Trying
to undo the deleterious effects of the European Jewish community's religiously-fomented slander of African people is a
daunting task. If African American children see dark-skinned dolls as "bad," it stands to reason that white children,
who eventually become white adults, share the same mentality. White people, both Christians and Jews, control virtually all
the news media in the United States. The rich among them live in neighborhoods where there are generally neither Africans
nor African-owned business. Jews in positions of power in the media will refuse to expose and publicly dispel the slanderous
Jewish myth of the curse of Ham/black/dark skin. Even worse, they may (as in the case of Professor Leonard Jeffries and Louis
Farrakhan) use the media as a tool to assassinate the character of anyone who challenges them.
Reversing the
negative effects of this slanderous Jewish myth may seem like an insurmountable task, but it can be achieved. Here
are some things we can do:
·
We can research the origin
of the curse of Ham. It is far easier to use the Internet as a research tool. It can produce information regarding reference
materials that can be researched in libraries or purchased in bookstores;
·
Fearlessly approach Jewish
religious leaders concerning the Babylonian Talmud, Artsot Ha Hayyim, Midrash Rabbah, Ha Aggadah or any other Jewish references
that allude to the slanderous myth of the curse of Ham;
·
Visit the Jewish section of
large libraries and ask the librarian to find any reference materials that deal with the curse of Ham;
·
Tell your neighbors, your
friends, strangers -- anyone who will listen that this slanderous myth is still quietly being promulgated and that the deleterious
effects of this myth are still suffered by Africans and believed by white Christian hate groups;
·
Tell your assemblyman, congressman,
senator or any politician who will listen that an integral part -- really, the most important part of the discussion of the
enslavement of Africans is directly related to the promulgation of the slanderous Jewish myth of the curse of Ham, and that
it must be exposed;
· Encourage honest-hearted Jews to share in exposing this
myth;
· Encourage African-owned radio stations, African-owned
record companies and African-owned television stations to expose this slanderous myth;
·
Ask your grocer, the bodega
owner, the dry cleaners owner, pharmacist, etc., what their opinion is of African reparations. If they disagree with Africans'
right to reparations, refuse to patronize them;
· Most of all, TALK! Jews regularly talk, not only among
themselves, but with non-Jewish individuals regarding the Jewish Holocaust and the prevailing thought processes that led to
it. We must do the same.
We must imitate this among ourselves. Jews "live"
with their ancestors. The Jewish community's consciousness is an amalgamation of their pain and the pain their ancestors
suffered. We must do the same. While we may never personally know our long-dead African ancestors, we must remember
their pain and their hopes and make them a part of our everyday lives. Telling our children stories and showing our
children pictures of Africans who were lynched, beaten and burned will shock our children into realizing that Africans are
still an oppressed people with much to do to restore the good reputation that the European Jewish community's slanderous
myth took from Africans.
Africans in the Diaspora have a short memory. This is not our fault entirely;
years and years of oppressive anti-black racism have caused many Africans to opt for a way of life that is free from confrontation
with powerful white-owned entities. Although this form of retreat has its advantages, it has a major disadvantage: it tacitly
concedes defeat, thereby sending these organizations the signal to continue their abuse. Sticking one's head in the sand
protects one's head, but leaves one "ass-out." So TALK! Make African diasporal history, including the horrors
that our ancestors suffered and that we continue to suffer a constant part of our conversation with our children.
All the aforementioned suggestions are things that Africans in the Diaspora can
do to help dispel the slanderous Jewish myth of the curse of Ham, but do not discount direct confrontation with the European
Jewish community. At some point, the European Jewish community must confront the African diasporal community to expose this
myth and end its promulgation once and for all.
