Synopsis Two

                                Synopsis Two

In my first synopsis of my earlier works, I wanted to point out to my audience how we, as Black people, had--and have--more of a belief and trust in the people who formerly enslaved our ancestors--than a trust and faith in its' own "brothers to work it out."  You can tell, because we live within a country which wrote the legislation to regulate and maintain slavery, and yet within the minds of many, some of us still believe that some day we will have an equal society.

I often hear our people say, "There's no love out there on these streets" and "You can't trust anybody any more"--but how can we justify our faith in rich Whites within  American society, to uphold their own interests, the interests of middle-class--and our interests?  If his*story shows us anything, it shows America and Europe can fake like they are really trying to help out poor and the rest of humanity--but they always seem to land "on their feet first."  They help themselves to the best first--before they do anything for others.  These people have a long history of taking more than they give, and exploiting others off of broken promises.  They made 97 treaties with the native Americans and they broke every one!

I'm not 100% sure, but I am 99.9 %, that the number of Jews in Germany has diminished since World War II.  I'm sure that amongst other things, the main reason the population of Jews in Germany has dwindled, is because after the war, they couldn't trust German society any more.  All their faith had been shattered by Germany's treatment of Jews during WWII.  There's no reason to stay around people who don't want you there--that is, unless you plan to irritate them.  If you cannot build your own society and feel safe and secure there, why bother trying to force social equality in a place where you are not wanted?  No doubt!  Just think about the word "Holocaust" and what it takes to get to that point...

So how about us?  How can we continue to trust American society more than each other to work out our issues?  It seems like the easy way out, to stand pat while the walls are crumbling, and send letters to congress--rather than make your own help.  Is higher income potential and affirmative actions more reliable than nationality, ethnicity, and security as a people?  Is our future certain, as Black people, living in America?  How so?  And if so, why don't we all feel that way?  Is it because some of us feel, what we do in America is so indispensable to American society?  Is it because some of us feel our wealth or labor per capita for American society far exceeds our detriments?  Is it because of our entertainment value towards the rest of society?  What exactly is it?  Food for thought.

Let me say right here, that these words are not racially motivated.  Far from it.  They are documented events (some with links), to substantiate a point.  What I'm saying is, relying on another people to come to our aid makes us dependant upon them, like we are crippled or incapable of taking care of it ourselves.  And knowing their past his*storical deeds of never delivering, only exacerbate the situation. Not to mention that some of these same people that you ask for help or employment, may have had "slavemakers" in their "closet" (in their family) or some "latent racist" who will get a kick out of turning you down, simply because he has the power to.

Besides, as a people, we should not be seeking employment from another society in the numbers we do, because it establishes nothing for ourselves (as a people nationalistical speaking).  We should be making jobs where we can employ ourselves.  Doing things the other way, makes it  look like we are looking for a hand out, welfare or public assistance, or something we cannot do for ourselves with the resources available (miseducation, high school drop-out, etc.)--and I'm sure we all know better than that.

The reason why "more reliance"  is not in abundance, is some of our Black businesses, which amassed such wealth, are (for the most part) not Black conscious but singularly motivated to be successful as a single entity, and therefore do not practice the necessary affirmative action policies towards Black people as we expect White businesses to perform.  The Bill Cosbys, Oprah Winfreys, Michael Jordans, Charles Barkley, Spike Lees and Dr. J-s of the world, have  not proportionately contributed to Black employment, entertainment, interests and Black causes--because, in large, they do not believe in them or they don't want to be bothered with the difficulties surrounding such an endeavor.  I suspect that the major reason they have not done so, is because many of them do not have a healthy view of their own people and they do not want to lose a lot of their White investors by participating in Black causes.  This sort of phenomena is going to require some major reconstruction--a catharsis of sorts--for some of our Black wealthy.

