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The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors

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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Isis</strong> <strong>Papers</strong><br />

by <strong>the</strong> Africans, following <strong>the</strong> military but not <strong>the</strong> genetic defeat of <strong>the</strong><br />

latter, was <strong>to</strong> begin <strong>the</strong> obsessive symbolic ritual of bullfighting. A ~ale<br />

person dressed in a "suit of lights" (which can be decoded as ~eanmg a<br />

light- or white-skinned person), daringly prances and parades m front of<br />

a black bull (acting as though he really wants <strong>to</strong> be gored) and, fmally,<br />

with <strong>the</strong> help of several o<strong>the</strong>rs, kills <strong>the</strong> bull. <strong>The</strong> fighter (<strong>the</strong> <strong>to</strong>reador),<br />

<strong>the</strong>n normally takes as souvenir <strong>the</strong> bull's ear or tail, both of which have<br />

been recognized as phallic symbols. Fur<strong>the</strong>r, <strong>the</strong> bull is often eaten and<br />

its testicles, seen as giving power <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> diner, are consumed as a delicacy·<br />

Following <strong>the</strong> Civil War in <strong>the</strong> U.S., a country whose development was<br />

based upon <strong>the</strong> slave labor of Blacks captured from <strong>the</strong> continent of<br />

Africa, <strong>the</strong> bull-steer again takes on major significance. <strong>The</strong> vic<strong>to</strong>ry in<br />

that war went <strong>to</strong> "<strong>the</strong> North." "<strong>The</strong> South" and <strong>the</strong> slaveholders lost <strong>the</strong><br />

war. <strong>the</strong>y also lost <strong>the</strong>ir Black slaves through <strong>the</strong> emancipation process.<br />

Many of <strong>the</strong> white ex-slaveholders moved westward, initially, wan<strong>to</strong>nly<br />

slaughtering <strong>the</strong> massive herds of black and dark brown buffalo. <strong>The</strong><br />

indigenous inhabitants of America, who are incorrectly referred <strong>to</strong> ~<br />

Indians, called <strong>the</strong> Black soldiers, "buffalo soldiers." <strong>The</strong> source of thts<br />

terminology likely stems from <strong>the</strong> similarities: <strong>the</strong> hair on <strong>the</strong> head ~f <strong>the</strong><br />

buffalo is very curly, like <strong>the</strong> helix hair on <strong>the</strong> heads of <strong>the</strong> Africans<br />

(Blacks). Thus, <strong>the</strong>se white cowboys and soldiers were slaughtering <strong>the</strong><br />

symbols of Osiris, <strong>the</strong> Black god, and symbols of <strong>the</strong> Blacks.<br />

Once <strong>the</strong> buffalo were removed from <strong>the</strong> plains, in addition <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

so-called Indians who were also killed, <strong>the</strong>se whites began <strong>to</strong> raise (bree4)<br />

cattle (cows, ox, bull, steers). For for <strong>the</strong> most part, <strong>the</strong>se cattle have been<br />

brown and black in coloration. <strong>The</strong> superior cattle, <strong>the</strong> angus, is mostly<br />

all black. Even more interesting is <strong>the</strong> fact that <strong>the</strong> whites who raised;<br />

bred and herded brown and black cattle, referred <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>mselves as "cowboys,"<br />

a highly interesting word which doubly effeminizes <strong>the</strong>se ~ales.<br />

<strong>The</strong> word "cow," while it can \)e used broadly <strong>to</strong> refer <strong>to</strong> any domesticated<br />

bovine, is used most specifically <strong>to</strong> refer <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> mature female cattle.<br />

Similarly, <strong>the</strong> word "boy" his<strong>to</strong>rically has been used by whites in ~e U.S.<br />

<strong>to</strong> refer <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Black male as a means of minimizing and degrading ..<br />

masculinity. <strong>The</strong>se cowboys, none<strong>the</strong>less, threw ropes (lassoes<br />

Symbolism of Boxing<br />

lariats) around <strong>the</strong> necks of brown and black cattle (just as ropes were also<br />

placed around <strong>the</strong> necks of Black men in lynchings), and <strong>the</strong>y also<br />

castrated <strong>the</strong> cattle-producing steer (as <strong>the</strong>y castrated Black men who were<br />

lynched).<br />

Cattle-raising and cattle-herding operated under <strong>the</strong> ostensible purpose<br />

of producing beef for eating. <strong>The</strong> U.S. has become on~ of <strong>the</strong> major<br />

beef-eating nations in <strong>the</strong> world with its favored meats being steak and<br />

hamburgers. Beef is <strong>the</strong> preferred meat of <strong>the</strong> majority of whites in <strong>the</strong><br />

. global white supremacy system and culture. Beef eaters are suppose <strong>to</strong><br />

be or <strong>to</strong> become more powerful and more masculine.<br />

Cattle were also put <strong>to</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r uses, mainly <strong>the</strong> production of lea<strong>the</strong>r for<br />

shoes, gloves, clo<strong>the</strong>s, luggage, etc. <strong>The</strong> wearing of lea<strong>the</strong>r, particularly<br />

black lea<strong>the</strong>r, is supposed <strong>to</strong> make one appear maximally masculine and<br />

powerful .. ~<strong>the</strong>rs are used in <strong>the</strong> production of many articles of clothing<br />

for <strong>the</strong> m1htary. <strong>The</strong> German military (<strong>the</strong> Nazis) in <strong>the</strong> Second World<br />

War, perhaps, exceeded all o<strong>the</strong>r white supremacy forces in <strong>the</strong> utilization<br />

of black lea<strong>the</strong>r <strong>to</strong> give <strong>the</strong> appearance of power and might.<br />

As a result of <strong>the</strong> aforementioned facts, <strong>the</strong> black bull and its symbolic<br />

uses- clothing and food- have come <strong>to</strong> demonstrate <strong>the</strong> power that was<br />

orig.inally seen in Osiris ("Lord of <strong>the</strong> Perfect Black;'). <strong>The</strong> sport of<br />

boXIng assumes <strong>the</strong> same <strong>the</strong>me of power. In this specific instance <strong>the</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong>me is expressed through <strong>the</strong> use of <strong>the</strong> lea<strong>the</strong>r gloved fists, contin~ing<br />

a practice begun in <strong>the</strong> days of <strong>the</strong> Roman Empire.<br />

In current times, <strong>the</strong> fists of <strong>the</strong> boxer are covered by rounded, padded,<br />

colored lea<strong>the</strong>r boxing gloves. <strong>The</strong>se paired gloves, poised <strong>to</strong>ge<strong>the</strong>r in<br />

front ~f <strong>the</strong> b~ Y. at <strong>the</strong> beginning of <strong>the</strong> fight, are symbols of <strong>the</strong> genetic<br />

material containmg skin-covered testicles - <strong>the</strong> containers of <strong>the</strong> true<br />

power of <strong>the</strong> man, <strong>the</strong> genetic essence.<br />

<strong>The</strong> poised fiSts, are in direct parallel alignment with <strong>the</strong> testicles below<br />

,,. <strong>The</strong> critical off-limits body area, which <strong>the</strong> boxer is penalized<br />

s~g. is <strong>the</strong> area of <strong>the</strong> testicles or genitals - "below <strong>the</strong> belt." Of<br />

, course, this body area restriction in <strong>the</strong> boxing match is <strong>to</strong> prevent serious<br />

.· , and bodily damage. However, it also is necessary <strong>to</strong> prevent <strong>the</strong><br />

association of <strong>the</strong> symbol with <strong>the</strong> true objects whose power is<br />

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