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The Willie Lynch Letter: And the Making of a Slave
The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave is a study of slave making. It discribes the rationale and the results of Anglo Saxon's ideas and methods of insuring the master/slave relationship.
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First published August 1, 1999
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October 8, 2013
What I'm about to say may tick a lot of people off but if you haven't read the book, never lived this, or you have and/or its you...it may (or may not) touch a nerve...and do not come onto my personal review with negativity and ignorance...I am a people watcher and I grew up watching roles like what was said...Even at a young age, my mother's teacher said the same thing(by her high school years)....
Let me start off by saying, I have read the rumors of who supposedly wrote this book...But even if it were written within the last 20 years or so, going by history and the reading I have done, it is still pretty accurate about how slaves were treated and how things were done.
Now, on to what I was wanting to say.
A lot of what was said in this letter, still holds true today. Role reversals in the households, mothers raising children as single parents & those particular fathers not in the home doing whatever it is that they do (if this does not apply, no need to reply).
Our community still has that slave mentality built deep down in them. Low self worth, focus more on what shouldn't be focused on (over materialistic etc). We still have issues getting along with each other. Still the light skin/dark skin silliness! Still call each other N*ggas but try to justify it with acronyms and say its a term of endearment when it is Not but get mad when people of other races call you that same word regardless of how it's said (with the "A" or the "ER")...
We have come so far but yet, we are still stuck in the negative and ignorant mentality of "The White Man is holding me down". Or we come up with many other excuses of why we can't and won't do better.
We may be "Physically Free" but our mentality is so beat down that we are still Slaves Mentally...and that is so sad. As smart as the black community is, and as far as we could go, so many of us are still stuck on stupid! Don't get me wrong, this is not a way of putting down black people...I am just being honest and going by what I see on a regular basis!
(Regardless of how you feel about my post,Stop, Think, Stop again, Think again, take a couple days to think some more and then maybe comment):-)
Let me start off by saying, I have read the rumors of who supposedly wrote this book...But even if it were written within the last 20 years or so, going by history and the reading I have done, it is still pretty accurate about how slaves were treated and how things were done.
Now, on to what I was wanting to say.
A lot of what was said in this letter, still holds true today. Role reversals in the households, mothers raising children as single parents & those particular fathers not in the home doing whatever it is that they do (if this does not apply, no need to reply).
Our community still has that slave mentality built deep down in them. Low self worth, focus more on what shouldn't be focused on (over materialistic etc). We still have issues getting along with each other. Still the light skin/dark skin silliness! Still call each other N*ggas but try to justify it with acronyms and say its a term of endearment when it is Not but get mad when people of other races call you that same word regardless of how it's said (with the "A" or the "ER")...
We have come so far but yet, we are still stuck in the negative and ignorant mentality of "The White Man is holding me down". Or we come up with many other excuses of why we can't and won't do better.
We may be "Physically Free" but our mentality is so beat down that we are still Slaves Mentally...and that is so sad. As smart as the black community is, and as far as we could go, so many of us are still stuck on stupid! Don't get me wrong, this is not a way of putting down black people...I am just being honest and going by what I see on a regular basis!
(Regardless of how you feel about my post,Stop, Think, Stop again, Think again, take a couple days to think some more and then maybe comment):-)
August 7, 2012
I don't want to review this .... I review the results everyday in my African American brothers and sisters. Mandatory reading!
September 14, 2020
Repeat read times 7... This divisive letter is still a revealing 5 star read because it applies to every walk in life if you're a Black person living in America!
"I have outlined a number of differences among the slaves; and I take these differences and make them bigger. I use fear, distrust and envy for control purposes. These methods have worked on my modest plantation in the West Indies and it will work throughout the South. Take this simple list of differences and think about them. On top of my list is “Age” but it’s only there because it starts with an “a”. The second is “color” or shade. There is intelligence, size, sex, sizes of plantation, status on plantation, attitude of owners, whether the slaves live in the valley, on a hill, East, West, North, South, have fine hair, coarse hair, or is tall or short. Now that you have a list of differences, I shall give you an outline of action, but before that, I shall assure you that distrust is stronger than trust and envy stronger than adulation, respect or admiration. The Black slave receiving this indoctrination shall carry on and will become self-refueling and self-generating for hundreds of years, maybe thousands. Don’t forget, you pitch the old Black male vs. the young Black male, and the young Black male against the old Black male. You must use the dark skin slaves vs. the light skin slaves, and the light skin slaves vs. the dark skin slaves. You must use the female vs. the male, and the male vs. the female. You must also have a white overseer who distrusts all Blacks. But it is necessary that your slaves trust and depend on us. They must love, respect and trust only us. Gentlemen, these kits are our keys to control. Use them. Have your wives and children use them. Never miss an opportunity. If used intensely for one year, the slaves themselves will remain perpetually distrustful. Thank you gentlemen."
