Monday, December 13, 2010

Santa's Black Elf

Santa Claus' "Black" servant, the fore-runner to Santa's Elves.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwarte_Piet

In the folklore and legends of the Netherlands and Belgium, Zwarte Piet (meaning Black Pete) is a companion of Saint Nicholas (Dutch: Sinterklaas) whose yearly feast in the Netherlands is usually celebrated on the evening of the 5th of December (Sinterklaas-avond, that is St. Nicolas Eve) and the 6th of December in Belgium, when they distribute sweets and presents to all good children.

The characters of Zwarte Pieten appear only in the weeks before Saint Nicholas's feast, first when the saint is welcomed with a parade as he arrives in the country (generally by boat, having traveled from Spain). The tasks of the Zwarte Pieten are mostly to amuse children, and to scatter pepernoten and candies for those who come to meet the saint as he visits stores, schools, and other places.

1845: Jan Schenkman writes Saint Nicholas and his Servant; Piet is described in this book as a servant and as black, and is depicted as a dark man wearing Asian-style clothes. Steamboat travel becomes part of the mythos from this point. In the 1850 version of Schenkman's book, they are depicted looking much as they do today. The servant gets his African origin but still has no standard name. In later editions Piet was shown in the page costume, the book stayed (with some changes) in print until 1950 and can be seen as the foundation of the current celebration, even though it did use a lot of older ideas and customs.

1891: in the book Het Feest van Sinterklaas the servant is named Pieter, until 1920 there were several books giving him other names, and in live appearances the name and looks still varied considerably.

In the early 20th century the Civilized Standard Celebration for children, with Zwarte Piet as the standard personal servant of the saint, spread throughout the country. In the 1930s urban adults become more involved too and the arrival of Saint Nicholas and his Zwarte Pieten are staged, which more or less explains the shift from the 6th to the 5th of December, as the adults would celebrate on the eve of the saint's day.

During the 20th century, the number of Sinterklaas' servants multiplied. This paradigm shift opened possibilities to create (for TV and such) lots of different characters being a "Zwarte Piet" at the same time. For example, there's a "Hoofd Piet" (Head Piet) who carries the book of Sinterklaas, "Rijm Piet" (Rhyme Piet), et cetera. Especially during the televised yearly event, when Sinterklaas arrives by boat he is often assisted by dozens of Piets. In america he is called Black Peter.
The Dutch now celebrate Sinterklaas (5 December) with an exchange of gifts. These presents are given anonymously, but are often accompanied by poems (Sinterklaasgedicht), signed by "Zwarte Piet" or "Sint", which are read aloud during Sinterklaas evening for the enjoyment of the ones assembled. The poems often are teasing in nature.

Origin and evolution
According to myths dating to the beginning of the 19th century, Saint Nicholas (Sinterklaas) operated by himself or in the companionship of a devil. Having triumphed over evil, it was said that on Saint Nicholas Eve, the devil was shackled and made his slave. A devil as a helper of the Saint can also still be found in Austrian Saint Nicholas tradition in the character of Krampus.

Some sources indicate that in Germanic Europe, Zwarte Piet originally was such an enslaved devil forced to assist his captor, but the character emerged in the 19th century within the Netherlands as a companion of Saint Nicholas resembling a Moor.[1] Saint Nicholas is said to come from Turkey. The relation of Zwarte Piet with Haji Firuz is incredibly close, Haji Firuz is a traditional herald of Nowruz, the Persian New Year celebration, exactly black in the face and comes with Amoo Nowruz a white beared old man who brings gifts for the children counter part of Western Santa.

The introduction of this new Zwarte Piet was paired with a change in the attitude of the Sinterklaas character that was often shown as being quite rough against bad children himself and thought unbefitting of a Bishop by teachers and priests. Soon after the introduction of Zwarte Piet as Sinterklaas' helper, both characters adapted to a softer character.[2]

Until the second half of the 20th century, Saint Nicholas' helper was not too bright, in line with the old colonial traditions. Once immigration started from the former colonised countries Zwarte Piet became a much more respected assistant of Saint Nicholas, who is often a bit inattentive.[3]

According to the more modern Saint Nicholas legend, a Zwarte Piet is a servant who accompanies Saint Nicholas on his holiday travels. In some versions, it is alleged that Saint Nicholas once liberated a young slave named Peter, who decided to serve Nicholas (as a free servant) rather than enjoy liberty alone. Zwarte Piet is today commonly depicted as a black person in the colorful pantaloons, feathered cap and ruffles of a Renaissance European page, a tradition based on a single illustration in a book published in 1850.

Zwarte Pieten are often portrayed as mischievous but rarely a mean-spirited characters. Parents used to tell their children that if they have been good, a Zwarte Piet will bring them gifts and sweets, but if they have been bad, a Piet will scoop them up, stuff them in his huge dufflebag and spirit them away to Spain as punishment. Though this is increasingly uncommon nowadays, he can still carry some type or scourge (called a "roe"), especially a a bundle of birch branches, which could be used for birching or in modern words, to chastise children who have been too naughty to deserve presents. The character is believed to have been derived from pagan traditions of evil spirits. Also told for decades is a story that the Zwarte Pieten are black because of chimney soot and/or in mockery of the darker Spanish occupiers of the Low Countries in centuries past.

The traditions of the Saint Nicholas feast are in part at least of medieval origin, if not much older. St. Nicholas himself, as described in the Dutch tradition shows some similarities to Wuotan/Odin, which suggests that the duo have a pre-Christian origin. Possible precursors to Zwarte Piet can be found in Odin's ravens Hugin and Munin.

Zwarte Piet During recent years the role of Zwarte Pieten has become part of a recurring debate in the Netherlands. Present-day observations in the Netherlands under controversy include holiday revellers blackening their faces, wearing afro wigs, gold jewellery and bright red lipstick, speaking in a Surinamese accent,[4] and walking the streets throwing candy to passers-by.

The lyrics of traditional Sinterklaas songs and some parents warn that while Sinterklaas and his Zwarte Pieten will leave well-behaved children presents, they will punish those who have been naughty. For example they will take bad children and carry these children off in a burlap sack to their homeland of Spain, where, according to legend, Sinterklaas and his Zwarte Pieten dwell out of season. A child who has been only slightly naughty will not get a present, but a birching with a "roe", which is a bundle of birch twigs. However, due to the long ago banishment of physical punishments like birching, the legend of birching has been replaced with simply receiving a lump of coal instead of gift.

Foreign tourists, particularly Americans, often experience culture shock upon encountering the character (to dress in blackface is a gross taboo in America). Since the last decade of the 20th century there have been several attempts to introduce a new kind of Zwarte Piet to the Dutch population, where the Zwarte Pieten replaced their traditional black make-up with all sorts of colours.[5] In 2006 the NPS (en: Dutch Programme Foundation) as an experiment replaced the black Pieten by rainbow-coloured Pieten, but in 2007 reverted to the traditional all-black Pieten.[6]










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Wednesday, November 10, 2010

For black men who have considered homicide

The link to the original post is here.
For black men who have considered homicide after watching another Tyler Perry movie...
By Courtland Milloy milloyc@washpost.com
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, November 8, 2010; 5:30 PM

Can anyone name a movie that came out recently starring a black man who wasn't a sociopath? Someone who had a terrific screen presence, like a young Paul Robeson? And he portrayed a character who was complex and fully drawn? Did he respect black women, too?

Anybody see that movie? I didn't. But surely it's out there somewhere, right? An alternative to those Tyler Perry films portraying black men as Satan's gift to black women? But where is it?

Maybe I didn't hear about it because of all the buzz over Perry's "For Colored Girls," which opened Friday and is based on Ntozake Shange's 1975 stage play, "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf."

Or maybe I didn't hear about it because I was retching too loudly after seeing "For Colored Girls" - and reading so many inexplicably glowing reviews.

"This movie is powerful," Demetria L. Lucas wrote recently in Essence, the nation's premier magazine for black women. "It is incredible. The performances in it are astonishing, but most of all, this film will leave you lifted."

Me, I thought the movie should have been renamed: "For Black Men Who Have Considered Homicide After Watching Another Perry Movie."

"Oscar buzz, breaking news," read the Hollywood Reporter on Friday. "Will 'For Colored Girls' blindside Tyler Perry's critics?"

Too late. I was blindsided while watching the movie, especially when superstar Janet Jackson appeared onscreen looking like Michael Jackson with breast implants.

"Don't laugh," says Shadow and Act, an online publication about black films and filmmakers. " 'For Colored Girls,' an Oscar contender?"

Oscar for what?

In the category for best infection of a black woman with a sexually transmitted disease that renders her infertile. . . . And the winner is: black man.

For best down-low, double-dealing husband who has sex with wife while sneaking around having sex with men on the streets. . . . And the winner is: black man.

For best portrayal of a guy who at first seems nice but turns out to be a rapist. . . . And the winner is - OMG, his third of the night - black man!

"You may need some time alone after viewing 'For Colored Girls,' " wrote Tonya Pendleton for BlackAmericaWeb.com. "Whatever you may think of the fact that it was Tyler Perry who finally brought the award-winning 1974 Ntozake Shange stage production to the big screen, it will move you."

So will ex-lax.

"You will want to know that two kids get thrown out the window by their father," wrote Jane Nosonchuk for Hamptonroads.com. "The scene is well done."

Do I hear another Oscar nomination?

"The men in the movie are all bad guys except for the cop," Nosonchuk wrote. "They are a means to an end rather than any lead characters. Also, a back-room abortion may disturb some."

You think?

What an awful year for movies featuring black actors. Samuel L. Jackson in "Unthinkable." Thoughtless would be more like it. "Brooklyn's Finest" had a nice cast, with Don Cheadle and Wesley Snipes. But Richard Gere and Ethan Hawke got top billing. "Our Family Wedding" with Forrest Whitaker was okay. But how many black wedding comedies can you watch? Even preacher T.D. Jakes is coming out with his own copycat wedding movie next year.

