Please Don't Call Me African-American....Im BLACK

[tim teufel]

Lol @ the house Negro having it worse. The house Negro loved his master more than he loved himself like Malcolm said. The field Negro wished his master was dead. I feel like most black people today are house negros and that's a Damn shame.

 

[tim teufel]

Lol @ the house Negro having it worse. The house Negro loved his master more than he loved himself like Malcolm said. The field Negro wished his master was dead. I feel like most black people today are house negros and that's a Damn shame.

 

[cobra kai]

Originally Posted by Nat Turner

Originally Posted by cartune

Originally Posted by Cobra Kai

Originally Posted by tim teufel

Are u a house Negro or a field Negro? Sounds like ur the house type.

Contrary to popular belief. The house negro actually had it harder than the field negro. House negro's were under constant watch of the master and rarely got rest. They worked longer than the field negro as the field negro only worked during daylight hours. Especially female house negro's who were constantly being harassed and/or raped by their masters while also taking care of the children and wives and everyone else.

Only thing I've learned in this thread

^^^^ And that is a problem. This is because what he has stated, is well intentioned, but incorrect. This is what pisses me off about sites like this, how misinformation gets passed off as truth. So let's look at the facts here.

In 1667, Christianity and American law was changed to prevent African slaves from becoming free, then to keep them as indentured servants for life. This meant that neither Jesus could save you, nor the law. Now according to the slave narratives, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_narrative, EVERYBODY, including male slaves, were being raped or forced to have sex in one way or another, at the slavemaster and slave drivers whim. In order to keep the slave in line, often times the female was forced to have sex, being oral or vaginal, in front of the slave husband, just to show the slaves who was "boss". This is what was going on with the field hands, who slept on bales of hay, or beds made out of rags, or at times, on wood floors. They worked from sun up, til' sun down, never getting paid, then getting scraps, if they were lucky on a sunday, for dinner, then being treated as the animals that the law said that they were to be. For more info on that see this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott

Now the indentured servants were often the lighter complected of the slaves, often the offspring of the dalliances of the Slavemaster, see Thomas Jefferson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson, who was notorious for sexing the field hands and indentured servants alike. The "house negro" being so close the the master, getting scraps every day, sleeping in the servant quarters, relalized how good he/she had it, compared to those who were sleeping in the slave quarters. Kowing that "Jesus" was not going to save them, then also knowing that the law was also against them, some felt that they needed to protect, what was supposedly protecting them from going to "hell", or back to the slave quarters. For the former, since they were allowed to read the bible on a sunday, but only allowed to be taught by WHITE CHRISTIAN WOMEN, they were taught The Curse of Ham, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Ham as it was applied to them. This was the tool of brainwashing  them, to hold them captive, but also not allowing them to be a threat to the slave master and his home, while living in his home. They were taught that by treating the Master and his family well, that they'd receive the "pie in the sky" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Preacher_and_the_Slave

They all had it bad, but nobody had it worse than the field hand, who had to eat dirt, garbage, bugs, rats, anything that moved...til' sunday, then sleep near the horses, pigs and cattle, in order to survive.
 
The real info is out there, and I recommend that all of you who are Black, yeah I said BLACK, need to read up on your history. This is what the internet is meant for.

Those of you on here TOMMIN', need to be ashamed of yourselves....and you know who you are. 

  

I don't care what you found online. My statement was taken from my teacher who is not only a history major with a Doctorate, but a Professor  in African American Studies.

These were accounts from books that we've read in class and also films that we watched.

If you feel the need to check my main source being my teacher, his name is Stefan Bradley. Google him young sir.

 

[cobra kai]

Originally Posted by Nat Turner

Originally Posted by cartune

Originally Posted by Cobra Kai

Originally Posted by tim teufel

Are u a house Negro or a field Negro? Sounds like ur the house type.

Contrary to popular belief. The house negro actually had it harder than the field negro. House negro's were under constant watch of the master and rarely got rest. They worked longer than the field negro as the field negro only worked during daylight hours. Especially female house negro's who were constantly being harassed and/or raped by their masters while also taking care of the children and wives and everyone else.

Only thing I've learned in this thread

^^^^ And that is a problem. This is because what he has stated, is well intentioned, but incorrect. This is what pisses me off about sites like this, how misinformation gets passed off as truth. So let's look at the facts here.

