The following is Blog post number thirty-one and is actually a repost of the very first Blog entry: It comes from the Cover Flap of the book BECOME PERFECT 2007©.

COVER FLAP

"If one were to actually apply the Spirit, indeed the principles of Christ to the Christian Faith and through that prism, view the functional definition of Conservatism, then, one can only judge that Christian Conservatism is a shadow. It is not real.

          Evaluating through the prism of fruits from conduct, one must conclude, that Christian Conservatism is not Christ-like in conduct by its leadership, or in the movements results.

          Represented by the so called Religious Right, as a movement with fruit bearing conduct, Christian Conservatism, has done enormous damage to the Christian Faith in America. Indeed the Christian Faith has been high-jacked by the Religious Right!

          Causing some who may have proclaimed the Faith, such shame of association, they prefer “Spiritual” as their label, rather than Christian. Yet, they believe in Jesus Christ as their Savior.

          Webster defines Conservatism in this fashion: “The disposition to preserve or restore what is established and traditional and to limit change.”

          The Church of America must indeed become the reality of Conservatism as to the Faith, not the shadow of it. An Almighty God has called and chosen, a lowly, unheard of Black Preacher from Kansas, to bring a word of correction unto the Church of America, as the end of effort draws nigh for those born prior to the year 1950.

          In this hour, it is these folk who represent the great burden on the Christian Faith. At top of mind for this particular generation, is the compelling history that leaves America as a divided house; with manifold divisions as the prism for viewing the world.

          The Religious Right has become the loudest voice of this divide; as a shadow within Christian Conservatism. Which by its fruit as a movement in America is not actually conservative by definition, but rather it is radicalism!

           In this radicalism, of shadow within a shadow, the adherence to the commandments and traditions of Jesus Christ have become marginalized.

           Within the pages of Become Perfect, Brother H. Jeffery Harris, an ordained minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ attempts to restore unto the Church of America, that which must be preserved: the life example, the teachings, and the principles of Jesus Christ that became a Faith, called Christianity.

           This book seeks to reveal the shadows, and reestablish the traditionalist mores of Jesus Christ, for engaging humanity as handed down by the Son of a living God!

           With a profound hope, that the Church of America will receive correction; in so doing, implement the behavioral principles delivered through the Word of an Almighty God: a Word with unyielding expectations about those who are loved by Him!

           At the end of the effort, Become Perfect is a work of faith, and a discovery of God’s truth. And what is that truth? His Father sacrificed Jesus for all humanity; Jesus Christ has left it to individuals to do His sacrifice, which is to love.

           An individual’s love for their neighbor represents the Blood-Sacrifice of Jesus Christ! Now, how is this love revealed? Through our daily conduct, one human to another in forgiveness, mercy, truth and grace, Christ’s love is unmistakable."

The following is Blog post number thirty and is in response to some talk as to whether or not Ronald Reagan was a great President. This post is an excerpt from the book Become Perfect 2007©. Alterations are only made in formatting for easier reading and clarity.

RACIAL RECONCILIATION

PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN

[“There may be significant changes seen in some pockets of the Southern Regions of America: the South, yet, represents the significant racial and cultural divide in this country; the deep divisions between the two political parties cannot be clearer. The battles between Republicans and Democrats rage; there seems to be no middle ground between the cultural divide that remains. After all these years, the divide, is essentially, a North versus the South battle of wills and values, principally along racial lines.

The South favors the Iraq War; the North is against it! The North favors a “Woman’s Choice;” the South is against it! The North favors “Pop Culture;” the South is against it! For nearly four hundred years, there has been the matter of race in America, as it relates to our distribution of The Resource Bundle, combined with, the Concentric Circle of Peace. The North would champion a more fair distribution; the South will fight against it!

Since President Ronald Reagan, comity has left the building! If one looks at the events since President Kennedy and Johnson, who were trying to properly affect The Resource Bundle, no President, has done more to damage race relations in America, than President Ronald Reagan. In fact, President Reagan, did more to set race relations backward, than any President in recent history! And if one is to hold the title of "Greatest President" or even a "Great President" it would seem to this author that would would at least act like they favored all peoples. This man showed no such interest!

Indeed one would have to look back, to Andrew Johnson, to find a President, with a more negatively transformative affect on Black folk in America! Reagan’s election campaign in 1980, reinstituted the States Rights debate, which had been subordinated, to some degree, by both of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965.

These two Acts were established, to enfranchise, the Black-American people. Reagan’s voice, defeated Affirmative Action, as a method to make The Resource Bundle an egalitarian reality in America.

Reagan, was against: both the Civil and Voting Rights Acts, the Affirmative Action policy, the Martin Luther King Holiday; he was overridden, when he vetoed the bill, for America to put sanctions against the South African government, for their “Just Us Philosophy” White privilege system of Apartied!

Though Reagan may be the “King” of the Conservative Community, his efforts in the 1980’s to curtail the forward march of the Civil Rights Movement, were not lost on Black folk. Reagan’s efforts and judgments were about favoring White privilege and constricting The Resource Bundle!

His Presidency was for some, and it was not for all! We contend, that all President’s have a responsibility, to create a more Perfect Union; this means to produce a truly egalitarian society, in my judgment. Many Presidents, have failed at the moral principle of caring for “the least of these;” in this moral challenge, most assuredly, President Reagan failed miserably!

He had no desire for such a thing as egalitarianism, but rather for a deviant disadvantage based Capitalism that mainly rewards White privilege and the rich. His greatest accomplishment in my view was a restoration of our love for our soldiers, but we give credit to ending the Cold War to George H. W. Bush!]

