Willie Pryor... CHAINS AND IMAGES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SLAVERY by NAIM AKBAR Entertainers and athletes are the popular heroes of the African-American community. Physical prowess or comic exploit are the only characteristics Black heroes are permitted to express. Intellectual activity, prophetic vision, moral integrity, technological know-how and managerial efficiency are characteristics seldom, if ever, portrayed. Consequently, the slave images of power persists. African-American children as a consequence, strive to throw balls or croon on microphones, rather than seeking to explore the universe, discovers cures for infectious diseases, or discover ways to feed the starving masses in Africa or India. Such a preoccupation with impotent images was a device to keep the slaves aspirations in check. The persistence of such models to the exclusion of others, perpetuates the conditions of slavery.
Posted on: Sat, 01 Feb 2014 19:04:28 +0000
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