In 1667, Christianity and American law was changed to prevent African slaves from becoming free, then to keep them as indentured servants for life. This meant that neither Jesus could save you, nor the law. Now according to the slave narratives, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_narrative, EVERYBODY, including male slaves, were being raped or forced to have sex in one way or another, at the slavemaster and slave drivers whim. In order to keep the slave in line, often times the female was forced to have sex, being oral or vaginal, in front of the slave husband, just to show the slaves who was "boss". This is what was going on with the field hands, who slept on bales of hay, or beds made out of rags, or at times, on wood floors. They worked from sun up, til' sun down, never getting paid, then getting scraps, if they were lucky on a sunday, for dinner, then being treated as the animals that the law said that they were to be. For more info on that see this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott

Now the indentured servants were often the lighter complected of the slaves, often the offspring of the dalliances of the Slavemaster, see Thomas Jefferson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson, who was notorious for sexing the field hands and indentured servants alike. The "house negro" being so close the the master, getting scraps every day, sleeping in the servant quarters, relalized how good he/she had it, compared to those who were sleeping in the slave quarters. Kowing that "Jesus" was not going to save them, then also knowing that the law was also against them, some felt that they needed to protect, what was supposedly protecting them from going to "hell", or back to the slave quarters. For the former, since they were allowed to read the bible on a sunday, but only allowed to be taught by WHITE CHRISTIAN WOMEN, they were taught The Curse of Ham, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Ham as it was applied to them. This was the tool of brainwashing  them, to hold them captive, but also not allowing them to be a threat to the slave master and his home, while living in his home. They were taught that by treating the Master and his family well, that they'd receive the "pie in the sky" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Preacher_and_the_Slave

They all had it bad, but nobody had it worse than the field hand, who had to eat dirt, garbage, bugs, rats, anything that moved...til' sunday, then sleep near the horses, pigs and cattle, in order to survive.
 
The real info is out there, and I recommend that all of you who are Black, yeah I said BLACK, need to read up on your history. This is what the internet is meant for.

Those of you on here TOMMIN', need to be ashamed of yourselves....and you know who you are. 

  

I don't care what you found online. My statement was taken from my teacher who is not only a history major with a Doctorate, but a Professor  in African American Studies.

These were accounts from books that we've read in class and also films that we watched.

If you feel the need to check my main source being my teacher, his name is Stefan Bradley. Google him young sir.

 

[nat turner]

Originally Posted by Cobra Kai

Originally Posted by Nat Turner

Originally Posted by cartune

Originally Posted by Cobra Kai

Originally Posted by tim teufel

Are u a house Negro or a field Negro? Sounds like ur the house type.

Contrary to popular belief. The house negro actually had it harder than the field negro. House negro's were under constant watch of the master and rarely got rest. They worked longer than the field negro as the field negro only worked during daylight hours. Especially female house negro's who were constantly being harassed and/or raped by their masters while also taking care of the children and wives and everyone else.

Only thing I've learned in this thread

^^^^ And that is a problem. This is because what he has stated, is well intentioned, but incorrect. This is what pisses me off about sites like this, how misinformation gets passed off as truth. So let's look at the facts here.

In 1667, Christianity and American law was changed to prevent African slaves from becoming free, then to keep them as indentured servants for life. This meant that neither Jesus could save you, nor the law. Now according to the slave narratives, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_narrative, EVERYBODY, including male slaves, were being raped or forced to have sex in one way or another, at the slavemaster and slave drivers whim. In order to keep the slave in line, often times the female was forced to have sex, being oral or vaginal, in front of the slave husband, just to show the slaves who was "boss". This is what was going on with the field hands, who slept on bales of hay, or beds made out of rags, or at times, on wood floors. They worked from sun up, til' sun down, never getting paid, then getting scraps, if they were lucky on a sunday, for dinner, then being treated as the animals that the law said that they were to be. For more info on that see this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott

