NCJ Number
53116
Journal
BLACK SCHOLAR Volume: 7 Issue: 4 Dated: (DECEMBER 1975) Pages: 2-9
Date Published
1975
Length
8 pages
Annotation
THE CONSEQUENCES TO YOUNG, BLACK PERSONS RESULTING FROM WHITE COLONIALIST PRACTICES IN EDUCATION, POLITICS, SOCIOECONOMIC PRACTICES, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ARE DISCUSSED.
Abstract
WHITE COLONIALIST INTERESTS ARE SERVED VIS-A-VIS YOUNG BLACKS BY PROVIDING IRRELEVANT INEFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO BLACKS, WHICH PRECIPITATE DROPPING OUT OF SCHOOL, THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOW SELF-ESTEEM, AND AN INABILITY TO COMPETE WITH WHITES IN THE JOB MARKET. THE EXISTENCE OF A PROPORTIONATELY HIGH RATE OF POORLY EDUCATED YOUNG BLACKS WHO CANNOT FIND EMPLOYMENT IN THE JOB MARKET FUELS THE RANKS OF THE 'VOLUNTEER' MILITARY SERVICES, WHICH ARE IN TURN DOMINATED BY WHITE COLONIALISTS. MANY YOUNG BLACKS TURN TO CRIME AND THE SUBCULTURE OF GANGS IN ORDER TO SURVIVE ECONOMICALLY AND SOCIALLY. BLACK FEMALES TURN TO MOTHERHOOD TO FIND AN IDENTITY, AND IN THE ABSENCE OF AN INCOME-EARNING MALE IN THE FAMILY, BECOME INCREASINGLY DEPENDENT ON THE MEAGRE WELFARE INCOME PROVIDED BY THE WHITE COLONIALISTS. YOUNG, BLACK MALES WHO TURN TO CRIME AND EVEN THOSE WHO DO NOT ARE HARRASSED BY THE POLICE AND DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPRISONED IN COMPARISON TO THE TREATMENT OF WHITE OFFENDERS. PATTERNS OF DRUG ADDICTION, HOMICIDE, AND PROPERTY CRIMES AMONG BLACK YOUTH ARE MOST FREQUENTLY DESTRUCTIVE OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY, WHICH IS RIDDEN WITH EARLY, VIOLENT DEATHS AND MYRIAD FORMS OF VICTIMIZATION. THE EFFECTIVE ALIENATION OF YOUNG BLACKS FROM WHITE COLONIALIST SOCIETY BOTH INCREASES CONTROL OVER BLACKS AND ASSURES DEBILITATING CONSEQUENCES TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY. THE ALIENATED POSTURE OF YOUNG BLACKS, COMBINED WITH AN ANTITRADITION STANCE CHARACTERISTIC OF MOST ADOLESCENTS, AND FUELED BY THE CURRENT ATTACK ON YOUNG BLACKS BY THE FORCES OF INTERNAL COLONIALISM, CREATES A POTENTIAL FOR REVOLUTION. FOOTNOTES ARE PROVIDED. (RCB)