Coincidentally, many Western financial planners feel that investing in Black business is bad business and tell many Black athletes the same.  I wonder why... Since properly applied, we could cure a lot of ills, in the ghettos, and areas which spawn such creative talent.  But first, you have to give a damn...  It can't be, "Gotta get yours/I gotta get mine."  That's just token success, a.k.a. drops in the bucket to give them something to offer in defense.

21)  Often, my family and my person would sit together with atlas and a globe and study the actual facts of the land masses (in hopes we were setting the foundation for my children's 'international perspective or hawks-eye-view').  Maybe you can do the same with your children as well and learn new facts.  For example, except for North and South America (as well as Antartica), most of the known world is mainly one huge land mass.

Earlier, we discussed a well-documented fact that the oldest finds of human life, originated on the central Asian continent, called "Africa," by the White man.   It is from here that life was further propagated and diversified within the "Fertile Crescent" region.  Those interested in this chronology should obtain the lecture series from The Teaching Company called, "The Great Courses"--course 4617: "Peoples and Cultures of the World" by Professor Edward Fischer of Vanderbilt University, or "Anacalyptus," by Godfrey Higgins.

 We have other names for this continent.  A lot of its' indigenous people call it "Akebulan," but as I pointed out previously, Westerners change the names of things for political reasons (which we shall discuss later).  While expressing a general ignorance to the underlying significance that life started in Africa, some Whites took this to mean that Whites were originally in Africa at the same time Blacks were incarnated!  How ridiculous!

There was never any "White Tribes" of Africa who lived alongside Blacks chronologically!  The Blackman and Blackwoman are the fathers and mothers of Civilization.  There are the essential features of every species within its original Black inhabitants.  The Whites in the Northern part of ancient Khamit were invaders from Greece and Rome, trying to get in on a good thing.  It was like what the Taj Mahal or Mecca in Saudi Arabia is today--just check out Herodotus (chronological accounts from the Loeb Classical Library pub.), Plato's writings, and Julius Caesar, Marc Anthony and Augustus Caesar to learn more.  The Afrikaners are in reality, Dutch invaders, that were subdued by the English in South Africa.  There is no indigenous White tribes, nor was there a Kimba the White lion!  As Justice once said, "I don't write about dreams!" I write the facts and give you paper trails for additional research, to further your confirmation; while I move further on the path to  our self-healing. 

My journalism is not trying to teach Whites how they really are, or bent on "making Whites feel bad" concerning their people's trangressions: I just don't want my people "looking for love in all the wrong places," or "barking up the wrong tree" in search of something that does not exist: a.k.a., "A love for humanity by the mainstream American masses."  Besides, a lot of Whites have a lot problems accepting "the soiled past" of their people... we do too.

22)   When we were young, the West tried to convince us that North America, Europe and Asia were formerly all one land mass called "Eurasia" (a name they created using the "Eu" of Europe preceding the word "Asia"), but if we took away all the current borders, this current day land mass would only be a continuation of the land which we could currently call "Asia"-- consisting of East, Central (or Middle) and West Asia respectively.  Is it any wonder why the Europeans chose to call this land mass Eurasia?

23) The only reason we don't perceive these politics behind these deeds, is because we were raised in a Western country, accustom to Western ways and  therefore we're subsequently taught to overlook it.

24) Nomenclature is a strategic system of naming things.  As you define things, you gain more of a grasp of the things you define. Once a people define a thing by its ways and characteristics, this knowledge gives the one who coined the phrase, a certain control over how others view these things. This knowledge and familiarity gives that person a certain dominion over all those things as well:  Currently, most of the world uses terms that the West uses--not the terms which the indigenous people prefer, or the labels the natives use to describe such things. . .  25) For example, why do most people call the Nipponese people, "Japanese" and not "Nipponese," as I am sure they'd preferred to be called?"

I'm sure this happened when the Catholic church arbitrated the negotiations between the Portuguese Navy and Spanish Armada.  Each of the two countries are loyal subjects to the Catholic Church), so as to appease the conquerors--the Church divided the earth up into the areas each were free to conquer--just as long as the paid tribute to the church and promised to convert the "savages" to the Catholic faith  (those interested in this type of policy should read or watch James Clavell's "Shogun").

