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<strong>The</strong> Mo<strong>the</strong>r Fucker and <strong>the</strong> Original<br />
Mo<strong>the</strong>r Fucker<br />
(June 1976)<br />
I have defined racism as <strong>the</strong> behavioral power system of logic, thought,<br />
speech, action, emotional response and perception - whe<strong>the</strong>r consciously<br />
or unconsciously determined - in persons who classify <strong>the</strong>mselves as<br />
"white." <strong>The</strong> goal of racism is white domination over <strong>the</strong> vast majority<br />
of <strong>the</strong> world!s people whom <strong>the</strong> whites have classified as "non-whites"<br />
(black, brown, red and yellow) in order <strong>to</strong> ensure white genetic survival.<br />
My interest in <strong>the</strong> phenomenon of racism has resulted from my<br />
awaren~ss of ~e negative impact this destructive system has on <strong>the</strong> lives<br />
and behavior of th~ vast majority of people on this planet who are<br />
non-white, and who are <strong>the</strong> viftims of this power system.<br />
<strong>The</strong> specific nature of <strong>the</strong> destructiveness of racism was set forth by<br />
<strong>the</strong> Caucus of Black Psychiatrists at <strong>the</strong> 1969 Annual Meeting of <strong>the</strong><br />
American Psychiatric Association (Miami Beach, Florida). <strong>The</strong> Black<br />
Caucus stated that racism was not only <strong>the</strong> number one mental health<br />
problem in this nation, but additionally WtlS <strong>the</strong> number one cause of all<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r mental health problems.<br />
Racism is carried· out in all areas of people activity: economics,<br />
education, entertainment, labor, law, politics, ~ligion, sex and war (as<br />
explaiped by Neely Fuller in his book <strong>The</strong> United Independent Compensa<strong>to</strong>ry<br />
Code/System/Concept). From <strong>the</strong> above, it follows that if <strong>the</strong> basic<br />
underlying psychodynamic motivations in <strong>the</strong> individual and collective<br />
white psyche are unders<strong>to</strong>od, that is, <strong>to</strong> sUrvive as a mutant, genetic<br />
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