Many American Black philosophies indict our country for racist wrongs as if nothing had been done to correct them. An entire conservative school of thought has arisen identifying this as the prime motivator behind Obama’s domination of the Black vote.
Our coming of age in the mid-20th century devolved into grievance politics drowning out cries for full citizenship. This position makes America a distant captor from whom concessions must be demanded.
Every school of Black nationalism, Afrocentrism, and liberation theology inhabit this inflexible premise. Fortunately, not all of our philosophies are that way.
Americentrism (“Ameri” for short) is my term for recognizing our identity as part of the overall American one. It’s summed up perfectly by this opening comment from Reverend Jesse Lee Petersen’s radio show:
I don’t wear an Afro- I wear an Ameri-fro. Black as the ace of spades outside, but 100% American on the inside.
Americentrists made peace with the past and embrace the present: a present where racism isn’t the primary barrier to our forward motion.
As an Americentrist, my guiding principles are:
1. Duty: Don’t Hate America; help America. Being mad isn’t enough. We must be on the front lines preserving what makes this country great for all to benefit.
2. Identity: American Blacks aren’t outcasts. Black nationalism, Afrocentrism, and liberation theology brainwashed us into considering ourselves slaves; criminals are political prisoners, and color is a prison everyone is trapped in.
We’re not outcasts- we’re Americans and will successfully navigate this country once that realization becomes the center of our community.
3. Unity: While human bonds and sympathies can exist with others overseas; my first loyalty is to this country. This negates the “useful idiot” status for movements or nations hostile to America or her allies, namely Israel.
These three principles power the Americentric message of my “Make Peace With America ” presentations and informal street talks.
We’re Americans and Black at the same time- just like everybody else. Our particular history differs but separates us from America only if we choose to. Marching in socialist lock step makes us bitter, broke, and easily manipulated by those who despise traditional values because they keep Americans of any color free!
An Americentric Black community would have far less crime, single parent households, illiteracy, public vulgarity, and devotion to one political party and divisive ideologies.
It would return us to where we were when the civil rights movement gained momentum: a community rooted in America’s principles demanding equal rights- not special ones.
Americentrism is one Black “ism”, unlike Black nationalism, Afrocentrism, and liberation theology, that actually loves America for her good instead of hating her for past wrongs.
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“Will Black folks ever want to be just American- minus blaming others?”
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So many in our nation, who have not had to fight for any of the freedoms we have enjoyed, have fallen into the trap of this current Administration which pits “us” against “them.” The “Them,” at one time or another, includes just about every American who is not a part of the current “us” scheme. They have successfully dissolved Americanism by successfully dividing Americans.
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This man is a true-blooded American. He knows what it means to be part of the American dream. Even though his race is black it doesn’t mean he is separated from the protections of our God-given freedoms/liberteis under the U.S. Constitution. He doesn’t believe the lies of the left that our Founding Fathers were just rich, wihite racists who only cared about themselves. That’s an outright lie. They may have been rich, but most of them either lost their lives, lost a loved-one, lost everything they had and Thomas Jefferson died in bankruptcy. These were men of God. It was God who gave them the inspiration to found this country as a God-fearing, Judeo-Christian nation. True freedom/liberty comes from God only. I know a lot of people are not being told the truth about our Founding Fathers in our commie-controlled schools. Ignorance or misinformation is a large part of the problem in America. But, pushing God out of our government, schools, courts, homes etc. . is an even bigger mistake. We are going down, America, because we have pushed God out. How can we expect Him to help us. We pushed Him away. He’s not mocked.
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I wish more black people would stand up. We are all Americans and if we don’t stick together and stand against the tyranny, we will all end up poor and oppressed for as long as we live. We have come a long way from the civil rights era and I would like to think that people would know better than to raise their children to be racists. Yes, we have cultural differences but so what? We are not robots manufactured to be exactly the same. We are all blessed with different gifts and we should embrace what we do have in common. Our different races and ethnicity in America is what made us great. We must try to spread more love around us and resist the attempts to get people to hating and fighting. It is nothing but communist tricks that the left pulls every chance they get. Obama is the worst. He is a traitor to America and he is a Muslim who could care less about any of us.
I am so thankful to hear this young man tell the world that he is an American and proud of it. Yes, he is a black man, I have to ask, is it neccessary to even point out that he is black? I think NOT. He is an American, the same as me. Therefore, the color of his skin is not important, we both love this country and are proud to have the privilage to live here. When push comes to shove, which it will very soon, I promise no one will worry about skin color of the person standing with you. We will just thank God and be proud we have another American standing with us. The government of today wants nothing more than for us to fight each other, making it easier for them to divide our country more. I have to think since part of them are black and part white, they are trying to force their feelings about each other on us. They can not stand the fact that most Americans do not share their hateful feelings about skin color. That is really their problem, not ours. God did not create us to hate. Jesus told us a new commandment, “to love one another, as HE loves us”.
Let them divide their self. Last status I read was that the black population is something like 17 or 18% of the population, which I find to be shocking because everywhere I go I see them. But let them divide up America and sooner or later they will find them self in a position of self deporting back to their native Country. I wouldn’t shed one tear to learn that the black population has been reduced to 5 -10% of the population. They are largely the filth that plagues this Country and places this Country in dumps with their African culture. They are not Americans they want to be recognized as African-American indicating that they hold a part of if not all their allegiance to a Country other than America.