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Foundational Black American Race Baiter: My Journey Into Understanding Systematic Racism
Racism is the most powerful system on the planet, yet it is often perceived as the most taboo subject to discuss.In this book, Foundational Black American Race Baiter, world-renowned influencer Tariq Nasheed gives his honest and sometimes controversial perspective on race relations. Nasheed, was born in Detroit Michigan, and raised as a youth in Birmingham Alabama. But he spent much of his life, including his "truly formative years" in Los Angeles.Foundational Black American Race Baiter chronicles his experiences growing up in these different environments, and how these experiences shaped Nasheed's understanding of systematic racism.
254 pages, Paperback
Published December 1, 2021
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April 13, 2022
I enjoyed reading this book. Tariq Nasheed talked about his time growing up and early childhood experiences. He talked about not going to college, which is something I could very much relate to. He also talked about relevant issues facing the Black community, giving many examples of how to combat them. My favorite thing about the book is that he didn’t shy away from controversial topics.
May 15, 2024
THE PRODUCER OF ‘HIDDEN COLORS’ EXPLAINS HIS IDEAS/OPINIONS IN DETAIL
Tariq Nasheed (aka ‘King Flex’) is best known as producer of the 5-documentary series, ‘Hidden Colors,’ as well as the documentaries ‘Buck Breaking’ and ‘1804: The Hidden History of Haiti.’ But he previously wrote the popular books, ‘The Art of Mackin’ [which he described as “the first book that tells men what to say, word for word, in order to get sex from women, guaranteed. By using my tried and proven methods of mackin', men are guaranteed to increase their player ratio by at least fifty percent”],’ ‘The Mack Within,’ ‘The Art of Gold Digging,’ ‘Play or be Played,’ and ‘The Elite Way.’
He explains in the Introduction to this 2021 book, “I really don’t like to give myself specific titles… the most apt title that I could give myself is ‘anti-racism strategist’… Another title I prefer is ‘Foundational Black American’ … [meaning] native Black Americans who are primarily descended from enslaved people… the people who were literally the foundation of the United States of America… a race baiter is a person who points out certain layers of systematic racism and baits suspected white supremacists into revealing themselves… I have been on a lifelong mission trying to figure out … how to replace this system of white supremacy---which is the most powerful system on the planet---with a system of justice.”
In the first chapter he states, “After the Civil Rights laws of the mid-60s were enacted, legal penalties could be imposed on people or institutions that OPENLY practiced systematic white supremacy. The dominant society had to learn how to continue to practice the same systematic white supremacy by using coded language.” (Pg. 12)
He observes, “In sports … Black people usually excel over their non/white counterparts. Without an unjust racial system to create obstacles for Black people, white supremacists view equality as unfair. This is why, historically, many Black athletes have been systematically punished outside their chosen profession. This is especially true for Black boxers.” (Pg. 22)
He says, “For 800 years the Moors ruled Spain, and the Europeans took advantage of in-fighting between various Moorish kingdoms … to reestablish white rule… The Reconquista has always been framed as a Holy War between Christians and Muslims, but it was really war between white Europeans and Black Moors in an effort to save the European bloodline.” (Pg. 35)
He asserts, “When white flight happens, it often leaves behind a Scorched Earth effect in the neighborhood or city. In the 70s and 80, when white families were fleeing en masse … and taking the economic resources with them, many of these cities started to elect Black mayors and other Black officials… Many of these Black elected officials are associated with an organization that fancies itself a Black secret society, The Boule… the general purpose of this fraternity is to cultivate those they consider to be the ‘talented tenth’ of Black society… The Boule is a secret to most of Black society, but the white establishment is very aware of them… Bole members are often placed in political positions… and they are rewarded with status and job security. And… nothing is done to provide tangible resources to the Black population.” (Pg. 42-43)
He suggests, “The reality is that almost all ‘Black crime’ in the United States is isolated to economically depressed enclaves… crime and violence are almost nonexistent in the middle class and well-to-do sectors of Black society… In fact, other so-called ‘model minority’ groups are often the ones who facilitate the import of illegal substances, weapons… into the Black populated areas. Many of the drugs and guns in Black society are brought in by Hispanic and Asian organized crime groups.” (Pg. 47)
He states, “Black people are severely punished with federal hate crime charges simply for saying something that might be perceived as insulting to an Asian person. There is no such thing as systematic Black racism, and the white supremacists are fully aware of this. There is only one form of systematic racism: white supremacy.” (Pg. 56) Later, he adds, “While Black people are desperately trying to pretend that there is a minority coalition, the Asian community collectively got on-code against Black people and are unapologetic about it.” (Pg. 128)