Surely Spike Lee and Denzel Washington could team up for a sweeping historical drama - say, a black sharecropper's son, educated in a one-room schoolhouse built by slaves in Alabama, who grows up to become one of Wall Street's most powerful CEOs.

Smarter than Gordon Gekko and more complex. With a cameo appearance by former Merrill Lynch chief executive Stanley O'Neal.

Maybe you saw the kind of movie I'm talking about. If not, maybe it's time to make one.
milloyc@washpost.com

Historical Information:

The movie "For Colored Girls" weaves together the stories of nine different women - Jo, Tangie, Crystal, Gilda, Kelly, Juanita, Yasmine, Nyla and Alice - as they move into and out of one another's existences; some are well known to one another, others are as yet strangers. Crises, heartbreaks and crimes will ultimately bring these nine women fully into the same orbit where they will find commonality and understanding. Each will speak her truth as never before. And each will know that she is complete as a human being, glorious and divine in all her colors.
Starring:Janet Jackson, Loretta Devine, Michael Ealy, Kimberly Elise, Omari Hardwick, Hill Harper, Thandie Newton, Phylicia Rashad, Anika Noni Rose, Tessa Thompson - Director:Tyler Perry - Release Date:Opened Nov 5, 2010


The play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf" is a 1975 play by Ntozake Shange. Initially staged in California, it has been performed Off-Broadway and on Broadway, and adapted as a book, a television film, and a theatrical film. The 1977 Broadway production was nominated for a Tony Award for best play.

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Monday, October 18, 2010

Nick News: "Do We Need Black History Month?"

Nick News:
"Do We Need Black History Month?"
"Nick News" examines the history and controversy behind Black History Month.

http://www.nick.com/videos/clip/do-we-need-black-history-month-full-episode.html

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Friday, October 15, 2010

The Million Man March Pledge of 1995

15 Years ago
The Million Men Marchers took this pledge:

I PLEDGE that from this day forward I will strive to love my brother as I love myself. I, from this day forward, will strive to improve myself spiritually, morally, mentally, socially, politically and economically for the benefit of myself, my family and my people. I pledge that I will strive to build businesses, build houses, build hospitals, build factories and enter into international trade for the good of myself, my family and my people.

I PLEDGE that from this day forward I will never raise my hand with a knife or a gun to beat, cut, or shoot any member of my family or any human being except in self-defense. I pledge from this day forward I will never abuse my wife by striking her, disrespecting her, for she is the mother of my children and the producer of my future. I pledge that from this day forward I will never engage in the abuse of children, little boys or little girls for sexual gratification. For I will let them grow in peace to be strong men and women for the future of our people.

I WILL never again use the ‘B word’ to describe any female. But particularly my own Black sister. I pledge from this day forward that I will not poison my body with drugs or that which is destructive to my health and my well-being. I pledge from this day forward I will support Black newspapers, Black radio, Black television. I will support Black artists who clean up their acts to show respect for themselves and respect for their people and respect for the ears of the human family. I will do all of this so help me God.




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Friday, October 8, 2010

Deficiency and Difference - M'Bwebe Aja Ishangi

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This is in reflection of Rev. Jeremiah Wright's April 27, 2008 speech at the NAACPs Freedom Fund Dinner] by Deficiency and Difference - M'Bwebe Aja Ishangi.

"Because they (Afrikan people) learn from a subject, not from an object... They have a different way of learning. Those same children who have difficulty reading from an object and who are labeled EMH, DMH and ADD. Those children can say every word from every song on every hip hop radio station... Why? Because they come from a right-brained creative oral culture like the griot's in Afrika who can go for two or three dayz as oral repositories of a people's history... That is a different way of learning. It's not deficient, it is just different."
xxxxxxxxxx— Rev. Jeremiah Wright

Over the last several weeks, white America heard two eloquent perspectives of america from an Afrikan-in-america point of view. The first bein' presidential candidate Barak Obama's March 18, 2008 speech on Race and in response to his affiliation with Rev. Jeremiah Wright, with the second comin' from Rev. Wright himself on Sunday, April 27th as he addressed the nation via the NAACPs Freedom Fund dinner in Detroit.

The theme of Rev. Wright's speech was that Afrikan people are not deficient, we're different. His response was fueled by 'massa'-media's unrelenting attack on him for citing what they (the media) still refuses to credit as wordz from a white politician who made comments condemning America for its role in civil and foreign unrest. And although I'm no christian, muslim nor believer in man-made religion, as I tuned into CNN, I listened with an open mind.

Rev. Wright revealed some serious jewelz that Sunday evening. The difference in learning modalities was a topic that had never been discussed on prime-time tv. Not only did he mention educated research by hedz like Dr. Janice Hale on the distinct scientific differences of the way Afrikan people learn opposed to whites, he touched on it scientifically,

"What Dr. Janice Hale did in the field of education and what Dr. Geneva Smitherman did in the field of linguistics, Dr. Eldon (Katter) did in... the field of music... African music is different from European piano music. It is not deficient, it is different... We were taught a European paradigm as if Europe had the only music that there was in the world. As a matter of fact, if you just say the term, classical music today, most here, use of that term will automatically refer to Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and already cited Mozart and Handel... From grammar school to graduate school, we are taught in four, four time. That the dominant beat is on one and three. Our band directorz, our choir directorz, our orchestra director start us off how? 'And ONE, two, THREE, four. ONE, two, THREE.' Now, that's the European dominant beat. For Afrikan and Afrikan-Americanz, it is not one and three, it is two and four... Listen to black people clap to this song. Glory, glory hallelujah, you are clapping on beats two and four. If you got some white friends, they'll be clapping like this (on one and three). You say they can't clap. Yes, they can. They clap in a different way... Afrikanz have a different meter and Afrikanz have a different tonality. European music is diatonic, seven tones. Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do... In west Afrika and south Afrika,... it is pentatonic with five tones. Wintley [Phipps] points out that if you want to know black music, just look at the black keys on the piano. Do, re, fa, so, la. Just those five tunes. Those are the only five notes you'll hear..."

An additional jewel was when he said,

"...Here in Michigan, look at and listen to the University of Michigan and Michigan State University bandz at half-time. Their bandz hit the field with excellent European precision... Now go to a Florida A&M and the Grambling State Band. It's different. And you can't put that in no book."

Yo, you had to see him demonstrate this, it's so true... so true!!

A difference does not mean you are deficient. Rev. Wright blessed us with madd jewelz and for it to be televised made me envision that change is upon us. My only problem is that in the year 2008 — nearly 150 yearz since the Emancipation Procrastination (Proclamation) — we're still takin' the "I wanna be down" approach in the fight for liberation, havin' to explain again and again, generation-after-generation, askin' for YT to accept and treat us equally.

Why haven't we realized by now, the likelihood of this happenin' isn't worth continuing to exert energy towardz?! What has delayed us from goin' back to doin' what our immediate Ancestorz did before the Civil Rights era? Why hasn't there been a Black Wall Street since the one that was burned to the ground by jealous whitefolk back in 1921 (the Tulsa Race Riot)? Afrikanz around the globe have been in this state since we substituted self-reliance and self-determination with the burning desire to be accepted by euroepanz, even if it meant bein' less of ourselves naturally (How oxymoronic is it for Afrikanz to be afraid of tanning in the summer sun or wearing blue-colored eye contacts and dyeing your hair blond?!!?).

Since this paradigm began, we've witnessed the continued exchange of what I like to call, "the Great Cultural Sell-off", where we find Afrikanz literally givin' ourselves to the world with the only want in return being equal acceptance — how about ownership/patenting?! This mindset of 'Afrikan-invention-morphed-into-european-control/profit' today feedz off the creation of urban music (from Bebop to Hiphop), culture (now blue jean companies make saggin', low-pocket jeanz like urban youth wear) and language (Newt Gingrich actually said the word, "diss" when talkin' about Rev. Wright disrespectin' Obama on the show, The View!).

If you really look at it from a global/historical perspective, who has alwayz gone against the majority? CAUCASIANZ!! And for those white folks readin' this (and even black folk who still suffer from the 'please-don't-beat-me-massa' syndrome), don't try and flip this into some reverse-racist argument; and no, I'm not speakin' individually, I'm talkin' collectively as in the historical white race in general.

I'll accept that there are some less than savage white folk, and in return, won't dispute there are some wicked blacks (like the Boule'). Herein lies the difference, for every white person who believes they shouldn't be associated to somethin' their immediate ancestorz did, take a look at how you still benefit from their misdeedz. In addition, don't sit here and act like racizm and enslavement no longer exists! Institutionalized slavery is more powerful than ever and it's global! As a member of the white race, you benefit from it simply because you're white. What's more, there aren't enough (if any) white organizationz who denounce their forefatherz. And lets not even mention if they'd raise fundz as a sort of payback (like the 40 Acres and 2 mules we still haven't got!).

In a world full of all kindz of people, white folk still project themselves as the majority — not in number, but intellectually and financially — which is divisive tactic that creates a superior/inferior complex. Now create a system [composing the fieldz of education, entertaiment, economics, labor, law, politics, sex, religion, war and health—called the 9 Areas of People Activity, plus 1 (health) theorized by Drs. Neely Fulller and Francess Cress-Welsing] that magnifies this, and you end up producing people of color with less esteem due to lack of opportunity, and whites with confidence because of privilege. Call it a coincidence if you want, I call it a generational systematic and effective plan!

A plan like this in todayz world is more subliminal than right in your face. A perfect example can be seen simply by turnin' on your television or by flipping through the pages of publicationz (magazines, books, etc.). For every one person who's not white, there's at least 8-10 who are. Go 'hed, flip the channelz/pages and count how many white folks you see versus Afrikan people (or other people of color).