I have read this letter from my college years, to grad school and as an employee, supervisor/manager in the workplace. Years later this letter still transcends. The words are deplorable but the contents are still alive and well in the 21st century.
I recommend this letter to anyone who wants to understand Willie Lynch's approach to making a slave and how his strategy is still haunting us in the form of the Donald Sterlings of the world.
"I have outlined a number of differences among the slaves; and I take these differences and make them bigger. I use fear, distrust and envy for control purposes. These methods have worked on my modest plantation in the West Indies and it will work throughout the South. Take this simple list of differences and think about them. On top of my list is “Age” but it’s only there because it starts with an “a”. The second is “color” or shade. There is intelligence, size, sex, sizes of plantation, status on plantation, attitude of owners, whether the slaves live in the valley, on a hill, East, West, North, South, have fine hair, coarse hair, or is tall or short. Now that you have a list of differences, I shall give you an outline of action, but before that, I shall assure you that distrust is stronger than trust and envy stronger than adulation, respect or admiration. The Black slave receiving this indoctrination shall carry on and will become self-refueling and self-generating for hundreds of years, maybe thousands. Don’t forget, you pitch the old Black male vs. the young Black male, and the young Black male against the old Black male. You must use the dark skin slaves vs. the light skin slaves, and the light skin slaves vs. the dark skin slaves. You must use the female vs. the male, and the male vs. the female. You must also have a white overseer who distrusts all Blacks. But it is necessary that your slaves trust and depend on us. They must love, respect and trust only us. Gentlemen, these kits are our keys to control. Use them. Have your wives and children use them. Never miss an opportunity. If used intensely for one year, the slaves themselves will remain perpetually distrustful. Thank you gentlemen."
I have read this letter from my college years, to grad school and as an employee, supervisor/manager in the workplace. Years later this letter still transcends. The words are deplorable but the contents are still alive and well in the 21st century.
I recommend this letter to anyone who wants to understand Willie Lynch's approach to making a slave and how his strategy is still haunting us in the form of the Donald Sterlings of the world.
March 18, 2014
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This letter reminds me of how black people treat each other today...distrust, envy, and fear instead of loving and helping.
This letter reminds me of how black people treat each other today...distrust, envy, and fear instead of loving and helping.
March 25, 2015
I read bits and pieces of this before but finally read the entire letter and it was eye-opening. It is crazy how something written so many years ago, still defines the people today, whether we want to admit it or not. Reading this letter, I swear it seemed as if my heart started aching because you would think that black people would have learned so much after everything we have endured but the truth of the matter is we haven't. Yes racism and hatred is hidden more, but it is still very prevalent today as it was during slavery. The difference is that most of the slave owners offsprings now wear badges and hold offices. Now only is the problem on them, but blacks as well, we feed into their opinion of us. We behave the way they expect us to behave and for many of us it is because of the slave mentality. The never ending cycle of thinking like a slave, again, sad but true. This is a must read book ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE BLACK! loved it....
March 17, 2014
Eye-opening, and I believe it is a letter that proved to impact the African American families for decades; but it has also impacted the minds of other ethnic groups playing a critical role to keep the pulse of this letter thriving in today's society. However, it clearly comes down to two races of people: good and evil.
February 6, 2016
It's sad but quite accurate. For the sake of argument lets say slavery ended with the Emancipation. That we are still in the 300 year loop that Lynch speaks of. I see it every DAMN DAY. It's tragic to see an ENTIRE race, my race reduced to cattle.
