompetent and planning a mutiny. With time, the group receiving the negative messages, being unable to refute or to confirm these derogatory messages and deficiencies about themselves will grow weary and paranoid of the negative messages and will eventually comes to accept these negative assessments of themselves. The perception created by the taunting now unconsciously influences how the taunted group perceives themselves, subsequently causing them to become distrustful of themselves, doubting themselves, hating themselves and, eventually, fighting among themselves. The taunted group may even become so besieged by deep feelings of inadequacy that they may even jump into the sea and attempt to swim towards the taunting ship now believing it to be superior to their own boat even if their own ship was in fact better. Within a real life setting this mortifying psychological manipulation is being done to African Americans through an immense campaign of false derogatory misinformation and false negative media reports and statistics that are created by U.S. governmental agencies and then leaked to its collaborators in the newsmedia-- which either knowingly or unknowingly carry the stories as their own. These false information about African Americans is then disseminated unrelentingly everywhere through news releases in magazine articles, radio, television,press releases, documentaries, and false census reports perpetuating and framing the myth of whites’ racial, moral, and ethical superiority over its Black population. However, the weapon is not in how the message is carried, but is instead within the messages that it carries and how these messages affect the targeted recipients and influences society as a whole.The constant relentless bombardment with deplorably negative images of themselves that of which African Americans are so inundated with throughout the media is a very carefully and deliberately designed psychological conditioning program. It is designed to subject African Americans to seeing, through a controlled national media, only the worst in themselves-- while insinuating that they admire, respect, and trust only Whites. This unrelenting daily assault on the Black psyche is designed to corrupt African Americans’ sense of racial unity and cohesion, mold the character of self-hatred, and engender self-doubt, self-loathing, and distrust among their group.To the detriment of many Blacks, this system of applied psychological conditioning has been an extremely effective. It has successfully conditioned many African Americans to accept the dominance of Whites and white institutions over their lives by misleading them to believe that they are, themselves, their own worst enemies, therefore engendering an aberration of internalized self contempt that pulverizes Black unity and halts Black upward mobility. Today, as a result of this conditioning program, many Blacks themselves now believe the analogy that they themselves are their own worst enemies like that of crabs in a bucket always pulling each other back down and now often refers to themselves as niggers more than whites do [ publicly at least].Moreover, all African Americans have experienced the burden of this psychological warfare, some more severely than others have. It is experienced every time we [Blacks] read a newspaper, watch the evening news, enter a classroom, and read its racially biased textbooks. And while many Black Americans have successfully navigated through this psychologically mortifying mine field and have gone on to lead successful, productive lives, for far too many African Americans this immense devaluation can seem inescapable and tragically over time many begin to accept subconsciously and painfully the negative portrayals of themselves. Many are then discouraged by the acceptance that their society is also preconditioned to see the worst in them and that therefore if they were ever to gain acceptance, if it is to be won at all, that success would be hard won and likely to manifest negative internalized psychological pain and distress within many African Americans that can take many forms. In fact, this governmental mortifying psychological warfare against African Americans may be the most aggravating, if not core, factor of the national phenomenon of self hatred, loss of educational aspirations, loss of unity, cohesion and racial pride, and fragile psyches of so many African Americans today. This type of psychological manipulation program has been proven very effective in rapidly destroying a group’s ethical and moral values and cultural norms with regard to violence, brutality, and even murder.All people are products of cultural conditions and their worldviews operate outside of their level of consciousness. Therefore, no group can be preconditioned to see only the worst in themselves and not exhibit some degree of negative psychological impact.This psychological conditioning program also significantly influences society as a whole. Its ultimate goal is to foster a consensual national setting of where in which Blacks are more easily divided, exploited and ultimately suppressed. The constant, relentless bombardment with deplorably negative imagery of Black Americans , which the general population is inundated with throughout the media is not only fraudulently inaccurate but is being actually done to engender a shift of victimization that changes the root problem of racism in America to be due to Black’s behavior rather than White’s proclivity for racism. Therefore insinuates that America would be a better society as a whole if African Americans were gone, thus engendering increasingly prejudiced distorted perceptions and acrimonious beliefs about African Americans that are designedto discourage miscegenation, makes the