"Black" was never truly meant to refer to the color of the skin in being 100% sub-saharan African. It was a concept that has developed over time referring to a people that mostly have been stripped of their culture and mis-educated away from THEIR original path of evolution. That stripping away began not just with the Africans that were brought to the West in 1555 (John Hawkins on his slave ship "Jesus"), but with the invasion of Ancient African lands by Indo-Europeans thousands of years ago. During which time, monuments were destroyed or defaced, libraries were ransacked and attempts were made at re-writing Our history as an uncivilized and savage people that have contributed nothing to civilization until modern times.
The term "Black" is more associated with a body of thought and activity that brings us from that torn down state to an uplifted, self-sustaining community based in a thorough knowledge of self (physically, mentally and spiritually). When I say that I am Black, I am acknowledging that I recognize that I am not what I used to be and that I am now consciously engaging the process of returning to who I REALLY am by nature, not by my current conditioning of who I've been made to THINK that I am.
I've been mis-educated to think I am the same as eveyone else, that I process information like everyone else. That my culture is an American culture and anything outside of that really doesn't matter. I've been mis-educated to think that whatever concept we had of God before enslavement is not important, though our OWN connection to God affected us PHYSICALLY as well as spiritually. I've been mis-educated to think that the only history applicable to me originates on the shores of America. That I am an African-American...something new, distinct and the youngest racial identity on the planet. I've also been mis-educated to think that the melanin in my skin means nothing more than better protection from the sun and that people who signifigantly lack it do so because they live in cooler climates. I have been so thoroughly mis-educated that I now argue over being associated with the term "Black" because DEEP DOWN my mis-education tells me that "Black" is the opposite of White and everything that is good and powerful, even God and his son Jesus are White. What then does that leave "Black" to be?
To argue over multiracial concepts in such simple terms as Black skin and White skin assumes you have a working knowledge of the bio-chemical "Melanin" and ALL of its attributes. Most of us have had no idea that the largest ORGAN on your body, which is your skin, is full of this all energy absorbing substance. Melanin doesn't just protect you from the radiation of the sun, it draws in energy from light, sound and other energy vibrations that we are unable to detect with the 5 senses. On the surface it dissapates heat and has been used by NASA to coat the bottom of space shuttles to keep them from burning up upon re-entry into earths atmosphere. But a deeper study shows us that, like plants, the energy retained in the Melanin of the skin can be channeled to other constructive uses (Richard King, M.D. Melanin The Key to Freedom). Scientist meet the world over to discover the amazing properties of Melanin every year. And their findings have concluded that because of the Melanin in your ear "Blacks" hear better than Whites, that Blacks walk sooner than Whites, that our inner and outer vision, as a people, is better than Whites.
This growing paranoia of being identified as "Black" when you are "Multi-racial" is really unecessary when you have a proper understanding of the concept of "Black". It is not a term to deny or denigrate "White" but a term to acknowledge the rebuilding and re-orienting of that populace of the world community that has had their original mind, culture and basic knowledge of themselves destroyed. It is a term that should and will continue to be used to unify us spiritually socially and economically. I AM Black, and I love it!
Anthony Stewart
Narrator
The Mis-Education of the Negro Audiobook
www.themiseductionofthenegro.com
Posted By: Anthony Stewart
Saturday, December 27th 2008 at 2:13PM
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