The following is Blog post number twenty-nine. It is part of the ongoing Racial Reconciliation in America Series, and it is entitled: President Barack Obama.

RACIAL RECONCILIATION

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

“I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.” (1Timothy 2:1-2 : KJV)

I do not nor have I ever claimed to be a prophet, others have declared it of me. I do not so declare it. If prophesy comes so be that prophesy is offered and let the results declare themselves. On February 10, 2007, Barack Obama announced that he would be running to become the 44^th President of the United States.

Through much prayer and meditation within Holy Scripture; in self-denial, between September 17, and October 26, 2007, we endured a forty day fast. We received many prophesies by God’s grace.

We wanna share with you one excerpt of over 400 pages of writings taken from the period of fasting (before any Obama announcement), and by instruction included in the book Become Perfect 2007©. The only alteration is in a shortening of the paragraphs for the sake of readability and clarity.

[“A society rooted in White privilege, contributes to the Black minority being a subordinated people, through their exclusion from positions of ultimate authority and power over any type of valued resource; even in areas where, their excellence is greater than all other people on earth! Sports, being the greatest example of this; as Bob Johnson, owner of the “Charlotte Bobcats,” an NBA expansion team is the only professional sports franchise, with a Black controlling interest.

However, as this book is being written, there is a man of African descent who has chosen to run for President of the United States. His success may change some of the assertions in this book.

I have prophesied, by the grace given me of God that this man: will in fact, on November 4, 2008, by an “Electoral College” landslide victory; that will not be challenged, become President of the United States! That he will become known as one of the great American Presidents, after serving two terms in the office! This man’s name is Barack Obama; he currently serves as a U.S. Senator from the State of Illinois.

The reality, that he also has a White ancestry, is an asset to his Presidential candidacy. His bi-racial form makes him a less intimidating force; his intellectual prowess, style and overall demeanor, certainly, afford a better opportunity for success. I suspect that his outward form will cause him to be totally underestimated as it relates to force of will!

Underneath his cool exterior, I suspect that there is a great deal of “Street” that many Black and White folk might miss! That he was not borne of historical norms, for a Black-American male, both in complexion and slave ancestry, is an added benefit to his chances for success. He certainly, would have no legitimate reasons, to be plagued inwardly, by historical resentments!

Resentments, that affect the traditional Black male psyche, thankfully, do not belong to him. Unlike his wife, he has not had to watch, as his father grappled with, an enduring racial prejudice experienced, by a Black male born and reared in America.

This is, to their familial advantage, as his brilliant wife; has seen it and provides a balancing perspective, I suspect. As a unit, I believe, they are nothing short of extraordinary for America! Most importantly, he represents, the clearest example, of why there can be no debate: that positive strides have indeed, been made on the question of race in America.

Yet, there is, ever, so far a distance that must be traveled. God has ordained his election! It will occur; occur for the principal purpose, of bringing judgment upon America.

Revelation of our nature of prejudice, and our opportunities for reconciliation, will be revealed during his Presidency. His every step will be challenged! Caricatures of him will be base and ugly.

His successes will all be hard fought! White privilege, not simply, the normal protracted politics, will be at the center of his every challenge. White privilege, as a profound reality in America, will become increasingly challenged, during his eight years of office.

As a worldwide phenomenon, posited by Western Civilization, White privilege will be met with evermore scrutiny. The fear, of losing White privilege; losing dominating control, will cause a disturbance in the psyche of White America!

Over the coming decades, these will be dangerous and troubling times. This is why it is so crucial, that we start now, to heal the hearts of Black and White America in particular!

With this hope, I address the issue of race and reconciliation; as reconciliation individual to individual is the only way to defeat the spirit of the Anti-Christ in full operation in the United States of America from her beginning.

America remains divided, as the Anti-Christ spirit forces, of bigotry and hatred, have led to offences committed over and over again by Whites toward Blacks and by Blacks toward Whites. This is a circular reality of negative conduct!

These offences have become matters of deep seeded un-forgiveness. Over the process of time, the offence and the un-forgiveness of it, lead to additional offences. Un-forgiveness becomes an egregious matter like the original offence, which started it all.

In the case of the offences of bigotry and hateful attitudes, well, they become set, as though in concrete, within the conscious mind and conscience of the human being.

Now, together, like some kind of evil batch of soup, this revolving door of emotional animus, I contend, is the work of the spirit of Anti-Christ; this sparks “approach avoidance” among individuals, based on race.

Though, many of my fellow ministers disagree with me on this matter, this circular event is a profound reality within the Body of Christ the Church of America. This Anti-Christ spirit, whenever possible, through racial bigotry, attempts to turn what some describe as: “America the great melting pot” into what seems at times as a “Witches Brew!”]

[This blog includes excerpts from the book Become Perfect 2007©]

The following is Blog post number twenty-eight and is part of the Series Racial Reconciliation in America, and it is entitled: How Do White Folk Offend Black Folk – Part Seven –  In Search of a More Perfect Union

RACIAL RECONCILIATION

How Do White Folk Offend Black Folk

Part Seven

In Search of a More Perfect Union

“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” (Preamble to the Constitution of the United States of America.) http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration_transcript.html

“In order to form a more perfect Union.” For many years now this particular phrase in the Preamble of the Constitution has puzzled me. What exactly is a “More Perfect Union?” What was the hope of those who wrote down this vision of a nation? These words though amazing and visionary did not have Black folk in mind, but rather White men.

