The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors

The Isis Papers
Case in point: Already some Blacks are discussing "the relationship
between the Black male and the white female" or "the Black female and
the white male." These discussions indicate that alienation has grown to
the point of Black racial suicide.
In the title of this chapter, I ask if this dilemma between the Black male
and the Black female is a "false" problem. Are we, perhaps, focusing on
the wrong issues in the attempt to end Black male/Black female alienation?
A "false" problem is one that, on the surface, appears to be valid,
but upon closer scrutiny is only a symptom of the true problem. In the
present discussion, this means that the discord between Black males and
Black females and the failure to establish long-lasting harmonious
relationships are caused by another problem. When the underlying
dynamic is exposed, analyzed and understood, it is possible to remedy the
symptom (false problem). Only then can short-term and long-term tactics
be developed. When the underlying cause is discovered, addressed and
neutralized, the false problem begins to wither away. If we are successful
in finding the true cause of the alienation and neutralizing that cause, then
Black male/Black female alienation will yield to true harmony.
The largest unified movement presently occurring amongst Black
people is the demonstrations against "apartheid" in South Africa. Although
many people use the word "apartheid" only in reference to South
Africa, the fundamental meaning of apartheid is white supremacy- white
rule and domination over Blacks and other non-whites. This very same
dynamic (with its many variations depending upon the particular
geographic location) - in its more highly refined forms - exists
worldwide, wherever and whenever whites have come into contact with
peoples who possess the genetic potential to produce melanin in their skin;
Amongst many other horrible things, the system of white minority rule in
South Africa "legally" enforces prolonged separation of the Black male
and the Black female, causing fragmentation of Black family life.
Similarly, under the American slavery system (a phase in the establishment
of the white supremacy dynamic), Black males and Black
females were forbidden by law to marry and stabilize their relationships.
Black Male/Black Female Relationships
!o. further prevent their unity' often Black males and fi
mtimate were sent to diffi I . emales who became
B . d h erent p antattons by their slaveholders
esi es t e example of South Africa th .
rule, during the past 1 25 years ha be.
' e surface appearance of white
tal • s en altered However th ti dam
£ dynamic of white supremacy has remained ~touched 'T e ~~1 enew
people wish to come to tenns w'th . . ragic y, too
behavioral phenomenon of h 'te I an m-depth analysis of the global
of the world's people (non-:hi~) supr~m~~· although the vast majority
life activity: economics educau· are VICbr~uzed by it in all areas of their
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. . ' on, entertainment labor la li .
re Igion, sex and war. • • w, po tics*,
Failure to analyze the white su remac d .
because this dynamic is the fu da p 1 y ynamtc deeply is a tragedy
between Black males and Blac~ fe:~n: cause of the fail~ relationships
males and Black females d . . ~tpreventedmarnagesofBiack
separates the Black male and :n:la:;ncan slavery, and it currently
year in South Africa Th' . emale for 11 months out of each
. IS same whtte suprem d .
Nelson and Winnie Mand 1 ti acy ynamic has kept
B . e a apart or over 20 years.
ecause whites fear white genetic 'hila.
males can initiate sexual . te annt lion, and because only
m rcourse forcefully duri Ia
males were oppressed more harshl th. • ng s very Black
Y an Black females Thi
greater pressure on the non-white mal . . . . s pattern of
explains why Black males are victimiz~~~ histone and ~ontinues. This
arrest and also illuminates wh th . ~~Y by pohce brutality and
educational system. Because :f the~ are vtctim~ed most harshly by the
err extreme VICtimizatio · th
areas, Black males have the highest levels of
n m ese two
employment, the highest rates f . . unemployment and under-
. 0 pnson mcarceration th h · h .
c1dence of school failure d h • e tg est m-
of alcoholism, the highe: ra~~s ':- 1 :p-::; rates, th~ h~ghest incidence
homicide rates the most ra . dl . ~ and addiction, the highest
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PI Y mcreasmg suicide rate and the shortest
*Here the word "politics" includes
male/female relationships are inclu: people ~elatio~ships. Black
under the heading of sex Oth under thts headmg as well as
any of the other heading~.. er aspects of these relationships fall under
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