Frantz Fanon - Black Skin.White Masks

"Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted." 
The one thing I hate about the celebration of Black History Month are the naysayers, the ones who say, "get over it" and the BLACK Americans who believe we should negate OUR- America's history as if it doesn't matter. As if it is a shameful secret which has to be hidden. Hidden from whom? We did nothing wrong. We didn't keep ourselves in bondage for years, up until this day. And to those who throw in the NEVER TO BE FORGOTTEN betrayal of our kindred by our kindred -, especially the people of noncolor- how dare you try to excuse your ancestors and make their HUMONGOUS role a case of "if not this/that." THEY BOUGHT PEOPLE. People they could have released at anytime, but they chose to mutilate, rape and kill them for generations. No one held a gun to their heads and said buy and hand down this dark skinned people to your legacy. You just have to accept your part in the atrocities in America and live with it. You can't deny history.


"Sometimes people hold a core belief that is very strong. When they are presented with evidence that works against that belief, the new evidence cannot be accepted. It would create a feeling that is extremely uncomfortable, called cognitive dissonance. And because it is so important to protect the core belief, they will rationalize, ignore and even deny anything that doesn't fit in with the core belief.”

― Frantz Fanon, Black Skin, White Masks

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The civil-rights movement, led especially by Martin Luther King, Jr. in the late 1950s and 60s, and the executive leadership provided by President Lyndon B. Johnson, encouraged the passage of the most comprehensive civil-rights legislation to date, the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It prohibited discrimination for reason of color, race, religion, or national origin in places of public accommodation covered by interstate commerce, i.e., restaurants, hotels, motels, and theaters.

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In the United States, Civil Rights are the rights that a nation's inhabitants enjoy by law. The term is broader than "political rights," which refer only to rights devolving from the franchise and are held usually only by a citizen, and unlike "natural rights," civil rights have a legal as well as a philosophical basis. In the United States civil rights are usually thought of in terms of the specific rights guaranteed in the Constitution: freedom of religion, of speech, and of the press, and the rights to due process of law and to equal protection under the law.

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"The events which transpired five thousand years ago; Five years ago or five minutes ago, have determined what will happen five minutes from now; five years from now or five thousand years from now. All history is a current event." *John Henrik Clarke

 (January 1, 1915 - July 16, 1998), born John Henry Clark, was a Pan-Africanist American writer, historian, professor, and a pioneer in the creation of Africana studies and professional institutions in academia.

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 June 19, 1865 is the day Texas (mainly East Texas) finally set their slaves free. Better known as Juneteenth, it is the oldest nationally celebrated recognition of the ending of slavery in the United States. From its Galveston, Texas origin on September 22, 1865, the observance of June 19th as the African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United States and beyond. 

Today African Americans and people of all races take the time to celebrate Juneteenth as a way to highlight  the great progress accomplished in the areas of social consciousness, education and ability. It is all about family and community.

  In honor of the holiday 9 fantastic authors (myself included, lol) have lowered the prices of their books. Where it was once illegal to teach a slave to read, we as a people are now able to leaf through the pages of our favorite books whenever we have the desire.
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D.N.A. -Nothing Would Ever be the Same by Ey Wade

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Bad Boy Next Door by Melissa Blue

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Fifty Shades of Jungle Fever by LV Lewis

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A Kiss of a Different Color by Bettye Griffin

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Framing Felipe Holley Trent

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Donor by Ambrielle Kirk

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Jaded Hearts by Olivia Linden

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Abandoned But Not Alone by Theresa Henry

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Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing by Chicki Brown

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Bad Boy Next Door by Melissa Blue

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Fifty Shades of Jungle Fever by LV Lewis

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A Kiss of a Different Color by Bettye Griffin

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Framing Felipe Holley Trent

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Donor by Ambrielle Kirk

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Jaded Hearts by Olivia Linden

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Abandoned But Not Alone by Theresa Henry

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Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing by Chicki Brown

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WHY THE BIG CHANGE FROM GOOD GUYS TO BAD GUYS?

I have learned quit a bit through my study to know more about the political parties. I would never have figured  the Republican party was once viewed as the 'savior' of the African American people. On March 20, 1854 in Ripon, Wisconsin a group of anti-slavery activist men and women pulled together to form the Republican Party and to stop the Democrats.

Republicans in Congress also enacted the nation’s first-ever Civil Rights Act, which extended citizenship and equal rights to people of all races, all colors, and all creeds. I would never have known In 1875, the Republicans expanded these protections to give all citizens the right of equal access to all public accommodations. Struck down by the Supreme Court eight years later, this landmark legislation would be reborn as the 1964 Civil Rights Act.      
Republicans led the fight for women’s rights, and most suffragists were Republicans. These included two African-American women who were also co-founders of the NAACP: Ida Wells and Mary Terrell, great Republicans.