October 1, 2018
I started reading this at 11pm & was done before I knew it. Such devastating & disturbing information placed on paper with some situations that have been passed down throughout the years. Such an eye opening read
March 18, 2016
Reflecting on Kashif Malik Hassan’s
The Willie Lynch Letter and The Making of a Slave
By
Christopher F. Brown
I’ll try to keep this review to a small percentage of the size that is the original book. After deciding that I find myself questioning, where do I begin to unpack this diminutive in size, yet far exceedingly, more worthy than the value of the words classic epic? Truly, this books size does not speak to its significance. If you are American, or have studied American history, then you know some of the details pertaining to the inhuman savagery called the slave trade between the fifteen-hundreds and the eighteen-hundreds. What is rarely discussed today is how the attitude in regards to the entirety of the slave trade as being just such, and a very intricate part of American economics. What is also not discussed today is how this practice of some three hundred years set up the basic model for modern America’s wage slavery and is the substratum for American capitalism. Though some like to use the term Antebellum (pre and post), its true name was and still is slavery, Its true nature is the ultimate goal and the ideal procedure for modern capitalism; to receive the highest amount of profit and most amount of gain while imputing the least amount of effort and least amount of overhead. Human life was and still is a commodity.
I first heard of this book on an episode of Different World, I remember somebody said something about it and ever since I’ve heard it mentioned sporadically in random poems. There were times, when listening to a friend speak, or watching a show about black consciousness in the new era, someone would refer to this book. I know that there has been speculation about the speeches authenticity. There have been calls for the author to provide proof of an original or show any historical documents that mentions said speech. People have also said that the only person that could have been in the right place and at the right time to be the noted William Lynch was not born until some thirty years later. Rather if the author wrote them in nineteen-ninety-two or they were spoken some three-hundred and eighty years earlier, they were and are still relevant. I believe that this mentality and this strategy survives in many different forms today.
“I have outlined a number of differences among the slaves, and I take these differences and make them bigger. I use FEAR, DISTRUST, and ENVY for control purposes. These methods have worked on my modest plantation in the West Indies, and it will work throughout the SOUTH. Take this simple little list of differences and think about them. On the top of my list is "AGE" but it is only there because it starts with an "A"; The second is "COLOR" or shade; there is INTELLIGENCE, SIZE, SEX, SIZE OF PLANTATION, ATTITUDE of owner, whether the slaves live in the valley, on a hill, east or west, north, south, have fine or coarse hair, or is tall or short. Now that you have a list of differences, I shall give you an outline of action- but before that, I shall assure you that DISTRUST IS STRONGER THAN TRUST, AND ENVY IS STRONGER THAN ADULATION, RESPECT OR ADMIRATION.”
It is often written, in various literature, when looking for the perpetrator of a crime, one should find whom would benefits from said crime. Here the only one that profits is the slave owner.
Sowing the seeds of distrust amongst the slaves while having them believe they were better or worse than one another based on something frivolous not only let the slave master sleep soundly at night, but one could theoretically extrapolate that the larger the plantation in size and number of slaves the more effective these tactics. Again in the interest of keeping this review small and confined to a review, I won’t get into discussing all of the obvious psychological and sociological effects and numerous studies that would supports such claims effectiveness. I will say that if you have worked, in America, for a major chain retail company that has zone managers, regional managers, assistant zone managers, and assistant regional managers, and have often felt confused at how these people obtained their various positions and titles when they seemed to be very inept and really do nothing but cause confusion and turmoil, there are reasons.
The book goes on to discuss how a black man (not the word they use) must be mentally, and physically broken from his natural, free state of independence and self-reliance to that of servitude and total dependency on his master. This dependent state must be done to such an extent that if said black man (not the word they use) were given the option of freedom, after being broken, they would have no idea how to provide for themselves or for a family if they chose to have one, said black man would opt back to a state of servitude to his master. In essence, the broken black man (not the word they used) would be the equivalent to a crippled and mentally disabled child which when offered freedom would cry for the controlling hand of the master just as a confused child cries for the hand of its mother. The book later speaks of the greater importance it is to breaking the black woman (NOT the word they used)
The breaking of the black woman was of such great importance because she was the key in perpetuating they cycle unto and upon the next generation of black men and women. She, if properly broken herself, would innately break her children of her own accord. This breaking would be so great it would be as strong as her own maternal instinct.
