June 17, 2022 / 10 Minute Read

black is not a race

Black is not a race…

Let me repeat that… 

BLACK IS NOT A RACE!!!

Black is a color.

In volume 1 of this series, I briefly touched on the phenomenon of Africans enslaving and selling other so-called black people during the transatlantic slave trade.

I noted a primary reason for this phenomenon is the fact that all so-called black people are not the same.

Most of the confusion surrounding this concept comes from our contemporary understanding of race.

While race itself is not a new idea, the concept of categorizing people based on skin tone is.

It’s important to understand that, in antiquity, they knew that similar phenotypes did not denote, create, or maintain cultural and communal bonds. They instead classed people based on tribe and lineage. The modern, culturally destructive concept of race based on skin color was nonexistent back then, and was only created as a tool for oppression.

In this article I want to further expound upon the history of the term “black”, as well as the demeaning concept of race itself.

the fallacy of race

“The term “race,” used infrequently before the 1500s, was used to identify groups of people with a kinship or group connection. The modern-day use of the term “race” (identifying groups of people by physical traits, appearance, or characteristics) is a human invention.

Via: https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race/topics/historical-foundations-race

To begin, let’s discuss the concept of race.

As I stated earlier, the concept of race as we know it today was nonexistent just a few centuries ago.

Please understand that, in the words of the federal government, the concept of race is a social construct; in other words, an idea, hypothesis, or theory.

The world has been conditioned and educated to accept the concept of race as an absolute, when this is simply and utterly false. 

To truly understand the origins of race, and why it was implemented and accepted; we must look back to the late 18th century.

During this period, people began to question how the practice of slavery could be perpetuated by alleged Christian slaveowners. This led to the practice of what we now know as “race science.”

In the 1700s and early 1800s, scientists in Europe and the Americas studied “race science”—the idea that humankind is divided into separate and unequal races. They tried to explain the contradiction between the belief in human equality expressed during the American and French Revolutions and the emergence of slavery in the United States and several European countries.

Via: https://www.facinghistory.org/resource-library/science-race

From the excerpt above, we see that the goal of “race science” was to morally justify the enslavement and oppression of non-caucasoid races.

In order to account for the alleged Christian beliefs of the slave traders, the scientists and philosophers of the ruling class began to create theories that claimed the inherent inferiority of certain people groups to justify their practices.

They literally made up the false concept of race instead of accepting the Bible they claimed to believe in. 

Although slavery wasn’t a new concept globally, it was a unique institution as it existed in America. “The thing that makes American slavery so distinctive is it is based on race.”

George Washington University professor James O. Horton told PBS in 2003

blumenbach

“Blumenbach radically changed the geometry of human order from a geographically based model without explicit ranking to a hierarchy of worth, oddly based upon perceived beauty, and fanning out in two directions from a Caucasian ideal.” 

Via: https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/the-geometer-of-race

The most famous among these racial scholars was a man named Johann Blumenbach.

Remember that name.

Blumenbach was the proverbial godfather of “race science,” and is largely responsible for the racial classifications we use today. 

He invented the term “caucasian,” as well as creating a racial hierarchy pyramid geared towards black inferiority that is still used today.

This was the beginning of the loss of our history, and embracing Blumenbach’s ideas have led to massive deculturalization.

Instead of retaining and remembering our tribal and cultural values, we assimilated into Blumenbach’s model, which makes no cultural or ethnic differences between the people; but instead segregates solely based on phenotypes.

Have you noticed that none of the other races identify by these false racial designations?

Even if you ask Africans what race they are, most of them won’t say black; they’ll say their tribal/national names.

We see a great depiction of this theme by the Wakandans in the film Black Panther. They didn’t identify or claim familial ties with the various so-called black people throughout the world; but instead placed value on culture and lineage, shown by the importance of the famous lip tattoo.

If you notice at the end of the film, King T’challa abandons his tribal/cultural views in exchange for assimilation and “inclusivity” with the other nations. This perfectly encapsulates the trap our people have fallen into. The movie was actually a prime example of phycological warfare and social engineering geared towards so-called blacks.

They often attack the concepts that would benefit and elevate our people, like nationalism and independence, while promoting the very concepts that have led to our destruction, like deculturalization and integration.

legacy of black

“There is a physical difference between the white and the black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together… while they do remain together there must be the position of superior and inferior, and I as much as any man am in favor having the superior position assigned to the white race.”

Abraham Lincoln: Fourth Debate with Stephen A. Douglas at Charleston, Illinois

So far, we’ve seen that race is a created and unscientific concept. We’ve also learned about the origin of the five modern racial designations; courtesy of Blumenbach.

