Are Black Americans Monolithic?
Posted on: Wednesday, May 14th, 2008 by Nina May
Democratswant everyone to think that blacks aremonolithic. Take, for example, that little statistic of the voting habits ofblack Americans. It ranges anywhere from 90% to 96% of the vote going to theDemocratic candidate, depending upon the race, the region of the country andthe contest. One small detail is missing though . . . less than 30% of blackseven vote. So if you take 90% of 29%, you will get about 26% or about onequarter of the black population that actually votes for the Democraticcandidate.
What about those other 74%? Whydon’t they vote?
Wediscovered while filming our documentary, Emancipation Revelation Revolution,that the reason most blacks feel disenfranchised from the voting machinery isthat they don’t feel comfortable with the Democratic platform and have beenintimidated into believing that the Republican Party is the spawn of Satan.They reject, as a matter of conscience, most of the social positions theDemocrats espouse. They have seen the figures and realize that 40% of allabortions are performed on black women and can see the finger of genocidepointing in their direction. At the same time, there is an erroneous beliefthat the Republican Party has been wrong on civil rights and lacks compassion. (Ourmovie sets the record straight on that fallacy . . . www.ERRVideo.com)
They have seen the devastation ofthe black family at the hand of the party that replaced personal responsibilitywith government handouts laced with immoral, impossible conditions. Conditionslike forbidding the father of a woman’s child to live in the family if they areto receive welfare, or the restriction on returning to school if they are inthe government system. They have seen the black family smeared in the Petridish of social experimentation for several generations and realize the samemonolithic mentality exists that identifies blacks as victims of society,dependent upon “the man” for their very existence. Sound familiar?
What is happening to those who arebreaking out of this mindset, in the year of the “black candidate,” declaringthat the color of Barack’s skin color is irrelevant because the content of hischaracter is a bigger issue? But that is not what the mainstream media wants tofocus on, because if they did, they would be admitting that blacks are notmonolithic, do not en masse support one party over another, and don’t allattend churches as divisive as Rev. Wrights.
The debate should be about whethersomeone who lacks judgment and attends a divisive church that pits one group ofpeople against another is qualified to lead an entire nation, not whether Obamashould have thrown Rev. Wright under the bus for political expediency.
Whatwe are witnessing though, in this entire debate, is another example of thesmugness of the liberal press and the ignorance of those who oppose the liberalmedia, because they always let them set the agenda in any debate. Theassumption has been for years, that there really is only one black America withonly two main spokesmen . . .Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. When Barack Obama broke through that glassceiling erected by those who have a vested interest in maintaining themisperception that blacks can only achieve with government handouts and welfarepolicies, the powers-that-be had to restack the deck in order to maintain theirposition of power and influence over self-proclaimed leaders who have forfeitedreal authority for personal gratification and aggrandizement.
Obamawas allowed to slip through the velvet ropes of low expectations becauseHillary Clinton had already torn the doors off the presidential clubhouse anddemanded her time at the helm. With the common denominator being lowered to thepoint that a woman with zero administrative experience, other than beingmarried to a man that had some, could declare that she was suitable to serve aspresident, it now was easier for everyone to cross that threshold. Barack waswhispered to be the only tool powerful enough to derail the queen fromascending to the thrown and was seen as a uniter of the party with a flawlessresume that offended no one . . . except the liberal power base that expectedall newcomers to make their bones before making such brash declarations.
Butnow that his campaign is unraveling with Rev. Wright permanently tattooed onhis forehead, there has to be an easy explanation that will dismiss the realityof his extreme rhetoric, and the naiveté of Barack to continue learning at hisknee all these years. The liberal . . . white media has to now spin thediscussion away from extremism, and back toward the nuance of wisdom in orderto keep their age old stereotype alive, that all blacks are the same, are amonolithic group of like-minded people who are so similar that almost 95% votethe same way.
Thediscussion that is not being aired is the divisions within not only the blackcommunities on key issues, but within the churches as well. There are thousandsof black churches across the nation who are appalled by the rantings of Rev.Wright and are very upset that the mainstream media has shrugged and suggestedthat this is the typical black church, and they have earned the right to holdsuch racist views because of past injustices. It is an easy way to keep theplantation of bitterness and victimization open for business. It is not in thebest interest of liberals to set the captives free from anger and racistideology, because once they are free, they speak and think for themselves, theyrealize the government has not made their lives easier, but placed impossiblerestrictions on their livelihood, their lifestyles, their hopes and dreams fora brighter tomorrow. The government welfare systems have robbed people of theirdignity while refusing to give helpful alternatives to personal growth. Andthose who keep that machine running, keep it fed and churning out new welfarerecipients are liberals who must have that vote to stay alive. They wouldliterally shrivel up like a salt-pelted slug if that plantation ceased toexist.
So it is imperative that theyconvince white Americans that all blacks are helpless, angry, disenfranchised,bitter, victims of racism and they will never be able to accomplish anythingwithout assistance. They even think they are helping Barack by suggesting thatall black churches are like Rev. Wrights and this is what happens in blackchurches every Sunday, and it is fine that Barack has attended that church for20 years. Who are we to say how and where someone should worship? Who are we,as oppressive, racist whites to condemn Rev. Wright and his church?
