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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... problem . Because we were operating at the surface , we had no sooner cut down the upper limbs of racial oppression ... problem . Such relapses would not occur if we were not perhaps dealing with symptoms of the problem , or superficial ...
... problem . Because we were operating at the surface , we had no sooner cut down the upper limbs of racial oppression ... problem . Such relapses would not occur if we were not perhaps dealing with symptoms of the problem , or superficial ...
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... problems which arise from this anthropomorphic idea ( that is , creating God in man's image ) . For example , there ... problem is clearly not uni - directional . The person who looks up and sees his physical characteristics shared by ...
... problems which arise from this anthropomorphic idea ( that is , creating God in man's image ) . For example , there ... problem is clearly not uni - directional . The person who looks up and sees his physical characteristics shared by ...
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... problems as if the nature of the problems of the former slave and descendants of African civilization are the same as ... problem stems from a stifled independence based upon the psychological strait- jacket of seeing God portrayed as ...
... problems as if the nature of the problems of the former slave and descendants of African civilization are the same as ... problem stems from a stifled independence based upon the psychological strait- jacket of seeing God portrayed as ...
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