by The Brother

After the world had formed and humanity came into being, there were no nationalities or races. There was only one race of people who existed in an area that is now referred to as East Africa, and those people were Black. As time progressed, the descendants of those people began to travel to different regions of the world, and because of environmental conditions and genetic mutations, the Red/Yellow and White races were created. Ethnic groups, countries, and various forms of civilization formed after that, but regardless of where someone lived, they were a member of a particular race at birth, or a hybrid of the races.

There are many people who talk about race and think they sound intelligent, but they only succeed in making themselves sound foolish. The reason for that is because they do not know the difference between race, nationality, and ethnicity or culture. Race is genetically based, and exists regardless of someone’s geographic location or group behavior; nationality is the country to which someone is affiliated with; and ethnicity and culture refers to the common modes of behavior of a group of people.

In the modern world, there are approximately 200 countries, and thousands of ethnicities to which people belong. Many people who come to America continue to identify with the nationality of their ancestors, but they know the race of which they are a member; they are not confused about that. The reason that they know which nationality to be prideful of is because they have that knowledge. But we, the Black people of the America’s, are unable to do that. White people and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade have rendered us ignorant of that knowledge. And to compensate for that lack of knowledge, there are Black people in America who prefer to call themselves African-American.

While it is admirable that a lost people would seek to align themselves with the spirit of their ancestors, I find that there are various problems with Black Americans referring to themselves as African-American. [For the purposes of this essay, the term “African-American” will refer exclusively to the Black people in America who embrace that label; my use of African-American will not include those of us who prefer being called Black, nor any other Black people.] Rather than empowering and enlightening us, use of the term African-American has further rendered Black Americans impotent, and placed African-Americans at the mercy of White supremacy.

Dependency upon White people has occurred because African-Americans tend not to seek more knowledge about our people and history. It appears that their only desire is to learn how to easily integrate into the white supremacist world that White people have created. Although not every Black American who chooses to be called an African-American is a full-blown sellout, the majority of African-Americans seem to fit the same profile: Christian descendant of African slaves, who seek further integration into White society, and do not want to live without White people in their lives. The harm that can be done to Black people by someone who fits that description should be self-explanatory.


What am I?

I am Black. When speaking in terms of race, I am Black and nothing else. And because I was born in the United States of America, I am an American citizen, and therefore my nationality is American. There are some Black people who would say that I am African-American, and omit the term Black. But that does not adequately describe the essence of who I am, because my people have not been persecuted for being African or American, but for being Black.

Broad usage of the term African-American began after the Black Power movement had subsided, which was brought upon by the destruction wrought upon it by honkeys working within the government. During that movement, being Black became a source of pride, and being referred to as Black was embraced by multitudes of Black people. But some time after Black Pride became a forgotten notion, integrationists experienced an identity crisis, and once again began to search for another way to identity themselves. This seems to occur because integrationists lack knowledge of self, and will consider societal norms when evaluating their own self-image.

Jesse Jackson, a so-called Christian reverend, is credited with popularizing the term African-American. In an August 2004 article in the New York Times, it was said that Jackson “held a news conference to urge Americans to use it [African-American] to refer to blacks.” He was quoted as saying “It puts us in our proper historical context…Every ethnic group in this country has a reference to some land base, some historical cultural base. African-Americans have hit that level of cultural maturity.” Have we?


Integrationists love being called African-American

Jesse Jackson’s comments in the New York Times article implied that Blacks in America have become awakened to the point of wanting to embrace forgotten aspects of our heritage, and of our being. But throughout my life, I have noticed that the Black people who prefer being called African-American are not righteous Black people who possess knowledge of self and of the devil, who exists in the form of the White man. They are Black people who want to reform White people in a futile attempt to eliminate racism, and live in tranquility with Whites according to Martin Luther King’s dream.

The unconscious integrationists that live amongst us are always comparing us to White’s and others, instead of setting their own standards by which we should live. Jackson talked about the ability of other ethnic groups to refer to land and cultural bases, when describing themselves. I recently read a blog by an African-American who seemed envious of the ability of immigrants in America to hyphenate American with their nationality. He seemed angered that people he referred to as racists ignore the hyphenation of American with nationality by immigrants, but criticize Blacks Americans who do it. But his argument is self-defeating, because Black immigrants who hyphenate American with their nationality of origin, such as Jamaican-Americans and Haitian-Americans, are not criticized for the way that they refer to themselves.

