Breaking the Chains of Psychological SlaveryIn this long-awaited, important and highly readable book, Dr. Na'im Akbar addresses these questions: " Are African-Americans still slaves ?" "Why can't Black folks get together ?" "What is the psychological consequences for Blacks and Whites of picturing God as a Caucasian ?" Learn how to break the chains of your mental slavery with this new book by one of the world's outstanding experts on the African American mind . |
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Page ii
... destroy the ghost , not give safe refuge to it . Many people used the earlier form of this book to destroy the refuge of the ghost within their own minds and within their own communities , but many failed to see the ghost and many more ...
... destroy the ghost , not give safe refuge to it . Many people used the earlier form of this book to destroy the refuge of the ghost within their own minds and within their own communities , but many failed to see the ghost and many more ...
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... destroyed consciousness that we are describing here . The case history of African - Americans is a dramatic illustra- tion of how this process destroys the human power . Africans were the builders of pyramids , now we destroy our own ...
... destroyed consciousness that we are describing here . The case history of African - Americans is a dramatic illustra- tion of how this process destroys the human power . Africans were the builders of pyramids , now we destroy our own ...
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... destroy the worth of the Black mind . The fantasies of African backwardness as incapable of technological devel- opment and characterized by superstitious and humanly regressive acts of cannibalism and savagery were all constructed in ...
... destroy the worth of the Black mind . The fantasies of African backwardness as incapable of technological devel- opment and characterized by superstitious and humanly regressive acts of cannibalism and savagery were all constructed in ...
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