What's more sublime are the roles we see people in. Look at anything that has to do with beauty and entertainment, like the Miss America pageant. Of the 50 contestant's involved, you can count on one finger (yeah, that's right, I said finger and not hand!) how many are Afrikan versus white. Or take a look at how many politicianz or memberz of congress are white versus non-white. Still think it's a coincidence? I could go on, for dayz naming scenario's.

Yes, we are in the majority of some thingz, like sport jocks, but certainly not in the ownership department! But we're not fairly represented as cheerleaderz! Take a look at all the professional sport cheerleading squadz. This is deep because its systematic, or duplicated around the league's trickling down to the college ranks! It isn't by coincidence that the majority of cheerleaderz are white. The decision makerz (who I bet are mainly white) are defining what they want to be perceived as beauty and they actually feel they are doin' justice by sprinkling a token American-Afrikan/West Indian, Spanish or Asian chick to lessen the blatant racist preference; and we, the public are too blinded (and appreciative of inclusion, no matter what level) by their snail-paced (say delayed) effort for ethnic equality.

We're even doin' it to ourselves! Tyra Banks show, America's Next Top Model is the perfect example of self hate. Notice how many Afrikan women start out on the show versus how many actually win! In addition, she constantly berates our sisterz for not walking or posing 'european', not to mention the consistent gay male presence like that maama-mon (gay) 'Miss J'!

When we are on center stage, we are often depicted in a manner they convinced us to accept as "art". Did you see Vogue magazine's April 2008 cover of LeBron James and Gisele Bundchen? If you looked at conceptual artwork of the original 1933 King Kong movie, you'd see a close resemblance... or is this just a coincidence?

YT not only sees anything not white as deficient, it's seen as divisive 'cause it goes against the control of what they want it to be, and they've proven throughout time that they're willin' to do whatever it takes to have thingz in their favor — even if it meanz some of their own will be oppressed! If Fox news will keep this link up, peep what a white priest (father pfleger) defending Rev. Wright and Farrakhan as well as his thoughts on the double-standard white america has comparing how whites who criticize america are seen opposed to Afrikanz-in-america: http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?videoId=1fd1c0cf-5c80-4d75-996f-bd53b2461ae0&sMPlaylistID .

Remember the ol' sayin', "When in Rome, walk like the Romanz"? Who was the first to say it? I'm willin' to bet they were of european descent! Ask yourself, has the sayin', "When in Afrika, walk like the Afrikanz" ever been honored? Oh, when YT came to Afrika, they did walk like the Afrikanz. In fact, they wound up impersonating our Ancestorz, plagiarizing everything Afrikan and calling it theirz (study the persianz, romanz and greeks to name a few, or read 'Stolen Legacy' by George GM. James).

See, to them, it is a matter of survival. Never in the recorded history of europeanz have they lived in harmony with any race, not even their own! They can't function unless they are in control. And its this egotistical mindset that has prohibited the human race from living together, peacefully.

It may shock you to know that white folks are not the majority. This isn't me just sayin' it, it's true! When you take into account the people's of the world. In fact, research states they are a dying breed. Ask yourselves, who created artificial insemination and In-Vitro fertilization; what race invented cloning?! The even better question is why did they create these?!!? Don't see it, or better yet, don't wanna see it? Let's travel back in history...

HISTORY FOR HISTORY'S SAKE
When the founding pirates, I mean, "fatherz" arrived in North America, it was already populated; it just wasn't by them! Dark-melanated beingz that look just like the dark-skinned hedz on the continent of Afrika were here well before the erroneously called "Indianz" or "Native-Americanz"! [The earliest chiefs of many tribes would've been thought to be Afrikan because they looked like Afrikanz, but can't be called that because they were in North America, not Afrika. Additional proof of an early "Afrikan" presence are the countless ruinz that have "Afrikan" features like the Olmec Headz found in Mexico as well as pyramid structures and underground passages said to be found in the state of Indiana (look up Ancient America magazine). This bringz into question where did the first inhabitants of this planet originate from and that's a whole 'nutha piece that will be addressed at a later date—(hint) look up Pangaea].

The first europeanz in the "New world", were the different one's, not the hedz who were already here! And what did they do? Did they try to adopt and learn the customz of the original inhabitants? Yes and no. It's just like you havin' someone come from another state or country and stay in your house and they bring with them their home habits, not even considerate enough to learn the wayz of your household first before basically "housin'" your house!

This is what YT did then, and what they do now; alwayz have, and likely — if we use history as our measuring stick — will continue to do! Ask yourselves, how is it the United States military have bases nearly all over the world but there are no foreign bases within the United States that are from Iran, Afghanistan, South Korea, the Ukraine, not even Mexico or Canada! Y IZ Dat?! What race decided to split the continents up into territories and borderz, makin' it so you have to have citizenship and passports to enter and leave places on this place we all live on called Earth?! I mean, ain't we all Earthlingz before anything else?!!? Let that jewel marinate for a lil' bit...

Need more examples? Look at chronic disease's sudden rise in China. The culprit? How 'bout all those McDonalds' outlets that sprung up — and I'm not even counting the increase of softdrinks (Coca-Cola, Pepsi, etc. which also usher in the worldz most addictive substance, refined sucrose aka white sugar - watch two Video Articles on White Sugar on DGTv) [SIDEBAR: why is it called 'soft'drinks when the amount of sugar in soda can eat away your teeth?! Another jewel... marinate on that a bit as well...].

Or how 'bout the guerilla warfare tactic of sendin' christian missionaries, who for yearz, have gone (and still go) into Afrika, converting Afrikanz — who created spiritual systemz millenniumz older than christianity — to this faith that was mandated to the world [thanx to Constantine the (not so) Great], that convinces hedz they're born in sin. Ever heard the short parable, "when the christianz came into Afrika, we (Afrikanz) had the land and they had the Bible. They convinced us to close our eyes and pray to their God. When we opened our eyes, they had the land and we had the Bible!" Yes. That's another jewel... take your time with this one!

Not good enough? How about the western hospital and pharmaceutical syndicate that went into this same area and tricked the inhabitants into believing their natural herb-using doctorz were witch doctorz and that they (YT) had better drugz, which didn't cure you, it just masked the pain (which usually brought on additional ailments); all this in efforts to control the mind, body and spirit (belief system) of whom they refer to as 'Third World' people.

Peep the tricknology, picture a witch doctor... now picture a doctor. What are the first images of each that come to mind? The witch doctor is some savage with a bone through his nose dawnin' a necklace full of teeth screamin' in a language you could swear was a cousin of the caveman; whereas the doctor in over 90% of hedz mind is a white man in a clean, pure, "white" coat. Echoing Rev. Wright, "we're not deficient, just different!"

This piece isn't to bash religious believerz. On the contrary, this is to show the genesis of who actually sees difference as deficient versus who's been convinced they're deficient, not different, and because of this, fights to be accepted by someone who hasn't proven capable of even accepting themselves!

The work of the co-conspiratorz of global white supremacy have kept the world blind for some time now. Today, we are witnessing the erosion of that pact, for as they say, nothin' lasts forever. But this device called global white supremacy won't just roll over and die. As the discussion of race, the imbalance of historical perspective and impending future dawnz upon the next generation, these culprits are workin' overtime to hold on to the benefits of their misdeedz as long as possibility will allow it. They are determined to be divisive; with them bein' on top of the food chain with a healthy gap between the next, of course.

The fact is, there is no difference in deficient or divisiveness; they actually go hand-in-hand. When we look at white-folk, we see whenever they're in a situation they're not in control of, or can't comprehend, it makes them feel deficient, so their instinctive plan of retaliation (although retaliation isn't even needed) is divisiveness. See, to them, anything non-white is a threat; as if blending or merging harmoniously with other ethnicities would literally 'whiteout' their existence (sorta like how the color white is fundamentally an inferior color to all the other colorz of the rainbow. Just blend it with any color and white becomes almost absent. Use a dark hue like black or brown, and it's totally engulfed — oh, they've studied this as well! They call it 'Eugenics'). I even dare call it a defense mechanizm. And why would they be so defensive? Because of all the ill deedz they've done to people the world over. They know karma could be right around the corner!

With that theory bein' said, they still refuse to practice humility and continue on with their wayz creating hierarchies, classes, deciding what (who) is of value and what (who) is not; all this, because they cannot handle not bein' in the driverz seat at all tymz. It's not until they are confronted that they show a sliver of shame.

I'll give you a personal example. The very next day after Rev. Wrights speech, I'm gettin' dressed one afternoon after workin' out at a gym in New York City. My attire was business casual, wearing a button-down shirt with brown pants and brown shoes. This older white guy chooses a locker across from mine and beginz to laugh under his breath. I paid him no mind. I guess my ignoring him gave him some courage as he uttered to me laughin', "You know what would be funny?... If you was a lawyer! With your (dred)locks and all; you'd be a rasta lawyer!" Because I wasn't wearing jeanz saggin' past my ass and a backward baseball cap, I was a (corporate) threat to him.

He's laughin' waitin' for me to laugh with him. Now, in any other situation, I'd go Dave Chappelle on his ass, but I'd be seen as the one in the wrong. In addition, he probably didn't even realize there was nothin' funny about what he just said. I paused, thinking before I spoke... turned around, lookin' him square in the eyes and replied, "you shouldn't be so afraid; but then again, I understand why you would be..." His smile turned to a look of embarrassment, as his eyes searched for his jaw that was on the ground. He mumbled under his breath, "I guess that wasn't so funny. I'm glad you said that," as if he wanted me to see his acknowledged foolishness. Trust, I wanted to say (and do) more! But what I said was enough to change his vybe. And it made me think of Rev. Wright's speech.

Am I sympathetic to white folks 'cause they can't handle hedz that are 'different'? At tymz, on an individualistic level like this encounter, yes; but when I look at this and see this is a microcozm of a macrocozmic and historical way of thinking white folk have had for everyone non-white, the answer is no, not at all...