If the descendents of African slaves are criticized for their desire to be called African-American, it is because Black Americans do not know the present-day countries from which our ancestors were kidnapped. We are just as American as any other White person in this country, and that is where the conflict arises. Since African-Americans like comparing themselves to White people, the blogger should have noticed that White people tend not to refer to themselves as European-American. As the rapper KRS-One once said, “White man never say Euro-American, so why should the Black man say Afro-American.”

Blacks should not be concerned with what racists think of us, because they hate us for being Black, and will always criticize us. There is no way possible that we can completely appease them, therefore we should not try. But to African-Americans, such as Jackson and that blogger who appear to believe in integration, the opinion of racists is important because African-Americans define themselves according to what others think about them. They will forever seek inclusion into white society, and will always be offended when they are reminded that they are considered niggers by those devils. It is a sign of the feelings of insecurity that are possessed by many members of the Black race. Instead of their confidence arising from within, they seek the acceptance of others in order to feel good about themselves.

African-Americans don’t believe a Black race exists
The aforementioned blogger also negated the fact that Black is a race, yet acknowledged the existence of races. But, if Black is not a race – and by implication, neither is White – then what constitutes a race? Such beliefs are the problem with African-American integrationists. They are under the mistaken notion that Black is not a race. And their confusion is the result of them trying to be different, yet not wanting to be seen as what they are: Black.

As African-Americans seek to integrate into white culture, they want Whites to view them as their equal, but not see them as Black, even though they claim to be African. I know this because of experiences that I have had where African-Americans have tried to temper me and stop me from speaking about Black issues, because of their fear that White people would not approve of me. Ironically, there have been White people throughout my life who have harvested my thinking, and do not want me to change.

The White race has not persecuted Black people because we, as Black people, existed in or descend from Africa. They persecuted and continue to persecute us, because they envy our Blackness. We are the purest form of human that exists on earth, and it is our people who still inhabit the wealthiest continent in terms of natural resources. And despite the privileges that Whites have created for themselves, they steal elements of our culture, bake themselves in the sun, and implant themselves with objects to look like us, because they want to be us. They partake in such activities while vilifying and attempting to destroy us, because they want to be Black, but they know that it is impossible.

It is a fact that races are based upon colors. And those races formed because of the dispersion of Black people once they left Africa, and settled in other regions of the world. The cultures and ethnic groups that formed after that did not create new races of people. There are approximately 1,800 languages spoken on the continent of Africa, and accordingly, several thousand ethnic groups. But those differences to not create new races of people; they are still Black, regardless of their differences.

It appears the integrationists that want to be called African-American, and who compare us with members of other ethnic groups that hyphenate the nationality of their ancestors with American, act as such because they want to be like everyone else. They have no knowledge of self. Rather than taking pride in the greatness of being Black, they refuse to acknowledge that race exists, and that their race is Black. This is because they want to mix in with everyone else in this melting pot called America, even if the further deterioration of their Blackness, and its accompanying African heritage, is the result.

Things can only remain pure if they are isolated away from that which is different. The reason for this is because if something mixes with something that is different from it, it will become corrupted and it will not remain pure. Some African-Americans possess the foolish notion that they are conscious of who they are, and those of us who prefer being called Black are not conscious. But their desire to mix with the devil, and others, reveals that they lack consciousness of who they are.

If they were truly conscious of who they are, then they would abhor integration as much us Black Americans do. But they are brainwashed integrationists because they think that a name makes them conscious, when their actions prove otherwise. I suppose that because White people refer to us according to the favored term of those integrationists, African-Americans think they are better than us Black people. Logically that should be expected, because there have always been Black people who define themselves according to how White people view them. And said people think they are superior to other Black people, and consider themselves to be our leaders because White people address them as such, even though they are not supported by Black commoners. It is therefore insulting when they think they are the conscious, and those of us who prefer being called Black are not, as was said by the aforementioned blogger.


Who are the African-Americans?

Judging from my experience, it appears that African-Americans – meaning those who embrace that label – are a bunch of uppity integrationists. Such people do not represent the views and interests of the average Black person. Their use of African-American to describe themselves represents a form of hypocrisy, because using “African” implies that they want to embrace the essence of who they are. But in their minds, such an awakening is dependent upon them receiving the approval of White people.

