Pawned Sovereignty: Sharpened Black Perspectives on Americanization, Africa, War and ReparationsAuthorHouse, 1. 12. 2003 - Počet stran: 276 "Pawned Sovereignty will be a collector's item, alongside Welsing's Isis Papers and Woodson's Mis-Education of the Negro." - Rolling Out Magazine ""Aharone's bold blueprint for black sovereignty sounds more like a long overdue prescription than an incendiary manifesto." - Lloyd Kam Williams, Syndicated Writer "The themes of Ezrah Aharones political book, Pawned Sovereignty, revolve around Black America being a "free," but not a "sovereign" people. The book however does not promote a sovereign movement, but rather a sovereign consciousness and evolutionary outlooks. "Since sovereignty (not civil rights) is the pinnacle of all freedoms, the book provides Black America with solutions and insightful viewpoints, based on sovereign-minded frames of reference. This approach pierces the core of mainstream body politics and leads to redefined ideals and worldviews which better serve Black/African interests. According to Aharone, "Such outlooks also help bridge the political and philosophical gap that now separates Hip Hop from the Civil Rights/Black Power generation." "A central premise of Pawned Sovereignty concerns what he calls different "Concepts of Freedom." According to Aharone, Black America's concept of freedom has historically been limited to "Civil Rights, Integration, and Citizenship." However, freedom for White America entails nothing less than "Sovereignty, Independence, and Statehood." Aharone says, "This conceptual distinction is arguably the most consequential, yet most unrecognized, source of racial disharmony and inequities. As a result, certain sociopolitical conditions that Whites would never tolerate have become normalized within the Black Experience." "Aharone surgically dissects and separates the flaws and misperceptions from the realities of American democracy, while drawing political distinctions between the character of America and the image of America. In prototype fashion, he reconfigures today's sociopolitical landscape as he expounds on 55 original topics. "Among other things, Aharone asserts that whether the issue is international terrorism; domestic crime and homicides; or inadequate numbers of Blacks in government . . . the solution does not lie within America's current "Brand" of democracy. Pawned Sovereignty addresses the root causes of such issues, while offering prescriptions to remedy both the human and systemic failures of American democracy. The blueprint he outlines will undoubtedly enhance or make you rethink your worldviews. |
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... Euro-American values. The first 7 presidents, (1789-1837) prior to Martin Van Buren, were all born in Europe and reared on Anglo-based values. America was not founded so that Africans or any other non-Western European people could ...
... Euro-Americans. However, association should not be confused with sovereignty. Sovereignty is absolute and nationalistically distinct to a particular race or group of people. People are either sovereign, or they are not. To occupy a ...
... Euro-Americans. The spirit of their sovereign authority is expressed throughout society. On a superficial but interesting sociological level, it's funny in a peculiar way when Whites deride Blacks to “go back to Africa.” Even though we ...
... Euro-Americans would probably find it offensive, if we ever raised the issue of modifying the flag. They could care less if it flew before, during, or after slavery. Our thoughts and positions are inconsequential, when it comes to ...
... Euro-Americans place great importance and take pride in their European ancestry. An interesting newspaper article titled, “Electing A King?” touched on the ancestry of President George W. Bush and former Vice President, Al Gore. It ...