26) Europe (under the pope) also had many other names for many of the "Non-Western lands," and we Blacks (as well as others), use the same terms because we live in a former European colony called America.  Most of the world uses the terms that the West uses (not the words and terms its natives prefer), and certainly not the labels the indigenous people use to reference such things.    Subconsciously, by using the same language, we are being conditioned to conceptualize like our oppressors.

27)   If we let our education remain in the way the White man has taught us in America about Eurasia, we would never think of Europe, Africa, and China as one continent: Asia.  If we continued to identify ourselves to the land and not the tribe or the genus (like Western ideology subscribes for us to do); we will not place much value on our common traits as a people, but we will place far too much on the country and areas where people are incarnated, and all the prejudices that come along with that.  Anthropologists know this, and take steps against it by making it a practice--not to apply their thinking to another culture's problem-solving:  Too often people talk about the "movie that they'd make"--instead of what is right there before them, which is wrong.  The issue should be accessed by what the person set out to do and how sucessful they were at executing it--not what you want it to be.
  
28) Nor can religion be the thing which unites us, for not all our people are the same religion, and within religion there are religious prejudices and differences which will keep us apart: a.k.a. "our way is the best way or "thee" way; we are more blessed; that's not the way we believe, etc.  Wars have been fought for decades over religion.  Just look at Ireland and their Catholic and Protestant conflict.  Listening through religious ears is like talking to someone while having headphones on--listening to an iPod: A conversation of prejudiced prepositions at best.  Articles like this beg for an open mind and candid conversation and observation.

Yet that will never be done because of customs and tradition within one's religion.  These are designed to order life and provide coping skills, but sometimes they don't: Not when the customs, tradition, and the way of thinking belong to the people who once used you for menial labor.  Besides the "carpenter/tool"--"master/slave" relationship, we have nothing in common, in way of custom, manner of dress, past-times, music, arts and entertainment, politics, behavior or tradition etc....  Heck, if we wear the same sneakers and gear, its through their imitation!  We can't be any more different as a people.  Yet when it comes down to cultural/nationalistic aspects, we all seem ignorant because we act just as prejudice as our White counter parts: fly the flag, Americans are better, let's root for the cowboys, those savages, call the foreigners by the same slurs the Whites concoct--"those islanders, those gooks, pickaninny, black dagos, guido or guineas (Italian), pollocks, spics, micks, sand niggers, island niggers, salmon-niggers, mud-niggers, (kafirs,  goyim), niggers, (kaffers), catfish, etc."  For those who are unaware of the above words and phrases--they are racial ethnic slurs, designed to indirectly posture prejudice and superiority.  Notice how many terms have the "N" word attached to it.   Most (all but three), have an American origin.  The problem is, not only Whites use them; but Blacks as well. They are usually accompanied by airs of superiority, disregard, and smugness.  Obviously, these are not the qualities which entertain a proper sense of diaspora (love of a people indigenously and internationally).

29) Therefore, it is very important for us to shed these types of Western idealogies and terms for things concerning life, living and politics and begin to look at things from their original nomenclature.  As expressed previously, this is not "Let's beat up on the White man or White race," it is more like familiarizing today's youth with yesterday's past: a concept that is vastly disintergrating under the previous "Old School/New School Concept," created during the early Hip-Hop Era--a little before the Knowledge Rap aspects kicked in during the 90's.  Those who don't know their past are doomed to repeat it.

 Spike Lee had a hard time getting production money for the making of "Malcolm X" because the industry felt "Roots" was enough of that type of genre.  And this point is essentially the difficulty: We were once America's free labor; providing its trade and menial task force until the Civil War.  The rich rural South was obliterated by the war--it's White working class disenfranchised and sought ways to get Blacks back under their control.  But that was not only the ideology of the South, because the North has its' own ways of regulating our Black population in America.  Whether North or South, this practice of scrutinizing and regulating Blacks continues to this very same day.  If you watched how the Republican candidates (Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry and Buddy Roemer) postured and insinuated during their selection process for president, it is not hard to tell how they thought White America felt concerning Blacks, leadership, and equality--by their pitches to appeal to their respective audiences. 