Maybe now we can realize there's the urgent need to change our focus from acceptance to defining ourselves, first and be understood by otherz, second; for the other way around continues to empower the very oppressor we're tryin' to defeat.

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Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Forward Ever, Backwards Never

"Forward Ever, Backwards Never."
(My father's favorite quote.)

Seko Benjamin Eric VArner
09/22/2010

It's one year later. I lost my writing voice a year ago. A "other-father" of mine read one of my blogs a few weeks ago and encouraged me to keep writing as he was touched by the sentiments. "It's publish-able; For-a-price publish-able." he encouraged knowing how money focused I can be at times. I couldn't raise the courage to admit to myself, or to him, that I lost my voice. I lost my voice when my Father passed.

As one who continues aspects of traditional Afrikan culture I've been 'Pouring Libation' for over 30 years now. When my friend Juan Orso passed, I poured libation. When Grover Washington Jr. passed I poured. When Sean Sharpe passed I poured. When Elder Clarence Motsongo Vincent passed I poured. In the shock of Mother Gloria's passing I poured. I actually pour libation daily. Sometimes frequently. When Dad passed I felt as if I were being poured. 40 days after Dad's funeral I visited his earthly womb. I poured. Today I just feel empty. I miss my Mother-Gloria, I miss my dad. I just feel depleted.

Today the Wifey and I were clicking away on seperate computers as the television that was watching us was showing Spike Lee's documentary about If the creek don't rise.." Last year Wifey and I returned from New Orleans on 9/21/2009. Dad crossed the bar on 09/22/2009. While I was emotionally battered from watching the difficult footage I remembered the depression that sacked me when Hurricane Katrina occurred.

When Katrina occured I became continually physically sick, was emotionally depleted, and felt such a loss of life. One of the sacrifices of having a connection with the ancestral world is at times I feel when people are sucked into that exsistence. I know my fellow Christians may not understand. I've come to believe that as one focuses upon Yeshua (Jesus), the ability to feel the connection to other aspects of the spiritual realm is removed. My fellow Conscious believers may understand. I simply felt those Americans, those African-descendants, those New Orleanians, those humans, those other parts of me being dragged 'unpeacefully' into the spiritual world.

As the television watched us the Wifey began reading out-loud, as she often does when she's on the computer, and I tried to begin to listen to her. She then stated "Papi' died on the anniversary of the Emanicipation Proclamation." I thought "He's finally free."
(photo - Untitled by Henry Louis Stephens 1863, A man reading the newspaper about the Emancipation Proclimation)

Yesterday I found a casette tape of a speech I did for Youth day at Providence United Church of Christ on 6/6/1993. The speech was called "What's the 411." In this speech I began by performing a public Libation ritual in the sanctury. I then discussed how as one becomes older one gets closer to GOD and one shouldn't be afraid of death. I actually stated "We should embrace death as that's when we become closer to God." Listening to the speech I laughed at the level of quasi 5% (Nation of Gods and Earths) Hip-Hop lingo I used to use, and how radical I must have seemed, and the level of devotion I had at that time to "improving the lives of people of African descent to improve the United States of America." I was a great speaker then. I was on the road to becoming a great person then. As I look at my current life, I feel empty. My passion is gone, Mother-Gloria is gone, my father is gone, my voice is gone.
Bless-fully I continued listening to the casette after my speech ended. After my message was the voice of my father. He prayed, sang hymns from the pulpit, and ended the Sunday service. T'was refreshing hearing his voice. T'was refreshing feeling his presence.
Today my father is free. A year ago he became free. I've learned that I needed to embrace his freedom. I needed to embrace his death as his freedom. I also sat down and cried like a baby after the Wifey stated "Papi died on the anniversaryof the Emancipation Proclamation." As I take my Mother to his gravesite today, as I pour libation today. I'll proclaim that he has been emancipated. He is free.
Fresh water keeps me well;
Fresh water opens the way;
Fresh water is my sustainer;
Fresh water is from above.
I thank GOD for Fresh Water.
Fresh water in life;
Fresh water in Yeshua;
Fresh water in the form of those who walked before us.
Fresh water in the form of Mother-Gloria,
Fresh water in the form of DJ Law (crossed 09/19/2010),
Fresh water in the form of my Father.
I prasie you, Almighty, for fresh water.
Ashee, Ashee, Amen.

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Postscript:
I think I found my voice again.
"Forward ever, backwards never."
As my father used to say.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

The politics of resentment - Thomas Sowell

The Politics of Resentment - Thomas Sowell

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford U., Stanford, CA 94305. His website is http://www.tsowell.com/ .

Few things have captured in microcosm what has gone so painfully wrong, where racial issues are concerned, like the recent election for mayor of Washington, D.C.

Mayor Adrian Fenty, under whom the murder rate has gone down and the school children’s test scores have gone up, was resoundingly defeated for re-election.

Nor was Fenty simply a passive beneficiary of the rising test scores and falling murder rates. He appointed Michelle Rhee as head of the school system and backed her as she fought the teachers’ union and fired large numbers of ineffective teachers — something considered impossible in most cities across the country.

Fenty also appointed the city’s chief of police, Cathy Lanier, who has cracked down on hoodlumism, as well as crime.

Either one of these achievements would made mayors local heroes in most other cities. Why then was he clobbered in the election?

One key fact tells much of the story: Fenty received more than 70 percent of the white vote in Washington. His opponent received more than 80 percent of the black vote.

Both men are black. But the head of the school system that he appointed is Asian and the chief of police is a white woman. More than that, most of the teachers who were fired were black. There were also bitter complaints that black contractors did not get as many of the contracts for doing business with the city as they expected.

In short, the mayor appointed the best people he could find, instead of running a racial patronage system, as a black mayor of a city with a black majority is apparently expected to. He also didn’t spend as much time schmoozing with the folks as was expected.

So what if he gave their children a better education and gave everybody a lower likelihood of being murdered?

The mayor’s faults were political faults. He did his job, produced results and thought that this should be enough to get him re-elected. He refused to do polls and focus groups, and he ignored what his political advisers were warning him about.

No doubt Fenty is now a sadder and wiser man politically. While that may help him if he wants to pursue a political career, Adrian Fenty’s career is not nearly as important as what his story tells us about the racial atmosphere in this country.

How did we reach the point where a city is so polarized that an overwhelming majority of the white vote goes to one candidate and the overwhelming majority of the black vote goes to the opposing candidate?

How did we reach the point where black voters put racial patronage and racial symbolism above the education of their children and the safety of everyone?

There are many reasons but the trend is ominous. One key factor was the creation, back in the 1960s, of a whole government-supported industry of race hustling.

President Lyndon Johnson’s “war on poverty” — a war that we have lost, by the way — bankrolled all kinds of local “leaders” and organizations with the taxpayers’ money, in the name of community “participation” in shaping the policies of government.

These “leaders” and community activists have had every reason to hype racial resentments and to make issues “us” against “them.”

One of the largely untold stories of our time has been the story of how ACORN, Jesse Jackson and other community activists have been able to transfer billions of dollars from banks to their own organizations’ causes, with the aid of the federal government, exemplified by the Community Reinvestment Act and its sequels.

Racial anger and racial resentments are the fuel that keeps this lucrative racket going. How surprised should anyone be that community activist groups have used mau-mau disruptions in banks and harassed both business and government officials in their homes?

Lyndon Johnson once said that it is not hard to do the right thing. What is hard is knowing what is right. We can give him credit for good intentions, so long as we remember what road is paved with good intentions.

Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is http://www.tsowell.com/ .
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Friday, September 10, 2010

A Manifestation of Strategy and Indifference

Obama's "Mongrel" Statement:
A Manifestation of Strategy and Indifference

Written by Frederick Alexander Meade

In the last few weeks much discussion regarding a unique matter involving race has surfaced within the African-American community. Such is the case, as President Barack Obama's appearance on the daytime talk show, The View, in which he classified African Americans as a "mongrel people" has provoked feelings of displeasure among some members of the group.

Obama's characterization of Americans of African descent as "mongrels", germinated in response to a question spawning from the show's executive producer and co-host Barbara Walters, in which the Head of State was asked to expound upon an issue regarding his ethnicity.

The President's use of the term "mongrel" in describing African Americans registers as a technically adequate expression, as it defines an individual in possession of genetic matter from more than one racial group. However, the word "mongrel" -- historically used by white supremacists opposed to miscegenation -- functions, more commonly, as an expression employed by canine handlers in categorizing a specific class of dog. Consequently, such peculiar phrasing on the part of the President has resonated among many within some African-American quarters as a great affront.

That Obama, then, in the next sentence suggested white Americans are too of a "mongrel" class -- thus broadening the application of the term -- functions not to diminish this reality.

It is not within the history of white Americans they have been classified among the beasts that inhabit the Earth as have black Americans since the arrival of the first enslaved African on these shores. The White American has largely enjoyed a station of abundant privilege, in the face of an African-American people, that have struggled unceasingly to have their complete humanity recognized.

The fact that President Obama is of partial African ancestry does not function to psychologically prohibit such an inherently offensive statement from projecting from his person, as the source of his part African identity - Barack Obama Sr. a native of Kenya - held no significant position in his life as a parental figure and or caretaker.

Obama was raised by grandparents of another race in lands physically and culturally far removed from Black America. As a result, the infusion of ethnic sensibilities, relative to an African-American population which descends from a people historically dehumanized by an unrelenting oppressor never initially developed within the psyche of our nation's 44th President.

Obama was not brought up by those who emerge from a people enslaved for centuries in which opposition to this abominable institution invited the unforgiving sting of the whip or terminal force of a noose.

Obama was not nurtured by those whose heritage encompassed the incessant lynching of its men for the slightest perceived offense leveled toward a white woman.

Obama was not reared by those whose lineage consist of a people existing in an era in which, for any of its members, to stand in the name of the slightest semblance of justice, induced the presence of hooded riders in the night -- a collection of profoundly racist American citizens committed to the practice of terrorizing and ultimately slaying any black individual who would be so bold as to challenge white authority.