Now the indentured servants were often the lighter complected of the slaves, often the offspring of the dalliances of the Slavemaster, see Thomas Jefferson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson, who was notorious for sexing the field hands and indentured servants alike. The "house negro" being so close the the master, getting scraps every day, sleeping in the servant quarters, relalized how good he/she had it, compared to those who were sleeping in the slave quarters. Kowing that "Jesus" was not going to save them, then also knowing that the law was also against them, some felt that they needed to protect, what was supposedly protecting them from going to "hell", or back to the slave quarters. For the former, since they were allowed to read the bible on a sunday, but only allowed to be taught by WHITE CHRISTIAN WOMEN, they were taught The Curse of Ham, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Ham as it was applied to them. This was the tool of brainwashing  them, to hold them captive, but also not allowing them to be a threat to the slave master and his home, while living in his home. They were taught that by treating the Master and his family well, that they'd receive the "pie in the sky" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Preacher_and_the_Slave

They all had it bad, but nobody had it worse than the field hand, who had to eat dirt, garbage, bugs, rats, anything that moved...til' sunday, then sleep near the horses, pigs and cattle, in order to survive.
 
The real info is out there, and I recommend that all of you who are Black, yeah I said BLACK, need to read up on your history. This is what the internet is meant for.

Those of you on here TOMMIN', need to be ashamed of yourselves....and you know who you are. 

  

I don't care what you found online. My statement was taken from my teacher who is not only a history major with a Doctorate, but a Professor  in African American Studies.

These were accounts from books that we've read in class and also films that we watched.

If you feel the need to check my main source being my teacher, his name is Stefan Bradley. Google him young sir.

I appreciate the respect that you've attempted to show me, thank you very much !

 However, I do not have to post my creds against your esteemed Professor, because all I have to do is cite Dr. Henry Louis Gates as my reference. I am quite sure that you've heard of him http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Louis_Gates, and he disagrees with you and your "teacher" as well.

Perhaps you need a new school?  
  

 

[nat turner]

Originally Posted by Cobra Kai

Originally Posted by Nat Turner

Originally Posted by cartune

Originally Posted by Cobra Kai

Originally Posted by tim teufel

Are u a house Negro or a field Negro? Sounds like ur the house type.

Contrary to popular belief. The house negro actually had it harder than the field negro. House negro's were under constant watch of the master and rarely got rest. They worked longer than the field negro as the field negro only worked during daylight hours. Especially female house negro's who were constantly being harassed and/or raped by their masters while also taking care of the children and wives and everyone else.

Only thing I've learned in this thread

^^^^ And that is a problem. This is because what he has stated, is well intentioned, but incorrect. This is what pisses me off about sites like this, how misinformation gets passed off as truth. So let's look at the facts here.

In 1667, Christianity and American law was changed to prevent African slaves from becoming free, then to keep them as indentured servants for life. This meant that neither Jesus could save you, nor the law. Now according to the slave narratives, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_narrative, EVERYBODY, including male slaves, were being raped or forced to have sex in one way or another, at the slavemaster and slave drivers whim. In order to keep the slave in line, often times the female was forced to have sex, being oral or vaginal, in front of the slave husband, just to show the slaves who was "boss". This is what was going on with the field hands, who slept on bales of hay, or beds made out of rags, or at times, on wood floors. They worked from sun up, til' sun down, never getting paid, then getting scraps, if they were lucky on a sunday, for dinner, then being treated as the animals that the law said that they were to be. For more info on that see this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott

Now the indentured servants were often the lighter complected of the slaves, often the offspring of the dalliances of the Slavemaster, see Thomas Jefferson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson, who was notorious for sexing the field hands and indentured servants alike. The "house negro" being so close the the master, getting scraps every day, sleeping in the servant quarters, relalized how good he/she had it, compared to those who were sleeping in the slave quarters. Kowing that "Jesus" was not going to save them, then also knowing that the law was also against them, some felt that they needed to protect, what was supposedly protecting them from going to "hell", or back to the slave quarters. For the former, since they were allowed to read the bible on a sunday, but only allowed to be taught by WHITE CHRISTIAN WOMEN, they were taught The Curse of Ham, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_Ham as it was applied to them. This was the tool of brainwashing  them, to hold them captive, but also not allowing them to be a threat to the slave master and his home, while living in his home. They were taught that by treating the Master and his family well, that they'd receive the "pie in the sky" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Preacher_and_the_Slave

They all had it bad, but nobody had it worse than the field hand, who had to eat dirt, garbage, bugs, rats, anything that moved...til' sunday, then sleep near the horses, pigs and cattle, in order to survive.
 