I was raised in a poor neighborhood in Los Angeles County, in California. And as I evaluate my interactions with Black people within that community, I cannot recall any Black Americans ever referring to us as African-American. The only time that any Black people referred to us as African-Americans, was when those Blacks were outsiders – they were Jamaicans who lacked respect for us Black Americans, and for our experiences.

Whenever Black people from my neighborhood were engaged in conversations about race, the term African-American was never uttered. We were always Black, and I am sure that in the minds of many, African-American was considered to be an elitist term. I believe that Black people who use the term African-American are people who want to sound intelligent, as if it is inappropriate for a sophisticated person to use “Black,” in reference to race.

Because of the things that I have witnessed; the types of people who I have noticed prefer being called Black; and those who like being called African-American; I have concluded that generally, it is the poorest among us who are Black, and the more affluent who are African-American. Life has also taught me that poor people are generally more honest than people who have money. The reason for that is because people with money seek inclusion into the system of control that governs their lives, and gives them their job. In contrast, all a poor person has is his or her dignity, and therefore they do not feel the need to conform to the expectations of others, if it would mean they would lose the only thing – their dignity – that is of value to them.

Poor people tend to behave in a manner that is more natural to them, rather than hiding their true self, as is done by people who are comfortable living inside the system. Thus, poor Black people have no problem acknowledging being Black, which is who we are, while integrationists abhor that truth, and prefer being called African-American. This is because they do not want White people to be reminded that we are different: we are Black, and they are White; we are great, and they are not. African-Americans love integration, and despise separation. Accordingly, they secretly harbor notions of Black inferiority, and fear that if they lived in an all Black society where Blacks controlled everything, they would not prosper.

It is a fact that within the Black American community, poor Black neighborhoods tend to consist of darker Black people, whereas more affluent Black neighborhoods tend to have lighter Black folks. In the wealthier Black neighborhoods, it often appears that there is a more plentiful supply of light-skinned and high-yellow Blacks, along with half-breeds, than exists in the poorer Black areas. I have noticed this, and I have known others who have taken notice of this dynamic. This implies that the propensity for a Black person to selectivity breed their Blackness out of them, increases as they become more successful. Hence, light-skinned so-called Black people, and dark-skinned Blacks who intermingle mostly with them and non-Black people, should be viewed with suspicion.

All of the aforementioned ideas show how integration inflicts mental harm upon the Black psyche. African-Americans are ashamed of their Blackness, and do not want to remind Whites that they are Black. This is done because they do not want to jeopardize the money or perceived acceptance that White’s have given. In contrast, poor Black people have been thoroughly discriminated against by White people, and do not care what White people think about them. Therefore, they have no problem calling themselves Black. Additionally, many African-Americans are also extremely ignorant and naďve towards the conditions under which poor Black people live. They share that trait with the majority of White Americans, which is a subtle example of where their true sentiments lie.

Instead of embracing the idea of being free from the control of White people and their influence, African-Americans abhor it, and criticize its supporters. But history has shown that the people who they criticize are often those who operate in the best interest of Black people. Black men of honor from the past, such as Marcus Garvey and Elijah Muhammad, were criticized and vilified by Negroes, who were the predecessors to the African-Americans of the modern era.

All that Garvey, Muhammad, and other like-minded Blacks wanted was to create Black self-sufficiency, and free Black’s from the control and influence of White people. And for that they were derided by Negroes who sought the favor of Whites. Said Negroes created institutions for Blacks with White people, which gave Whites influence over our affairs. They also worshipped the God of White people, which has blinded Negroes from seeing and acknowledging that which constitutes reality. Essentially, their desire to improve the condition of Black people was limited to what White people considered appropriate.

African-Americans are hypocrites
There have been times when a White teacher in a class would ask us Black students whether we preferred being called Black or African-American. And any time that question was posed, the overwhelming majority of Black students would say that we preferred being called Black. That is because those of us who want to be called Black know what we are. We know that our people have been persecuted because we are Black, and not because we are the descendants of Africa.

White people also descend from Africa. That truth invokes the subtle implication that African-Americans want to be known by that label, because they feel there is no difference between Black people and White people other than ethnicity. In other words, African-Americans want to integrate with White people and join them in brotherhood, whereas us Black people accept that White people are inherently evil. And even though we may be forced to interact with them in schools, at work, where we live and other places, we desire an independent Black nation for ourselves, and we are working towards achieving that goal. African-American integrationists do not want that, and are comfortable receiving the crumbs that are given to them by White people, thereby ensuring their further enslavement.