Obama was not trained by those whose legacy recognizes a heritage in which its population was deemed so socially unacceptable; the larger society constructed a separate and grossly inferior society in which this people -- by law -- would be forced to function within -- an act of social control designed to keep white citizens from having to engage the black masses in any manner that would constitute a state of equality.

Obama was not instructed by those whose history bespeaks the inability of its members to assemble in mass, vote or seek redress within an impartial justice system -- an American court system, historically designed to uphold the tenets of white supremacy in leveraging its power against those persons of a darker complexion.

Obama was not directed by those whose descendants were denied basic human rights in which their ability to secure adequate housing, food supplies, medical attention or an education was often rendered nonexistent, as it lay in the hands of a thoroughly tyrannical ruling class - a governing body, largely supported by citizens acutely indoctrinated with a religious theology which proclaimed the existence of such an apartheid state, a manifestation of divine providence.

Lastly, Obama was not guided by those whose history bears the mark of having been perpetually excluded from the ranks of those for whom a society regards as fully human and thus by implication was - and is often still -- reduced to the grade of that of an animal in the minds of many of its members.

While Obama's early development -- in some manner -- was influenced by forces varying significantly from those of most black Americans; reason would suggest the leader's scholarship affords him the intellectual awareness to understand the subtle comparing of an African-American people to that of a canine represents an insult to the group.

Obama's keenly perceptive speech, given during the Democratic primaries, regarding the politics of race and its damaging effects on the welfare of the American public -- to include black citizens -- bears witness to this proposition.

In light of this reality, it may be suggested, that perhaps Obama's phrasing in response to Walter's potentially divisive question represents a tactic. A strategic approach, in which the "taboo" subject of miscegenation, is in jest, dismissed through the indirect framing of the issue within the context of canine intraspecies crossbreeding. A calculated maneuver designed to avoid inspiring vexation among segments of an American public, often proven, psychologically incapable of rationally engaging the matter.

Such an interpretation of the President's behavior is supported in the fact Obama has on more than one occasion, regarded himself as a "mutt" when addressing the issue of his racial identity. A conceivably humorous expression designed to "play down" this perennially contentious issue.

In employing such an approach on The View however, Obama for the first time included an entire black American people, many of whom were bound to find some level of irreverence in the subtle analogy. However, a population composed primarily of ardent supporters, subsequently more likely to excuse such an extraordinarily distasteful use of language.

While Obama in some measure surrendered the dignity of an African-America people in making his insensitive remark, such phrasing exacts a far less personal toll on the leader himself.

As a function of Obama's cultural upbringing and socialization within societies essentially void of an African-American presence and attending experience, those profoundly unique sensitivities this group possesses find virtually no residence within the psychological schema of this nation's President.

In addressing the issue of race, Obama has seemingly chosen to take the path of least resistance. The President has elected to engage in a veiled form of gamesmanship in attempt to contend with an American public still unable to emotionally grapple with this often explosively polarizing topic. Obama's political maneuvers have unfortunately now come at the expense of the African-American community.

A black people in jeopardy of losing their identity with every move.

Frederick Alexander Meade is a journalist providing social and political commentary. His works appear in news-magazines and publications internationally. The author may be contacted at: http://us.mc654.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=meade1900@yahoo.com




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Monday, August 16, 2010

A Third Party: Frederick Alexander Meade


A Third Party: The Choice for the African-American Masses
Written by Frederick Alexander Meade
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In the many months since the 2008 presidential election, an increasing number of those within the African-American community have begun to question whether the electing of the United States first African-American President, Barack Obama, has functioned to yield any significant results in regard to remedying the abject condition of many of the group's members.

Expressions of discontent have emerged from prominent members of the African-American family, as long time Civil Rights activist Dorothy Wright Tillman as well as Glen Ford, editor of Black Agenda Report; have openly charged that the Obama Administration has been neglectful in substantively addressing the dire economic state of Black America.

Similar echoes have also long surfaced from those within the Congressional Black Caucus. Both Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) and Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.), have publicly, criticized the White House for its perceived inattention to the egregious plight of many of the citizens existing in the largely African-American Districts these and other officials represent.

Not only has the Obama Administration been viewed by some as seemingly apathetic in regard to its commitment toward contending with the deplorable condition of much of the African-American populace, but so too has the party in which this figure emerged, received such scrutiny.

New York City, African-American activists, Attorney Alton Maddox Jr. and City Councilmember Charles Barron, have each asserted that for years the Democratic Party has delivered very little in return for the considerable loyalty Americans of African descent have rendered to the institution.

Additionally, Councilman Barron has suggested the Democratic Party not only takes black voters for granted, but that it subsequently represents only a marginally better political option by which this group may realize gain, in relation to the party of the Republicans.

Resultantly, both leaders - along with other local activists - have organized many within the state's numerous African-American communities in forming a third party.

The New York Democratic Freedom Party, as it has so been named, has been developed in attempt to create for African-American citizens, as well as other disenfranchised populations, a platform in which these groups' interests may enjoy centermost attention and the unconditional pursuit of their advancement.

Indeed, the suggestion the Democratic Party essentially renders little more dividends for black Americans than does the Party of the Right, may be supported in an examination of the recent history of the plight of this group, and related interests, within the context of Democratic rule.

It was under a Democratic national administration; approximately one million Rwandans were slaughtered while then-President Bill Clinton refused, for an extended period of time, to acknowledge the mass executions of the Tutsis by Hutu forces as an act of genocide. A procedure which served to thwart aid to these African people.

Clinton also while in office, personally crafted and signed into law a controversial legislative initiative titled the Omnibus Crime Bill. This federal mandate, which expanded the number of prosecutable offenses recognized by the national crime ledger, resulted in the addition of nearly half a million African Americans into the prison system. This dramatic spike occurring from the time Clinton assumed office to only a few years after his reign.

Furthermore, the former President's numerous assurances he would impose equitable immigration practices regarding thousands of Haitians fleeing dictatorial rule after the military overthrow of democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide - as was exercised for white Cubans during the Cuban Revolution - register as additional misdeeds committed against the Democratic Party Faithful.

Such a reality prevails, as Clinton would break this campaign promise, and subsequently redirect the vast majority of these members of the African diaspora back to Haiti, as they attempted to reach North American shores on makeshift rafts.

These doings, and others, such as Clinton's abandoning of noted African-American legal scholar Lani Guinier, - his failed appointee to U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights unfairly and ferociously attacked by then-White House adversaries - denote an established pattern of political betrayal in regard to his loyal base. An enormously supportive African-American constituency, which largely dubbed the official, "The first black President."

Not only does the public record reflect a considerable history of Democratic political disregard for the African-American community and its interests, as manifested through the actions of former President Bill Clinton, but so too may the annals of time ultimately brand a similar stamp on the legacy of the current administration.

The White House's refusal to send a delegation to the United Nations Conference on Racism, in Geneva, Switzerland stands as just one of a number of transgressions, endured by Americans of African ancestry, emanating from the present Oval office.

President Obama's empty promise to fight for legislation that would have permitted scores of people facing foreclosure - many of whom were African Americans preyed upon by predatory lending institutions - an opportunity to have their mortgage interest rates adjusted in effort to avoid such procedures, serves as a further extension of this phenomenon.

Also, Obama's capping of monies well below what is owed black farmers, as a result of an extended tradition of discrimination imposed upon them by the U.S. Department of Agriculture along with his refusal to directly advocate for the payment of the now pittance they may potentially be awarded, represent even still more instances of party insolence toward its most devoted followers.

Lastly, the White House's widely perceived apprehension toward squarely addressing the desperate state of many of this nation's black citizens may perhaps represent the greatest of Democratic slights experienced by the group.

These undertakings - or lack thereof - on the part of the leadership of the Democratic Party, have essentially been as damaging to the African-American community, as have the long standing Republican efforts to dismantle affirmative action programs as well as those designed to provide aid to the working and profoundly poor; many among these classes consisting of people of African lineage.

Such affronts, leveled by the left, are made even more offensive considering blacks overwhelmingly support Democratic national candidates; as demonstrated by the 96% voter support this group delivered current President Obama during the general election.

In the face of a two party political system, in which neither entity holds any significant measure of deference for a socially ailing African-American body, the construction of a party in which the group may call its own, may serve as the only reasonable approach, by which this population may be afforded any degree of leverage.

The function of a third party, in its greatest capacity, would serve to conceivably eclipse the position of the Democratic Party in its perceived station, as institution of choice, for the socially dispossessed and of those seemingly concerned with the welfare of the masses.

A less speculative and perhaps more pragmatic conception of such a party, would maintain it function - in the short term - to erode a segment of the black Democratic voting base. An evolvement the Democrats can ill afford to experience, as the black vote often serves as the critical force this band relies upon, in securing electoral triumphs over political rivals in highly contested races.

A viable third party would not have to siphon twenty to thirty percent of the black Democratic voting base. Rather a ten to fifteen percent decline in this group's support of the party would function to compromise its political strength in numerous municipalities as well as on the national level.

In politically disarming the Democratic Party, in regard to its African-American voting arsenal, a direct message would then be sent to this institution. The message delivered to this purported liberal body would boldly declare; black Americans have evolved into an electoral entity determined to observe its agenda honored and subsequently pursued by any political institution claiming to represent the interests of the group.

Such a pronouncement would conceivably force the Democratic Party to then reexamine its relationship with the African-American community and its role as political agent in delivering measurable results for the group, thus - for the first time in many years - having to take this population seriously.

In pursuing this course of action, enough members of the African-American public must overcome the fear of perceived social loss the group may sustain in the short run, as the Republican Party would manifestly assume power within some domains presently controlled by its prime opposition.

In overcoming this fear, the African-American public must remain assured, its collective plight essentially experiences little nuance irrespective of the party that assumes office, as the masses have invariably suffered under the rule of all governing bodies.