Neither did they have women of any color in mind, but rather White men. And this beloved along with Slavery is the great offense of the White man in not considering other folk. The laws of the land did not bestow upon others that which was bestowed upon White men. Perhaps the results of the struggle and victories for all who were not originally included, was the expectation of the Framers. If this is the case what prophets they were praise God! We expect however, that the Just Us Philosophy of the White man declares the absence of God in the deal.

When we think of a more perfect Union we can not help but think of what a perfect society oughta look like. A more perfect Union speaks to an egalitarian society! A society in which access to The Resource Bundle is not prohibited, rather access is equal to all. A more perfect Union is the unfinished business of White men in America. White men established the vision for and of the United States of America; they also put up the gate and the barriers to entry into their vision. White men established what was intended to be their promised land and they did not include any rights for others who were not White men.

The struggle has been from the very beginning a struggle to bend the Will of White men unto the actual words that express a universal freedom. As it is written: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” Bending the Will of the White man has never happened but by the good Will of other White men who embraced the demand for change!

Those White men who are willing to sacrifice their own resources, even unto death at times are the final act; they are the bringer of change in America. It was true in the Revolution and it was true in the War that kept the nation whole and also ended Slavery. Though there has always been Black or female leadership in change movements the participation of White men executed the final acts of every American change movement. Why is this true? History! The bullet and pen of history! The White man has held control over both.

As the Control Norm it stands to reason that the gatekeeper; this barrier to entry in to equality: yes, it is the White man’s engagement that is required for a positive outcome in changing the status of other folk in America. The White man in America instituted the offenses that nearly destroyed the nation and only the White man in America can resolve the affects of those offenses today. If the White man does not want to see Racial Reconciliation happen well it won’t happen. Therefore this movement must be a White man movement!

Now it should also be said that the burden of consequences always falls on the possessor of control. When all appeal fails it is discomfort that is felt by the White man that helps change his mind to do what God has determined is righteousness! That is not the decision of the Control Norm; it is the decision of Almighty God.

We declare that we would not be where we are as it relates to Civil Rights if it were not for White men. Not just Black folk but White folk secured the progress beyond Jim Crow. To go beyond rights unto a place of comity in those rights and the pursuit of happiness in those rights the progressive work must go on.

My friends this progressive work includes the manifestation of Racial Reconciliation in America. That requires the diligent participation of all. We contend, that this is, principally the unfinished business of the “Baby Boomer Generation” the so-called “Change Generation.” This generation has done not enough, as it relates to fundamental change! Bringing a lot of children who do not look like their great grand parents this is not fundamental change though a lasting change it very well may be.

Peace and love left out a forgiveness movement. A reconciliation reality was never the completed work, and we find ourselves today embroiled knee deep in the anger of the 1960’s! There is forgiveness to be done by Black folk; this is of a certainty. However, there are historical and present day actions of the majority, meaning the White man in America, which hinders the achievement of this claimed goal of the U.S. Constitution. Such actions include and certainly are not limited to the following:

·       There is a control of the wherewithal, to affect social indoctrination of the "so-called" underclass, to affect Whites and other cultures in order that all will conform, to a White-centric norm and a Western Civilization philosophy. The very term "underclass" is a term that must be rejected, for it is a term that suggests some people are better than other people! In itself this reference to the poor whatever their color is indoctrination of a hierarchal lesser than status! It is an attack on the very self of the poor! Of course, this indoctrination is facilitated by control over the framing and communication of our arguments in critically important social debates. This occurs, even to the point of making such debates seem like illegitimate arguments or debates not worthy of our time or our discovery.

            Debates, such as those being put forth in this book, would be an example. One can easily become marginalized, if they embrace a view that focuses on the high-valuing of every human life. Better it would be if our view was based on consideration of everybody, rather than, a visually popular individual or the financially powerful in America. Any possibility for transitioning this great nation unto its promise as a true democracy with an egalitarian outcome socially and economically will always be marginalized by those of the status quo. Those who do not actually embrace democratic rule are many; they hold extreme views and desires to control power. While those who posit true democratic and egalitarian hopes are marginalized, by those possessing the Will and capacity to prevent change!

Those who possess a hopeful view of an egalitarian society become branded as a left leaning socialist liberal; as un-American, or even more dreadful, an unpatriotic anti-Christian. When in fact egalitarianism is Christianity in action! It is written in the Book of Acts chapter 4 and verse 32: “All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had.” (NIV) We hear not of this Holy Scripture, but are given perversions of the truth by able forces of indoctrination; such keep the regular blue-collar White American in bondage to the wishes of the Oligarchy elite.

Their very control over power is dependent upon their keeping the larger mainstream of America contained within their divisions. This did not just begin; it began in the 1600’s! The elite, the controlling class, have pitted poor Whites and poor Blacks, against one another, from the early beginnings of Slavery. It continues today! The “buy-in” to elitist indoctrination of a White human being works very well; the blue-collar sector of White society continues to work against itself; as it has little, while the controller of the agenda and its communication continues to fare very well!

They laugh, in indignation, behind closed doors, at the so-called underclass; those who are oppressed by the spirit of the Anti-Christ: through lies, deceit and downright trickery that comes forth through the forms of indoctrination that the controllers of power desire. The saddest of all is how the Oligarchy laughs at the so-called “Religious Right.”

The affects of indoctrination, produces an inward belief of the White blue-collar worker that they too, can become the White elitist. You see power is a desired aspect of the American dream; something that, we contend, a White human believes is ultimately attainable, if they so desire it. Whether it is something desired or not it is believed attainable. This is the White privilege affect. In any movement of change, that would actually inure to the benefit of all, as a result of this American dream; the White blue-collar human being, still will not join with the Black and Brown one, whose condition is exactly like their own.

