Damned because we were prisoners in an alien land and hostile environment, defined as savages good only for chattel servitude. Damned for resisting and fighting back, for running away and experiencing further psychological damage by being brainwashed into identifying with and imitating our oppressors values and culture. Our conundrum results from being subjected to the madness of white supremacy. Our disorganization is fostered by a lack of ethnic pride and racial cohesiveness, but we can change all this. We first have to regain our sanity, our sense of self as human beings and people of African descent.
Racism is interwoven into the fabric of American culture.
We have to turn within ourselves for healing, sanity and well-being. The first thing we have to do is believe we are worthy of health and prosperity. We have to believe mental health, sanity and prosperity are attainable goals. We have to believe there is nothing wrong with being African, that the fault lies in attempting to be other than our truest and noblest selves. If we desire sanity, health and freedom, we must cultivate healthy mental, emotional and spiritual habits and avoid self-destructive behaviors.