The real info is out there, and I recommend that all of you who are Black, yeah I said BLACK, need to read up on your history. This is what the internet is meant for.

Those of you on here TOMMIN', need to be ashamed of yourselves....and you know who you are. 

  

I don't care what you found online. My statement was taken from my teacher who is not only a history major with a Doctorate, but a Professor  in African American Studies.

These were accounts from books that we've read in class and also films that we watched.

If you feel the need to check my main source being my teacher, his name is Stefan Bradley. Google him young sir.

I appreciate the respect that you've attempted to show me, thank you very much !

 However, I do not have to post my creds against your esteemed Professor, because all I have to do is cite Dr. Henry Louis Gates as my reference. I am quite sure that you've heard of him http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Louis_Gates, and he disagrees with you and your "teacher" as well.

Perhaps you need a new school?  
  

 

[sreggie101]

Originally Posted by Fantastic4our

I identify with the term "Black" because as far as my roots, the past few generations of my family have all been from America. There's Black, White (not sure what countries), American Indian all in MY ancestry. These are things I KNOW for sure as my sister has done extensive research into my family's ancestry. So the term African-American seems a tad out of place. MY people have as much claim to America as people who simply claim themselves to be "American."

I'm sort of in agreement, ii consider mysellf haitian american because that where the family history is from. I always refer to myself as black because I take the term african american as someone who family is orginally from africa but was born in america. In this day n age in american society where being politically correct is considered, people just view african american as a safer term than simply saying black, when in fact, at least in my opinion, it incorrect to generalize all blacks as afr. Amer. While I may be haitian amer. , sum1 else may be of a different country.

In the end I think wat is most important is what you identify yourself as, although I can understand the reasoning behind raising this topic now that i think about it...

Lol a white person whose fam is from south afr but was born in amer is technically afr amer.

Sry if I'm saying nothing new. Just dropping my 2 cents.

 

[sreggie101]

Originally Posted by Fantastic4our

I identify with the term "Black" because as far as my roots, the past few generations of my family have all been from America. There's Black, White (not sure what countries), American Indian all in MY ancestry. These are things I KNOW for sure as my sister has done extensive research into my family's ancestry. So the term African-American seems a tad out of place. MY people have as much claim to America as people who simply claim themselves to be "American."

I'm sort of in agreement, ii consider mysellf haitian american because that where the family history is from. I always refer to myself as black because I take the term african american as someone who family is orginally from africa but was born in america. In this day n age in american society where being politically correct is considered, people just view african american as a safer term than simply saying black, when in fact, at least in my opinion, it incorrect to generalize all blacks as afr. Amer. While I may be haitian amer. , sum1 else may be of a different country.

In the end I think wat is most important is what you identify yourself as, although I can understand the reasoning behind raising this topic now that i think about it...

Lol a white person whose fam is from south afr but was born in amer is technically afr amer.

Sry if I'm saying nothing new. Just dropping my 2 cents.

 

[theemperor45]

Originally Posted by bittersweet

Originally Posted by TheEmperor45

Originally Posted by bittersweet

Are Whites called European-American? No they are not ... they're called AMERICAN. That's it.

That's the problem I have with it.

They don't say European-American but they say $#*% like

Albanian American
French American
German American
Irish American
Italian American

all the titles are just another way to say where has your family came from
y'all negro are reaching

No they do not.

I would much rather be called Black American than African American even though I don't necessarily like the term 'Black' either.

The average White person isn't called ALL THOSE TITLES. They're called American ... but minorities get the privilege of having a dash put in their "title". Get outta here w/ that. They want to GROUP us, label us, as everything else but JUST AMERICAN.

Most people who family has come from other country call themselves [countrtynameforthepeople]-[American] , they mainly use it for

[h1]Hyphenated American[/h1][h2]Usage[/h2]
The hyphenated or compound term is most often used with pride or used respectfully; xenophobic and/or ethnocentric usages tend to drop everything after the hyphen or space. Modern style guides most often recommend dropping the hyphen between the two names except when the compound is used as an adjective; some recommend dropping the hyphen even for the adjective form.[sup][7][/sup] On the other hand, compounds with name fragments, such as Afro-American and Indo-European, are recommended to be hyphenated.
[h3][edit] In American English[/h3]
The first term typically indicates a region or culture of origin ancestry paired with "American". Examples:

• Continent/region: African American, Arab American, Asian American, European American, Latino American, Native American.
• Country/ethnicity or nationality: Chinese American, English American, Filipino American, German American, Greek American, Irish American, Indian American, Italian American, Japanese American, Jewish American, Korean American, Mexican American, Norwegian American, Polish American, Russian American, Spanish American, Ukrainian American, Vietnamese American and so on.