If there are many Black people – and possibly the majority of Black Americans – who prefer being called Black rather than African-American, why does White society continually call us African-American rather than Black? The reason is because the African-Americans, who have sought acceptance from White people, have been rewarded with inclusion into their society. And because of their close proximity to White people, White’s have adopted the terminology that African-Americans have used to describe themselves.

As I said earlier, the African-American blogger that I mentioned had the audacity to say that Blacks who embrace the term African-American are conscious about who they are, and those of us who prefer being called Black are not. But that is not true, and such people are hypocrites. Being conscious about one’s heritage involves more than wanting to be known by a particular name. It involves the desire to learn about their heritage; the distancing of themselves away from the enemy of their people; and the desire to see their people become completely independent and self-sufficient – African-Americans want the opposite of that.

Since I have witnessed various polls being conducted in classes, on the internet, and in other forums, which show that the average Black American does not want to be referred to as African-American, then we should not be referred to by a label which we dislike. But the influence that African-Americans have gained in White society is the reason why we are referred to as African-Americans.

The willingness of African-Americans to integrate into White society proves that they people are hypocrites. They are not people who are conscious of their heritage, because their actions are assisting with its eradication. Since things can only remain pure if they are isolated from foreign influence, then the consciousness of Black people will only suffer if African-Americans intermingle with White’s and their culture.

Black skin is the only thing that is Black about African-Americans. Those people are often educated, upper middle-class, and enjoy comfortable jobs in corporate America, or are otherwise content with living in America. I have become so thoroughly annoyed with hearing and reading African-American being used in reference to Black people, that I cancelled my subscription to Black Enterprise, which is a magazine that is published and read by many “upper-class” Black people. The practitioners of that term live their lives hoping that someday honkeys will give them justice and equality, and Black nation-building is not something that they are desirous of, or are working towards.

African-Americans are content with life in America. Although they might be disappointed when Blacks are victimized by acts of racism, they rely upon others to fight for justice. And one reason that they are unwilling to align themselves with revolutionary Black people, is because they do not want to jeopardize their jobs, or any privileges, that White people have granted them.

As long as the White man continues to employ them; and they are allowed to continue eating their fried chicken, pig feet, and praising Jesus on Sunday as they “sin” Monday thru Saturday; African-Americans will desire nothing more. So a return to Africa, or the creation of an independent Black nation, is not a notion they will entertain. This is the home that they love, and they have no desire to leave it.

If African-Americans were asked to prove their consciousness, the majority of them would likely fail. They are so thoroughly focused on life in America, that they would be unable to express any significant knowledge of Africa. I have often found that when I engage them in conversations about Africa, they have a propensity to say negative things about the homeland that they give the inference of embracing, by talking about how violent Africa is, and how Africans hate us Black Americans. Ironically, most of Africa is peaceful; the people of Africa do not hate us; and there are over 1,800 languages and ethnic groups in Africa, which makes areas of conflict the minority. But African-Americans do not know that, because they are not truly African. They reject things that are African.

There’s nothing African about African-Americans
For Black people to describe themselves as African-American is improper if there is little, if anything, that is African about them. The blogger that I mentioned earlier, who feels that there is no Black race, believes that people are grouped according to race and culture, and that he is an African born in America. To eliminate any confusion, I suppose that he thinks races are determined by ethnicity, even though it is based upon the physical differences between people that exist as a result of geographic dispersion, which has largely resulted in differences in color. But to show his stupidity, he had the audacity to say that he is an African in America.

The mode of thought that was exhibited by that blogger makes no sense. African-Americans walk like White people; dress like White people; talk like white people; eat the same foods as White people; and are comfortable with living in an integrated society with White people. Therefore if there is no Black race that connects him to African people, then how can he be a member of a culture or race of which he is not culturally similar? These truths cause reasonable people to wonder what is African about the uppity integrationists who want to be known as African-American. It can also cause someone to question their competence, due to their use of faulty arguments to support their confusing notions. If they want to be referred to as Africans, then they should act like Africans.

In contrast and counter to my argument, other African-Americans might say that African is a race, and that is why they want to be known as African-American. I suppose they have not noticed that White people can be classified as African in several ways. There are White people whose familial lineage has been in Africa for millennia. Additionally, their heritage is African because Africa is where humanity began. And because of those facts, they are African regardless of what anyone says. This means that African-Americans who feel that African is a race – and that Black is not a race – are aligning themselves with White people, and saying that Black’s and White’s can be members of the same race. I am a Black man, and I am not a member of the same race as White people.

