Dr Frances Cress-Welsing calls Analytical (Ideological) Commitment in dealing with race, racism, and socio-economic injustice. In her 1979 paper entitled Black Fear and the Failure of Black Analytical (Ideological) Commitment Cress-Welsing argues that the lack of commitment and failure by Blacks to analyze the problem of white supremacy (Racism) comprehensively will lead to collective Black floundering and an ideological vacuum and disorientation. She further argues that All that remains is for Blacks to escalate tragically their activity of powerless arguing and squabbling amongst themselves and compete with one another for white supremacy jobs and grant crumbs. Or, Blacks can pretend, as a diversionary thought strategy that the real struggle exists between imagined Black classes or between Black males and females. Every energy and psychological effort is expended, at both the individual and collective levels, to black out and avoid focusing on the true problem of White/Black confrontation - white supremacy (Racism). All Blacks realize, consciously and/or unconsciously, that to engage in such realistic focus can mean certain death at the hands of white supremists.
Posted on: Sun, 07 Dec 2014 05:24:22 +0000