Despite fierce Democrat opposition, Republicans passed constitutional amendments banning slavery, extending the Bill of Rights to the states, guaranteeing equal protection of the laws and due process to all citizens, and extending the right to vote to persons of all races and backgrounds. Kind of funny to see how Republicans are know trying to do everything in their power, and losing I might add, to suppress the ability for African Americans, other minorities and the poor to be able to vote. Almost in the daily you can read headlines about judges over turning attempts if voter suppression. In Texas alone I'm disappointed in the attempted fraud by the claims of thousands, just in the month of September receiving letters proclaiming living individuals to be dead. Thank God, the voter purging was over turned and being overturned in many states.

 All of the 'first Blacks', women and other minorities in the political arena were of the Republican Party until 1935. That is until the white flight and the Negrophobe kicked in and the Southern Strategy was developed. In American politics, the Southern strategy refers to the Republican Party strategy of winning elections or to gain political support in the Southern section of the country by appealing to racism against African Americans. Some give the use of the term to Kevin Phillips, Nixon's political strategist. He believed the Democrats that still harbored hate for the Black race would leave their party and run over to the Republicans. Seems he was right. Those who could not handle desegregation, the fair treatment or advancement of colored people, became Republicans. This disgrace of a strategy continues on to this day and has grown to include the mockery of other minorities with promotion of racist commercials. Check out the 7 most racist commercials as posted on The Root.  I believe it shows how small minded, this party is when it stoops to hate mongering in order to win an election. Even sadder is when it is such an accepted practice, it is an expected occurrence for the Presidential debates. 


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Who was the Chinese American figure skater and media celebrity who  won nine U.S. championships, five world championships, and two Olympic medals? 

What better way to celebrate the Olympics then to give cheer and remember past American Olympians of all races.

Thanks for joining me as I shared a chapter from the book Beads on a String-America's Racially Intertwined Biographical History a book that applauds and lauds the biography of every American from every ethnicity.

Best of luck  Team America.

CONTRIBUTORS IN SPORTS

MICHELLE WING KWAN ( born Kwan Wing Shan on July 7, 1980 in Torrance, California), is an Chinese American figure skater and media celebrity who has won nine U.S. championships, five world championships, and two Olympic medals. She has remained competitive for over a decade and is the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history. Known for her consistency and expressive artistry on ice, she is widely considered to be one of the greatest figure skaters of all time despite having never won an Olympic gold medal.

BRIAN VILORIA (born November 24, 1980 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a Filipino-American professional boxer with an overall record of 19-1-0-1 (12 KO). He is a former World Boxing Council (WBC) light-flyweight champion. Nicknamed "The Hawaiian" and/or "Pinoy Punch" he won the world title as an amateur at the 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Houston, Texas.

ALEXANDRA PAULINE "SASHA" COHEN (born October 26, 1984) is an American figure skater. She is the reigning U.S. National Champion and silver medalist at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Cohen was born in Westwood, California, a neighborhood in Los Angeles. Her mother, Galina Feldman, is a Jewish immigrant from Ukraine and a former ballet dancer; her father, Roger Cohen, is a Jewish American business consultant who used to practice law. Her sister, Natasha, is a concert pianist. Sasha is the Russian nickname for Alexandra. A gymnast from an early age, Cohen switched to figure skating when she was seven years old.

NAOMI NARI NAM (born July 6, 1985 in Anaheim, California), is an American figure skater. Naomi placed second in the senior ladies division at the United States Figure Skating Championships in 1999, behind Michelle Kwan. Touted as one of the "Baby Ballerinas" (along with Sasha Cohen, Jennifer Kirk, Sarah Hughes), she was groomed as a rising skating star, but a serious hip injury (stress fracture) sidelined her figure skating career. In 2003, following hip surgery, she won the Southwest Pacific Regional title but placed 5th at the Pacific Coast Sectionals. She failed to qualify for the 2004 U.S. Nationals.

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What better way to celebrate the Olympics then to give cheer and remember past American Olympians of all races. 

Within the next four posts we'll explore a chapter from the book Beads on a String-America's Racially Intertwined Biographical History

Best of luck Team America.

 Do you know who was the first player of Asian descent to be selected in the first round of the NFL draft in 1992?

 CONTRIBUTORS IN SPORTS

JHOON RHEE, Tae Kwon Do master and entrepreneur (born January 7, 1932,) Grandmaster Jhoon Rhee is known as the "Father of American Taekwondo." Rhee is largely credited for having popularized Martial Arts in North America. He trained with martial artist Bruce Lee to help him develop his kicks and he also trained Muhammad Ali for several of his fights. Rhee eventually awarded Ali a blackbelt in Taekwondo. In addition, he has also trained many U.S. senators and U.S. congressmen as well as their sons and daughters. In 1976, he also invented protective gear, Safe-T Equipment, made of foam-rubber for free-sparring. He changed the face of kata as well by choreographing the first kata to music which he called Might For Right.

