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| Bad Categories Of "Black" |
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Each ancient civilization had Negative Meanings of "Black" -whether about realistic, distorted, or fantasy things--that had nothing to do with racial matters. Many concerned colors to which were attributed particular things and feelings: red with blood and power; yellow with the sun and optimism; Green with spring and hope; and Black, with things dark (therefore unknown), often deadly.
In every culture Black color has been a mortuary color-- grief and death (as a Black place) as well as representative of darkness, night, fear, evil, and nothingness (as the embodiment of sinister tidings). In art, Black has symbolized evil and error. In religion the Hindus "Black" is the color of Siva, the great destroyer. Among the Japanese the soul is seen as a Black object that could depart the body. For early Christians and Cherokee Indians "Black" meant death-and regeneration. Superstitious beliefs in some parts of the Arab world include Black animals being regarded as unlucky-e.g. Black dogs bringing death in the family-which, in turn, led to such actions as using Black hens in witchcraft. The Destructive category is entered with the telling of lies out of ignorance about the meanings of "Black." For instance, in contrast to the Creation Story of African Tradition, Medieval European alchemists said that a Black sun stands for un-worked, primal matter yet to be refined. A worse realm of "Black" consists of Evil Lies-whether of a Mild, Slight, Moderate, and Extreme degree--that become weapons. Some lies may have Immediate/Delayed; "Big Bang"/Cumulative Micro-trauma; and/or Stationary/Evolving Effects. Mild Evil Lies are associated with applying the name "Black" to those everyday things that are disagreeable. This application, routinely seen or heard several times a day, carries an implied connotation of the bad thing to which it refers as being associated with Black people. Slight Evil Lies are present when there is projection of what is present in Europeans onto Black People. An example is when Europeans, instead of being the actual major criminals of the world that they are, are shielded by the media's usage of deflective tactics to make it look as if Black People are the basic cause of crime. Moderate Evil Lies are openly and overtly directed toward a group of people based on stereotypes, as when Europeans started saying that the Black Man is the Evil One. Extreme Evil Lies are present or past "Big Bang" occurrences with enduring effects. An example was the conversion of the Ancient Black African Madonna and Child to the color white by Europeans. The "Big Bang" came at the Council of Ephesus in 431 AD when Mary, a non-African, was declared the Mother of God (Blavatsky, Theosophy p77). The same Effect occurred when Jesus was painted white. Since then, both effects have been evolving and causing extreme detrimental Effects to Black People the world over. To susceptible Blacks, any of these four stages-- and especially outrageous lies-- attack their self-esteem by immediately instituting self-doubt or preventing a healthy Self-Meaning from occurring. Either one alone, or the ongoing showering of such lies, amounts to the cumulative micro-trauma that continues to evolve. The result is similar to that which leads from low self-esteem into an Inferiority Complex stemming from the victim's self-esteem props collapsing out, of control. Unfortunately, Europeans demeaning terms are still able to brainwash susceptible Blacks into applying those same demeaning terms on themselves. Joseph A. Bailey, II, M.D. |
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