Among the work that we do here at IAATP, is developing solutions to the complex array of challenges that have traditionally confronted Black Americans and continue to challenge us today. These problems are more complex and difficult than many Black Americans realize so we created the field of Post-Negro Studies, which can be described as—the study of Ajise (Ah-jee-sheh) or the Culture of Redemption and Renewal (CORAR)—a more effective Black American culture for the 21^st century and beyond. Among the great benefits of Ajise is that it teaches the knowledge and skills required to overcome Negroism (thinking and acting like Negroes) which facilitates moving forward in history as a people.

 

We don’t Play the Blame Game nor Victim Game

In Post-Negro Studies, we don’t play the blame game nor do we play the victim game because we switch from a focus on what’s wrong with White people to a focus on what’s wrong with us. Therefore, our most pressing problems can be traced back to The Negro Barrier, which in Post-Negro Studies is described as—a gross distortion in our thought and behavior individually and collectively that inclines us to do the wrong thing rather than the right thing in critical situations. As Black Americans, we’ve consistently committed major errors in critical situations throughout our history and for this we’re now paying dearly. We’ve also tried to move forward in history without addressing our most fundamental problem—Being reduced to the deeply dysfunctional state called Negroism (thinking and acting like Negroes) during the time of captivity or U.S. slavery; this is also the main reason we never seem to get anywhere. Given our dire situation today, and the unfinished business from the slavery and Jim Crow eras, overcoming the affliction of Negroism is the only viable solution.

 

Negroism gets Worse

Today, Black Americans prefer the name African-Americans, and this change was made specifically to replace the term, Negro. However, Negroism (Thinking and acting like Negroes) is so deep-seated and complex that calling ourselves African-Americans is in no way sufficient to overcome the affliction of Negroism, so we’re fooling no one but ourselves. In spite of the best intentions, the term African-American, in actual practice, is just another name for American Negro. In Post-Negro Studies, we learn that Negroism actually gets worse, not better, with each succeeding generation. This explains why the 21^st century Negro is also the most wayward American Negro ever.

 

Overcoming Negroism

When we think in terms of Post-Negro Studies we’re acknowledging that being Negroes hasn’t really worked for us, and it never will; so among the most important tasks confronting our people today is overcoming Negroism in sufficient numbers. In other words, since we were indeed reduced to the deeply dysfunctional state called Negroism, during the long centuries of American slavery, we will never get anywhere we need to be as individuals or as a people until we actually lift ourselves out of it one individual at a time. This isn’t a solution for every Black American but only for those who have what it takes to overcome Negroism in actual practice.

The Negro identity was tailor made for slavery and intended to better enslave us or keep us down; so it’s quite detrimental in any post-slavery period. Therefore, we must overcome Negroism and this is now made possible via the advent of Post-Negro Studies and the Culture of Redemption and Renewal (CORAR). Negroism is something that we learned so it can certainly be unlearned under the right conditions. This is where Post-Negro Studies comes in because in this new paradigm we can overcome Negroism as we acquire a more effective ethnic culture. A sampling of important subjects in Post-Negro Studies follows.

 

Important Subjects in Post-Negro Studies

1. The American Dilemma (TAD)—One of the most glaring problems plaguing America throughout its history
2. The Black American Double Dilemma (BADD)—One of the most glaring problems facing Black America throughout its history
3. The Unwritten Book of Life (UBL)—Black American History from the Ajise (Ah-jee-sheh) or Post-Negro Perspective
4. Understanding the Culture of Shared Misery (COSM)—traditional Black American Culture
5. Understanding Ajise (Ah-jee-sheh) the Culture of Redemption and Renewal (CORAR)—a more effective ethnic culture for the 21^st century and beyond and not a mere re-creation of African traditions.
6. Ethnic Alchemy—A personal transformative process at the heart of the CORAR
7. The Sacred Team—Ajise Male-Female relations
8. Ajiseism—The religion of the CORAR

 

Rising to a Higher Level 

Although we may have been born and raised as Negroes, we don’t have to remain that way. We can overcome this condition by rising to a higher level of awareness and performance in actual practice. For those with eyes to see and minds to comprehend, Post-Negro Studies shows the way to the much-needed Post-Negro Phase of Black American history.