He says, “In the late 1960s the Black family was systematically attacked through a number of social policies. Black women were incentivized to live in single parent households… Black men were targeted with brutal state-sanctioned terrorism by … law enforcement… newly desegregated schools were … designed to covertly undermine the full development of Black children… Many Black children who came from some of these strategically broken homes… ultimately would be prime targets for the prison industrial complex… children are now bred into the for-profit prison industrial system.” (Pg. 67)
He recounts, “I have never had a long-term square job in my life. I would get little temporary square gigs here and there in between street hustles… that did not require me to have a boss looking over my shoulder… A lot of my associates would work these telemarketing gigs… When I needed to make a few quick bucks, they would hook me up with one of these jobs.” (Pg. 79-80) Later, he adds, “many Black people make the mistake of viewing [Hispanics] as a fellow ‘minority’ group with a shared camaraderie. But Hispanic groups, who for the most part identity with white, also view themselves as being in competition with Black society.” (Pg. 86-87)
He argues, “The dominant society had no problem implementing integration policies in order to pacify Black people. White society did not have to relinquish any significant economic power to Black society. Black people… were bamboozled into relinquishing their economic base. The only thing so-called integration allowed, was for Black people to spend their money in white and non-Black establishments, and have sexual access to white people… [This] gave Black people the illusion of allyship and acceptance.” (Pg. 125-126)
He contends, “White women … have always pretended to be allies with Black people and Black women n particular… White abolitionists were using the plight of Black people to collect money and donations for themselves… white supremacist women were 50/50 partners with white supremacist men in reaping the benefits of the … exploitation of Black people… Early white feminists… latched onto people like Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglas… using them as Trojan horses for their white feminist agenda… The reality is, white feminists have never helped Black women and they have done nothing to help Black society. All they have done is use fake ally propaganda to exploit Black people for their own benefit.” (Pg. 131-133)
He states, “Foundational Black Americans and Hispanics don’t view the white supremacists the same way. Most Hispanics identify with European culture… A common saying in Latin American countries is ‘Mejorar la Raza’… In essence, this means whiten up as much as you can in order to escape the Black bloodlines rooted in Latin America.” (Pg. 138-139) He concludes, “The only perceive ‘benefit’ Black people get out of upholding the Black and Brown myth is the potential to gain sexual access to Hispanic people. The thought of getting exotic sex from Hispanic women unfortunately causes a lot of brothers to forfeit any strategies for getting tangible benefits for Black society.” (Pg. 142)
He explains, “Out of all the Black people in Africa who were … forced into the Trans-Atlantic Clave Trade, only 6%... were brought to North America. Most were taken to the Caribbean, Central America and South America. When European explorers arrived in the Americas, many documented their interactions with the Black aboriginal people already inhabiting the land… This part of our history has been rigidly suppressed from consciousness… By referring to us as African Americans, the dominant society reduces black people to just another immigrant group that migrated to America… Foundational Black Americans are the only non-immigrant group in this country…” (Pg. 144-145)
He continues, “Black people have been in the Americas longer than any other group, including the Mongoloid Red Indians. For centuries scholars have presented evidence that America was populated by Black aboriginals with so-called ‘Negroid features’ for thousands of years... Foundational Black Africans have two deeply rooted lineages. Our direct African lineage goes back at least 500 years, while our indigenous Black American lineage goes back thousands of years… we don’t often realize that some Africans and Caribbeans see us as a different tribe.” (Pg. 150-152) Later, he adds, “the reason why non-FBA people like Barack Obama and Kamala Harris were chosen for high positions… [it] They have the appearance of Blackness, but culturally they have nothing to do with the lineage of Foundational Black Americans.” (Pg. 157)
He states, “The ‘I’m white and I say so’ [IWAISS] rule of white supremacy… is fully enforced. People… practice a form of common law racism, meaning there are unwritten rules and codes that maintain systematic white supremacy.” (Pg. 167) Of the assault and drugging accusations against Bill Cosby, he says, “the ‘proof’ was that a NUMBER of women made accusations against him. This is the epitome of the IWAISS rule. The majority of women making the allegations … were white, with a few non-white women sprinkled in that were mostly non-Foundational Black Americans who come from cultures that identify with whites.” (Pg. 186)
Nasheed is fond of inventing terms to categorize people (e.g., ‘Office Mammy,’ ‘Plantation Uncle,’ and other rather offensive terms). The best parts of the book are those that emphasize the ‘historical’ focus of his ‘Hidden Colors’ series; but his negative comments about many people (e.g., LGBT) reduce this book from a 5-star to a 2- or 3-star rating.
