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letter from a region in my mind - Coggle Diagram
letter from a region in my mind
Destiny
Boys turning to men have patterns
Destined to not rise higher than fathers
Drop out of school & work instead
Drink too much
Cause of patterns = oppression by the White Man
No amount of money or hard work could be seen as an escape from oppression
Girls turning to women have patterns
"Holy girls"
"God's decoys"
Destined to gain weight like mothers
Religion
Fears must be faced
Fears drove him to the Church
But felt God could not see/hear him/black people
Felt that church was "mask for self-hatred & despair"
Felt that faith should not exist unless it is making humans more free/loving
Became a preacher, Young Minister
Wanted to break father's hold on him
Father did not accept Jewish friend
Wanted people to believe out of love, not fear of going to Hell
Otherwise they conquer
Fear ("fact") of death = greatest of all
White Americans do not believe in death-- reason they fear Black Americans
White Christians have forgotten origins of Christianity
Came out of Middle East
"Color" did not exist yet
St. Paul = "real architect of the Christian church"
Hope turned to Black God in Islam
White God did not deliver
White man = devil, black men = first men
Where did NOI get its money?
Power
Power = only thing that white people have that black people want
Nobody can hold onto power forever