“THE BREAKING PROCESS OF THE AFRICAN WOMAN
Take the female and run a series of tests on her to see if she will submit to your desires willingly. Test her in every way, because she is the most important factor for good economics. If she shows any sign of resistance in submitting completely to your will, do not hesitate to use the bullwhip on her to extract that last bit of [b----] out of her. Take care not to kill her, for in doing so, you spoil good economics. When in complete submission, she will train her offsprings in the early years to submit to labor when they become of age. Understanding is the best thing. Therefore, we shall go deeper into this area of the subject matter concerning what we have produced here in this breaking process of the female nigger. We have reversed the relationship; in her natural uncivilized state, she would have a strong dependency on the uncivilized nigger male, and she would have a limited protective tendency toward her independent male offspring and would raise male offsprings to be dependent like her. Nature had provided for this type of balance. We reversed nature by burning and pulling a civilized nigger apart and bullwhipping the other to the point of death, all in her presence. By her being left alone, unprotected, with the MALE IMAGE DESTROYED , the ordeal caused her to move from her psychologically dependent state to a frozen, independent state. In this frozen, psychological state of independence, she will raise her MALE and female offspring in reversed roles. For FEAR of the young male's life, she will psychologically train him to be MENTALLY WEAK and DEPENDENT , but PHYSICALLY STRONG . Because she has become psychologically independent, she will train her FEMALE offsprings to be psychologically independent. What have you got? You've got the nigger WOMAN OUT FRONT AND THE nigger MAN BEHIND AND SCARED . This is a perfect situation of sound sleep and economics. Before the breaking process, we had to be alertly on guard at all times. Now, we can sleep soundly, for out of frozen fear his woman stands guard for us. He cannot get past her early slave-molding process. He is a good tool, now ready to be tied to the horse at a tender age. By the time a nigger boy reaches the age of sixteen, he is soundly broken in and ready for a long life of sound and efficient work and the reproduction of a unit of good labor force. Continually through the breaking of uncivilized savage niggers, by throwing the nigger female savage into a frozen psychological state of independence, by killing the protective male image, and by creating a submissive dependent mind of the nigger male slave, we have created an orbiting cycle that turns on its own axis forever, unless a phenomenon occurs and re-shifts the position of the male and female slaves. We show what we mean by example. Take the case of the two economic slave units and examine them close We breed two nigger males with two nigger females. Then, we take the nigger male away from them and keep them moving and working. Say one nigger female bears a nigger female and the other bears a nigger male; both nigger females—being without influence of the nigger male image, frozen with a independent psychology—will raise their offspring into reverse positions. The one with the female offspring will teach her to be like herself, independent and negotiable (we negotiate with her, through her, by her, negotiates her at will). The one with the nigger male offspring, she being frozen subconscious fear for his life, will raise him to be mentally dependent and weak, but physically strong; in other words, body over mind. Now, in a few years when these two offsprings become fertile for early reproduction, we will mate and breed them and continue the cycle. That is good, sound and long range comprehensive planning.”
Dissecting the previous words would again add so much length to this review that it would be a rewrite of the book and again a greater volume than the book itself. I also believe that anyone reading this review is intelligent enough to decide themselves, make up their own mind about the implications of such words are a mighty behemoth.
If you have never read this book, I say pick it up it is a wonderful yet short read. You will read this and it will stretch and branch your brain out in so many directions and fill it with so many thoughts that if one were to look back to this book, as the seed and root of it all, you have something as mighty as a mustard tree, and its physical size being the same as a mustard seed. Buy two copies: one for yourself and one for a black child you know that can read or is learning.
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October 22, 2012300 hundred years and he was right. Screw going back in time to kill Hitler or Stalin.....this man is who we need to embrace a time machine for, killing this man. Without this man, the damage might not have been so horribly psychologically never ending. Yea, he was brilliant, a brilliant piece of satanic shit.
September 16, 2017
No narrative, no editorial, no recap or analysis. Just a slave training manual followed by the slave owners of the South to make more productive ni**ers. Written by the hand of Willie Lynch himself, the father of the term 'lynching', a bright and shining window into not only the current mindset of black people today but also into the black hearts of filth who 'owned' other humans of the past.
December 30, 2015
Very insightful yet disturbing
Knowing your history is essential however its disgusting sad and disappointing that this was reality for our country. My prayer is that anyone who reads this is enlightened to change for the better.
Knowing your history is essential however its disgusting sad and disappointing that this was reality for our country. My prayer is that anyone who reads this is enlightened to change for the better.
March 3, 2014
This book was perhaps the most interesting book I've read to date! I was intrigued from beginning to end. A must read for anyone of African Ancestry!!!!
November 27, 2015
This is a must read for every African-American.