For, they are all blue-collar workers, if they are fortunate enough to have a job, paying them more than a minimum wage and less than thirty bucks an hour and a few children! Beloved, this is the” Mark of Oppression,” which is borne by White folk living on the low-end of the economic ladder. The problem is that they just don’t get it! Black folk, however, do get it! It is a “mind-blowing,” observation for the Black-American. For they see the oppression of poor Whites, as their own oppression, even though the poor White-American wars against them, rather than against the White elite controlling class!

Black folk don’t want anyone to be oppressed! The poor White-American that would join the Ku Klux Klan, which will not war against the White elite, but will wage terror against those without influence is an abomination in the struggle for social justice and economic equality for all poor folk! This is truly an incredible example, of the powers, of the Anti-Christ’s deception, and it makes poor White folk look foolish.

We contend that because Jesus Christ is their only source of freedom, just as He is for poor Black folk; Whites and poor Blacks should be in league with one another, not warring against one another! Both are oppressed by the communications apparatus of the elite controlling class. Oppression is always associated with economics; the low-end of the economic ladder is totally colorblind! All of this is a matter of misunderstanding the American dream: this is a spiritual matter, which is called freedom and social equality. The American Dream beloved is not a material matter called a house, or a 401(k). No, the dream is and has always been freedom!

Now, the challenge for all who are on the low-end of the economic ladder is to recognize that none of them are free. They all are bound by a federal taxing system favoring the wealthy that does not produce a good return on investment for the poor. The poor are bound by a local government that provides bad services; a terrible healthcare system and an education system that stifles the forward progress of America’s working poor! The poor are locked out of an over priced higher education system and therefore the ladder of success is positioned out of reach. Where are the bootstraps! It is truly scandalous!

This minimalist perspective of the American dream, as home ownership, is delivered through the power of indoctrination. This social, indoctrination, operates through a controlling class, the Oligarchy in America and those, who for filthy lucre will do their bidding. Those vicious purveyors of deceit, who would with intended purpose of silencing the change agents, are very skillful in destroying the messengers of goodwill.

The message of change to the benefit of the larger collective in society is silenced; by those whose future success, depends on a status quo. The non-spiritual, version, of the American dream is embedded, into the socioeconomic psyche! The purpose is to maintain a consumer culture, a divided society, of those who can spend, versus, those who have little to spend and must daily spend all they have just to survive.
America is a divided people that will continue to spend; not save, living, far above their means for some material purpose. Consumption is the objective of the controllers of socioeconomic indoctrination; their purpose is, to drive the economic wheel for the well being of the Oligarchy. Their methodology is division. It is the division of the haves versus the have not’s.

Now, this is not to challenge ownership. The ownership of a piece of land is not a negative; it is indeed the entry to creating personal wealth. However, to put ones personal value, into the context of material ownership is not a good thing. For all things on this earth are temporary. Let us therefore, place our value on the things of God and heaven. Freedom is what God has for us. Let us therefore, have freedom as our dream! Freedom is a spiritual matter, possessed, only through Jesus Christ! Therefore, let it be, that Jesus Christ is your treasure.

As it is written: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth where moth and rust doth corrupt¸ and where thieves break through and steal: But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. (Matt.6:19-21 : KJV)

In the West, particularly, in America, our heart rests in the gladness of material possessions! Our economic condition; even for some, our personal value, is based on our ability to consume. We travel, on the treadmill of gain! The house that we purchase, leads to the manufacture of refrigerators and toasters. Our garage, houses a car, the manufacturer of which, requires an entire supply chain, which keeps workers earning an income to pay a mortgage note! That mortgage note is backed by a house that is our treasure, the false American Dream! That mortgage note, justifies an entire financial system. That system leans on the value of the American Dream!

            The Oligarchy in America controls the financial system! As this book is being written there is an inappropriate value placed on that house, the false American Dream! The house is crumbling beloved; the value of the American Dream is diminishing! Beloved, where will your treasure be as this happens? If your treasure is in heaven, when the house crumbles, then, you will survive! Indeed, you will be blessed, for the God of heaven and earth is your treasure! In God, there is freedom and there is no oppression whatsoever, for the true Believer is free of the forces of darkness on this plantation, the spirit of Anti-Christ!

The “Mark of Oppression” is something that is shared by many White and nonwhite human beings in America; though, some believe it only as a Black phenomenon. If you are poor and White, our economic system, locks you out of achieving what God put you here to achieve; you are without capital, a well paying job, education, food, transportation, housing, medical care, and influence! Put your faith in God and be ye not devastated by a financial system on the verge of collapse. Poor White folk – you are rocking in the same old boat as those with the same color of blood, but a different color of skin!

The only way that this is reversed is for the proven truth to be spoken and heard over and over again by the masses. Herein lays the difficulty; the purveyors of truth typically have limited or no control over the communications methodologies that matter, i.e., the network television stations. For these sources of mind control and social indoctrination, rests in the hands of those who want maintenance of the existing power base; as they are the owners of it, not the people who are told that they own the airwaves.

If you own the airwaves where is your paycheck, for what comes over your airwaves, certainly does not provide natural sustenance or worthy information! In this regard, breaking the power of the “Mark of Oppression” of the so-called underclass is more than difficult! We contend that this is one of the great dangers facing America in these latter days. For at some point the entire so-called underclass is going to wake up to a true understanding of egalitarianism. We contend further that it is Racial Reconciliation that will lead to this understanding. An understanding that will open the eyes of a slumbering body; representing every skin-color of America's poor folk!