Tariq Nasheed (aka ‘King Flex’) is best known as producer of the 5-documentary series, ‘Hidden Colors,’ as well as the documentaries ‘Buck Breaking’ and ‘1804: The Hidden History of Haiti.’ But he previously wrote the popular books, ‘The Art of Mackin’ [which he described as “the first book that tells men what to say, word for word, in order to get sex from women, guaranteed. By using my tried and proven methods of mackin', men are guaranteed to increase their player ratio by at least fifty percent”],’ ‘The Mack Within,’ ‘The Art of Gold Digging,’ ‘Play or be Played,’ and ‘The Elite Way.’
He explains in the Introduction to this 2021 book, “I really don’t like to give myself specific titles… the most apt title that I could give myself is ‘anti-racism strategist’… Another title I prefer is ‘Foundational Black American’ … [meaning] native Black Americans who are primarily descended from enslaved people… the people who were literally the foundation of the United States of America… a race baiter is a person who points out certain layers of systematic racism and baits suspected white supremacists into revealing themselves… I have been on a lifelong mission trying to figure out … how to replace this system of white supremacy---which is the most powerful system on the planet---with a system of justice.”
In the first chapter he states, “After the Civil Rights laws of the mid-60s were enacted, legal penalties could be imposed on people or institutions that OPENLY practiced systematic white supremacy. The dominant society had to learn how to continue to practice the same systematic white supremacy by using coded language.” (Pg. 12)
He observes, “In sports … Black people usually excel over their non/white counterparts. Without an unjust racial system to create obstacles for Black people, white supremacists view equality as unfair. This is why, historically, many Black athletes have been systematically punished outside their chosen profession. This is especially true for Black boxers.” (Pg. 22)
He says, “For 800 years the Moors ruled Spain, and the Europeans took advantage of in-fighting between various Moorish kingdoms … to reestablish white rule… The Reconquista has always been framed as a Holy War between Christians and Muslims, but it was really war between white Europeans and Black Moors in an effort to save the European bloodline.” (Pg. 35)
He asserts, “When white flight happens, it often leaves behind a Scorched Earth effect in the neighborhood or city. In the 70s and 80, when white families were fleeing en masse … and taking the economic resources with them, many of these cities started to elect Black mayors and other Black officials… Many of these Black elected officials are associated with an organization that fancies itself a Black secret society, The Boule… the general purpose of this fraternity is to cultivate those they consider to be the ‘talented tenth’ of Black society… The Boule is a secret to most of Black society, but the white establishment is very aware of them… Bole members are often placed in political positions… and they are rewarded with status and job security. And… nothing is done to provide tangible resources to the Black population.” (Pg. 42-43)
He suggests, “The reality is that almost all ‘Black crime’ in the United States is isolated to economically depressed enclaves… crime and violence are almost nonexistent in the middle class and well-to-do sectors of Black society… In fact, other so-called ‘model minority’ groups are often the ones who facilitate the import of illegal substances, weapons… into the Black populated areas. Many of the drugs and guns in Black society are brought in by Hispanic and Asian organized crime groups.” (Pg. 47)
He states, “Black people are severely punished with federal hate crime charges simply for saying something that might be perceived as insulting to an Asian person. There is no such thing as systematic Black racism, and the white supremacists are fully aware of this. There is only one form of systematic racism: white supremacy.” (Pg. 56) Later, he adds, “While Black people are desperately trying to pretend that there is a minority coalition, the Asian community collectively got on-code against Black people and are unapologetic about it.” (Pg. 128)
He says, “In the late 1960s the Black family was systematically attacked through a number of social policies. Black women were incentivized to live in single parent households… Black men were targeted with brutal state-sanctioned terrorism by … law enforcement… newly desegregated schools were … designed to covertly undermine the full development of Black children… Many Black children who came from some of these strategically broken homes… ultimately would be prime targets for the prison industrial complex… children are now bred into the for-profit prison industrial system.” (Pg. 67)
