Spider-Bossman don't get mad at me
as you might find this shocking but
I see nothing racist in
Aunt Jemima or Uncle Ben
except the words aunt and uncle.
Jemima (יְמִימָה = dove) connects blacks
with Hebrew heritage. AJ used to have
a head wrap before Blacks complained.
I thought the AJ figure is
a type touted by Caribbes?
No longer own
GK Osei's
Caribbean Women but
She and other Caribbean Female freedom fighters
are often as not depicted wearing AJ type clothings.
I knew Caribbe women who had
extensive doll collections
of the AJ type. No shame.
Blacks were just embarrassed
by anything where they are not
depicted as Black Anglo-Saxons.
www.egyptsearch.com/forums/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=8;t=001288;p=8#000358Kids used to taunt each other
"Ain't ya mama on the pancake box?"
This was the time period
when to call a black black
was a serious insult
that could lead to fight or razor slash.
"Say it loud I'm black and I'm proud"put an end to some of that self-hate.
Ben (from the Hebrew בִּנְיָמִין) to me
is a reminder/homage that
the whole darn USA rice industry
results from Rice Coast Africans.
These days Blacks are getting in touch
with their slave heritage
in defining their lineage as
a particular ethnic group
overriding the ambiguous identities
either minority or people of colour.
The former class them with yte wmn & gay yte men, etc.
The latter with Indians, Arabs, even Ashkenazim, etc.,
practically all the non-European peoples on the planet.
The unfortunate reality is Foundational
Black Americans have a freedman status.
As American Descendants of Slavery they
may escape a color or continental origin
label that eclipses their unique heritage.
*GK Osei is an overlooked pioneer of independent Africana studies.
He published a great variety of pamphlets in the late 70's early 80's
and he has many a book under his hand and pen. Shops in Queens
(Jamaica) and Brooklyn (Nostrand Avenue) stocked and distributed
his later works throughout the cultural network. Read this ancestor
Like Chancellor Wms, "God Kofi" Osei presents an overview and a plan.