The following is Blog post number twenty-seven and is part of the Racial Reconciliation Series, it is entitled: How Do White Folk Offend Black Folk –PART SIX  – The Mark of Oppression, A Psyche Hold Over of Historical and Current Events

How Do White Folk Offend Black Folk

Part Six – Mark of Oppression

A Psyche Hold Over of Historical and Current Events

When we look in on history and Black folk, we do not neglect the significant contributions of people of African descent. It is factually correct that in communicating the history of the world White folk have appropriated many Black achievements to be their own. Often left out of White history’s record is the Black achiever. The question is why have they done this, for what reason?

We contend that it is human nature that one wants to be considered the greatest. Who is the greatest race of people is likely an irrelevant indeed fruitless discovery. We contend that White Black Red Yellow and Brown folk are all great races of people; has been the greatest in their sphere of existence at a time of God’s choosing.

Regarding Black rule and dominance of early Western Civilization, we accept a view that early Greece and Roman societies were indeed heavily influenced by ancestry that is nonwhite. Who does not want to claim the great conquerors of the world in history as there own? To find the first great ruler one can go as far back as the Book of Genesis. As the great and mighty Nimrod, son of Cush and great grand son of Noah is considered by some to be the first great king.

Of course being in the lineage of Cush he would thereby also be of color. Some are even of the opinion that both men Julius Cesar and Alexander the Great were of colored ancestry. That would be interesting discovery. We have no reason to doubt that people of color ruled at the beginning of Western Civilization, and thus prior to 1492.

The real question is why does it even matter? One of the great biases of African Slavery in America is the elimination of this history of Black rule in telling history. This voiding of Black history and appropriating Black achievement is one of many weapons used By White folk to dominate the Will of the Black African Slave. Indeed the attempted exclusion of African-centric dominance in recorded World History is just one example of the White human beings power and control over the critical resource of communications. The shame for the Black American, is having to admit that it was Black rule in Africa that helped to create American Slavery in the first place.

Communications is the delivery of information and he who holds the power of framing the narrative often writes history to the benefit of one’s own purposes. If that purpose is maintaining control over the world’s resources one communicates historical realities to their benefit. If one wants to be known as the race that is dominate and superior as some White supremacist have historically wanted, then that is the lens through which history is told. If one has the wherewithal that makes re-framing history possible, well we have seen that occur. Can there be any question that communications played a vital role in the development of the African Slavery apparatus?

If one wants to create an economy that is based on free labor then one implements a Slave system. If one implements a Slave system based economy one must also institute a system of controls over their Slave resource. If one wants to establish such controls the first thing after the capture of the Slave is to begin an implementation process of abject domination and psychological indoctrination of their Slave resource and those who benefit from or endure the Slavery system.

Communications is a vital part of the apparatus of the Slave resource management system. It is still vital today. Framing all manner of communications is one of the benefits of conquering much of the world since 1492, and communications has helped the White human being hold power. The “Mark of Oppression” is facilitated by the awareness of historical events, wherein the White human being has demonstrated a capacity to inflict violence on folk when felt threatened.

We see this capacity today as we hear of unarmed young Black men being killed by someone White and claiming fear for their life. Black folk claim murder of sons and brothers. Yet because of mass communications it is the young Black boy who is portrayed as and believed to be the most violent. This is an offense because all Black folk know that White folk have nothing to fear from young Black boys!

We have seen the exercise of massive violence with impunity. Globally, this was demonstrated by our “Shock and Awe” War on Iraq; a war of choice not one of necessity. The United States was not threatened by Iraq. This is an extreme example of the same root of cause and capability, which says: “I feel threatened so I have the right of preemptive cause and affect.” Inside America, the root of this same Will and the capability to exert this Will, has been demonstrated by White terrorist organizations like the Ku Klux Klan. This is an organization with a legendary reputation of brutality and atrocities against Blacks, Catholics and Jews throughout America.

Now, the root is the spirit of Anti-Christ. The Klan as an organized American White terrorist group continues to remain, as a legally authorized organization to this very day. It has thousands of members in America, in the year of our Lord two thousand and fourteen. This is a national disgrace! The question should be asked: “How does an organization: historically known to have done acts of terror upon Blacks, Jews and Catholics, be allowed to remain incorporated in America; what is wrong with this picture?” White privilege is what, is wrong with this picture! No known terrorist group, whatever, the ethnicity, should be legally authorized to operate in this nation!

Often, their strength, historically, has been influenced by economic conditions facing the country and the desire of White terrorists to maintain their perception of White supremacy. During the period just before the Great Depression; not all that long ago, membership in the Klan was at its zenith with “many millions” of members. This is a terrorist group whose historical works of terror are equal to that of Al Qaeda today.

Such a group as Al Qaeda, if known to exist on American soil; that could be found, would be detained forthwith! We contend, that both the Klan and any known members of Al Qaeda should be exiled; as their agenda of oppression and terror should be banned from American soil. The Ku Klux Klan has never been, officially condemned or labeled by the Congress of the United States, as a terrorist organization; though, it is well known that terror has been their legacy, and White supremacy their desired agenda.

Oppression of Black folk principally through exacted terror is a Klan method. Very seldom has imprisonment of a Klan member happened, because like Al Qaeda, these are hooded cowards who can after taking off their hoods; they blend into the mainstream of society. Such are often in positions of power and influence, and many are known to have been members of the United States Congress! There is a high probability that there is a member of Congress affiliated with the Klan today in 2014. The Klan functions legally because of White privilege! This is an offense to Black folk.

