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AN INTRODUCTION TO WHITE HISTORY: THE HISTORY OF WHITE AMERICA is a summary of the concepts, principles and motivating factors that led to the establishment and expansion of the United States of America. What AN INTRODUCTION TO WHITE HISTORY: THE HISTORY OF WHITE AMERICA brings to the forefront is the unusually concentrated role that capitalism and the profit motive have played in United States history; that is, in the political and social development of white America. "It is white Americans' unusual preoccupation with finances and profits that distinguishes them and their institutions from those of all other Americans," writes the author. Therefore, it behooves all other Americans to not underestimate that unusual preoccupation when determining the essence of their relations with white America.Several short opening chapters establish the foundation for all that follows, and the connections are maintained throughout in such a way that the reader can analyze the narrative without subconsciously succumbing to traditional biases. Factors such as what motivated the governments, churches and businessmen of Europe, how the colonists related to each other, how the "founding fathers" clashed with other patriots, how the Constitution replaced the Articles of Confederation, why the War Between the States was fought, how slavery ended, and the aim of Reconstruction are revisited, and different conclusions posited.What makes the presentation and perspective of An Introduction to White History exceptional is it is perhaps the first summary of United States history written by a Black historian. This explains why the term "white" is so prominent in the title. Non-white Americans are also principal participants in the history of America, and their interpretations are as legitimate as all others. People in the United States need to pay more attention to narratives that are not the product of unsubstantiated biases."They gambled! White America's colonizers and founding fathers took a huge gamble, and it is to their credit that they did," writes the author. AN INTRODUCTION TO WHITE HISTORY: THE HISTORY OF WHITE AMERICA takes the reader from that point through the Reconstruction period. It is quite the historical voyage.

Young Blacks already know that civil rights is specious, and they have been betrayed by it. NOT TO BE; ESSAYS ON INTEGRATION delves into this issue from four fronts. The title essay is a brief comment on the defrauding of white America by America's white leadership, and how white Americans are handicapped as a result. "The Hispanic Factor" looks at the possibility of African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans forming a political bloc as a means of combating white America's racism. "White People Don't Read Black Books" explores the possibilities of real integration in the United States of America, and "We Changed"reveals the historical process that changed Africans who were shipped to this country as slaves into African-Americans in search of equality.

"We are Black People, We are not dark skinned white people. We need a nation of Our own." With that declaration the stage is set and the sides are made clear as NOT DARK WHITE: THE 4-1-1 ON BLACK NATIONALISM lays out the historical and ideological basis for the establishment of an independent Black government on land that is presently part of the United States of America. NOT DARK WHITE: THE 4-1-1 ON BLACK NATIONALISM is for serious readers and doers who want to actually eliminate the curses of systematic inequality, racism and discrimination that ruin the lives of millions of persons. NOT DARK WHITE is not for those who jump on the bandwagon once it has gained momentum, nor for those who are controlled by fear. It is for those who have enough courage to go beyond the regularly discussed boundaries and imagine other possibilities, other solutions. NOT DARK WHITE not only provides the historical roots and existence of Black self-government in the United States, it relies on existing laws to legitimize Black nationalist claims. NOT DARK WHITE: THE 4-1-1 ON BLACK NATIONALISM ignores the solutions that are disproportionately good for the perpetrators of inequality and racism and focuses on solutions that are good for those who are its victims. For those who are in search of a quick read or easy way out, NOT DARK WHITE: THE 4-1-1 ON BLACK NATIONALISM is not the book to read. But all others, particularly African-Americans who re freedom fighters, NOT DARK WHITE: THE 4-1-1 ON BLACK NATIONALISM is the book to be familiar with.

BLACK SMART: BLACK POWER ENTELECHY is a collection of short essays that encourage Black People to build confidence in themselves by looking within for solutions. As a consequence of enslavement, Jim Crow, anti-Black violence and other forms of racism, Blacks became insecure and developed the tendency to look to outsiders when it came to resolving serious problems. They seemed to have forgotten that their native intelligence, talents and abilities are the greatest and most reliable assets any people could have. To make Black Power all that it can be, to reach its ceiling, Black People must rely on what is native to Black People for guidance; the answers are found in Black history, Black values, Black intelligence, Black initiative and labor, Black politics and economics, etc. BLACK SMART: BLACK POWER ENTELECHY is one of the keys to realization and fulfillment for Black People in the United States of America.

African-Americans are so focused on integrating with white people and securing civil rights that they are leaving themselves vulnerable to elements that pose a serious threat to their well being. The message of PLAYING BLACK CHEAP: Are African-Americans Taking Too Much For Granted is "Be careful."

Young Blacks already know that they have been betrayed by "civil rights." DISSECTING INTEGRATION delves into this issue from four fronts, each demonstrating how artificial obstacles prevent people from honestly seeking equality for all. The essay "Not To Be" is a brief comment on the defrauding of white America by America's white leadership, and how white Americans are handicapped as a result. "The Hispanic Factor" looks at the possibility of African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans forming a political bloc as a means of combating white America's racism. "White People Don't Read Black Books" questions the possibility of real integration taking center stage in the United States of America, and "We Changed" reveals the historical process that changed Africans who were shipped to this country as slaves into African-Americans in search of "equality" instead of independence. With so many negatives in play, focusing on integration at the expense of everything else could be risky.

Black Power Economists can help create wealthy Black communities by teaching the Black community how to adopt and apply basic economic building blocks.Slavery has damaged its survivors in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean so much that it is impossible to quantify. In the United States, there emerged sets of enslaved individuals that Malcolm X referred to as "field niggers" and "house niggers." Some people think the work they were forced to do was what primarily distinguished field niggers from house niggers, but that is not necessarily the case. What most distinguished the two was their response to being enslaved, their frame of mind, their perception of themselves and their perception of their enslavers.Black Power Economists must take the lead role in making Black People aware of the arsenal of resources they have access to that can help Black People re-establish their identity as independent economic units and beacons of progress. One of these is sovereigntyThere is hardly anything more valuable than sovereignty. Sovereignty is the key to economic independence and wealthy Black communities. Someone should have been teaching Black youngsters about sovereignty more than a hundred years ago, but didn't. The white power system had too much to lose by teaching Black People that, so it didn't; but more than a hundred thousand Black teachers and professors failed to do so and steered Black People toward mediocrity and salaries instead of sovereignty and wealth. It's time for Black People to redirect its economic energy, and Black Power Economists must step to the fore and lead the way.

The history of Black People in the Caribbean, particularly the countries of Haiti and Cuba, are of extreme importance to Black People in the United States. Since Black People were enslaved and shipped to the Americas, the experiences of Black People in the Caribbean and the United States have so much in common that they should be studied as if they were a single historical process. That way, students will get a clear snapshot of two opposing forces at work. One of those forces is white power, the other is Black Power. White power came to North, Central and South America and utterly dominated the native populations, and could have ruled without any serious competition from non-white people. But then white power made the decision to transport Black People to the Americas for slave labor purposes. In so doing, white power placed within its midst a force that is as powerful as white power, that has as much social substance as white power, and a force that white power could not kill off using its usual methods of military, economic, political, psychological and cultural violence. When one studies the history of Black People in the Caribbean and the United States as parts of a single process, one also sees Black Power thwarting white power even when Black Power is relatively unorganized and without an anti-white power agenda. We see white power with all of the advantages, and we still see Black Power, though unorganized and disjointed, responding frenetically but effectively enough to confound white power and frustrate the white power game plan. AMERICA IN BLACK: Black People's Ongoing Transition From Africa to New Afrika, reviews some elements of this historical and sociological process.