Whites Shackled Themselves To Race And Blacks Have Yet To Free Ourselves

Whites Shackled Themselves to Race and Blacks Have Yet to Free Ourselves, looks at the cost the American descendants of African slaves have paid for continuing to see ourselves?and this country?through the black/white racial frame to which whites shackled themselves centuries ago. It describes the first steps to free ourselves from their "race" shackles and its attendant definition of the black race, which consists of negative stereotypes tied to skin color. It discusses how to redefine ourselves to ourselves as the vital American cultural force that we have become. It insists that we use that elevated self-image to teach ourselves to live and thrive in the foundationally racist America we have, as opposed to the "colorblind" inclusive fantasy to which some pay lip service. Only then can we move beyond our singular focus on politics as a means to progress. In America, politics is necessary, but it inevitably focuses on "them," on convincing the majority, redeeming them, changing their behavior and perceptions, or forcing them to confront their history of race hatred and its legacy. Actively or reactively, politics focuses on "them." A focus inward?on teaching ourselves our own, unique American history and the indelible American culture it's bred?can provide us with the pride of cultural primacy that is the birthright of every Afro-American child. It can move us beyond forever reacting to the race shackles clamped on us centuries ago and provide what every major culture boasts?a self-determined pedestal on which stand, built on the men and women who came before, and independent of others' conscious or unconscious race-based preconceptions, prejudices, or hatreds.

• • Author: Leonce Gaiter
• • Publisher: Legba Books
• • Publication Date: Nov 14, 2017
• • Number of Pages: 206 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback/Social Science
• • ISBN-10: 0983709319
• • ISBN-13: 9780983709312