You see, beloved, we must understand that the spirit of the Anti-Christ, that spiritual force of the devil, is that which: orchestrates and spawns our divisions, our lies, and violence of acted out hatred; murders and lynching’s, and our thoughts of supremacy one over another. But if you are one who claims the Christian Faith, then you are bound to a conduct that exemplifies the teachings of our Savior Jesus Christ, and the things of God and heaven!

If one claims the Christian Faith, one simply cannot execute harmful actions upon another, in order to fulfill some self-preservationist rationale. The Klan are terrorists believing that their destructive activities are acceptable and involves a sort of righteous cause. Such is the delusion of unrighteousness. The anti-Christ is the author of all oppression as well as White supremacist thought. Indeed, the devil is the author of the “Just Us Philosophy,” embedded in Western Civilization, and White privilege. You know a thing by its fruit, and there are always consequences. God will remember and Jesus Christ will judge. This is not an accusation but an exhortation of fact.

As those who claim Jesus, we all must do what our Savior Jesus Christ and the Father demand of us. Even to the relinquishment of the self, at times this is required. This is a hard thing for all of us; yet it is demanded by God. If you are in Christ, you honor what is declared in the Word of God, the Holy Bible; to do counter to this, is to do the work of the Anti-Christ, the devil. There are always consequences; God is not mocked, without the severest of consequences. To do evil acts in His name is to mock, a fierce and Almighty God! We suspect that many, who are affiliated with the KKK, would fight you if you said they were not a Christian! We say to you that you are not a Christian and are in fact a servant of sin and the devil. The Ku Klux Klan is of the anti-Christ, the devil!

If you are a true Christian, you are called by God into a body of believers of one blood: flowing through: a collective body covered by the skin of many colors. As such, committing heinous acts of brutality for the sake of race or anything else for that matter is to be living a lie. Let truth be told by the witness that this is the Word of God.

As it is written witness number one: “I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; One Lord, one faith, one baptism, One God and Father of all who is above all, and through all, and in you all. But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ.” (Ephesians 4:1-7, KJV).

               Again, as it is written witness number two: “And he gave some, apostles, and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.” (Ephesians 4:11-15, KJV).

               Again, as it is written, witness number three: “If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus; That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

               Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: Neither give place to the devil. Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers, And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you.” (Ephesians, 4:21-32, KJV).

Based on these three witnesses, from the Spirit of God, know the seriousness of which we speak. God is speaking forth expectations of behavior unto all who claim that they belong to Jesus Christ. Let our debts not be counted as destruction of one another, but instead, let us all help one another to achieve a more perfect Body of Christ the Church. In so doing let us reconcile with one another what we all know is a dark history.

We are called to a unity of humanity, that is without spot or blemish! Beloved, I declare unto you that any man or woman, as an example, who is a member of the Ku Klux Klan, current and past who has not disavowed their membership and repented of any affiliation, or acts perpetrated by this American terrorist group, is a servant of the spirit of Anti-Christ the devil. Such is in route to a place called hell! You cannot say that you belong to Christ and be affiliated with any such group of darkness or agenda and also claim Jesus as Lord.

Just as those who call themselves Al Qaeda are going to hell for their sins against God and humanity; so shall every unrepentant member of the Ku Klux Klan! Therefore, for your very soul’s sake, I urge you to leave this group entirely; if you have any affiliation with it; plead this for any member of your family or friends of your family. The business of your soul salvation is very serious business, for there are always consequences.

We, dare, say, those who support and promote either a separatist and divisionary agenda are in spiritual danger. We exhort truth unto you on this matter as God has so called us to do; one might be well served to read the Book of Ephesians for clarity sake. Let not one be a called “minister of God” and then fraternize with such organized darkness; as some have and even now do. This fraternization is a gross sin against God and their responsibility of ministry.

You are known as you have declared yourselves. All such are frauds and servants of the spirit of Anti-Christ. For what hath light to do with darkness, but for the purpose of eliminating darkness? Every White preacher, called by God, must speak out against those who would act to maintain: both White privilege and White supremacist thought and action. The same is true for those who claim such and are Black! All such as this is an offense before God.

Now inferiority contains an assumption of mediocre lowliness. This provokes the questions: “Are the superior/supreme, so, because of their ability to garner weaponry so they can control others; or, are they actually mediocre, because of the need to be in command of others; then, possess what they have? Is it superiority to dominate others in order to manipulate the sphere of play? Is one supreme because one has been able to establish, by weaponry, the mechanism to control, dominate and influence all things?”

Perhaps true power representing superiority is contained, within the spirit and soul of the materially dominated, which yet, possess the inward stuff to compete and win though facing a manipulated system. Perhaps the superior is the one who must work twice as hard to be half as good; at the end of the effort becoming the actual overachiever.

Perhaps the superior, is the one so feared that constructs against them are felt, as absolutely necessary in order to manipulate a competition to defeat them. Such manipulation can not produce true victory, but rather the accusation of guilt. We wonder if that one, who is so considered as inferior, is actually superior simply because they are so feared. If we are certain of anything, it is that the “White Supremacist” like the “Black Supremacist” is not only an oxymoron, but those who embrace such thought are indeed representative of mediocre humanity.

Those who require a manipulated competition, seemingly, cannot compete on a level field of play and win, based either on the strength of intellect or character. Fear to compete without manipulation is actually indicative of sloth and a soul complex of inferiority. So we find that there is likely no superior or inferior humanity; there is simply, the authority over weapons control and ideas; in the hands of one race more than another.

The key capacity is that of mass communication that is possessed by White folk. This capacity has been used over the process of time to develop a sense of inferiority within the Black race; a belief and an attitude of superiority among the White race. To Black folk this is an offense. The use of mass communications by White folk in America has implanted upon the soul of Black folk, the Mark of Oppression.

