04 September 2009

madATblack[self hatred]

Many of the African Queens and Kings thought they were ugly. There is some evidence that suggests this is how the ORIGINAL black slavery system started: Africans enslaved other Africans based on their looks.
Often times blacks don't like to admit their self hatred is deeper than America. The reality is many Africans who were traded were given better living conditions and treatment by their white slave owners than the black kings and queens in their country. Most of all, look at Africa today. It's a country ravaged by disease, crime and poverty. Then, look at blacks in America today. Somebody should be saying thank you.

While like the paragraph below indicates: that many black people believe whites are responsible for their black self hatred, black self hatred's origins have their roots in Africa.

Black self-hatred
Black self-hatred is generally defined as a Black person who hates his Black racial identity and may try to distance himself from this identity. Like Jewish self-hate, there is some disagreement as to what it means to be Black. Some Black people feel that those who demonstrate a preference for clothing styles, music choices, etc. that have been predominantly associated with white culture are self-hating. Thus for them being Black is more just one’s skin color. Some, such as journalist John Carlson, have suggested that gangsta rap is a form of Black Self-hatred. In his view, when Black rappers portray Black women as “bitches” and “whores” and Black men as “worthy of respect only in relation to their capacity to kill or maim others” they are essentially expressing a form of self-hate with basically buying into and propagating, through their music, racist stereotypes about Black people. This term has been used by Black supremacist groups to defend racism.
Black self hatred can show itself in the form of embarrassment or shame in those things that are culturally identified with African heritage. It is ingrained in subtle ways from childhood. A person becomes reluctant to share or perpetuate activities or traditions that have in the past cause them pain. They come to hate those things and in extension themselves.

The results of black self hatred manifest themselves in every part of our society: crime, prison, drug use, unemployment ect... .

The most important thing to note is that Black Self Hatred started in Africa, not America.

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