Living in America, a lot of Black moves are regulated by other people within the industry.  If they are not interested, the non-Black rich will say, "there's not much money in that (Black) enterprise, when American business markers often proves, Blacks as trend setting, vanguards and cutting edge.  In the sports world, just look at the likes of Doug Williams, Daunte Culpepper, Donovan McNabb, Michael Vick and audible/ play-calling permissibility.  The real issue here is someone else presides, judging our projects, without an open mind, while standing in a position of power--often because many Blacks won't re-invest in our own Black Enterprise, they seem to have more faith in America's White businesses.

The same thing goes on in education.  We learn 'little of black and too much of the other' (lyrics from What's Going On by Jungle Brothers).  And yes, I realize that issues like mine are minority issues within the White American majority, but that does not dismiss the need to know from those who are the American minority--neither does it need not to be responded to.  Unfortunately, it does stir-up feelings amongst so-called White liberals that I am exaggerating our chronology (as opposed to his*story), but I give references (of both Black and White) and take a scholarly approach.  I believe it only to be a response by them--that these events could be so credible--but they are--as incredible as they seem! 

What these White liberals fail to comprehend is, being that way (liberal that is), is an option granted to someone "worthy of a free man," but not one given to one of  second-class status--that is something you know little about!  So if you really want to know, and not just hear your self talk--(while expressing your general unawareness of things outside the Ivory Tower) pick up those books and read--support just causes.  There is not enough space here to satisfy those in denial--especially those who are unwilling participants.  Some will never acknowledge or believe, regardless to the amount of facts.  It only sounds gruesome because of a good job of the media; however, Whites international track record with non-Whites isn't exactly stellar now--is it?  All around the world, there are sob stories of before the Whiteman came...  As Billy Joel says, "We Didn't Start the Fire."

I am rounded, and I show that--through my taste in music, art, and literature,--but we are tired of waiting around for liberal Whites to get it before "there can be any help for Blacks in America"--sorry about that.  Who cares about what others think, we have to do for ourselves.  We have a plan called, "Make your own help because you need it." I believe it's called Kujichagulia in Kwanzaa principles, and it somewhat involves healing our own wounds without relying on anyone else's help; eventhough some of the hurt happened as a result of Europe's "good will for the natives."   Efforts like ours involves "educating the customer and activist" by researching our heritage and providing for those who are not even aware that such things exist--much less than that they also are true.  we are not searching for love that does not exist--especially not between the races.  
 
Greece and Rome were never allies to Khamit (so-called Egypt).  And if the "liberal" reader does not recognize the land by its' indigenous name, then this too is indicative of a bigger issue--too big to solve here.  Suffice it to say, "The Good Ship Jesus" was not a "pleasure cruise for our people" to wind up America, and America has never been interested in teaching the heritage and chronicles of vanquished people--past anthropologists who belong to its society.  This blog makes up for that vacuum created by "The people on the "Mayflower," who landed on Plymouth Rock--not Jamestown, Virginia.  Although I do get tired of Whites believing that we Blacks who supply this type of scholarly journalism, are making up fantastic stories.  Do some research yourself and stop being lazy!  I would not trust Irish history, if it was told by the English--nor are all my sources of documention from the hands of the same type of people who oppressed mine.  But I do cross-reference my material and many of my references are accredited in your people's schools (although that doesn't matter as much as the proof).  Just look up Cheink Anta Diop, or George C. James on Google for example.