nation and the entire world insensitive to their plight, tranquilizes efforts on their behalf, lessens pressure for social change on their behalf and makes any serious criticism of White racism almost impossible today. It also creates a false justification for the legal system’s mistreatment of African Americans. Wherein they are disproportionately incarcerated, given stiffer sentences, and are more likely than other racial groups to be treated brutally, beaten, and fired upon by police officers while they are unarmed. These injustices now goes ignored because the perception has become that it’s all now justified.When contempt of Blacks is made to appear to be justifiable, it is the most fiercestand effective type of racism because its witnesses, bystanders, and even world audiences will sit by idly allowing African Americans to be brutally mistreated disproportionately incarcerated under the belief that it is justified.] It also affects attitudes that when enacted through governmental policies, laws, and other legislation actions, serve to ensure that African Americans will not advance. Its effects are manifested in ideas, education, governmental policies, economic stratification, social segregation, housing markets, hiring and promotion practices, psychological issues, and minority access to a variety of social services and opportunity. This campaign successfully stripped African Americans of the national and international support that was acquired during the 1960's civil rights struggles. This anti Black governmental campaign of psychological warfare also creates a false justification for the legal system’s mistreatmentof African Americans wherein they are disproportionately incarcerated, given stiffer sentences, and are more likely than other racial groups to be treated brutally, beaten, and fired upon by police officers while they are unarmed. Moreover, some studies have shown that this shift of victimization now reflects increasingly acrimonious beliefs and prejudiced perceptions about and against African Americans that are arguably stronger today than they were after emancipation.This concept of the U.S government using psychology as a weapon to influence and control its Black population is not at all ridiculous. This system of applied psychological conditioning is indeed directly derived from those mind-conditioning programs and systems developed by the federal government. These systems were already perfected by members of the U.S. military and were then turned over to the intelligence sectors for other applications. The intelligence sector, in turn, deliberately and successfully undertook to have this same kind of highly negative, destructive and effective conditioning applied to targeted group and society as a whole.Furthermore, more than a century ago, Charles Darwin predicted in his book, "The Origin of Species" (1859) "the evolutionary theory would one day provide a new foundation for the science of psychology." The truth in his words where realized when the science of psychology, through the methods of propaganda techniques was codified and applied in a scientific manner by journalist Walter Lippman and psychologist Edward Bernays (nephew of Sigmund Freud) early in the 20th century. During World War I, Lippman and Bernays were hired by then United States President, Woodrow Wilson, to participate in the Creel Commission, the mission of which was to sway popular opinion in favor of entering the war, on the side of Britain . The war propaganda campaign of Lippman and Bernays produced such an intense anti-German hysteria as to permanently impress America ’s governmental elites with the potential of large-scale propaganda to control public opinion. Edward Bernays coined the terms "group mind" and "engineering consent", important concepts in practical propaganda work.. Bernays said in his 1928 book Propaganda, that; "The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. The current public relations industry is a direct outgrowth of Lippman's and Bernays' work and is still used extensively by the United States government.Over time the techniques increased in their sophistication as modern advances in the understanding of the genetics of social behavior ushered in Sociobiology; a controversial new science of the biological study of social behavior of humans. Since the 1950's, U.S. experimental psychologists and Cognitive scientists have developed ideas about the unconscious mental process that proposes that most of our mental processes happen outside of our awareness suggesting that the ability to control the behavior of people around us subconsciously is now a distinct possibility. Moreover, over the past five decades, human sociobiology has transformed into an evolutionary psychology that has gained science the means and ability to control and, therefore, predict the actions and feelings of individuals or groups merely by the messages conveyed against them. According to this controversial use of psychology, the human mind is the most extraordinary part of the human body, and there seems to be little doubt, wrote biologist David Barash, "that the unconscious is real and that in certain obscure ways the forces of culture are all-powerful in shaping human behavior. Advances in these studies resulted in governments using psychology as a weapon for maintaining White dominance.This effectiveness of the usage of the psychology of deceit to profoundly influenced and control individuals and mass groups was made obvious as a result of one of the most infamous mistakes in history. It happened on Oct. 30, 1938, when millions of Americans tuned in to a popular radio program that featured a plays directed by, and starring, Orson Welles. The performance that evening was an adaptation of the science