I encourage all readers of every race, particularly the White race, to go to the following: http://www.tulsareparations.org/FinalReport.htm which is an overview of the final report called: “The Oklahoma Commission on the Race Riot of Tulsa 1921.” I do not know how valid Wikipedia is, but there is a very revealing account there as well. By history standards this event is counted, as recent, having occurred in 1921. Also, known as the “Black Wall Street” the Greenwood Avenue district of Tulsa, Oklahoma was in a day burnt to the ground. Destroying great Black wealth this event eliminated one of the most significant demonstrations of Black self-reliance in American history.

This White riot event is one of the most monumental offenses perpetrated by White folk against Black folk in America! This riot event, took place during the great oil boom of the Southwest. The Greenwood Avenue district was the wealthiest Black community in America at the time! This entirely Black district, which included some 1,256 homes, along with its banks, and numerous commercial buildings, hospitals and schools were burned totally and completely to the ground by the Ku Klux Klan, a legalized terrorist group.

According to the Wikipedia account, there are estimates that some 300 Blacks on the low-end, to a possible high of 3,000 Black human beings were murdered in a span of just 24 hours on May 31 thru June 1, 1921. Sadly, suspected mass-grave sites, to this very day, have not, been allowed to be discovered! This is known to be the greatest atrocity on record in the recent history of our nation. We are surprised; no movie that we know of has ever been done, based on this truly historical event!

There were estimated to be some 10,000 members of the Ku Klux Klan in the area with many of them in attendance at this riot. We contend that it is this type of history, for which we must seek a healing of our collective conscience and be reconciled with the help of an Almighty God. For this is not a Slave story that fuels the Mark of Oppression, no this is a Jim Crow Era story; truly an era of expansion of the Mark!

To ones great sadness, this is not the only event of its type! According to the Wikipedia account, in January 1923 in Rosewood, Florida, there was another terrorist attack on a smaller scale. It is interesting that there was a movie made of Rosewood and not of the Tulsa event. Not one White human being was either arrested, charged, or punished for either of these atrocities!

The State did not protect its Black citizens in any of these terrorist attacks. This is a gross and vivid example, of White privilege. The lack of personal accountability: demonstrated by prosecuting justice, and recompense; lends credence to the impression, that this terrorist activity, if you are White, is allowable in America. This is not an accusation rather this is an exhortation of fact.

According to reports, although, there were some financial accommodations made to the families of the Rosewood attack, the only reparations paid in the Tulsa massacre was for the cartridges that were used by Whites to shoot maim and kill Blacks. Even for those who do not feel oppressed, these are historical realities that are difficult to put out of memory, and say: “I forgive it!” Yet one must; as this is what Almighty God requires! Forgetting is an impossibility and made evermore difficult because the KKK has never been outlawed in this nation as a terrorist group.

Their terrorist agenda has never been, formally, repudiated by the U.S. Government! Why did these acts happen in America against Blacks in particular? Why are there still such resentments and even hatreds among some? These are the questions that we should be discussing in this hour! Why, are we so angry racially, is another question that must be explored! Yes we must ask these question and have our frank and judicious racial discussions; more than this, we must find a way to reconcile our history!

We contend, that all organizations like the Ku Klux Klan in their thirst for “White Power” using terror as the prime instrument of control, have done the greatest disservice to all within the White race. This is an exact example of what humanity must not be! Just as Al Qaeda has high jacked the acceptable principles of the Muslim Faith, so too has the Klan been a blemish on the character, heart and responsibility of the White citizens: “to create a more Perfect Union,” in America. The spirit of historical accusations flies; it must be defeated and the forces of hatred must be overcome as well.

 We pray, that our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will engage in a “Damascus Road” experience with the principal leaders of today’s Ku Klux Klan and deliver them unto victory, which is only received in Christ Jesus. That they, in turn, will then lead, those who serve their words, making it into a changed word: that “White Power” like “Black Power” is not of God! Right now they are being led to hell! For the only righteous power, is the power of a forgiving God; God seeks our souls, the soul of every man, to set them free to love, and to forgive, in truth and mercy! Be ye not deceived, just as there is most assuredly a heaven there is a place called hell; it is there for the un-repented hateful servant of the enemy of God.

Forgiveness truth mercy, and the spirit of love: yea, these are the powers in which we are all challenged to walk beloved! The believer in a White Supremacist ideology must answer to Jesus Christ, and the Black Supremacist must do the same.

At the end of the effort, we shall all stand before the Lord and the question will be: “What have you done in this body! Have you followed my Father’s commandments?” The acts described, have occurred in America against Black-Americans, because of: the social indoctrination of the so-called underclass, by the Oligarchy and it continues today.

Let us not prefer one above another beloved. The Just Us Philosophy, it’s product of White privilege and the Mark of Oppression that they have together produced, are an abomination before God! Therefore let them all be rejected! Let us with God's help heal our hearts and our minds.

As we reconcile our history and ourselves one unto another; in the victory of a common hope for a better tomorrow for our children and their children's children, yea let us all strive unto this hope beloved. Let America endure because we decided to make America endure.

The following is Blog post number twenty-six and is part of the Racial Reconciliation Series, it is entitled: How Do White Folk Offend Black Folk –PART FIVE  –  The Mark of Oppression, A Psyche Hold Over of Historical and Current Events

As it is written: “And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.” (Zechariah 3:1 KJ 2000 Bible).