He recounts, “I have never had a long-term square job in my life. I would get little temporary square gigs here and there in between street hustles… that did not require me to have a boss looking over my shoulder… A lot of my associates would work these telemarketing gigs… When I needed to make a few quick bucks, they would hook me up with one of these jobs.” (Pg. 79-80) Later, he adds, “many Black people make the mistake of viewing [Hispanics] as a fellow ‘minority’ group with a shared camaraderie. But Hispanic groups, who for the most part identity with white, also view themselves as being in competition with Black society.” (Pg. 86-87)
He argues, “The dominant society had no problem implementing integration policies in order to pacify Black people. White society did not have to relinquish any significant economic power to Black society. Black people… were bamboozled into relinquishing their economic base. The only thing so-called integration allowed, was for Black people to spend their money in white and non-Black establishments, and have sexual access to white people… [This] gave Black people the illusion of allyship and acceptance.” (Pg. 125-126)
He contends, “White women … have always pretended to be allies with Black people and Black women n particular… White abolitionists were using the plight of Black people to collect money and donations for themselves… white supremacist women were 50/50 partners with white supremacist men in reaping the benefits of the … exploitation of Black people… Early white feminists… latched onto people like Sojourner Truth and Frederick Douglas… using them as Trojan horses for their white feminist agenda… The reality is, white feminists have never helped Black women and they have done nothing to help Black society. All they have done is use fake ally propaganda to exploit Black people for their own benefit.” (Pg. 131-133)
He states, “Foundational Black Americans and Hispanics don’t view the white supremacists the same way. Most Hispanics identify with European culture… A common saying in Latin American countries is ‘Mejorar la Raza’… In essence, this means whiten up as much as you can in order to escape the Black bloodlines rooted in Latin America.” (Pg. 138-139) He concludes, “The only perceive ‘benefit’ Black people get out of upholding the Black and Brown myth is the potential to gain sexual access to Hispanic people. The thought of getting exotic sex from Hispanic women unfortunately causes a lot of brothers to forfeit any strategies for getting tangible benefits for Black society.” (Pg. 142)
He explains, “Out of all the Black people in Africa who were … forced into the Trans-Atlantic Clave Trade, only 6%... were brought to North America. Most were taken to the Caribbean, Central America and South America. When European explorers arrived in the Americas, many documented their interactions with the Black aboriginal people already inhabiting the land… This part of our history has been rigidly suppressed from consciousness… By referring to us as African Americans, the dominant society reduces black people to just another immigrant group that migrated to America… Foundational Black Americans are the only non-immigrant group in this country…” (Pg. 144-145)
He continues, “Black people have been in the Americas longer than any other group, including the Mongoloid Red Indians. For centuries scholars have presented evidence that America was populated by Black aboriginals with so-called ‘Negroid features’ for thousands of years... Foundational Black Africans have two deeply rooted lineages. Our direct African lineage goes back at least 500 years, while our indigenous Black American lineage goes back thousands of years… we don’t often realize that some Africans and Caribbeans see us as a different tribe.” (Pg. 150-152) Later, he adds, “the reason why non-FBA people like Barack Obama and Kamala Harris were chosen for high positions… [it] They have the appearance of Blackness, but culturally they have nothing to do with the lineage of Foundational Black Americans.” (Pg. 157)
He states, “The ‘I’m white and I say so’ [IWAISS] rule of white supremacy… is fully enforced. People… practice a form of common law racism, meaning there are unwritten rules and codes that maintain systematic white supremacy.” (Pg. 167) Of the assault and drugging accusations against Bill Cosby, he says, “the ‘proof’ was that a NUMBER of women made accusations against him. This is the epitome of the IWAISS rule. The majority of women making the allegations … were white, with a few non-white women sprinkled in that were mostly non-Foundational Black Americans who come from cultures that identify with whites.” (Pg. 186)
Nasheed is fond of inventing terms to categorize people (e.g., ‘Office Mammy,’ ‘Plantation Uncle,’ and other rather offensive terms). The best parts of the book are those that emphasize the ‘historical’ focus of his ‘Hidden Colors’ series; but his negative comments about many people (e.g., LGBT) reduce this book from a 5-star to a 2- or 3-star rating.
April 12, 2023
4.5/5. Understanding the system we live in is crucial. Excellent breakdown aside from a few grammatical errors.
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