June 13, 2020
This short narrative was an eye-opener. Essentially, Willie Lynch, a planter from the West Indies hired in the early 1700s as a consultant to come to Virginia & help planters install the African slave system In this short narrative, he describes a system any planter can use to break his slaves & produce generations of conforming & productive slaves. The original independent spirited Black males must be viciously & maliciously tortured to near-death in front of his wife & other slaves, particularly slave females. That will instill a recognition that Black males have no power & cannot play the role of protector. It, more importantly, instills fear for the lives of any Black male child she births, which, leads her to raise them to be dependent & conforming. Because her primary concern is his survival. Over generations, this thinking will produce Black males who are weak-minded but strong of body, perfect for labor. Thus creating a slave society in which the males are docile minded led by females. He urges planters to use any differences between his Blacks to sow envy & discontent, old vs young, house vs field, light vs dark-skinned, etc. He, also, encourages white planters to impregnate some of their female slaves to multiply color stratification that can be exploited as a wedge against any united slave resistance. His is a raw look at the underpinning of the thinking that kept slavery working at minimum risk to White & his at the heart of Flack disunity today.
January 15, 2021
Omgoodness!!!! My friend warned me not to read this around other people. He said I would be angry. Instead I am heartbroken. I'm watching the residual effects of slavery in my (Haitian) community right now. Lynch compares training a slave to training a horse and I continue to watch my community beat their children with the same tools the French use to train their horses. He tells slave owners to weaken the men in front of the women so they will be forced to be indepedent and raised their sons to be dependent for their personal safety. My Zoe sisters (people of Haitian descendent) joke about that all the time. We joke about how our mothers are ready to turn their girls out onto the street as soon as they become of age to reinforce how independent they need to be but the sons are kept home and coddled to protect them from the world. Lynch words are still in use today in America. I could write a whole dissertation on the results of this essay on African-American community now and how Lynch words have been adapted to modern day society to continue the oppression of the Black community. This is a must read!
August 7, 2011
Willie Lynch Letter and The Making of a Slave contains a speech given by a white slave owner from the West Indies instructing the slave owners of Virginia on how to control the African mind for the purpose of economic gain. The speech given in 1712 is a shocking blueprint for making a man into a slave. This blueprint advised American slaveholders on how to effectively cause divisions amongst the families of Africans taken as slaves Three major devices used were fear, distrust and envy that would effectively cause 300 years of mental bondage. Also included in this work are letters from Frederick Douglas, Charles Johnson, and commentaries on the parallels between horse breeding and slave making. Although the book is short in length it is abundant with information on the destruction of the African family and the African mind.
June 18, 2008
this piece is one that should be read amongst all people and african american families especially. it needs to be read and discussed, and counter-acted before children lose their identities, easily accepting traps before them. i think that its helpful to see the problem for the black community on paper and as a clear plan so that its
visual and real. it also helps to define a solution and plan.
this doesn't seem to be the whole letter or speech, and i think that willie lynch wrote and spoke of a lot more than this, but reading this would be a great start in counteraction.
visual and real. it also helps to define a solution and plan.
this doesn't seem to be the whole letter or speech, and i think that willie lynch wrote and spoke of a lot more than this, but reading this would be a great start in counteraction.
January 17, 2015
WARNING: This is still going on NOW in the 21st. century!!!
This a piece of work that was conspired to break down the Black man, his family and his people. It is evident in the way we see people, in our media, in our churches and our "God". Whether this writing is fact or fiction it is a very powerful read for Black people to understanding of how we as a people have been and still are treated. I recommend this and challenge ALL people of color to go back to the beginning of where civilization started as.d all truths will be revealed, whether you believe it or not!!!
This a piece of work that was conspired to break down the Black man, his family and his people. It is evident in the way we see people, in our media, in our churches and our "God". Whether this writing is fact or fiction it is a very powerful read for Black people to understanding of how we as a people have been and still are treated. I recommend this and challenge ALL people of color to go back to the beginning of where civilization started as.d all truths will be revealed, whether you believe it or not!!!
February 9, 2021
What to say about this book. I’ve heard so much about it over the years, and since I’m developing the habit to purposely read more direct source material, I decided to finally read this.
First—whether a true document or not—it might truly be the most disgusting read I’ve ever undertaken, and that includes horrendous, gut-wrenching accounts regarding Native Americans, Jews during the Holocaust, and the Rape of Nanking.
Second, I can understand why this has become an influential and oft-cited document. Lynch’s systematic approach toward “breaking” and unbalancing slaves is Mengele-ian. Lynch’s approaches have seemed to echo down through the centuries beyond slavery itself.