How Do White Folk Offend Black Folk

Part Five – The Mark of Oppression

A Psyche Hold Over of Historical and Current Events

Let all accusations subside!! The “Mark of Oppression” the residual affects of American Slavery and the hundred years that followed its end, has origins in the White human beings absolute control of power and the many sundry methods of projecting this power. The Mark of Oppression very well may be the most impactful theory discussed in the war against division in America. One can not discuss Racial Reconciliation in America and not look at history. American history is what impedes good Black and White relations today. Let all accusations subside!!

We are persuaded that the difficulty in having a race based discussion typically has to do with the “historical findings” as they project into the present; landing in the heart of White folk in this present day. This is a conversation that most Black folk want to have. For many reasons White folk would rather avoid race based conversations. Whether or not avoidance is the right thing it is all too real that conversation avoidance occurs. The fact is real and right or wrong the conversation will not be avoided. History will not allow the avoidance. This is said not for the purpose of accusation but rather explanation.

Why is avoidance real? Accusation has flight! Even when not spoken the spirit of accusation flies! The “accusatory” flight of ancestry: for White folk is blame and for Black folk is shame. The “accusatory” flight of ancestry is the simple reality that terrible events involving the projection of White power in America affects the heart of all races. In White folk it is the conduct of their forefathers in American history that flies as the spirit of accusation to lay the blame for history at their feet. This should not be so! And still it happens. Throughout the land, accusation flies as a spiritual force of destruction with one agenda: hatred.

Some folk care and many do not. Some are just fearful and resigned because of many factors and likely it is just the daunting nature of the concept “A Racial Reconciliation Movement in America.” The quest sounds daunting to me. Integrity with honest sincerity and no bitter un-forgiveness in the discovery process, we believe can effect a positive outcome of a race based discussion. The hard reality that we all face whether we care or not, is that our forefathers White and Black did not reconcile their history with one another!

For whatever reason America’s dark past has never been reconciled! Beloved, the charge and the challenge, to reconcile the past of our forefathers has unfortunately been left to us. The difficulty in putting forth revelation is the exclusion of accusation. The giver must give as it has been given and their understanding is available. The receiver must strive wholeheartedly to resist the forces of accusation: forces that desire the defeat of the revelation. The purpose of revelation must always and only concern a good outcome. As it is written, “But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.” (1Corinthians 14:3 KJV).

With these admonitions in mind, as we explore our history let us consider how we reconcile the failures of our ancestors. To our White colleagues and loved ones we simply say do not buy-in to the accusatory spirit that seeks to divide us all; hinder a reception of discovery and limit your solutions to the problems as discovery comes forth. Let us all be of a mind that the results of a better future for our children’s children is on the line right now. We can and must put an end to the distractions history brings to our psyche today. As we look in on history let us seek its guidance for our present need and learning for our change; for the securing of America’s better tomorrow.

“President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." (National Archives and Records Administration).

We are now 151 years since, President Lincoln signed this “Executive Order” proclaiming freedom for Black folk. It is interesting to note that not all were declared free, but that is a longer story than we have time for here. Let us simply refer all to: http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/  where one can actually read the document for your further discovery.

Though President Lincoln signed the Executive Order in 1863 it was not until 1865 that Slavery was ended in the U.S., as a Constitutional matter. Though the “Three-Fifth Compromise” set forth the manner in which Slaves would be counted to determine the number of House of Representatives each State would be given, it would be the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States that would eliminate this particular sin, and also put an end to the nation's sin of Slavery.

The Three-Fifth Compromise did not say that the Slave was not an actual human being as some have said including me. What is revealed is that a Black Slave was not equal in value to a White person in the determination of votes. In another area we do have this conversation of life’s value.

Now, this “compromise” was put forth by the Northern States who feared the political dominance of Southern States who outnumbered them with their huge Slave populations. “Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States and provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." (National Archives and Records Administration) http://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=true&doc=40

Underlined for emphasis, as an aside, we find it very interesting that even today, in 2014, according to the U.S. Constitution one can become a Slave in America: “as a punishment for crime” after being “duly convicted” of a crime! Not to be inflammatory, but this certainly makes one pause when thinking of the Pipeline to Prison reality that is prevalent today, and faced by so many young Black men in America. The imagery is palpable.

The truth is plain and simple. We have a history that informs us of a “For White People Only” (as so many signs were once legally posted), belief system that has enforced a “Just Us Philosophy.” This philosophy began as the overriding principle that has lead to White dominance of much of the world post 1492. This remains as a philosophy and ideology of a White Oligarch influence within the United States and Europe. The Just Us Philosophy has guided the implementation of an economic system that was Slave based; used to oppress an entire human culture. The African. We do not in our thinking discount the participation of the African people in the implementation of the African Slave trade as a world-wide phenomenon.

The Just Us Philosophy is something altogether different than the Slavery question though the way American Slavery was implemented in its forms of brutality was certainly posited by the philosophy. This is the overriding philosophy that has produced a “Mark of Oppression” that may have begun in the 1600’s but it remains within the subconscious psyche of Black folk today. There has been no process for rendering an end to the Just Us Philosophy; therefore it has projected from the past and into our present day. Some might go as far as to say that this projection is actually contained in the blood, psyche, and progeny of African Slavery.

Though some of our White brethren might disagree, the fact that their yet remains embedded in the systems of commerce, judicial authority and governance, a discriminatory apparatus makes it difficult today to get beyond the Just Us Philosophy. Black and White folk in America today engage these systems differently and this is as a result of White Privilege: whose genesis is the Just Us Philosophy. Systemic discrimination is embedded within all of these systems. For Black folk, “The Mark of Oppression” is an offense created by White ancestry. Our discovery process will show how this came to be true and how through Racial Reconciliation in America we will minimize the affects on our future.