Since the origins of all modern humans originated in Africa, then everyone on earth possesses African heritage. What makes them less African than Black Americans? If the answer is that our ancestors were stripped of their African heritage by force, should the Blacks in areas of the world who willingly left Africa centuries, if not millennia ago, continue to be considered African when they maintain little or no connection to African culture? Since some African-Americans do not believe that a Black race exists, and by inference then Blackness cannot make someone African, then the Blacks of places like Papua New Guinea cannot be African. If so, then of what race are they?

Throughout the world there are Black people whose familial lineage has not resided in Africa for millenniums. Such people are the descendants of the original people who inhabited their continent, and despite the geographic dispersion of people, and the intermixing of people from different places, these people still possess the physical attributes of Black people. But if we are supposedly African-American, and they may be Asian or Australian, then there is no unifying term that connects us, even though we are members of the same race.

The biological connection that we share with Blacks throughout the world, along with our similar experiences in being victims of white supremacy, will be missing the term African-American is used. And the reason for that is because a group of sellout integrationists are willing to discard our legacy. Rather taking pride in being Black and being members of a superior race who are temporarily being subjected to the control of white supremacy, they would rather be seen as one of many co-equal ethnic groups within the United States of America.

The fallacy of being called African is that we have been Black since the beginning of humanity, yet we have only been African since White people visited Africa and decided to name it. For Black people to call themselves African is akin to saying that the history of our people begins with the intervention of White people. Our history is long and illustrious, and predates the creation of White people. Black people should not give White’s more power over us, by confining our existence to the boundaries which they create.


The harm in being African-American

Rather than African-American being a term that unifies Black people, and brings us closer to our African heritage, it has created barriers between Blacks. It has become so problematic that there are African-Americans who feel that the only true African-Americans, are the Black American descendants of African slaves. This has caused them to exclude non-American Blacks from their circle of friends and discussion groups – including Black immigrants from Africa. Additionally, there are ignorant Black people who think that there is an African-American race. Such beliefs further the cause of white supremacy, because it distances Black people from one another, which keeps us fragmented and divided.

All of us are members of one race: the Black race. The only difference that exists between us is nationality, which is based on geography. Regardless of whether a Black person is American, Haitian, Brazilian, Angolan, British, Papua New Guinean, etc., they are still Black, and are members of the Black race, not separate races. But there are African-Americans who are so thoroughly in love with the term, that they use it to separate themselves from Blacks who are not American. Such behavior can create the inference that Black Americans are superior to other Blacks. It is also reasonable to assume that those integrationists think that they are superior to Blacks with other nationalities because, despite racism, White people in this country have afforded them with more opportunities for advancement than are attainable by some Blacks in other countries.

The hierarchy that is created
Feelings of superiority by African-Americans exist because of America’s status as a superpower. This has resulted in foreigners being aware of the happenings of things in America, while few Americans are aware of the culture, events, and occurrences in other countries. The result is that many Americans live their lives as if the world revolves around them, and likewise, African-Americans believe that they are the most important element of the Black world.

For African-Americans to inflate their importance, reveals an ignorance of the facts of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. The number of African slaves who were brought to North America was approximately 4% of the African slaves who arrived in the America’s; most went to Central and South America. Black’s in America are not the world’s only Black people. And the Black’s who subconsciously harbor that notion, have adopted the same form of insecurity that has caused White people to think that they are the most ideal form of humanity. They are not, and the Black world does not revolve around us.

I have heard about groups of Blacks in America organizing to discuss issues that pertain to Black people. One such example was in a 2004 article in the New York Times entitled “’African-American’ Becomes a Term for Debate.” In theory, groups that are formed to discuss our issues should encompass all Black people, regardless of nationality. But, instead of welcoming the input of Blacks from other countries, the African-Americans within the group that was discussed in the article made it clear that their focus “would be strictly on African-Americans.” The issue was “about the dangers of prostate cancer,” and the excluded party was a naturalized American of Ethiopian birth.