Grandmaster Rhee was also the first martial arts instructor to put a high importance on education as well as martial arts instruction by demanding that each of his students must carry a B or higher level in school. This is now a crucial part of some martial arts systems in USA, deciding when one is to progress to their next belt level.. Jhoon Rhee is a member of the Black Belt Hall of Fame. 

ROMAN GABRIEL (born August 5, 1940 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is a former American Football player. He is considered by many to have been one of the best NFL quarterbacks of the late 1960s and early 70s. A two-time All-American, he starred at quarterback for North Carolina State in the early 1960's and finished his career holding virtually every Wolfpack passing record. An academic All-American, Gabriel saw his jersey retired and presented to him by North Carolina governor Terry Sanford on Jan. 20, 1962 at half-time of an NC State-Maryland basketball game in Reynolds Coliseum. A first-round draft pick by the Los Angeles Rams, he went on to a distinguished professional career. Gabriel was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1989.

LENN HARUKI SAKATA (born June 8, 1954 in Honolulu, Hawaii), is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues primarily as a utility player from 1977-1987 and was a member of the Baltimore Orioles 1983 World Series Championship team. After his playing career ended, Sakata coached in the minor league system, serving a stint as manager of the Triple-A Fresno Grizzlies in 2002. After 2002, he returned to his previous position as long-time manager of San Jose Giants of the High-A California League, which he still coaches. Sakata was the starting shortstop for the Orioles when Cal Ripken, Jr. began his consecutive games played streak. Sakata is also the first Hawaiian born player to play in the Major Leagues. Sakata owns a small chain of high-end independent grocery stores in the Fresno, California area.

AKEBONO TARO (born May 8, 1969 as Chad George Rowan) is a retired sumo wrestler. Born in Hawaii, Akebono became the first non-Japanese wrestler ever to reach Yokozuna, the highest rank in sumo, on January 27, 1993. His name Akebono means "dawn" in Japanese. Akebono entered the sumo world in March 1988, at the same time as Takanohana and Wakanohana who became his great rivals as Yokozuna Akebono was often under intense scrutiny as the first foreign born Yokozuna. Akebono was a long standing and strong Yokozuna, lasting nearly eight years in the rank and winning the top division championship on a further eight occasions. His career highlights include the rare achievement of winning the top division championship in three consecutive tournaments. He also beat Takanohana and Wakanohana (brothers) in consecutive matches to win a Basho when all three ended up tied at the end of the 15 day tournament. He was however quite susceptible to injury because of his height and weight. Akebono was one of the tallest sumo wrestlers ever, at 203 cm (6ft 8in) tall, and also one of the heaviest.

RONALD MAURICE DARLING (born August 19, 1960 in Honolulu, Hawaii to a Hawaiian-Chinese mother and French-Canadian father) is a former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Mets, Oakland Athletics and Montreal Expos. Darling is currently a broadcaster for the Mets. During his 13-year career, Darling amassed a 136-116 won-loss record including 1,590 strikeouts and a 3.87 ERA. He threw 13 shutouts in his career and was selected to the 1985 All-Star team.

GREGORY EFTHIMIOS LOUGANIS is an American diver of Samoan/Swedish descent, adopted by a Greek-American family. He won back-to-back Olympic titles in both the 3m and 10m events. He received the James E. Sullivan Award in 1984 as the top amateur athlete in the United States Greg Louganis was born January 29, 1960 in El Cajon, California. At age 16, he took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, where he placed second in the tower event, behind Italian Klaus Dibiasi. Two years later, with Dibiasi retired, Louganis won his first world title in the same event. In 1978, he accepted a diving scholarship to the University of Miami where he studied Theater Arts. He would later transfer to the University of California, Irvine in 1981, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts.

JIM PAEK (Baek Jiseon) was born April 7, 1967, in Seoul, South Korea. He is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League from 1990-91 to 1994-95.

EUGENE CHUNG (born June 14, 1969) is the first player of Asian descent to be selected in the first round of the NFL draft (1992, 13th overall by New England); All-Big East Conference selection at Virginia Tech.

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I was really excited when I fell across John T. Wills’ page  Thought Provoking Perspectives. Just the title of the page made me want to visit it. His topics really made me think and yet it seems as if his personal opinions are not forced on you. From there I followed his links to his other site John T. Wills Chronicles where there are a constant flow of timely interesting articles.

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John T. Wills is a  Speaker, Author, Professor/Teacher, Radio Host, member and past officer of several Business/Community/College Board’s, a Volunteer, and friend to many. Regardless of the worldly titles given, John prefers to be called a man. 