The hyphen is employed when the compound term is used as an adjective.[sup][8][/sup] Hence, correct forms include an African American and an African-American man.

The linguistic construction functionally indicates ancestry, but also may connote a sense that these individuals straddle two worlds—one experience is specific to their unique ethnic identity, while the other is the broader multicultural amalgam that is Americana.
[h3][edit] In relation to Latin America[/h3]
Main article: American (word)

Latin America includes most of the Western Hemisphere south of the United States, including Mexico, Central America, South America and (in some cases) the Caribbean. U.S. nationals with origins in Latin America are often referred to as Hispanic or Latino Americans, or by their specific country of origin, e.g. Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans and Cuban Americans.
[h2][edit] Hyphenated-American identities[/h2]
See also: Identity politics, Social solidarity, and Social cohesion

Some groups recommend dropping the hyphen because it implies to some people dual nationalism and inability to be accepted as truly American. The Japanese American Citizens League is supportive of dropping the hyphen because the non-hyphenated form uses their ancestral origin as an adjective for "American."[sup][9][/sup]

By contrast, other groups have embraced the hyphen, arguing that the American identity is compatible with alternative identities and that the mixture of identities within the United States strengthens the nation rather than weakens it.

'European American,' as opposed to White, Caucasian, has been coined in response to the increasing racial and ethnic diversity of the U.S., as well as to this diversity moving more into the mainstream of the society in the latter half of the 20th century. The term distinguishes whites of European ancestry from those of other ancestries. In 1977, it was proposed that the term "European American" replace "white" as a racial label in the U.S. Census, although this was not done. The term "European American" is not in popular use in the U.S. among the general public or in the mass media, and the terms "white" or "white American" are commonly used instead.

[sup]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphenated_American#cite_note-9[/sup]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphenated_American

 

[theemperor45]

Originally Posted by bittersweet

Originally Posted by TheEmperor45

Originally Posted by bittersweet

Are Whites called European-American? No they are not ... they're called AMERICAN. That's it.

That's the problem I have with it.

They don't say European-American but they say $#*% like

Albanian American
French American
German American
Irish American
Italian American

all the titles are just another way to say where has your family came from
y'all negro are reaching

No they do not.

I would much rather be called Black American than African American even though I don't necessarily like the term 'Black' either.

The average White person isn't called ALL THOSE TITLES. They're called American ... but minorities get the privilege of having a dash put in their "title". Get outta here w/ that. They want to GROUP us, label us, as everything else but JUST AMERICAN.

Most people who family has come from other country call themselves [countrtynameforthepeople]-[American] , they mainly use it for

[h1]Hyphenated American[/h1][h2]Usage[/h2]
The hyphenated or compound term is most often used with pride or used respectfully; xenophobic and/or ethnocentric usages tend to drop everything after the hyphen or space. Modern style guides most often recommend dropping the hyphen between the two names except when the compound is used as an adjective; some recommend dropping the hyphen even for the adjective form.[sup][7][/sup] On the other hand, compounds with name fragments, such as Afro-American and Indo-European, are recommended to be hyphenated.
[h3][edit] In American English[/h3]
The first term typically indicates a region or culture of origin ancestry paired with "American". Examples:

• Continent/region: African American, Arab American, Asian American, European American, Latino American, Native American.
• Country/ethnicity or nationality: Chinese American, English American, Filipino American, German American, Greek American, Irish American, Indian American, Italian American, Japanese American, Jewish American, Korean American, Mexican American, Norwegian American, Polish American, Russian American, Spanish American, Ukrainian American, Vietnamese American and so on.

The hyphen is employed when the compound term is used as an adjective.[sup][8][/sup] Hence, correct forms include an African American and an African-American man.

