The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors

The Isis Papers
Castmtion anxiety, which Freud inadequately assumed had meaning
only in the family context, now can be unders«_>>O as.~e b~ic fear in the
global white supremacy system of white gene~c annih.dauon. .
This fear has been evolving in magnitude smce albmos (whttes) were
frrst developed as genetic mutants from Blacks in Africa many tho~~ds
of years ago_ only a short period of time in the context of the 3.5 mtlhon
years that Black people have been on Earth.
The global white supremacy system is the evolv~ methodology of
compensation for white male castration fears and. ~ety o~ the fear of
white genetic annihilation based upon white geneuc msuffictency.
This essay illuminates the major fallacy in the Wes.tem pattern of
perception and thought - the failure to be able to reco~~e and decode
the whole. Western perceptions are unfortunately bnuted and. fragmented,
tending towards ever higher levels of abstraction and ~o~uon of
what has been abstracted, but never fully and consciously percetvmg what
has been abstracted in relationship to the whole (e.g., guns are always seen
in their isolated abstraction, as are balls and smoking objects.)
This failure (if not refusal) to perceive the whole is a result of the
repressed conceptualization of the white self as the albino mutant (fra~ment
of whole) offspring from Black (whole) progenitors. Thus, there 1S
an inability to place the "white self' in the total pers~ti ~e of the hue-ma_n
family and the totality of the universe, witho~t the adm~s10n of the geneuc
defective status of skin whiteness. The white collecttve, therefore, m~st
deny the meaning and reality of Africa as its own birth place and the pomt
of origin of its own civilization.
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Black Fear and the Failure of Black
Analytical (Ideological) Commitment
(June 1979)
~t is known that an extremely high level of fear and a profound sense
of vulnerability of existence can lead the human bmin-computer into
ineffectual patterns of circular thought. In such cases, problems perceived
are avoided and never solved. This is in direct contrast to effective
patterns of direct linear thought that move continuously forward in
straight line progress, from problem perception and depth analysis to
proposed conclusive modes of problem solution. This holds for individuals
as well as collectives. The sense of powerlessness evolves out
of fear and vulnerability and, with its imposed patterns of circular (as
opposed to linear) thought, sets the stage for mental (behavioral and
emotional) illness, which is always seen at levels of increased incidence
amongst oppressed populations.
Circular thought means moving from problem perception, away from
problem solution (down a diversionary path), and back again to problem
perception. This may then be followed by worrying and obsessive complaining.
There is never consistent motion towards problem solution
because to do so would challenge and alter the power dynamic of oppression.
Thus, high-level fear is set in motion.
Circular thought describes the short-circuiting of logic networks in the
brain-computer, an organ which has evolved by nature as a problem -solving
instrument.
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