AFRICAN AMERICAN BLACKS are still the LARGEST RACIAL MINORITY GROUP!!!

Yes, White Euro-Caucasian America and The Anglo Saxons, persist to practice their White Supremacist Racism & Superiority Complex Sickness of their bodies-minds-hearts-spirits and souls. Smile with a healthy good sense of humor...y'all.....[more]

The Why Behind Reparations

Being forced, yearly to consider the "State of Black America" in gloomy printouts, at some point an inquisitive mind reaches beyond the current "State" and into the reasons as to why. Contemporary thought would suggest that Black America simply cannot adapt to the rapid industrial logistics of 21st century advancement because of genetic slow-wittedness or simple lethargy, and that 13th generation Black descendants of Africans are a intellectually dulled liability to humanity, ripe for extinction. Keyword in the above statement is why.....[more]

U.S Culture And The Rise Of The Welfare State

All U.S. citizens (Black citizens in particular) should completely refrain from depending on the Federal Government. And that does not simply mean welfare (food stamps, checks, and Medicaid) but political party dependency, the Federal courts system, or any bureaucratic government system operating. We need to learn to handle our own business instead of the government handling it for us.....[more]

How Racism in America is Kept Alive

First of all, Blacks are not the initiators of racism and can never be attributed the label of reverse racist because Blacks are the victims of racism, period. Racism is engrained in the psyche of whites from before day one of the founding of America and will continue as long as the public media has its way.....[more]

What Are U Worth?
By Brother Minister Joseph Carswell

What are you worth? Do you know your personal worth, your business value? First of all, let's deal with self-esteem, which is what most people have issues with. Kanye West, in his song, "It All Falls Down," addresses this topic very well in dealing with the issue of how we as African-Americans base our self-worth on material things such as cars, clothes and jewelry - things that don't determine the value of a person.....[more]

The Politics of Capitalism and Power

Black America must understand that power is not determined by what office a Black person holds or for what political party the people vote for; where a person may live, what school a person graduates from, nor what occupation a person is skilled at. Power lies in who controls the major means of production in an economically powered society such as America....[more]

Black America's War on Poverty - Part 1:
Exposing and Overcoming the Untruth of Equal Opportunity

The concept of equal opportunity for all people in America is a lie and Afromerica will prove it. The class system that fuels American capitalism cannot work productively based on the so-called claim to equality because capitalism is based on a formula that depends on the labors of the many to increase the riches of the few, and Black America suffers the most....[more]

AFROMERICA: In Defense of the Poor

Now that poverty and the poor in America have finally gotten some attention, there is currently a brief window of opportunity in which the poor can be heard. A chance to dispute and query the ideologies of the rich and prosperous and to maybe draw an inkling of understanding from them and what it is like living beneath then shadows of their success.......[more]

Colonizing the Black Family

Like Europe divided Africa and made dependant the many nations on Euro-production, so has white America colonized and dependified the Black family. The phrase "it takes a village" has been worn beyond its use especially sense the Black family has become more dysfunctional than ever........[more]

The Insanity of Integration
By Ryan Paul Haygood

"I am convinced that America offers something real for black people. It is not though, the romantic love of integration - though, like romance, we may seek and sometimes experience it." - Derrick Bell, Silent Covenants (2004)

My wife and I recently attended an open house in Newark, New Jersey hosted by Keller Williams, a realty company in a suburb of Newark. During the open house, the realtor boasted that the home was situated on an "excellent, safe and quiet block."........[more]

Tokenism

The oppressor is smarter than we attempt to perceive. We are not thinking clearly as to how far ahead he thinks about his strategies against our people. We were sleep while the HIV/AIDS epidemic was in the making in the early nineties, us enjoying the so-called "first Black president" While we basked in the glory of an Arkansas trailer boy, the minds of the oppressor were plotting our death via HIV/AIDS.........[more]

Playing the White Man's Game

When talking with various brothers and sisters, one may tend to get various ideas about how to live in and among white society: amongst the rules, laws, prejudices, and racism that seems to play against Black people. Regardless of how many different strategies you get, there are only two that actually stand out, 1) get over, and 2) play along.........[more]

Rethinking Your Values

Not many people seriously contemplate what they truly believe in; they simply go through the motions of life dragged on by ever-changing mores' and values. Every now and then, every person should seriously consider what and who they really are and where they fit into this society. The Black individual, especially, should reflect on their value system; beliefs and traditions and consider whether this is what they want or for their children to grow into and practice........[more]

Growth According to Needs

Psychologist Abraham Maslow developed a theory based on people's needs - the Maslow Hierarchy of Motivational Needs suggest that different motivational needs are ordered in a hierarchy, and that before more sophisticated, higher-ordered needs can be met, certain primary needs must be satisfied.......[more]

The Internal Colonialism of Blacks:
Ghettos and Inner Cities

According to the theory of Internal Colonialism, many minority groups, especially racial minorities, are essentially colonial peoples within the larger society. Blacks mostly, would be considered victims of this theory within American society. From the beginning of slavery unto now, Blacks are a colonized people in many areas of American life. Four conditions mark this situation, which are:......[more]

America's Child Poverty

The increase in poverty among children the last few years appear to be related to two trends: the decline in well-paying jobs for people with few skills and an increase in the number of children who live with only one parent.....[more]

In Times Like These, We are Black

The nations unemployment rate is currently at 6%. Among Black Americans, however, the unemployment rate is at 11%, twice that of the nation as a whole. This means that out of 100 people of all races, more black people would be unemployed that any other race. The reason the unemployment rate is high for everyone is that the country is in a recession, and if the country were booming, the numbers would be no different because during both times Blacks are more likely to be unemployed than anyone else......[more]

Our White Neighbors

Below is a survey of whites that were asked the following question:

"Now I'm going to ask you about different types of contact with various groups of people. In each situation would you please tell me whether you would be very much in favor of it happening, somewhat in favor, neither in favor nor opposed to it happening, somewhat opposed, or very much opposed to it happening?"

Living in a neighborhood where half of your neighbors were blacks?:......[more]

Should Blacks be worried about Hispanic Majority?

Census Bureau estimates released this past week shows Hispanics outnumber blacks for the first time, making them the largest minority group in the U S.......[more]

Blacks Cannot be Blamed for their Social Condition

Frankly speaking, blacks have always carried the label "problem children of society." When in doubt (or ignorance) blame the blacks and the Jews. If the welfare agenda is on the table before Congress or the topic of a recent study on IQ, blacks inadvertently comes to mind. If it is a question of government laws and programs that give rise to equality and supposedly drain the taxpayer's pocket, blacks are secretly pondered....[more]

Racial-Ethnic Stratification is the topic of Afromerica Stratification section. Racial-Ethnic Stratification is the organization of society such as that people in some racial-ethnic groups have more property, power, or prestige than do other groups.

Source Definition: Discovering Sociology, Stockard, 1999.

According to the above definition - as defined by American society itself - racial-ethnic stratification is a verifiable problem. Verifiable enough to have its own definition. This means that regardless of how many Blacks or whites hold to the illusion that struggling Blacks struggle simple because of their own failures, social scholars and scientist recognize that there is an unevenness in American society where it pertains to Black and white success.

We at Afromerica will uncover many episodes of stratification inequalities that exist in America, with your help and to your benefit.