The linguistic construction functionally indicates ancestry, but also may connote a sense that these individuals straddle two worlds—one experience is specific to their unique ethnic identity, while the other is the broader multicultural amalgam that is Americana.
[h3][edit] In relation to Latin America[/h3]
Main article: American (word)

Latin America includes most of the Western Hemisphere south of the United States, including Mexico, Central America, South America and (in some cases) the Caribbean. U.S. nationals with origins in Latin America are often referred to as Hispanic or Latino Americans, or by their specific country of origin, e.g. Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans and Cuban Americans.
[h2][edit] Hyphenated-American identities[/h2]
See also: Identity politics, Social solidarity, and Social cohesion

Some groups recommend dropping the hyphen because it implies to some people dual nationalism and inability to be accepted as truly American. The Japanese American Citizens League is supportive of dropping the hyphen because the non-hyphenated form uses their ancestral origin as an adjective for "American."[sup][9][/sup]

By contrast, other groups have embraced the hyphen, arguing that the American identity is compatible with alternative identities and that the mixture of identities within the United States strengthens the nation rather than weakens it.

'European American,' as opposed to White, Caucasian, has been coined in response to the increasing racial and ethnic diversity of the U.S., as well as to this diversity moving more into the mainstream of the society in the latter half of the 20th century. The term distinguishes whites of European ancestry from those of other ancestries. In 1977, it was proposed that the term "European American" replace "white" as a racial label in the U.S. Census, although this was not done. The term "European American" is not in popular use in the U.S. among the general public or in the mass media, and the terms "white" or "white American" are commonly used instead.

[sup]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphenated_American#cite_note-9[/sup]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphenated_American

 

[itz rolli]

Originally Posted by tim teufel

Lol @ the house Negro having it worse. The house Negro loved his master more than he loved himself like Malcolm said. The field Negro wished his master was dead. I feel like most black people today are house negros and that's a Damn shame.

and you wish most black people are field negros? what's the difference, theyre both slaves, why is one better off than the other?

It's dudes like you who seem to be against all this classification whether black, african american, negro, whatever else is there to be called.... then go ahead and say house negros are better off than field negros. creating your own seperations. You can't live without it.

 

[itz rolli]

Originally Posted by tim teufel

Lol @ the house Negro having it worse. The house Negro loved his master more than he loved himself like Malcolm said. The field Negro wished his master was dead. I feel like most black people today are house negros and that's a Damn shame.

and you wish most black people are field negros? what's the difference, theyre both slaves, why is one better off than the other?

It's dudes like you who seem to be against all this classification whether black, african american, negro, whatever else is there to be called.... then go ahead and say house negros are better off than field negros. creating your own seperations. You can't live without it.

 

[torgriffith]

Originally Posted by Nat Turner

Originally Posted by Mr S J King

//dan gilbert // See what happens when you give a Colored man a one hour special!!! //dan gilbert//

I did a bibliography on Frederick Douglass for an English class I took in college, and learned a lot about how we were treated as slaves.
Frederick Douglass said that the guy they slaved for caught his wife teaching Douglass how to read the Bible.
And he told her that if they taught the 'Nigg@s' how to read the Bible then there was no way they could keep them as slaves.


There is a verse in the Bible that reads, And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free (John 8:32 KJV).
Had the slaves been able to read the Bible for themselves they would have known they weren't 'cursed', but were mighty in God.
This would have led to a complete uprising and the economy would have tanked because all the free labor would have been dead or on the run.

I personally think that if Martin Luther King and his peers were alright with the term 'Negro', then thats good enough for me.
Call me anything but lazy, dumb, stupid, and poor. Thems fightin' words!

That one passage would not have helped them, and that is because the bible condones slavery,

If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve for only six years.  Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom.  If he was single when he became your slave and then married afterward, only he will go free in the seventh year.  But if he was married before he became a slave, then his wife will be freed with him.  If his master gave him a wife while he was a slave, and they had sons or daughters, then the man will be free in the seventh year, but his wife and children will still belong to his master.  But the slave may plainly declare, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children.  I would rather not go free.'  If he does this, his master must present him before God.  Then his master must take him to the door and publicly pierce his ear with an awl.  After that, the slave will belong to his master forever.  (Exodus 21:2-6 NLT)

Also since the bible has been, then is manipulated on a whim, those who were looking to maintain their investment, would have changed the rules again, in which they did, once the abolitionists confronted the Christian slaveowners on their so called "Christian beliefs".