Now, we can evaluate the term “black” itself, and see how embracing this wicked concept has led to social suicide for so-called black people.

To begin, we must return to Blumenbach’s perverted theories.

Did I mention that Blumenbach was a white supremacist?

Even though he allegedly opposed slavery, he had no shame in admitting his views on the superiority of the white race.  

His views closely align with the degeneration hypothesis, another popular racial science theory which essentially stated that all other races were just mutations and bastards of the original, superior white race, due to things like poor diet and sun exposure.

The concept of a universal “black race” has only been around for a few centuries, and before people began to embrace this ideology in mass, the connotations around so-called black people were vastly different.

The various negative stereotypes associated with so-called black people are a direct result of these modern racial classifications.

Again, note that none of the other races refer to themselves by Blumenbach’s classifications. “Black” people are the only ones who continue to use this false distinguishing.

When referring to Blumenbach’s model, we notice other classifications like red and yellow people. Yet, you never hear any of the other races using these false terms to describe themselves.

So why do we still say we’re “black?” 

By brainwashing people to accept the idea of race as fact, the powers that be are able to easily control vast amounts of people via the various created racial groups. They create narratives, stereotypes, propaganda based on the societal agendas they want to accomplish, in this case black inferiority.

They have and still need to keep our people in a constant estate of negativity and inferiority. Ruling class civilizations have always used psychological and cultural warfare to maintain the slave caste. They would destroy and hide their history, create false stereotypes, and harass them both mentally and physically. 

The plight of our people is no different.

Black is not a race.

It is a false image of our people created by our conquerors. Words are like spells; and by embracing the term black, you are cursing yourself to the various negative stereotypes that the culture creators have aligned with the term.

solutions

“It is vital that our tradition be rooted and grounded in our own culture. For if you continue to practice someone else’s culture, you will begin to think within your mind that you are that person.”

Ishakamusa Barashango

The concept and acceptance of a “black race” is perhaps the biggest mental shackle holding our people back from collective greatness. We have consistently remained in a state of disenfranchisement, both mental and physical, because are still accepting and playing the enemies game.

The entire purpose of so-called black race since its inception, has been to serve as an antagonist and villain to the self-proclaimed, superior white race.

The “black” race will be forever tied to the “white” race in a dualistic, abusive dynamic. This is why our social status and identity will never change as long as we continue to embrace the false concept of a so-called black race.

I believe the solution to our salvation lies in the the reestablishing of our biblical culture, which must begin with the reclamation of our true history.

We are a chosen people, but have fallen under various curses that have led to our current estate. I strongly advise you to research your personal lineage, as well as investigating the history of so-called black people pre-slavery. If you all are looking for a place to start, I highly recommend you check out Slaves to Gods Volume 1.

We can’t rely on our oppressors to give us the tools we need to overthrow them. It is up to us to reclaim our history and remaster our own culture, instead of being subject and victim to an artificial culture created to facilitate our destruction.

The difference between us and the other races is that they have an unadulterated and self-defined view of their past, present, and future via their culture. So-called blacks throughout the diaspora lack this key component of success.

We have had our identity, history, and culture stripped from us. As long as we continue to identify as “black”, we will continue to repeat the history associated with that created term: a history of oppression, depression, and chaos. 

To end, remember these key takeaways:

  • Race is not scientific or factual. It was a theory created to justify the transatlantic slave trade and the disenfranchisement of so-called black people. 
  • The modern concept of race was started by a man named Johann Blumenbach. He created the racial hierarchy pyramid and racial classifications that promoted a superior white” race, naturally juxtaposed to an inferior “black” race. 
  • So-called black people are the only people on earth who continuously embrace Blumenbach’s false and destructive classification, a clear sign of deculturalization and loss of identity and history. 

Bye chance.

references

https://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_03_a-godeeper.htm

https://www.pbs.org/race/000_About/002_04-background-02-09.htm

https://www.facinghistory.org/holocaust-and-human-behavior/chapter-2/science-race

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2151154/v

https://www.nature.com/articles/145063a0

https://time.com/5865530/history-race-concept/

https://www.doi.gov/pmb/eeo/Data-Standards

https://www.britannica.com/topic/race-human/The-history-of-the-idea-of-race

https://www.basicknowledge101.com/pdf/maintain/Degeneration%20theory.pdf

https://www.discovermagazine.com/mind/the-geometer-of-race

https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race/topics/historical-foundations-race

https://lifereconsidered.com/2020/06/10/race-what-is-it/

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/l/lincoln/lincoln3/1:20.1?rgn=div2;view=fulltext