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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... colonial past and its victory of independence. Since we are no longer enslaved, some people may say, “so what” regarding the years that the flag flew over slavery. But based on principle, and considering the circumstances we were forced ...
... slavery. At the time he scripted these words, he owned over 200 slaves himself. If he sincerely opposed slavery, he ... independence. This is one of the earliest examples of politicizing religion. Other signers of the Declaration of ...
... slavery is not to be regarded in any way as the moral or political equivalent of their rise from colonialism. Historically, Black America has existed in a far more alarming state of disrepair than colonial Americans ever were. But for ...
... slavery and colonialism, as well as Africa's strategic importance to Western development. If we understood these ... colonial Americans. They clearly understood the contradictions of their self-interests and those of the British, and ...
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