That “Minority” Thing

There are two points I’d like to make with this essay. First, although AUSA (Afrikans from the United States of America) might be (emphasize “might”) a minority in the United States, non-white people are the global majority. That being said, the world is controlled by non-people-of-color. To quote Dr. Bobby Wright in his timeless essay, Mentacide, “Never in the history of the universe has the destiny of so many been controlled by so few.” We need to wake up (be “woke”) to that reality, and stop letting non-AUSA with their divide-and-conquer “let’s you and him fight” tactics.

The second consideration has to do with why non-Black people seem to be panicking at the thought of losing their majority status in the United States.

These thoughts were stimulated by the racist rants in Georgia a few weeks ago by Coach Mark Taylor. Several points in his rant need to be discussed such as the threat of lynching, the thought of “hunting” black folks and the frequent gratuitous use of the N-word. But, I will concentrate on the statement of driving for blocks in Atlanta and not seeing any white people.

Is it fear that drives the quest for white supremacy? History has demonstrated that the white world minority has perfected methods for minority rule. Apartheid era South Afrika is an excellent example of this. The frantic gerrymandering in the United States over the past dozen or so election cycles is another example. Other, very successful methods are to control the education and religion of the majority.

We have been referred to so much as a “minority” that many of us frequently refer to ourselves as a “minority.” What does this mean and what is the conclusion drawn?

Firstly, this means we are made to see ourselves as powerless. In a true democratic system the majority has all the power. In fact, Lani Guinier, the brilliant legal scholar who President Clinton betrayed after he nominated her for the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, said in her writings that one definition of a democracy was the tyranny of the majority over the minority. This was not her original theory but was stated by British philosopher and politician John Stuart Mill in 1859. Even so, she was criticized for this (and other things).

A minority state of mind is what most powerful people (in the United States, read white people) want us to adopt. The predictions that non-Hispanic whites will be a minority in this country by 2045 has caused a furor. It is my belief this is majorly fueling the anti-CRT and anti-woke emotions in the masses of white people. The average white “Joe Six-pack” usually doesn’t question the political and economic moves of the 1-2% of powerful politicians and super-wealthy people. When non-white people (I hate that term because it centers whiteness as the standard but is useful in this context) become the majority, powerful and wealthy white folks fear what might happen. On one hand, there could be generally fairer dealings in most spheres of existence. On the other hand, people of color (I’m not fond of this term either) who have crossed over to the opinions of the white folks (have become what the brilliant psychologist Dr. Na’im Akbar calls “anti-self”) are being raised to positions of authority so that even without a white majority, white supremacy as a way of life will continue.

The current urgency relates to the fact that as of 2020, non-Hispanic whites were already a minority in the United States. That means school children who are taught the truth might become more cosmopolitan and accepting of the premise that the United States was built on, “all men are created equal.” Those who practice Christianity (and not a white Nationalist interpretation) will adhere to Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount when he spoke what are called the Beatitudes that are his moral teachings. And they will be more supportive of the “have-nots.”

These Christian Nationalists pseudo religious people see the numbers “handwriting on the wall” and are scared.

We must not allow others who clearly don’t have our best interests at heart define us for us. We as people of color are the Global Majority and need to start acting like it in a responsible way. We must fight for the minds and humanity of our children!

Food for thought.