Furthermore, black Americans must understand this dynamic may only change, when actions are taken on behalf of the group that would ensure its political legitimacy to the extent those institutions vying for power comprehend it will no longer be ignored.

The African-American community has and continues to endure a tumultuous existence, in which its societal aspirations perpetually occupy a state of paradoxical hope, as evidenced by its faith in a political party that has yet to deliver it from its beleaguered condition. If such a phenomenon is to subside, Americans of African descent must evolve into a political institution in which its destiny is crafted by its own architects, who are empowered by its members to channel the currents of political power in the direction of the collective. If such a phenomenon fails to emerge, this group will forever serve as the underappreciated force behind a donkey, cultivating a crop, in which the spoils of its harvest provide measures of sustenance for essentially all others, but itself.

The African-American masses must determine if such a future is permissible, and if deemed unacceptable, move to deny this reality.

In the words of Marcus Garvey, "Up you mighty race!" for the harvest belongs to you.

Frederick Alexander Meade is a journalist providing social and political commentary. His works appear in news-magazines and publications internationally. The author may be contacted at: meade1900@yahoo.com




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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Horrors of Slavery Exposed

The Horrors of Slavery Exposed - Dianne Rosena Jones
BellaOnline's African American Lit Editor

During the 18th and 19th centuries more than six thousand former slaves from the United States and the Caribbean gave their personal account about the horrors of Slavery. These writings became collectively known as “Slave Narratives.” During this timeframe 150 narratives were published as books or pamphlets. In the 18th century narratives written by African American slaves were actually published in England. Most were autobiographical and inspired others to support the abolitionist struggle.

There was controversy surrounding the earliest slave narrative written by Olaudah Equiano. Scholars debated whether portions of “The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano” penned in 1789 depicting the horrors of the “Middle Passage” were fabricated. This discrepancy arose due to the emergence of baptismal papers which linked the author with South Carolina, and the lack of documentation to verify that the author was born in Africa.

Mentioning Frederick Douglass invokes lessons about the abolitionist movement. One of the best known accounts of American Slavery is his autobiography “Life and Times of Frederick Douglass” (1845). However, very few people have ever heard of Harriet Ann Jacobs. Jacobs, who wrote under the pen name “Linda Brent” escaped from Slavery, became an abolitionist speaker. Her only work published in 1861 “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl” was one of the first to account the struggles of a free slave and the abuse and sexual harassment encountered.

Booker T. Washington’s autobiography “Up from Slavery” (1901) was a best-seller, although others like W.E.B Du Bois criticized some of his views. Dr. Washington was the author of 14 books. Du Bois initially supported Washington’s 1895 Atlanta Exhibition, but years later they fell out over the direction required to correct the problems of the African American community, and many of Du Bois’ followers began to refer to Washington speech during the Exhibition as the Atlanta Compromise.

For as long as there has been a Struggle, there has been docile and aggressive representation on both sides of the issue. During the years following Slavery it was Washington and Du Bois, during the Civil Rights movement we’ll find Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X on different sides of the same coin.

W.E.B Du Bois was one of the co-founders and head of the NAACP in 1910. Du Bois wrote and published more than 4,000 articles, essays, and books over the course of his 95-year life. One of his most notable works was “The Souls of Black Folk written in 1903. Because W.E. B Du Bois lived from 1868 until 1963, he may be the only prominent writer whose influence impacted both former slaves like: Booker T. Washington and great writers of the Harlem Renaissance like Langston Hughes.

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois’ death was felt by those present at the “March on Washington” on August 28th, 1963. Du Bois died in Ghana one day prior to Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech. Roy Wilkins announced his death to the multitude. The narratives of slaves were fast becoming relics of a horrific past, but at least one man lived to see the literary struggle transition, in many ways, with the emergence of new genres, great writers, and the continued struggle.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art68121.asp

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Blacks in the Bible - God's Enemies

God’s Enemies by:
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In my previous writing I have proven to you who God’s chosen people are. In this essay I will prove to you who God’s enemies are. So far, in the history of people, we have only talked about the descendants of Shem and Ham. These are the two primary bloodlines that God’s chosen are derived from as evidenced by two factors:

1) God’s promise to Abraham was concerning his seed (meaning his people), his seed (meaning an individual), his seed (meaning his bloodline).

2) The children of Ham and Shem intermarried before, during and after Abraham received his promise of being a father of a great multitude. As stated the promise was concerning Abraham’s seed/descendants (Genesis 12:2,7; 15:5,13,14,18; 17:8,15,16).

Reflecting back, we hear close to nothing about the interaction of Japheth’s children with the rest of the family throughout the Old Testament. So in our search to find the enemies of God, logic will tell us to start with the descendants of Japheth. As I stated in the essay titled “In the Beginning” all three of these men were Black or dark skinned-men.

It also makes sense that Japheth’s seed is mixed in with Ham and Shem as well. We have later evidence of this through the variations of skin tones within the Shemite and Hamite races. This is how the prophecy can be fulfilled that through Abraham

“All the families of the earth shall be blessed”. (Genesis 12:3)

In Genesis 1:2-5 it says that the sons of Japheth are Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras. Then it goes on to tell us who Gomer’s sons are; Ashkenaz, Riphath and Togarmah. And Javan’s sons: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim and Dodanim. Verse 5 lets us know where they all dwelled, it says,

“By these (15 people) were the isles of the Gentiles divided (populated) in their lands…”

Next, let’s figure out three things:
1. How did these Black relatives become known as Gentiles?
When Japheth and his children left the Fertile Crescent region (Mesopotamia) they migrated northward into a region where the environment was very harsh. There were long rainy seasons, overcast skies and little vegetation. Due to a lack of sunlight skin tones lightened for generations until the people came to be what appeared to be “white”. Also due to the harsh climate the people’s nature changed causing them to be more aggressive and daring than usual. Hunting for food and shelter trumped the time that was usually given to spending time with and nurturing relationships with family, friends and God. Forgetting God caused them to be known as Gentiles/Goyim. The family of Japheth became estranged from the rest of the family due to an extremely long absence.

2. What did the ancients mean by “isles”?
They meant the people who lived along the coastslands of the Mediterranean Sea, Caspian Sea, and the Black Sea.

3. What is a Gentile?
The Gentiles or Goyim as they are referred to in the Hebrew language are the people who are referred to as the Heathens (Jer. 10:2, Haggai 2:22), nations (Oba. 1:2; Micah 5:15). They are also known as bruits (Jer. 10:22), the North (Jer. 50:41), Scythians (Col. 3:11) and they reside in the “seat of the image of jealousy (Eze. 8:3,5; Is. 14:12-14)”. They were also considered strangers (Deut. 28:43,44).

According to the Merriam Webster dictionary a heathen is an uncivilized person and/or a person who does not worship God of the Holy Bible, a pagan.

If we can go back to the meaning of the word “isle”, we see that the “isle” referred to the “coastslands”(KJV). Now the coasts were the lands that the Mediterranean Sea touched, their coasts. Those coastal lands included the north shores of Africa, the coast of Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, the island of Cyprus, Syria, Israel, Lebanon and Damascus etc.

It is believed that before the colonization of Africa the European man feared going into the interior of Africa known in biblical times as Cush, the Land of Ham and in recent times known as “The Sudan”. To the Gentiles/European it was known as the “Dark Continent” but that did not keep them from settling along the African coastal areas.

Now since the books of the Bible were originally written from the perspective of Black, Cushite, Hebrews (Jews), the foreigners (Japheth’s descendants), who dwelled on the coast had no idea of the culture or customs of the true Jews and were thus called Gentiles by the Hebrews.

Logic and history tells us that so-called “white” people were the dominant race in lands such as Italy, Spain, Greece, France, Russia and Turkey.

In the Smith’s Bible Dictionary, it states that in the New Testament the word Gentile is used in equivalency to the word Greek. Therefore, when you see the word Greek/Grecian in the bible it also means Gentile and as we have already learned Gentile is interchangeable with the word heathen.

So for a quick review Greek, gentile and heathen all mean the same.

Another point of interest to note is that a person who calls him or herself a Christian is a Gentile. The name Christian was used as a derogatory word and curses for the followers of Christ. It was first used at Antioch on the Orontes about 43 AD. Jesus never instructed his disciples to call themselves Christians, as he was a proud Jewish person. Read Isaiah 65:15; Acts 11:26. Jesus knew from whence he came and he knew his people. In the book of Jeremiah, we are instructed not to learn the ways of the Heathen.

In John 8:31-33, 37,39,43,44 Jesus is speaking to a crowd, possibly some are converts, and it reads as such:

“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed; and you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”

Well the people responded by saying,

“We are of Abraham’s seed and have not been in bondage to any man.”
Right here we know as well as Jesus knew then that they were not the “real Jews”. The “ruling kings” of Egypt had enslaved the real Jews some several hundred years earlier (Ex. 1: 8-14). Jesus goes on to tell them that:

“I know you are of Abraham’s seed.”

Now why would he say that if he knew they were lying? Remember I said earlier that in some small cases the children of Japheth intermarried with the children of Shem and Ham also? Here Jesus is giving credit to that, by marital relationship, that they too are the seed of Abraham. However, due to their unbelief and limited knowledge of the kinship of the real Jews they actually still belonged to their (spiritual) father the devil. You see these people whom Jesus was talking to didn’t even understand his manner of speaking (John 8:43) or the context in which he was speaking in, a real member of the family, a real Jew would know these things. Don’t you know your people? Don’t you know your family?

In Revelation 2:9 Jesus maintains this to the fake Jews
“I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.”

Here’s how you too can know the truth of who the real Israelites are:

1. Read all of the prophecies that Moses and the other prophets said would happen to Abraham’s children if they didn’t stop following after other gods and continued in their contrary ways.