Butwhat if the condemnation was coming from other black pastors . . . would thatbe different? It might be different, but you won’t hear it because the liberalmedia doesn’t want that voice to be heard. You won’t hear from Bishop WaymondBurton in North Carolina who is very upset with the McCain campaign for cominginto his state and castigating an ad that tells the truth about Rev. Wright.You won’t hear from Rev. Bill Owen, Bishop Harry Jackson, Rev. Jesse Peterson,Rev. O’Neill Dozier, Bishop David Perrin, Mason Weaver, etc. etc., who all havechurches or ministries that truly do teach the love of Christ, forgiveness,mercy and a need to unite and not divide. We don’t see or hear from brilliantblack scholars like Shelby Steele, Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, andthousands of others who are quietly achieving and destroying stereotypes thathave been erected by a class of elitists who must keep blacks forever in thisvictim class to maintain their political power and control.
Ionce had the opportunity to host the president of an African country in theU.S. and took him, with several others, to two black churches in DC. Manypeople asked why we were going to two since all black churches were the same.It was an odd statement that was repudiated at the end of the second service.
The first church we attended was aRev. Wright type church, complete with racial vitriol, anger, intimidation andoppressive messages that served only to keep that slobbering spirit of racismfat and happy. It was a frightening experience, and other than the two secretservice men assigned to the visiting president, there were only three of us whowere white. We honestly did not think we would make it out of the church alive.The pastor, who ironically is a friend and had been at our home the nightbefore for a reception, was going on and on about whites being the cause of allof their problems, that there didn’t need to be accountability for any actionsbecause they could not be blamed for anything . . . only white men couldbecause of blah blah blah. There was no love, there was no joy, mercy,forgiveness, impartation of empowerment or sense of purpose . . . there was noJesus in this “Christian” church that sang the same hymns I grew up with in aBaptist church. The façade of Christianity was embarrassing and an affront towhat the true teachings of Christ are all about.
Wedid not relish the thought of dragging ourselves to the second black church,certain we were going to, once again, be berated and condemned for lackingsufficient pigment in our skin. I was not sure my eardrums could handle anothertwo hours of screaming and rhetorical abuse. But thankfully we went to thesecond black church only to be greeted with warm hugs, smiles of delight andcolored-blind eyes that accepted us as members of the Body of Christ. You couldfeel the peace and love of the congregation that emanated from the gentlenessand strength of their pastor. The presence of the Holy Spirit was palpable andby the end of the service, there was not a dry eye in the room, and even one ofthe secret service men had tears rolling down his face. What was intended tohappen in the first church, but was met with anger and resentment, was acceptedwith gladness and humility in the second church. The visiting president hadwanted to ask forgiveness from the first congregation for his country and hiscountrymen, selling the ancestors of these black Americans, into slavery. Hisattempt was heartfelt but was totally rebuked.
Atthe second church, he was reluctant to say the same thing, but felt compelledto get down on both knees and beg for forgiveness on behalf of his country forthe way they had treated the ancestors of this group. Even though not oneperson in that room had ever sold a slave or been a slave, the spirit ofracism, oppression and bondage is very real in people’s lives as though areality occurred in the flesh. His offer of forgiveness was met with tears andthe most amazing outpouring of love and mercy I have ever seen. We were allhugging each other, crying, laughing, loving . . . just experiencing the purelove of Christ in our midst. He told us it was worth his trip to America, justfor that one moment.
Butthat is not the black church we see or hear about in the news. We keep seeingthe angry clips looped over and over to give the very erroneous impression thatall black churches are like Rev. Wrights and all black parishioners are likeBarack Obama being fed this angry bile every single week, for years and years.This stereotype continues to divide the nation, feed the racism monster, andkeep a political party in power.
Thatis why the focus is no longer whether or not Wright’s church is a typical blackchurch or not. That discussion is irrelevant and wholly unacceptable. Besides,based on the liberal manipulation of the masses it would be almost impossibleto believe otherwise. How different is Rev. Wright from Jesse Jackson, AlSharpton, Micheal Eric Dyson, Louis Farrakhan who all say the same things butjust with their own personal twist to it. Where are the faces of Bishop HarryJackson, or Bishop Burton who, as black men, will denounce this anti-Christian“Christianity” and the charlatans who are creating negative stereotypes of anentire class of people? Why aren’t these other voices of reason and wisdomallowed air time to show the American people that blacks don’t hate whites, orthat to go to college and do well in school should not be considered “actingwhite.” Or to succeed as aconservative black in a “white man’s world” does not in anyway justify nameslike Uncle Sam, Aunt Jamima, Oreo cookie or other hateful pejoratives.
Idon’t blame Rev. Wright for fanning the flames of racism, or Barack Obama forwarming his political career on their embers. They are the real victims in thiswhole charade because they have bought the lies and distortions of the peoplewho have historically oppressed them and their ancestors in one form or another. . . whether in physical chains, philosophical and cultural chains, or now thechains of victimization and validation of a lifestyle that does nothing but robthem of the true life of love and joy that God has destined them to have. Ifthe scales fell off and they realized the man they should hate is the one whohas robbed their dignity by categorizing all blacks as congregating in the samehuddled, victimized masses, then they would stand up and say, no more. Theywould say, “We will not allow this blind prejudice to suck our souls from us”while the forces who have everything to gain, walk away laughing at these foolswho fell for the biggest con in the world.
Blacksare no more monolithic than whites . . . or women, and to suggest it, to treatthem as such is insulting, demeaning and . . . oh my gosh . . . really racist.
Articles by Nina May
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