The Ethiopian was made to feel unwelcome after he proposed that attention be given to African immigrants, when educating Blacks about the disease. Rather than accepting the merits of his suggestion, and incorporating it into their work, the stupid integrationists rejected his advice and told him that he was not an African-American. Prostate cancer will affect all Blacks equally, regardless of nationality. It would be reasonable to include non-American Blacks, so that more Blacks would be informed of the disease than would be notified by using the usual methods. Additionally, if an Ethiopian immigrant to the United States of America is not an African-American, despite becoming an American citizen since his arrival, then what is an African-American? It is unfair and disrespectful to exclude our immigrant brothers and sisters, because in America, they will experience racism because of the one element that connects us to them: our Blackness.

By excluding Black immigrants to America from participating in their activities, it appears that African-Americans are discriminating against their own people in the same manner that Whites have discriminated against us Black Americans. They have adopted the aura of superiority, and think that their presence among Whites – which they appear to consider a privilege – makes them superior to other non-American Blacks. Fortunately they are mistaken, because we are all Black, and we are all the same. But their willingness to engage in such activity denotes the lines that will divide us in the future: on one side there will be us Blacks who will join with other Blacks worldwide to create a strong Black nation; and on the other side will be the conceited African-Americans who think they are superior to other Blacks.

The label of African-American is divisive and destructive
Whenever an African-American refers to themselves as such, they are isolating themselves away from other Blacks. They are categorizing themselves as something that is not inclusive of non-American Blacks, even though people are largely classified according to their race. Additionally, the essence of what constitutes Blackness is destroyed when African-American is used, because it can include non-Black people. This logically results in African-American becoming one of many ethnic groups within the United States, rather than the classification of people in America who are members of the Black race.

Of what race are African-Americans? Are they members of the Black race? If African-Americans are Black, then is the White actress Charlize Theron also Black? She was born and raised in South Africa, and has become a United States citizen, making her rightfully an African-American. The same can be said of many other White people who were born and raised in Africa, and have since become American citizens.

African-Americans might say that White African immigrants to America are referred to by hyphenating their country of birth with American, but that is also a foolish notion. It would not be improper for someone to call me a North American, therefore African-Americans cannot say that it would be improper to call a White person from Africa an African. Labels can be applied to people because of where they were born. And in order for the beliefs of African-Americans to withstand scrutiny, they must be applied equally according to those beliefs.

There are African-Americans who feel that the only people who can rightly be called African-American, are the American descendant’s of African slaves who do not know the national identity of their ancestors. But that creates another dilemma. There are many White people within this country who are the descendants of African slaves. Are they not African-American?

Not everyone who descends from African slaves chose to procreate with Black people. Some bred with Whites; integrated into their society; and their descendants now possess the pale skin, straight hair, light-colored eyes, and deformed bodies of White people. Those descendants are legimately White people, and by definition, they are African-American. This reality shows how African-Americans deny their Blackness, by using a term to classify themselves that does not properly represent who they are, because it can include non-Black people.

For some strange reason, African-Americans think that they are promoting Black unity by calling themselves African, but that is not true. All Black people are not African, therefore calling oneself African-Americans creates divisions between Black people, which African-Americans mistakenly think they are eliminating. Calling oneself an African-American is also a means of securing the enslavement of Black minds, rather than their liberation.

In a 2004 article in the Los Angeles Times, John McWhorter addressed the issue of being called an African-American, by saying that it “reinforces a sad implication: that our history is basically slave ships, plantations, lynching, fire hoses in Birmingham, and then South Central, and that we need to look back to Mother Africa to feel good about ourselves.” Rather than embracing the totality of our past, present, and future, African-Americans embrace the relics of slavery and colonialism, by calling themselves African. That confines their being to that period. They think that being called an African is empowering, but it is subconsciously limiting because it is a reminder of the hateful and paternalistic role that White people have given themselves over Black people.

Most, if not all African-Americans, are Christians. Considering that, it is no surprise that they would embrace the vestiges of a bygone era. They embrace the racist, obsolete “one-drop rule,” so that they can add many non-Black people to our ranks, as if we are weak without them. Such people also have no problem calling themselves by names that did not exist before White people named Africa, which shows that they are willing to define themselves within the boundaries that are set by White people. Maybe that is why the Blacks who embrace the term African-American are nearly always Christians who refuse to relieve themselves of believing in the White man’s god: Jesus Christ.


An African-American is an eternal slave

African-Americans only exist within the confines of the United States of America, and that is beneficial to the cause of white supremacy. They are Black people who have been cutoff from their Black brothers and sisters, because they have implicitly agreed to integrate into White society. Part of that agreement includes denying their Blackness. And because of their desire to join in brotherhood with White people, they prefer to call themselves African-Americans, rather than Black.

