The American Disease

Both white and black Americans suffer from a common disease. As a nation America suffers form Amnesia. They forget their history as soon as it happens. The whites forget the history of their guilt. The blacks forget the history of their pain. But only a true understanding of the past can remove the guilt and the pain. When we face the reality of the past we regain  our humanity. We can begin to have empathy towards others- seeing the wrongs of the past and the good of the courageous men and women who stood up against the evil for their fellow man.
The whites would benefit from the telling of their history. The remembrance of their true history will enable them to understand the evils of their fathers. And hopefully by this knowledge forsake those evils- " Because sin is a reproach to any nation."
The blacks, by gaining an accurate history of their past, not only here in America but in Africa, Europe, and Asia,  will be able to recover form the damage done to their collective minds and bodies by their adversary. They will then be counted among the human race or the sons of Adam once again. This total recall provided by their true history will help them avoid the deception of their enemies and those that hate them. The restoration of their memory will give them the courage and the power to defend the humanity of their people by LOVE(God is Love-1 John 4:8). They will then fulfill that saying of Christ- " Greater love have no man than this, than to  lay down his life for his friends...John 15:13"


So, on the eve of the celebration of the birth of this American Nation, I offer all of us a glimpse into our national past through the words of Fredrick Douglass-A defender of Black lives here in America and a champion of humanity. And perhaps, in light of these past evil events in the final weeks of June leading up to this 4th of July, his words may cause some of you who have ears to hear to stop and listen. Perhaps it may lead you to the Hope( to turn to the God of truth: Yahawah) we will all need for tomorrow as the Darkness approaches.






Fredrick Douglass(1852)
The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro:
www.historyisaweapon.com/defcon1/douglassjuly4.html


Audio/Visual: Democracy Now with Amy Goodman
www.democracynow.org/2015/7/3/what_to_the_slave_is_4th










Shalam,




Zarach