tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495217839069635401.post2392506709713045401..comments2024-03-21T06:45:10.616-07:00Comments on MUHAMMAD ALI BEN MARCUS: CHERYL D. UZAMERE PRESIDENT A.D.E. ON JEWISH RACISMBAFShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10746972009579125295noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-495217839069635401.post-17175158346971002532012-05-13T20:19:59.952-07:002012-05-13T20:19:59.952-07:00FROM A.D.E. MISSION
Proverbs 22:1 makes a very im...FROM A.D.E. MISSION<br /><br />Proverbs 22:1 makes a very important statement when it says: "A name is to be chosen rather than abundant riches..." Ecclesiastes 7:1 reiterates this thought when it states: "A name is better than good oil..." It can reasonably be said that a good name is the most important birthright that one possesses. This birthright, once lost, whether by exposure of one's own misdeeds or worse, through the unprovoked theft of same can have such a deleterious effect that it can shorten a person's very life.<br /><br /> The most important thing a human can own is a good reputation. A good reputation places its owner in social positions that benefit both the owner and those closely associated with the owner. A bad reputation, however, especially one created by an entity in a position of power can have deleterious effects on the owner of the bad reputation and his close associates for years -- even centuries.<br /><br /> There exists a slanderous myth regarding a curse placed on individuals with dark skin. Since the introduction of this slanderous myth to Western Europe and the Americas, dark-skinned Africans have undergone some radical, and some not so radical changes to meld into a society that continues to defame them, and then to profit financially based on the same defamation.<br /><br /><br /> What have Africans and their done progeny to mitigate the damage that this slanderous myth has caused? Many have become college-educated. Those who have become affluent have moved out of African diasporal neighborhoods into the few white neighborhoods that are tolerant enough to have them. Some have married outside their skin color and produced lighter-skinned children who will not experience the sting of racism to the extent that their darker-skinned counterparts will. Some Africans routinely dye their hair in colors nature intended only for Europeans to wear. Africans have conked, straightened, permed and weaved their hair to eliminate African hair's beautiful, natural curliness. Africans have attempted to bleach their skins with dangerous chemicals to escape the shame associated with the secret promulgation of this slanderous myth.<br /><br /><br /> Africans have sided with uncaring power brokers and other pretentious individuals during Civil Rights struggles who, once ended, abandoned the Africans for whom they once pretended to care. Africans and their descendants have worked for virtually nothing to prove their worth and their loyalty. Africans have endured water canons, lynchings and other atrocities in the hope that "someday things will be better."<br /><br /> Well, that "someday" is today. For the first time, Africans have the "smoking gun" -- clear proof of the origins of this slanderous religious myth regarding the curse of dark skin that gave birth to the concept of white supremacy and still exists -- even in places like Israel. Unless this slanderous myth is publicly exposed and ultimately dispelled, it would be foolish -- no, it would be downright dangerous for Africans to count as allies members of this ethnic group who refuse to publicly expose this myth.<br /><br /> This stance is not one that advocates racism. It advocates our constitutional right to protect ourselves from those determined to financially benefit themselves by continuing to defame us.<br /><br /> We must not allow ourselves to shrink into a defeatus position. The reparation and restoration of our long-stolen good names depends on implementation of the above.BAFShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10746972009579125295noreply@blogger.com