To call oneself an African-American, is to call oneself a slave. Whenever someone hears the term African-American, they immediately know that the person who is being spoken of is someone whose ancestors were kidnapped from Africa, and that the descendent was born and raised in America. That description is extremely limiting, because it relegates Black people to a horrific period in our history, in which our people have endured a holocaust from which we have yet to recover. Our being is much greater than that, and we should not be judged according to our station in life at its worst point. Black history extends long before the creation of White people, but African history originated when White people named the continent of human birth.

People who call themselves African-Americans are willing to be judged at their worst, because all they seek is acceptance from White people. While there is nothing wrong with wanting to be treated equally as they live amongst White’s, the reality of their mental enslavement extends beyond that. Their worship of the White man’s God; the ways in which they allow White’s to join and control their organizations; and their lack of interest in wanting to create a Black nation; shows that they are comfortable living amongst White people, and do not desire be free from them.

Many Black people are so content with winning the favor of non-Black people, that they do not realize how silly they look calling themselves African-Americans. Since everything about their behavior, culture, and thought-process is American i.e. white; and they have no intention to leave the presence of their White master; they are not African. There is no reason for them to embrace the name of a continent when they do not embrace its culture, especially when they favor the culture of the people who have consistently tormented their people.

African-Americanism dilutes Blackness
Regardless of its intent, the label of African-American is not synonymous with black, when race is largely determined by color, and White people can be African. And are we still members of the Black race if White people can be African-American? If so, then there is no reason to call us African-American. White African-Americans do not experience the racism that Black African-Americans experience, therefore Black people should only be refereed to by the element that causes all Black people to persecuted in America. The racism that we experience is based on race, and transcends nationality, ethnic group, and all other classifications.

Due to the lack of love that African-Americans have for themselves, they have no problem considering non-Black people African-American. And the people of whom I am speaking are not those who they consider White, or the people who are commonly referred to as Asian, but half-breeds and other highly diluted people who African-Americans consider Black. The reason that they consider said people Black, is because they possess the minds of slaves, and adhere to the antiquated one-drop rule, which was never effective throughout most of this country.

There is a point at which the breeding of Blacks with non-Blacks produces someone who is not Black. But if the definition of an African-American is an American who is the descendant of African slaves, then what constitutes an African-American – and by extension a Black person – will be extended beyond what truly is a Black person. This is because not only will people who are considered African-American be seen as Black because of the racist one-drop rule, but there are many White people in this country who are the descendants of African slaves, who can rightfully be called African-American.

Because of the inclusion of half-breeds into the Black community, some of them consider themselves African-American, and feel that there are no physical requirements for being Black. They hold such beliefs because they know that they have been fraudulently living their lives as Black people, and if being Black is determined by possessing the physical characteristics that are synonymous with Black people, then they would be exposed as the frauds that they are. This is another reason why Black people should not be referred to as African-American, as if African-American is the name of our race. Being Black becomes meaningless if people who do not look like us are allowed to be included under the labels that are used to describe us.

To be African-American is to despise being Black
Being African-American is an attempt to deny one’s Blackness. It is a fact that many Black people in America abhor being Black. Since being Black means that they are looked upon as inferior by many White’s, and even some non-White’s; subjected to discrimination and racism; and suffer the lasting effect of slavery; they silently wish that their suffering would be alleviated, which would be accomplished by them being White.

Those of us who take pride in being Black, embrace our Blackness despite the hardships that we might endure because of what we are. We know that we are not inferior, and we seek to eventually separate ourselves away from White people, and create our own Black nation. In contrast, the Black people who hate themselves devise better ways to integrate into White society. That group seems to include most African-Americans.

Based upon the ways that I have seen African-American’s behave, they have no desire to build an entirely Black nation; culturally, everything about them is American; they teach each other ways to better integrate into White society, rather than promoting Black separatism so that Blacks become stronger; and they are Christians. All of that suggests that they are not comfortable with being Black, and would gladly exchange their Blackness for comfort and acceptance by White people. Therefore, being an African-American means that a Black person is willing to reject their Blackness, or what they perceive to be African about themselves. This is a strong example of their hypocrisy.

