Author Charges Blacks Are Miseducated and Taught to Hate Everything Black
Onyeani asserts that from the time Africans (blacks) are born, “we are taught to hate everything African or Black. We are taught to value the Caucasian culture over our own culture. We are taught to value the Caucasian history over our own history. The miseducation starts from the day we enter school, when the African child is confronted with the first nemesis of cultural annihilation: the language of his culture is repressed in favor of the English language.”
East Orange, NJ (PRWEB) February 10, 2005 -- Dr. Chika Onyeani, author of the
critically-acclaimed and controversial book, "Capitalist Nigger: The Road to
Success," announces the start of a national book tour on February 16th, 2005 in
Baltimore, MD. Onyeani will appear on the 'Everyone's Place African Cultural
Forum' radio program on WOLB AM1010 from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Additional
appearances are scheduled for Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago and Los Angeles
and many other cities.
In "Capitalist Nigger: The Road to Success,"
Onyeani asserts that from the time Africans are born, "we are taught to hate
everything African or Black. We are taught to value the Caucasian culture over
our own culture. We are taught to value the Caucasian history over our own
history. The miseducation starts from the day we enter school, when the African
child is confronted with the first nemesis of cultural annihilation: the
language of his culture is repressed in favor of the English
language."
Says Onyeani, "The African race is the only race ....to have
been conquered historically, culturally, socially and economically. The
preservation, effectiveness and ultimate survival of a race depends exclusively
on their ability to communicate effectively in the language of their culture and
history. What makes a race formidable and distinct is the effective use of their
language.î
Unfortunately, "In the next twenty years, most of the African
languages will be extinct. The annihilation of the African languages,î he said,
ìcan be traced directly to the stupid notion on the part of older Africans who
had come in contact with the British and French that it was more of an honor for
them to speak English or French with their accent, than to learn these two
languages as a secondary language as other cultures have done."
In
"Capitalist Nigger," which has reached the No.1 bestseller on some markets,
Onyeani assigns the second annihilation which confronts the African child when
he begins his school life to the name he must answer. ìAs a conquered people,
Europeans, especially the English and the French, insisted that Africans abandon
their historical names to answer to their own names, David, Michael, Paul,
Peter, John, Andrew, William, Walter, etc., etc. They insisted that if Africans
had to become "Christians," they had to abandon their names which are
historically and culturally rich. As most Africans named their children after
their parents, grandparents, great-grand parents, relatives, and others, the
abandonment of these names lost significant connection to our past and
ultimately to our future."
Onyeani says that Africans can no longer blame
the Europeans for this miseducation but "must lay the blame on African scholars
themselves, who have been too lazy to research our past and correct the
convoluted history being taught in African schools. This laziness continues to
contribute in a major way to the annihilation of the history and culture of
Africa."
"We can begin the authentic education of the African," says
Onyeani, ìnot just with changing the historical, cultural, political and
economic history books of our schools. Rather it will start when already
educated Africans abandon the easy way out by producing what they need rather
than depending on Europeans and Caucasian Americans.
"Our authentic
education will begin when we are able to build our own roads; our authentic
education will start when we can produce the drugs and medical equipment that
our people need; it will start when we can manufacture our own lights bulbs,
build our power plants, build the electrical grids and be able to provide
electricity to our multitudes. After all, the Caucasian has already done
everything for us. All we need is to copy what they have already done and copy
it for our own benefit. We donít have to invent a new mousetrap; it has already
been invented."
About Dr. Chika Onyeani
Chika Onyeani is a journalist
of international acclaim, distinction and recognition. A former diplomat, he is
the publisher and editor-in-chief of the African Sun Times, which has received
numerous awards for journalistic excellence. Onyeani is a sought-after speaker.
He is regularly interviewed on BBC and Voice of America, and has appeared on all
the major television networks, including ABC, CBS, NBC, UPN, WB and been
interviewed more than 60 times on radio.
"Capitalist Nigger: The Road to
Success - A Spider Web Doctrine" (ISBN 0967846099) is available from amamzon.com
or everywhere books are sold, or directly from Timbuktu Publishers for $14.99
(includes shipping and handling). For more information, please visit http://www.lettertoafrica.blogspot.com.
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Contact:
Chika Onyeani
Timbuktu Publishers
463 N. Arlington
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East Orange, NJ 07017-3927
tel. 973-675-9919
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973-675-5704
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