fiction novel The War of the Worlds, about a Martian invasion of the earth. But in adapting the book for a radio play, Welles made an important change: under his direction the play was written and performed so it would sound like a news broadcast about an invasion from Mars, a technique that, presumably, was intended to heighten the dramatic effect. News of the panic was conveyed as a via genuine news report. As the audience listened to this simulation of news broadcast, created with voice acting and sound effects, a portion of the audience concluded that it was hearing an actual news account of an invasion from Mars. This quickly generated immense scare. People packed the roads, hid in cellars, loaded guns, fought among themselves, even wrapped their heads in wet towels as protection from Martian poison gas, in an attempt to defend themselves against aliens, oblivious to the fact that they were acting out the role of the panic-stricken public that actually belonged in a radio play. These people listening to the false broadcast were taken in by the totally false accounts and became confused, disarray and distrusting of their neighbors even resulting in immense violence. This example proves and demonstrated more potently than any argument, that beyond a question of a doubt, the enormous effectiveness of the media at affecting masses of people.Furthermore, according to researcher Mack White, Psychologist Dr. Hadley Cantril conducted a study of the effects of the broadcast and published his findings in a book, The Invasion from Mars: A Study in the Psychology of Panic, (1939). This study explored the power of broadcast media, particularly as it relates to the suggestibility of human beings under the influence of fear. Dr. Cantril was affiliated with Princeton University 's Radio Research Project, which was funded in 1937 by the Rockefeller Foundation. Also affiliated with the Project was Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) member and Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) executive Frank Stanton, whose network had broadcast the program. Stanton would later go on to head the news division of CBS, and in time would become president of the network, as well as chairman of the board of the RAND Corporation, the influential think tank which has done groundbreaking research on, among other things, mass brainwashing. Two years later, with Rockefeller Foundation money, Cantril established the Office of Public Opinion Research (OPOR), also at Princeton . Among the studies conducted by the OPOR was an analysis of the effectiveness of "psycho-political operations" (propaganda, in plain English) of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the forerunner of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Then, during World War II, Cantril and Rockefeller money assisted CFR member and CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow in setting up the Princeton Listening Center , the purpose of which was to study Nazi radio propaganda with the object of applying Nazi techniques to OSS propaganda. Out of this project came a new government agency, the Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service (FBIS). The FBIS eventually became the United States Information Agency (USIA), which is the propaganda arm of the National Security Council. Thus, by the end of the 1940s, the basic research had been done and the propaganda apparatus of the national security state had been fully established.Given the preceded noted history and facts, clearly then connecting these dots should be made rather easy. Furthermore, the objective of the United States government has always been to maintain its White dominance over its Black population, and clearly, psychological warfare meets this need. It was the logical choice—because it covertlyprovides the U.S. Government the ability to both influence the national climate and engender personal psychological feelings among its Black population that meet the U.S government objectives of maintaining its white dominance. Furthermore, history overwhelmingly demonstrates that the White race’s innate proclivity for racism, control, and dominance is much too deeply ingrained for them to just merely give up their practices of implementing suppressive methods over its African American population. The records of history show that the reincarnation of suppressive methods into forms more acceptable to the changing times is a common practice of the United States government as seen after the abolishment of slavery wherein its methods of using racist, oppressive treatment of its Black population was reincarnated into Jim Crow laws. And let us not forget the many sorts of devious strategies and methods used to prevent Blacks from becoming registered voters. The historic and demonstrative evidence overwhelmingly reflects the reality that the U.S. government does manifest a proclivity for reinventing devious methods to suppress its Black population. This proclivity has led to the U.S. Government now using its proven method of psychological operations to control the advancement and growth of its Black population. It was the next logical choice for it provides the Government the benefit of the appearance of conducting humanitarian efforts to help its Black community while covertly seeking only to maintain its White dominance."I didn't say it would be easy, I just said it would be the truth."- MorpheusThe man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.PLEASE FORWARD, FWRD, FWRD, FWRD, FWRD!!!THE BLACKMATRIX:THE MODERN CONTINUED MENTAL AND SOCIAL SUPPRESSION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS UNDER NATIONAL INTEREST © 2006by Franklin G. Jones<a href="http://www.divineBlacktruth.org">www.divineBlacktruth.org</a></div>