Today, we stand at a critical fork in the road of Black American history, where we must ask ourselves the following question:
When a people’s errors and problems become massive and they completely lose their way, what can be done about it?
Since this is indeed the condition in which we now find ourselves as individuals and as a people, the answer to the foregoing question is quite relevant. We could continue down the same path that got us to where we are today, or we could stop and go in a completely different direction.
A New Direction
Here at the Institute for African American Thought and Philosophy (IAATP) we long ago realized the need for a new direction; though this is most certainly easier said than done, we created the field of Post-Negro Studies to facilitate just such a new direction for Black Americans. In this new paradigm, the focus is Ajise (Ah-jee-sheh) also known as the Culture of Redemption and Renewal (CORAR)—a more effective Black American Culture for the 21st century and beyond and not a mere re-creation of African traditions. With the development of Post-Negro Studies, those Black Americans so inclined can now move forward in history, beyond the Negro identity to realize our true, Post-Negro or Ajise ethnic identity. This is possible because the Negro Identity was tailor-made for the slavery era, so it’s actually quite detrimental in any post-slavery period. Therefore, the traditional Negro franchise is completely unsustainable over time so being Negroes can only be a temporary phase in our history at best. Moreover, our errors and problems as Black Americans have indeed become too enormous to hide or ignore; and this is primarily because the affliction of Negroism (thinking and acting like Negroes) actually gets worse, not better, with each succeeding generation.
The Brutal Historical Reality
While it’s fashionable today for many among us to place the responsibility for solving our problems on others, this will never work because our problems can only be truly solved by us. Nevertheless, a major reason we’ve so far failed at solving our many problems is that we tend to believe they can be solved by conventional means such as, political activism, university education and economic prosperity, but nothing could be further from the Truth. Moreover, our problems will never be solved while so many of us continue to languish in Negroism for so long. Today, our problems are approaching critical mass, so continued cultural degeneration is assured if we continue on our current dead end course; we must now come to grips with the brutal historical reality that since we were indeed reduced to the deeply, dysfunctional state called Negroism during the long centuries of U.S. slavery, we will never get anywhere we need to be as individuals or as a people until we actually lift ourselves out of it. The Negro identity was imposed upon us by the unjust demands of U.S. slavery and racism, so it was intended to better enslave us and or keep us down. No people can succeed with such an identity crisis, and we’re no exception.
A new Culture for Black America
A new culture for Black America is required because we’ve attempted to move forward as a people without solving our most fundamental problem, which is overcoming the affliction of Negroism (Thinking and Acting like Negroes) in sufficient numbers. Among the many benefits of Post-Negro Studies is The Second Emancipation Program (TSEP), which for the first time in our history makes overcoming the affliction of Negroism, a viable option for Black Americans.
At IAATP, we’re in the business of providing effective solutions for those Black Americans who’re tired of the same old, same old and have what it takes to overcome Negroism in actual practice. In this light, TSEP appears at what may well be the lowest point in post-emancipation Black American history, which is significant because TSEP also serves as the portal to The Culture of Redemption and Renewal (CORAR) which opens the way for a totally new direction for Black Americans.
The Second Emancipation
In TSEP, you’ll learn a better way of viewing yourself as a Black American as well as an entirely new way of viewing our history. You will also learn that just as White Americans must truly move beyond their racist past, so too must Black Americans truly move beyond their Negro past. Furthermore, you’ll learn the meaning of new terms like the Negro Barrier, The Black American Double Dilemma (BADD) and Raisin in the Sun Syndrome (RISS); these are all principal stumbling blocks of Negroism which most Black Americans are unaware of. TSEP exists because it takes two emancipations to overcome the affliction of Negroism, one individual at a time. The First Emancipation liberated our forebears from traditional U.S. slavery, so The Second Emancipation is now required to liberate their descendants from Negroism. If you’re ready for a better Black American culture and have what it takes to overcome Negroism in actual practice, Post-Negro Studies which offers resources like The Second Emancipation Program (TSEP) are for you. For those with eyes to see and minds to comprehend, a much-needed Post-Negro era awaits!