 
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I love the fact Mr. Wills is in the mindset to promote other authors regardless of race and without cost to them. I implore you to visit his sites and take time to listen to the interviews he has with other authors on Book Tree Radio. LISTEN TO THE INTERVIEWS  

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It is the sequel and the continuation of "Just a Season" and a stand-alone story rich in history on a subject rarely explained to children of this generation concerning the African American struggle.

It delves into the life of a man who, in the midst of pain and loss, journeys back in time to reexamine all the important people, circumstances, and intellectual fervor that contributed to the richness of his life.

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For the past few weeks I have been sharing the contributors to America's history. Now that its February, OUR month of recognition, I'm sharing the book as a Valentine gift.Get it Free!!
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King's dream and the fact I was a home-schooling parent wanting a history book applauding contributions of all races are the reasons I put together Beads on a String America's Racially Intertwined Biographical History.


If each of our histories were celebrated everyday and our children were taught to value all histories, contributions, and differences we wouldn't have to wonder what Dr. King would think about us today. His dream....my dream would be fulfilled. We live in different times and we now play on a different game field from or ancestors and we need different tactics to fight the causes of today. Beads on a String chooses not to be about a certain color, but about a certain Nation. Learn more about the book.

America as a nation has many problems and yet what other country in the world can attest to the fact that people or dying to be here? There is a dream in their heart to be a part of this great nation and to live in the land of good and plenty as a member of one body. So why do we keep the line of separation as a constant reminder? The hyphenation, which line that separates all races and the word American.

The elimination of the hyphenation that is placed to distinguish White Americans from African (Black), Chinese, Arab, Indian, Japanese and every other race would be an immense triumph for Americans. That hyphenation continues to put a space between the races that are naturally born and the races that have chosen to become Americans. And we are that, Americans that have contributed enormously to the growth of the great United States.

Why is all of the hyphenation and hatin' going on in America? Why is such a distinction made before we are labeled Americans? African (sorry I don't come from Africa.) Arab, Asian, Black, Chinese, Hispanic, Native. I don't see anything about White-American or European-American. Who made this 'hyphenation' up and why are we accepting a line that separates us? I feel that we as Americans are all equal and held together by a common thread. Like a treasured beaded necklace of different colors held together on a string, we are held together by our necessities and our circumstances and our humanity. Every color helps to make the necklace beautiful. We can never be a totally separate entity! Americans of all colors are so integrated that if we hurt one, we hurt all. Just like that necklace of treasured beads, leave one out and the gap is seen. Break the chain and many of us are lost.

I believe that there are no pure races in America. Once Africans loved and integrated with Native Americans and the White man brought the first boat of Black slaves to America and raped their women, the 'pure' races were put to an end because nine months later, some woman had the first mixed baby. This integration happened again and again within all races. We are such a mixed breed in America that it has become hard to distinguish one race from another just by looking in a face. Some Blacks were so light skinned that they married into the White race and no one knew and may never know. Light to White skinned babies were being born and no one knew if they were Black or White and it did not and does not matter because they were born into the human race. Once free, they became American citizens. As does anyone born into this country, or anyone that chooses to come into this country and become an American. How many pure races are living here? From what we see, love among the races is flowing freely. Don't forget what happened to our fore-parents. Let us not repeat it. Let go of what happened in the past. I am not saying that there is not prejudice in the world. What we are saying is that when we are fighting for a 'cause' we must remember we are fighting the system and not a person. We have to be diligent in collecting facts, have an unbreakable, unbeatable plan, and remember that all of our foes may not be of one color.

Pay attention to the present. What we consider 'small things' is happening daily in the schools; on the jobs; in the government. Pay attention so that we don't step back in time. Stop trying to benefit from the past. Everyone that was involved in the mayhem and destruction of the families and the souls of the slaves are dead. We cannot charge nor punish them with anything and if we attack we may hurt our own. We take a chance of destroying an uncle, aunt, cousin, brother because roots run deep. We cannot change the past hurts, but we can change the present laws. The heart of man has to be dealt with by God. We should not dwell on the past. It stirs up hatred in young hearts that should only know peace. We know what happened to our fore-parents. Let us not repeat it.

It is time for America to let go of the past and heal itself. The grieving period should have been over and the healing started. But every year, old wounds are torn open by the words Black History Month. Why don't we teach the children about America's History with everyone included? To me it seems as if only a few Black people are pulled out of the closet, dusted off the shelves and paraded in front of America as if to say, 'this one wasn't worthless', this one wasn't stupid'. Why is it that the 'black' is in capital letters? Is it to point out that a person of color has a brain or is it to pronounce to the world that we have pride? If there is so much pride in America for Native, African, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Iranian-Americans and other 'hyphened Americans, drop the hyphen and pull together and teach our children that every bead has a purpose and should be celebrated.
Let's wake and live the dream.