Since African-Americans seek integration, they are willing to ignore and forget the horrors that have been wrought upon us by White people. All that they seek is acceptance, and that is why they have fought so fervently to be included into White society, rather than directing that energy towards building separate Black institutions. Some African-Americans might not fit all of the criteria that I have discussed, and may even do things that benefit Black people. But as long as they remain Christians, they show that they do not desire true liberation, and have no problem remaining mentally enslaved to the white supremacist ideology.

The ideological differences that exist within the Black American community between Blacks and African Americans, shows the influence of white supremacy upon African-Americans. This is reflected within the leadership and so-called leaders within the Black American community. Regardless of how much African-American leaders are considered trouble-makers by the average White American, they often operate with the support and approval of White power-brokers.

These leaders and anointed spokespersons are often Christian preachers, and are consulted by White politicians and other influential White people on Black issues. The interesting thing about that is, millions of Black people do not go to church, and do not follow those people. Therefore, when those spokespeople are looked upon by White people as our leaders, our needs are often ignored because the wrong people were consulted. They are designated as our leaders by White people, and not by many Black’s. And it is because of their willingness to integrate, rather than separate, that Black people continue to be terrorized and mentally enslaved.

In contrast, there have been true leaders of Black people, such as Marcus Garvey and Elijah Muhammad, who have advocated Black separation, and the supporting of Black institutions. And they have been criticized by African-American leaders. The reason for that is because they liberated themselves from the slave mentality, and sought to liberate other Black people. Whenever that occurs, there will always be sellouts who do not want to see other Black people freed from the control of white supremacy. In order to prevent Black people from being self-sufficient, they criticize and attack Black leaders on behalf of their White master.

These differences show the Black leaders promote Black strength, independence, and love Black people; African-American leaders promote policies that weakens Black’s, and results in our dependency upon White people for sustenance. Another example of the African-American disdain for independent Black thinking, is the widespread hatred of United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Regarding Black success and independence, his ideology is similar to that of Garvey and Muhammad, but he is vilified by African-American leaders. Those leaders consistently seek the help of White people to solve the problems of Black people. Thomas feels that such behavior breeds dependency, and furthers the enslavement of Black’s. He is correct.

We are one
Black people are Black people, regardless of where we are. Despite the country in which a Black person resides, or is a native to, they are still Black and should be referred to as Black. Calling us African is inappropriate, because the dispersion of people throughout the world has rendered color in terms of continental geography meaningless. There are White Africans. There are also White people and mulattos from North African countries who are members of the African Union, and who proudly consider themselves African. If we are to denote terms to be used in reference to our race, then we should not label ourselves with titles that can include both Black and White people. We should only use terms that distinguish us from the members of other races, and Black accomplishes that.

African-American implies that Black Americans are members of a different race than are other Black people that are not American, which is untrue. The only legitimate differences that exist are in terms of nationality, which labels us according to the countries in which we were born. And regardless of nationality, being Black transcends geographic boundaries. Therefore, there is no reason for African-Americans to discriminate against Black people who are not the descendants of African slaves, which occurred in the example that I discussed earlier. Doing that only proves that African-Americans are slave-minded infiltrators into the Black community, who promote the disunity that benefits white supremacy.

There is no need for Black Americans to keep changing the labels under which we should be referred to. We should be skeptical of the people who enact the changes. Such people are rarely, if ever, representing Black commoners. They are usually people who form coalitions with White people, and seek their acceptance, which leads to may non-Black people referring to us by terms that the majority of us have not endorsed. And because of the close association that they share with White people, they have no problem being labeled by terms that distances themselves from non-American Blacks, and are deemed acceptable by White people.

In essence, the majority of African-Americans are sellouts. Regardless of how much they pretend to care about Black people, the truth is that they are slave-minded Black’s who have allowed white supremacy to convince them that they are dependant upon White people for sustenance. They are weak-minded, Black Christian integrationists, who do not want to see or work towards the building of an independent Black nation.

African-Americans are unwilling to separate themselves away from their White master, and it is the reason why we, Black people, should not allow them to speak for us. We should combine as one with Black people worldwide, and not allow a minority of Black American sellouts operate as our representatives. In America, and in my opinion, there are three types of members of the Black race: Blacks, niggas, and African-Americans. African-American should not be used interchangeably with Black, because the terms represent two different types of people. I am Black, and I do not want to be referred to as an African-American. Said people are self-hating, Christian integrationists, and that description does not apply to me.

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