But I want to say here, America has done good for its ruling class people--just scan across the ghettos across this country and look at the ratios and you cannot argue with this fact.  I would expect no less from Black people as a nation within America. . .  While good journalism is the aim here, there are some things I want to make perfectly clear here.  I like a lot of what the cultural set has done over in Jamaica to get Patois (patwah) recognized by mainsteam Jamaican and British societies as a legitimate nationalistic language.  I appreciate the long standing struggles of the Coptic Rastafari to propagate its' cultural heritage in the midst of Imperialistic influence, to uplift their society and raise the consciousness of Black people within a Western oriented society.  I understand the concept of majority and minority and the political process within the West.  Our development as Black people, is a minority issue for the West; therefore, our prominence will never come at the hands of mainstream America.  They are handling their own business and we must handle ours.

By numbers alone, Blacks need for empowerment is not America's major concern--not to mention the other reasons I have noted--for such apathy.  It's all good--there's nothing we can do about this but be determined to make our own help.  I've never believed in forcing others to be righteous or do the right thing, no more than I believe in making someone love me when they don't.   We (meaning our ancestors and current day people) have traditionally devoted too much time trying to change the minds of mainstream American society, while receiving minimum results for those herculean efforts.  We are shaming America into better relationship with us, but it is not coming from her heart--they just don't want to look bad in the eyes of the world.

I am not discouraging their efforts--I just don't believe in this avenue because it is not genuine.  Liberals take our freedom as an option they support but to be genuine--as with Patrick Henry--there can be no two ways about it:  This should not even be a debate if your people know it's unjust and they are just.  The way I see it, if you want things to change, you have to start with yourself first.  In other words, if we want help for ourselves as a people, we have to supply it.  Depending on others to change makes you dependant upon others.  I don't believe in Welfare or Public Assistance.  It is a humiliating experience.  Social Services has a way of putting its clients down--like the funds are personally coming out of their pockets or looking down on people because they are in need:  Doing for yourself makes you confident and capable, restores your pride, and makes one stronger with each success.  I am writing these treatises to my own people, addressing the issues that are phenotypical to our struggles--attempting to help us perform cartharsis, conscious-raising, and healing.  In order to do so, we must deal with the past parts of our chronicle--because most of our difficulties are easier to figure out when they are in their infancy.  Unfortunately, it involves White society and their past deeds concerning our people, their attitudes towards our people, and the miseducation and "hoodwinking"of our kind for the purpose of generating wealth.

Now, I know every White person was not involved; but just like there was Nazism, Apartheid--there is addiction and slavery: the Civil War, the Emancipation Proclamation, Radical Reconstruction, the Klu Klux Klan,the Jim Crow Laws, the Pig Laws, the Vagrancy Statues in the U.S., Black Code Laws, and the subsequent Convict Leasing of Black  "Prisoners" in the South (a legal loophole--extending of slavery through a clause in the Thirteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution for falsely accused Black people) and this most drastically changed us as a people--and this is the very same area we must revisit, if we are ever going to heal ourselves.  The addiction is that American Whites feel they must be served by somebody--a menial under-class. 

As I said earlier, this has less to do with wanting to expose evilness in American society and more to do with understanding mental slavery, control, manipulation and freedom.  We lost our culture through this process--and we are striving to recapture it--therefore I leave information "threads" for those serious about putting lives back together.I am writing for my people, I am less concern about convincing anyone else that I am telling the truth, any more than I am interested in struggling or playing by the rules laid down by my oppressors.  Since I am in America, I must respect its laws and rules, but I am not trying to just fit in--especially since that would place me under the scrutiny and judgment of those who are controlling, and really sad and hollow within.  I want the loot, but not their lifestyle.  I want for my people to live our lives like we were intended--not how somebody else believes we should.  I like end zone celebrations and I think that if a Black Quarterback is going to get blamed for loosing the game, he should be able to override the play and adjust or audible based on observed developments.  But like other parts of society--its "do what I say if you want to keep working for me."

