30.06.2022 Views

The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors

by Frances Cress Welsing

by Frances Cress Welsing

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

<strong>The</strong>/sis <strong>Papers</strong><br />

<strong>The</strong> thrust <strong>to</strong>wards superiority over peoples of color, <strong>the</strong> drive <strong>to</strong>wards<br />

material accumulation, <strong>the</strong> drive <strong>to</strong>wards a technological culture and <strong>the</strong><br />

drive <strong>to</strong>wards power are all corners<strong>to</strong>nes of <strong>the</strong> universal white supremacy<br />

culture, and <strong>the</strong>y are viewed- in terms of <strong>the</strong> Color-Confrontation <strong>the</strong>sis<br />

- as responses <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> core psychological sense of inadequacy. This<br />

inadequacy is not measured in terms of infant size as compared with that<br />

of <strong>the</strong> adult, as postulated by Alfred Adler. Ra<strong>the</strong>r, it is an inadequacy<br />

rooted in <strong>the</strong> inability <strong>to</strong> produce melanin. This genetic state is, in<br />

actuality, a variant of albinism.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Color-Confrontation <strong>the</strong>ory fur<strong>the</strong>r postulates that whites are<br />

vulnerable <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir sense of numerical inadequacy. This inadequacy is<br />

apparent in <strong>the</strong>ir drive <strong>to</strong> divide <strong>the</strong> vast majority of non-whites in<strong>to</strong><br />

fractional, as well as frictional, minorities. This is viewed as a fundamental<br />

behavioral response of whites <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir own minority status. <strong>The</strong><br />

white "race" has structured and manipulated <strong>the</strong>ir own thought processes<br />

and conceptual patterns, as well as those of <strong>the</strong> entire non-white world<br />

majority, so that <strong>the</strong> real numerical minority (whites) illusionally feels and<br />

represents itself as <strong>the</strong> world's majority, while <strong>the</strong> true numerical majority<br />

(non-whites) illusionally feels and views itself as <strong>the</strong> minority. Interestingly,<br />

<strong>the</strong> white collective, whenever discussing <strong>the</strong> question of color,<br />

never discusses any of its own particular ethnic groups as minorities, but<br />

constantly focuses on <strong>the</strong> various ethnic, language and religious groups<br />

I<br />

of non-white peoples as minorities. <strong>The</strong>n great efforts are made <strong>to</strong> initiate<br />

conflict between <strong>the</strong>se arbitrary groups. This is one of <strong>the</strong> key methods<br />

by which a minority can remain in power. <strong>The</strong> "divide, frictionalize and<br />

conquer" pattern, observable throughout his<strong>to</strong>ry wherever non-whites are<br />

confronted by whites, results primarily from whites' sense of color<br />

deficiency and secondarily from <strong>the</strong>ir sense of numerical inadequacy.<br />

This pattern, <strong>the</strong>n, is a compensa<strong>to</strong>ry adjustment <strong>to</strong> permit psychological<br />

comfort through dominance and control. (See Diagram 1.) Similarly, <strong>the</strong><br />

present-day frantic focus on birth control for <strong>the</strong> entire non-white world<br />

is ano<strong>the</strong>r example of white peoples' conscious or unconscious awareness<br />

of <strong>the</strong>ir numerical deficiency status. <strong>The</strong>re is never great emphasis on<br />

<strong>The</strong> Cress <strong>The</strong>ory<br />

<strong>The</strong> psychogenetic and social dynamic<br />

of racism (white supremacy)<br />

Genetic Fac<strong>to</strong>r: color inadequacy state (white)<br />

an albinism or variant<br />

Individual and group psychological response:<br />

development of psychological defense mechanisms<br />

Compensa<strong>to</strong>ry logic system: white supremacy<br />

Compensat?ry behavioral practices: (economics, education, entertamment,<br />

labor, law, politics, religion, sex, war)<br />

White supremacy behavioral "system" and culture<br />

on worldwide scale<br />

Syst~matic oppresion, domination and inferiorization of aU<br />

peo~le ~•th <strong>the</strong> capacity <strong>to</strong> produce significant amounts of' melanin<br />

skm pigment: black, brown, red and yellow peoples of <strong>the</strong> Earth<br />

Diagram I<br />

10<br />

11

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!