Why Just Take Classes, When You Can Take Control?
“A black race (Moors), in very early times, had more influence over the affairs of the world than has been lately suspected; and I think I shall shew, by some very striking circumstances yet existing, that the effects of this influence have not entirely passed away,” writes Godfrey Higgins in Anacalypsis - The Saitic Isis: An Inquiry into the Origins of Languages Nations and Religions Vol 1 (1878, p. 39).
“It is certain that its (The Moor Empire’s) existence can only be known from insulated circumstances, collected from various quarters, and combining to establish the fact. But if I succeed in collecting a sufficient number to carry conviction to an impartial mind, the empire must be allowed to have existed (p. 40).”
This historical work finds that during the rise of European colonialism, the term ‘Moor’ was deliberately displaced by “negro,” a word that Anglo-American legal systems used not to denote nationality or ethnicity but to impose a condition of social and legal subordination. Samuel Johnson’s 1775 dictionary is cited to illustrate how the term negro entered English usage as a racial classification imposed to facilitate the denial of Rights and enslavement, not as a national or biological identity, which leaves people disconnected from their origins, Nationalities, Families, cultures, and selves.
Black, Brown, African American, American Indian, Puerto Rican, Dominicano, Mestizo, Mulatto, bi-racial, tri-racial, multi-racial, mixed-race, Colored person, Person of Color, Person of African Descent, and others are derivatives negro and labels like for cattle that evolved from legal regimes of racial categorization, not as affirmations of Nationhood, Human origin, or respect. In law, language, history, logic, everyday business, and social relations, these terms reflect the past and afterlife of slavery, as do the terms White, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Viking, Irish, Scottish, and Jewish, for examples. Each of the above terms evolved over time, shaped by political, military, social, religious, and legal forces.
This book moves beyond college classrooms and theories of psychological strength based on identity into practical applications for social advancement. To read this book is to absorb vast amounts of rare and relevant knowledge. With that knowledge, would you take control of yourself? Would you take control of your academic success, social success, and career? Why Just Take Classes, When You Can Take Control?
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