Since the bible is filled with so many fun filled fallacies, there is no way that a book that says that the world is "flat",(Revelation 7:1
After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree.)
 can free anyone from anything other than their pocketbooks.

The Four children of Horus

They also represent the four cardinal points. N.E.W.S. North-East-West-South. The bible is an alchemical codified text.

 

[torgriffith]

Originally Posted by Nat Turner

Originally Posted by Mr S J King

//dan gilbert // See what happens when you give a Colored man a one hour special!!! //dan gilbert//

I did a bibliography on Frederick Douglass for an English class I took in college, and learned a lot about how we were treated as slaves.
Frederick Douglass said that the guy they slaved for caught his wife teaching Douglass how to read the Bible.
And he told her that if they taught the 'Nigg@s' how to read the Bible then there was no way they could keep them as slaves.


There is a verse in the Bible that reads, And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free (John 8:32 KJV).
Had the slaves been able to read the Bible for themselves they would have known they weren't 'cursed', but were mighty in God.
This would have led to a complete uprising and the economy would have tanked because all the free labor would have been dead or on the run.

I personally think that if Martin Luther King and his peers were alright with the term 'Negro', then thats good enough for me.
Call me anything but lazy, dumb, stupid, and poor. Thems fightin' words!

That one passage would not have helped them, and that is because the bible condones slavery,

If you buy a Hebrew slave, he is to serve for only six years.  Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom.  If he was single when he became your slave and then married afterward, only he will go free in the seventh year.  But if he was married before he became a slave, then his wife will be freed with him.  If his master gave him a wife while he was a slave, and they had sons or daughters, then the man will be free in the seventh year, but his wife and children will still belong to his master.  But the slave may plainly declare, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children.  I would rather not go free.'  If he does this, his master must present him before God.  Then his master must take him to the door and publicly pierce his ear with an awl.  After that, the slave will belong to his master forever.  (Exodus 21:2-6 NLT)

Also since the bible has been, then is manipulated on a whim, those who were looking to maintain their investment, would have changed the rules again, in which they did, once the abolitionists confronted the Christian slaveowners on their so called "Christian beliefs".

Since the bible is filled with so many fun filled fallacies, there is no way that a book that says that the world is "flat",(Revelation 7:1
After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree.)
 can free anyone from anything other than their pocketbooks.

The Four children of Horus

They also represent the four cardinal points. N.E.W.S. North-East-West-South. The bible is an alchemical codified text.

 

[antonlavey]

 

[antonlavey]

 

[itz rolli]

they also represent breaking off a piece of that kit kat bar.

 

[itz rolli]

they also represent breaking off a piece of that kit kat bar.

 

[tdrizzle]

I mark the Caucasian box; never in my life has any called me caucasian. Guess people don't feel like being politically correct around me.

or, it could be that being politically correct is just a way of feeling good about yourself.

I'm a white boy born in America with 70-80% of my relatives migrating from Germany. Doesn't make me German. Just of German decent.



Whenever I feel society deems it necicvery to be politically correct, I say "those of the darker complexion", for black people.


In a casual setting I would prefer "white boy" over "white" and would ignore you if you called me "German" outside of a joke.

 

[tdrizzle]

I mark the Caucasian box; never in my life has any called me caucasian. Guess people don't feel like being politically correct around me.

or, it could be that being politically correct is just a way of feeling good about yourself.

I'm a white boy born in America with 70-80% of my relatives migrating from Germany. Doesn't make me German. Just of German decent.



Whenever I feel society deems it necicvery to be politically correct, I say "those of the darker complexion", for black people.


In a casual setting I would prefer "white boy" over "white" and would ignore you if you called me "German" outside of a joke.

 

[shaunhillftw49]

Originally Posted by itz rOLLi

they also represent breaking off a piece of that kit kat bar.

Breaking up  the black family

 

[shaunhillftw49]

Originally Posted by itz rOLLi

they also represent breaking off a piece of that kit kat bar.

Breaking up  the black family

 

[torgriffith]

Originally Posted by itz rOLLi

they also represent breaking off a piece of that kit kat bar.

Appropriate response.

 

[torgriffith]

Originally Posted by itz rOLLi

they also represent breaking off a piece of that kit kat bar.

Appropriate response.