2. Read the list of descendants very carefully to find the names of which all the progenitors are of nations, countries and lands.

3. You can check to see what the ethnic and racial breakdown in the current day land of Israel is and cross-reference it with the list of descendants.

The Bible goes on to say to the Gentile:
“But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of the darkness into his marvelous light [Jer. 1:15]: Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy but now have obtained mercy.”(I Peter 2:9,10)

The Gentiles/Heathen was given a task to do from God. They were to bring the chosen people of God into submission so that they would honor and respect him the way that they should. The affliction that was heaped upon God’s chosen is a result of disobedience. The Gentiles were given the power to strengthen themselves to subdue the Earth and bring it and everyone in it under their subjection; but they went too far and let Satan mess with their minds.

“And you shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name…” (Is. 65:15)

It is a well-known fact that African Americans do not go by their ancestor’s names; rather we continue to go by our oppressor’s names, i.e. Ayers, Smith, Drake, Hart, Jones etc. or names that were made up after they were freed (Freeman, Johnson, Cook etc.).

Also, Africa is not the original name of the continent that we all emerged from. It was changed to reflect the European conquest. Renaming things is a standard practice of those who conquer. The word Christian is not an original name. We do not know the original names of God’s people or his religion. When one does not know their origin the correct information needed for the journey towards ones destination is hindered.

Despite our shortcomings in the past God is still offering us redemption. His love for us is so great that he refuses to let us, his people, be deceived by the devil. Therefore, in the bible he reveals to us our great deceiver and enemies.

“And I am exceedingly angry with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased but they helped forward the affliction with their evil intentions.” Zech. 1:15

“For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in”. Romans 11:25

“As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father’s sake.” Romans 11:28

In the beginning, man was one race. There was no color. Due to environmental circumstances, some of God’s children went through a metamorphosis and over a period of thousands of years became what we have come to know as “white”. Satan however used this change and isolation as an opportunity to work his evil plan (Is. 14:12-14) out on the children of God. Nevertheless, as always, God is the victor. He has taken what Satan has used for evil and turned it around to be for good, the way it started out in the beginning.

God is telling us, his people, that we cannot see what is going on until he finishes with the Gentiles. I believe that day has come. This is why we are starting to see the evil and atrocious things that the Gentile nation has been doing. The Gentiles were given a specific task and a time to do it in. They were to deal out God’s punishment on the Hebrew/Israelites for not following God’s word (Psalm 106:34-40; Hos. 4:7). Their reward was to reap the benefits of the kingdom (Matt. 21:43). They were to scatter us throughout the world and break our pridefull spirits down in hopes that we would turn back to God. Well for the most part they did that and more. They took the punishment farther than what it was to be (Zech. 1:15). We as a people have fallen so low that God himself is now working to restore us unto himself.

The devil has gotten such a strong hold here on the earth (Is. 14:13) that we, man, cannot fight him effectively by ourselves (Eph. 6:12). Only God can get to the evil that has rotted out this world. The Gentile nations have taken control of this world and are still treating God’s people unfairly but he says in his word that he will destroy the Heathen (Hag. 2:22). The majority of Japheth’s children, after knowing the truth has refused to restore God’s chosen to their original state of welfare and being. They have chosen to side with Lucifer thus becoming an enemy of God. For this they will share in Lucifer’s demise.

Just like the Hebrews are a special group of people out of God’s people so too are the enemies of God. Not all of Japheth’s children are evil. In other words, not all white people are the enemies of God. We have all been mixed in together as we once were in the beginning but now skin tones are different. There are black and white people who are on the wrong side of God’s wrath.

In Revelation 16:16 it is revealed that Jesus will gather them (God’s Enemies) together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon which is Mount Megiddo in present day Palestine.

In Revelation 20:8 it is revealed who will actually be gathered to do battle against God. It will be Gog and Magog. In Ezekiel 38:2 it states that the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal are included as well. The chief prince is called the Prince of Rosh. In the Smith’s Bible Dictionary Rosh is a proper name referring to the first of the three great Scythian tribes of which Magog was the head. Also in Ezekiel 38:2 Persia and/or Russia, the African country of Libya and other Ethiopian (Cushite) people will be with Gog. This gives credence to Eze. 38:21…

“…Every man’s sword shall be against his brother.”
During the events of 9/11 we found that there were “Black” people associated with the terrorist. In a recent Parade Magazine report we find that every race is listed pertaining to the worst dictators in the world. We also find that there are many other “black” people who are committing genocide against their own people in Africa and America. The sad part is that the devil has all of God’s children killing one another over religion, wealth, and power, none of which is given without the expressed permission or revelation of God. These things are not in man to give or take away.

The reason why God says that we wrestle not against flesh and blood is because:
1.We are one family coming from one common human being. Your not suppose to kill your family members.

2.The evil one in charge has “used” his earthly chosen to be destructive even toward themselves; he knows that if he gets his earthly chosen, whom are actually God’s children, to die while serving him then he has won their soul. Suicide is not acceptable by God. You cannot kill yourself or the people you come from that’s suicide! That is why God says, “Thou shalt not kill!”

3. It is those institutions and governments that we as single individuals, oppressed groups, and unprivileged people cannot access. They are in high places. Another high place that you cannot get to is an ideology, principle or systematic thinking. Once someone buys into these it is very hard to convince them that something else is better. This is why the bible says that in the last days Satan will fool/deceive many people of the earth even the elect of God.

4. Not all so-called “white” people are evil neither is all “black” people good. We all have the capacity to be swayed by Satan. The Bible shows us that. You must keep your mind on the Kingdom of God and how he operates. You must walk in that righteousness.

The easy part is pointing out the European people who will be God’s enemy. In the Japhethic line we see:
Gog, Magog, Meshech, Tubal, Gomer and Togarmah.
A key word in describing these people is the Scythians. These Scythians are referred to as the lowest level of humanity in the Smith’s Bible Dictionary. They are the barbarians of the biblical world.
The Scythians were nomadic (wanderer) peoples. They spoke an Iranian form of language. Between 800 and 600 BC they moved from Asia to S. Russia. The name Scythian often included all the nomadic tribes who dwelt mostly on the North of the Black and Caspian Sea.
Another name for Scythian is Ashkenaz.

Ashkenaz is one of three sons of Gomer who is the son of Japheth. The Smith’s Bible Dictionary list them as dwelling on the northern shore of Asia Minor and Europe as the Scandinavians better known to us as Vikings. They are also identified as the German race.

Ladies and Gentleman we are talking about all of Europe and Russia. Look at your atlas and see where the northern shores of Asia Minor (Eurasia) and the Black and Caspian Seas are located. What races of people populate this region? Look at your history books. What types of people have been barbaric in their treatment of other human beings of the Earth? Look at your prophecies. Who does God say is his and our enemies?

These particular people were once the underbelly of humanity. But because the Black/Jewish people were pulling away from God, God ordained these people to grow and become mighty. They will rule the Earth but only for a short time:

“For the Lord (God) will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north…and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem…And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail for I am with thee.” (Jer. 1:15 & 19)

Question: Where is the “entering of the gates of Jerusalem?

Jerusalem is located inside of Palestine but remains under the control of the Israeli government of today.

Palestine is where Meggido is located, the place of Armageddon.

Since we know now that God’s enemies are coming from the inhabitants of Europe and Russia lets see if we can connect them back to Japheth’s children.
Gomer: Son of Japheth. Represents the Cimmerians an Indo-European people from S. Russia who settled in Cappadocia in Asia Minor: father of Ashkenaz or Scythians.

Magog: the second son of Japheth a country or people of which Gog was prince. The notices of Magog would lead us to fix our sights on a northern locality because in Ezekiel it says that he was to come up from the “sides of the north”, the same place where Lucifer proclaimed to set up his kingdom on earth (Is. 14:13). It is also a country adjacent to Togarmah or Armenia and not far from the “isles” or maritime regions of Europe. We may also conclude that Magog represents the important race of the Scythians.

Madai: The third son of Japheth. Progenitor of the Medes but probably all that is intended is that the Medes, as well as the Gomerites, Greeks, Tabareni, Moschi, etc., descendant from Japheth.
Javan: The fourth son of Japheth. Regarded as the representative of the Greek race.
Tubal: The fifth son of Japheth. Josephus identified the descendants of Tubal with the Iberians. Then land is situated between the Caspian and Euxine seas, which nearly corresponds to modern Georgia (Russia).
Meshech: The sixth son of Japheth: progenitor of the Moschi a people on the borders of Colchis and Armenia. They are regarded as the remotest and rudest nations of the world.
Tiras: The seventh and youngest son of Japheth. Closely related to the Thracians of the SE Balkan Peninsula divided between Greece and Turkey; also of the Etruscans of Italy.

The grandchildren of Japheth:
Gomer’s sons:

Ashkanaz: The Scandinavians and the peoples on the N. Shores of Asia Minor, the German Race.

Riphath: The peoples of the Carpathian mountain region in NE Darcia and/or SE. Present day Romania, inhabited by Thracian peoples.

Togarmah: Probably the ancient name of Armenia.
Elishah: Connected with the race of the Eolians, the island of Cyprus thus the Greeks.
Tarshish: Aegean people, The Portuguese, Spaniards & Russians
Kittim: People from the island of Cyprus; and the people who succeeded the Phoenicians.
Dodanim: Representative of the Greeks
Other names to note connected to God’s enemies:

The Medes: From Media a region SW of the Caspian Sea in the Zargos Mountains. They are north of Elam and west of Assyria. These are also Aryan people from the north and west of the Caspian Sea. These people spoke an Iranian language.

The Phoenicians: The same race as the Canaanites, descendants of Ham. They are also identified as a “black” people kin to the tribe of Benjamin of Israel. These are the Ethiopians and Libyans of Ezekiel 38:5 who will be caught up in the deception of the nations by Satan spoken of in Revelation 20:7-8; Also being caught up in this great deception will be the Edomites. The Edomites are compared with the Troglodytes or cave dwellers.