Third, I’ve also heard that this document is a hoax. I look forward to reading the evidence and arguments put forth in that regard. Nonetheless, this book has somewhat permeated the academic and political landscapes, and has been referenced in the arts, becoming something of a force that won’t be going away, much like “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”.
Fourth, especially after reading some other reviews here, lessons can be learned from it. I see it as a prototype, or a template, that has tendrils in other places and times to varying extents. As such, I consider this a recommended read. Keep in mind, the language is disjointed and shocking to us today, and it needs heavy editing. Brace yourself.
First—whether a true document or not—it might truly be the most disgusting read I’ve ever undertaken, and that includes horrendous, gut-wrenching accounts regarding Native Americans, Jews during the Holocaust, and the Rape of Nanking.
Second, I can understand why this has become an influential and oft-cited document. Lynch’s systematic approach toward “breaking” and unbalancing slaves is Mengele-ian. Lynch’s approaches have seemed to echo down through the centuries beyond slavery itself.
Third, I’ve also heard that this document is a hoax. I look forward to reading the evidence and arguments put forth in that regard. Nonetheless, this book has somewhat permeated the academic and political landscapes, and has been referenced in the arts, becoming something of a force that won’t be going away, much like “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”.
Fourth, especially after reading some other reviews here, lessons can be learned from it. I see it as a prototype, or a template, that has tendrils in other places and times to varying extents. As such, I consider this a recommended read. Keep in mind, the language is disjointed and shocking to us today, and it needs heavy editing. Brace yourself.
May 16, 2015
I have have been wanting to read this book for a long time. And now I want to read "Breaking the Curse of Willie Lynch".
It amazes and saddens me of how my ancestors were viewed as nothing more than animals...even in this day and age.
This book made it very clearly where the mental condition and confusion of so many African Americans sourced from. Ugh, and it's so bad that most don't even know or care to correct such a terrible state. Light vs dark ... Hair texture, body types ect. Have us blinded to the truth about ourselves.
This book has encouraged me to get a fan analysis and find out where I personally originated.
It amazes and saddens me of how my ancestors were viewed as nothing more than animals...even in this day and age.
This book made it very clearly where the mental condition and confusion of so many African Americans sourced from. Ugh, and it's so bad that most don't even know or care to correct such a terrible state. Light vs dark ... Hair texture, body types ect. Have us blinded to the truth about ourselves.
This book has encouraged me to get a fan analysis and find out where I personally originated.
May 31, 2008
I learned from (the root) where much of the slavery/post slavery African American family structure is derived. This book is quite clear how the 'science' of Willie Lynch was fervently practiced on slaves. And if you look/read closely you can see how this 'science' is ever present in African American families to this very day. It is a must read. It should be in the history texts.
When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves.
Anthony J. D'Angelo
When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves.
Anthony J. D'Angelo
February 8, 2025
The unfortunate truth.
January 4, 2012
Eye-opening and unbelievable; although, admittedly believable is the detailed study, time, and dedication given to create the principles, and the importance of adhering to them, in order to enslave, control, and use for "economic" benefit and pleasure the minority.
My question to all readers is this: With this knowledge does it move you "the potential slave" whomever you are(because we are all potential slaves to a person/people, vice, attitude, ideal, lifestyle, etc...) to use this knowledge to your advantage or will you dismiss it?
My question to all readers is this: With this knowledge does it move you "the potential slave" whomever you are(because we are all potential slaves to a person/people, vice, attitude, ideal, lifestyle, etc...) to use this knowledge to your advantage or will you dismiss it?
January 15, 2009
a must read! Today, it is still psychological transformation to our black race: men still looking for work to provide for the family and most women are able to get jobs quicker and easier, but low paid. We need to change this economy system. I hope Obama can make change we can believe in!
September 24, 2020
A manuscript explaining all the ways to keep a slave, all which include the mind. Topics in the book include mental conditioning, mind power, black women, racism, color-ism, equality vs. gender roles. A must read!
November 13, 2021
So calculated and disturbing, and yet written with a breezy air. I’ve read that this is recommended reading for Black Americans in other reviews; I’ll go ahead and say it’s deeply eye-opening, and recommend that EVERY American should read it.
December 12, 2014
Great read. It actually depicts the current situation of African Americans in this country and how they struggle to support and fully press for change for one another.
October 25, 2014
While the vernacular of the text is a poor attempt at reproducing 18th century English the contents of the text are true to European colonizers science of oppressing Afrikans.
July 9, 2016
wow! this is going on in the world right now
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