30) It is better to view things from the scientific perspective rather than religious or nationalistic/political point of view.  You can waste a lot of time, romanticizing about the past--being nostalgic, wishing things were different--complaining about things to deaf ears, but none of this will do.  Wishing, hoping, and praying is--and does nothing without the resolve to do so.  Even the Good Book (Bible) quotes God as saying, "If you make one step, I'll make two.". So according to this, doing the right thing equals real progress on a large cosmic scale.  "Right" for a scientist is following what one knows--basing ones conduct on facts, proof, principles and documentation.  That's why I supply sources, so my readers can conduct additional research.  By having the truth about things, you can navigate around things, knowing that the course you are choosing is based upon things such as they are, not what you wish them to be. 

31)  Once we have established that into our psyches, we can then be able to look at what's happening to Black people around the globe with a concerned outlook and a scientific perspective.  This will allow us to prepare for what's in front of us, as well as handle things in a consolidated manner.  This will allow us to predict things in an intelligent and informed manner and "steer clear of the "icebergs.  "Oft-times, I hear the public exclaim, "Why me?" "What For?" "What if?"

That is emotional banter and nervous tongue wagging, not preparations to deal with things as such. "Suchness" is seeing things not for how they were, or how things could be--but how" they are right now: Deal with what's in front of you.  Handle your 'bis-ness,' don't let your business handle you.  The greatest thing about knowledge and science is the ability to predict to form strategy: i.e., given the way things are going, they should end up here.  Deal with the situations as they crop-up,  don't wait until the situation is up on you.   Learn to handle things when they happen. Don't put it off.  Now!  Tomorrow, you may not have the energy, or the situation may be out of hand.

32)  Certainly, if we look at ourselves as Black first, then the country or religion we are in as a secondary issue, our perception on the human condition of Blacks around the world would be a lot more of a concern for us, because we would be looking ourselves as a people with family love.  As we watched current events, we would consider of how those things will impact on us: Seizing the opportunity to improve as a people.  The difficulty is that far too much, "we don't put ourselves in another person's place," but behavior like this can change things.

33)  By following these patterns, our means of investigating various cultural aspects would be more concise and practical: We would find ourselves examining a culture from an anthropomorphic, archaeological and anthropological point of view as opposed to a religious and indigenous or nationalistic perception.  In Nigeria, amongst the Yoruba, our people have a custom--should coins fall to the floor from your pocket, it becomes property of the children or the forces which protect your threshold.  This is wise tradition.  It is a rite and part of a ritualistic tradition--it is what they subscribe to.  They subscribe to the idea that all came from one force, Oludumare, so when they fish, the village gather huge nets and boats--comb the sea with this net and bring to shore, enough food for the village.  This too is customary, a tradition, a ritual and is a wise way.  However, the creator of all from the essence of one entity, cannot be separate from all it created--then be considered (wholly) holy; for holy is something that cannot be mixed, tampered or diluted with in any form.  This is inconceivable, in comprehensible, and not understandable (that God is not within)--yet some will believe it.
 
The belief in something you cannot possible know or understand--is by definition "superstition."  Yet you find many who subscribe to this, when despite assistance of family, companions, libraries, schools and other institutions of learning and deeds done through the love for our people--a person can claim themselves "self-made" and do only for themselves singularly.  Did they not come through the womb, or "womb of space" (which is time) and is dependent on sustenance?  Yet this is what they believe:  It is ritualistic, religiously conducted, based upon feelings, superstitious and foolish; because what is beloved is not based on knowledge, unscientific and therefore impractical.

34)  One of the things I enjoyed about reading Malcolm X's (Malik El Hajj Shabazz) books-- like "By Any Means Necessary" and "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"-- is regardless of his defining of his persons as a Muslim, his concerns expressed a love for all Black people wherever they are-- not just fellow Muslims.  These are the type of actions which supports godliness, and a firm confirmation that one is in harmony with that which created all.  Seems like this type of awareness amongst Blacks needs to be cultivated--and journalism along these lines will certainly help us get there with your cooperation.  We can either be on a rock with a fishing poll, trying to obtain a meal for one day, or develop deeper bonds with fellow tribe members, go out on the sea together and cast one huge net to eat for days.  The choice is yours.

Peace and Blessings.

  

C. Be'erla Hai-roi Myers