Satan has divided the religion of God and has set up a false kingdom in the Land of Israel today. For starters the people of the Land of Israel today are not the true descendants of the Jews of the Bible. We have been tricked into thinking that they are because of Satan’s tricks. The ethnic enclave of current day Israel is mainly made up of those cousins of ours from the North or “Isle of the Gentiles” too far removed from the family to be considered apart of the “chosen of God”. They are called Ashkenazi Jews. There are other ethnic Jews in the land but the Ashkenazi is in greater number. They make up 95% of the total population. The Ashkenazi is descendant from Ashkenaz one of the three sons of Gomer who is the son of Japheth (Gen. 10: 3). Their name is associated with Scandinavia (Norsemen or Vikings) and Germany. In Biblical times, they were also called Scythians. These people were regarded as standing very low in points of intelligence and civilization but were extremely skilled horsemen (Read Smith’s Bible Dictionary and Holman’s Concise Bible Dictionary). It is from these people that the notorious Aryan/Nazi nation arose.

You may be thinking, “Didn’t the Aryan/Nazi try to exterminate the Jews that are now in Israel?” Yes they did. “But aren’t they the same people/race?” Yes they are. “Then why did they do that that to themselves?” It is a trick of Satan to incite confusion; in this case, he did it with a civil war among his chosen so that the focus is taken off the demise and destruction of the real Hebrew nation. He also incited civil war in the United States causing many to be uprooted as well as lose their lives. Civil War caused many to hate the Black African slave as many saw slavery as the cause of the war.

(Satan has now instituted civil war among God’s chosen people. Africans and African Americans are killing each other by the hundreds of thousands every day. Since Satan has the world looking at us as animals, there is none that can help us but God.)

Remember the true Jews are of the seed of Abraham. Abraham is a descendant from Shem not Japheth. Remember Lucifer is cunning and subtle. Let me show you a subtlety that he has used:

And he (God) said unto Abram, “Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge…” (Gen. 15: 13,14)

Okay, we have been led to believe that the fulfilling of this promise was during the time that the Israelites where in bondage in Egypt. Well, it was not! The Israelites were not strangers in the land of Egypt. Abraham had been to Egypt with his wife Sarai (Gen. 12:11-14). Joseph, one of the twelve sons of Jacob the father of the Israelites, was made second in command of Egypt by the Pharaoh (Gen. 41:37-46). Some years later Joseph’s brothers came to Egypt, twice, to get corn (Gen 42:1-5) and Joseph recognized them but they did not recognize him (verse 8). After a while the family reconciled and Joseph had his family moved to Egypt (Gen. 46:2-27; Ex. 1:5). There they lived and did quite well for themselves (Gen. 47: 27). Now the story is tricked out even more here because the bible says that, “There arose over Egypt a king who knew not Joseph (Ex. 1:8)”. The Egyptians were very good record keepers. There is no way this King or his people could not have known Joseph. Joseph was the second in command over all of Egypt for many years (Gen. 41:37-40). Furthermore there is no way the Egyptians could not have known the children of Israel were related to them through Manessah and Ephraim for they were the only two sons of Joseph by an Egyptian woman (Gen. 41:45, 50-52). The only way a new King could not have known Joseph was unless it was a foreign king. If you ever get the chance study up on a group of people called the Hyksos. They are referred to sometimes a “shepherd kings”. It is also important to note that during Egypt’s history many other nations came up against the Egyptians and from time to time defeated the Egyptians. The Egyptians were by far one of the most resilient people of our history because for a long time they always found a way to regain their kingdom. Within the thirty or more dynasties of Egypt that were recorded, the land of Egypt was ruled by several nations including Gentile nations.

The prophecies of the so-called minor prophets is clear as to what would befall the true Hebrew/Israelite nation and the rest of the darker peoples of the region (see the coming pages). When you read these prophecies, it will become very clear to you that the people of the land of Israel today did not experience those prophecies. For instance what group of people is in a land today that was imported to that land for slavery by ships? The current African American people are descendant of such a people. Today we are fulfilling that promise to Abraham. The satanic devises employed against us are by design. We are the ones caught up in snares and hidden in prison houses and unable to get reparations (Is. 42:22).

Lucifer and the people of the North have caused God’s chosen to err in many ways. Lucifer has us eating the wrong kinds of foods, intermarrying with his chosen (not a color thing but a religion thing. Please keep reading.), serving their gods (Deut. 28: 64; Ps.106: 35-40) and a host of other evil deeds that today is popular and widespread. We take these things as God’s way or as if he would not mind us doing these things. My dear people God is very clear that his law will not pass away. Many of us believe that since Jesus has come that we are no longer under the law. Jesus has said that he did not come to destroy the law but to see it fulfilled (Matt. 5:17). However, the contender of Man and God had almost succeeded in totally brainwashing the true seed of Abraham through religion, affliction, racism, oppression, discrimination, omission and illiteracy.

God has sent many prophets to “raise up” the seed of Abraham but the adversary of God and Man is subtle, cunning, conniving, beautiful and perfect in wisdom, going about causing confusion and deception taking ones mind off the true seed of Abraham. Lucifer saw a great opportunity to turn man from God and used the degenerative skin color of our cousins from the North (Europe/Asia) to carry out his evil plan. He got them to see a difference in their cousins from the South (Africa/Ethiopia/Mesopotamia) and used the difference to incite and wage war among them. Lucifer used flesh to justify behavior, favoritism from God, slavery and colonization among the people of the world. He has used the color of the flesh to trick God’s very elect into giving up their birthright. He has used skin color to get the chosen of God to worship a false image of the Messiah in three different major religions.

Whether you want to believe it or not the true chosen seed of Abraham is of a much darker hue than what we are used to seeing in the present day land of Israel. It is not that far fetched that Black people are the true Hebrew Israelites of the Bible. Some notable historians such as Flavius Josephus, Tacitus and Plutarch thought that the original Jews were Black and contained Egyptian and Ethiopian stock (Freeman and Griffin, 2003). In Africa today there is a group of Black people called the Falasha. These are believed to be the last recognizable remnant of the original Hebrew Israelites.

I mentioned earlier that the dominant group of Jews in the world today is called Ashkenazi Jews. Another group of Jews is 5% of all the Jews that live in the world. They are called Sephardic Jews. Sephardic Jews are the descendants of the Jews who were expelled from Spain and Portugal after 1492. The name comes from the Hebrew word Sepharad which is a region in Assyria. It is believed that Jews lived in Spain since the time of King Solomon. While in Spain the Jews suffered hardship and persecution at the hands of Christians. In the year 711 C.E. their situation improved when the Moors (a common European name for Blacks) came into power. Together the Jews and Muslims (the Moors’ religious name) built a great civilization that lasted from the 8th century to the 11th century. In the year 1055 to 1147, another African people called the Almohads who were Berbers came into power and deposed the Muslim Moors. The Jews were able to continue living and working in a variety of professions during the Berber reign. For a while Jews, Christians and Muslims lived together in Spain all jockeying for power. In the middle to late 13th century, the Christians won that battle. Anti-Jewish riots broke out throughout Spain. In the 15th century, a Christian Priest convinced King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella that the Jewish community was dangerous to their efforts in Spain to convert new Christians and were expendable (regarded as worthless). In 1492, the King and Queen commanded that all Jews who did not convert to Christianity had to leave Spain within four months. Today that exodus is commemorated every year during Tisha B’Av. Many of the exiled Jews fled to Portugal (a country west of Spain) but in 1497 their king wanted to marry the daughter of Spain’s monarch and was granted permission if he also expelled the Jews from Portugal. If you look at a world map, look how close the lands of Spain and Portugal are to the Continent of Africa. Where do you think these Sephardic Jews went? Do you think they went back through Spain into Northern and Eastern Europe? Who did the Sephardic Jews enjoy the most success with during their stay in Spain? Why did the Black Muslim Moors enjoy so much success in Spain with these Jews? I also want you to note that fifty-eight years later in 1555 a “Spanish” ship called “Jesus” (pronounced: hey-soos) sailed to a British Colony in America with a group of Black slaves from the “western coast of Africa”.

What do you know about world history, Black History, and Biblical history. The comparison is quite compelling that the people in the United States, South America and the Caribbean closely resemble the people of Eden, Ethiopia, Mesopotamia and the Abrahamic promise.

All one has to do is read and study the word of God (II Tim. 2:15). It is past time that the darker-skinned people of the Earth woke up to the truth to whom we really are. Time is over for false teaching and ruinous beliefs among the children of God.

And there you have it, God’s enemies. Once again outlined and revealed for our knowledge to raise up and out of the evil snares of ignorance that the devil has used to trap us with for so long. I believe this is the “truth” spoken of in John 4:23 (compare with Revelation 4:2&3). I also believe that these people (the enemies) and their worldview of Jesus and God are the false images that we are warned of in Revelation 13:13-15: 14:11.

Check it out; man was created in the “image” of God and of his “likeness”. Man is told that he is to worship God and not false “images” of God. We are told in Psalm 82:6 that we are “gods” too and are children of the most high. God has given us his word (Bible) on who he is and what he looks like as well as what his son looks like. Certain people of the world have given us their “image” of what God and Jesus looks like.

To know God’s enemies just look at who is running the world right now and their religious “images” of God. The bible says God’s enemies will be given power to change times. Do we follow the same time as God did when he was creating the Earth? Do we use the same calendar of the Israelites? Who’s in charge of Daylight Savings Time? What is leap year all about?

Whether you are Black, White, Arab, or whatever you make yourself an enemy of God when you align yourself up with evil ways. Even when God ordains you to do something you are still at jeopardy of becoming an enemy when you overstep your boundaries. That’s what happened to Lucifer. That’s what is happening to a lot of so-called White and Black people. Some of us are following the wrong message.

Now that you know this truth will you RAISE Up?

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