Escaping the Delusions of Culture

Sterling T. Anderson

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In the Melting Pot pulls the covers off the delusions that most people accept as truth, examining questions that revolve around politics, race, and class.
As I began to write what originally started out to be a family orientated portrayal (of which much still is), race and the influence of politics and religion became increasingly important factors to acknowledge. They are inextricably bound together in the consciousness of America. Decisions made by elected and unelected officials affect virtually every aspect of our lives - whether we know it or not. Where buildings are built, where roads are constructed, where services are and are not provided, how the administration of justice is meted out, the list goes on. These decisions are ultimately made by the political class. The attitudes of those holding office will affect how these resources are allocated. If there is a price to be paid by those decisions it’s felt by those with the least political and financial clout.
The book is broken up into many different segments all of which play a part in either illuminating particular themes mentioned above, sharing family insights, and of high proirity to the writer, rising in the mind of the reader the desire to question the previously unquestioned and if motivated challenge those previously unquestioned assumptions. I hope the reader finds this book as interesting to read as I found it to write.

Sujets

• Vie de famille
• Relations familiales
• Social Science
• Sociologie, société et politique
• América
• America
• Discrimination

Informations

• Publié par: iUniverse
• Date de parution: 12 avril 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781532086151
• Langue: English

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ESCAPING THE DELUSIONS OF CULTURE
 
A Cultural, Familial, and African American Reality
 
 
 
 
 
STERLING T. ANDERSON
 
 
 
 
 
 
ESCAPING THE DELUSIONS OF CULTURE
A CULTURAL, FAMILIAL, AND AFRICAN AMERICAN REALITY
 
Copyright © 2019 Sterling T. Anderson.
 
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ISBN: 978-1-5320-8616-8 (sc)
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iUniverse rev. date:     07/28/2023
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1Race Relations - A Predatory System
Political and Social Bondage
Religious Bondage
Chapter 2Hidden from View
Traces
Swallowed Up
Manifest Destiny
Hidden from View
Questioning and Exposing
Food and Water Contamination
Chapter 3My Family History
Evelina, Evelyn and Great Grandfather Reed the Inventor
Engine and Patent
Crowder, Anderson and more
Evelina Ramsey Crowder (Great Grand Mother) 36
After the Fire
Visiting Granddad Ramsey
Marriages and Family
Grandfather Ernest Anderson and Wife Evelyn
Evelyn and Ernest Anderson 50
Chapter 4Great Grandfather James Anderson
Ernest and Evelyn
Granddad Anderson Passes
Chapter 5The Struggle for Equality
Forward /Backward
Four Hundred Years
Justice and the Illegal Underground Budget
Chapter 6African Americans Who We Are - A Secret, Not a Mystery
So-called Africans Americans - Who Are We?
Count Constantine de Volney
Return of Black Land
The Original Man
Columbus and Indigenous Genocide
Discoveries of the Past - African Influence in the Americas
Slavery in the Western Hemisphere & Black Origins
The Y Chromosome
Black Indigenous North Americans
Native Americans and Slavery of African Americans
Seminoles and Black Seminoles
1866 Treaties
Massacres of Indigenous Peoples
Chapter 7The Big Lie from Black to White
Europeans Claim to Israel
Who are the Indigenous Hebrews?
From the Beginning
The Black Connection - Dispelling the Delusion of Biblical White Supremacy
The Curse
The North African Amazigh / “Berber”
The Ancient Story of the So-Called African American
Egyptians, Grand Canyon and American Mounds
Chapter 8Systems of Suppression
Unions, Politicians, and Prevailing Wage
Recent Advancements
Substance Abuse
The Religious Scheme
Repression through Highway Construction and City Destruction;
Rampage against Black Cities:
Now You Have It, Now You Don’t (the Subprime Scandal)
A Common Response
The Scourge of Racism
The Kenosha Shootings
The Unite the Right Rally
Chapter 9Killing the Leaders and Destroying Alkebulan Civilizations
Killing the Leaders
The Hidden Hand of Colonialism
The Real Africa before European Desolation
Kilwa
Vaida
Permission to Destroy
Chapter 10Delusions and the Moral Universe
Chapter 11Bacon’s Rebellion, Infant Mortality, Stoking the fire, Hope
Bacon’s Rebellion of 1676
Infant Mortality
Stoking the Fire
Hope
Chapter 12The Political Billionaire’s System
Corrupt Politicians and Greedy Business Owners
Austerity for the Poor Prosperity for the Rich
Environmental Cuts Increase Corporate Profits
Taxes
Protecting their Masters and the Indiscriminate Killing of Palestinians
Chapter 13Freedom and Beyond
Boundaries and the Freedom to Explore
Grandma Evelyn Anderson
Grandma - Beyond the Norms
The Tearoom
Chapter 14Free Will? Albert Einstein, Unjust Laws and the UFOs/UAF Phenomenon
Free Will?
Albert Einstein
Science’s Influence in Countering Unjust Laws and Tradition
UFOs /UAF (Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon)
Chapter 15Berta Caceres, the Generals and Modern Day Manifest Destiny
Berta
The Generals
Modern Day Manifest Destiny
Chapter 16The Call - Breaking through - The Eyes
The Call
Breaking Through
The Eyes
Chapter 17Holy Trinity D&B Corp, Music, Introvert or Extrovert?, The Family & Religion, Commitment
Holy Trinity Drum and Bugle Corp
Holy Trinity Cadets (Father Carr is in front in Black)
Music
Introvert or Extrovert?
Family & Religion
Commitment
Chapter 18Civilized Humans?
The Universality of Love and Compassion
The Cambridge Declaration on Consciousness
The Love Transfer
Acceptance
Chapter 19Ma’s Parents and Her Caretakers
The Grandisons
Grandfather Thomas Johnson
The Depression
Chapter 20Ongoing Injustice
Ongoing Injustice
Lawsuits against Police
Police Brutality Bonds
Violence against Native Americans
Chapter 21 Ma
Ma’s Beauty
Jordan Marsh
Chapter 22Dad and the Early Years
The Knight
The Shoe Lasting Machine
The Navy
Haymarket Square
Chapter 23Family Matters - Religion’s Love Claim - Quick Fix and Phony Healers
Family Matters
Religion’s Love Claim
Quick Fix and Phony Healers
Chapter 24Stealing Souls
Stealing Souls
The Deeper Level
The Critical Question
Chapter 25Reprogramming/Awakening
Reprogramming
The Meditation Process
Overcoming Resistance
Patience
The Clearing
Meditation’s Impact on Crime
What Meditation is and is Not
The Control Factor
Chapter 26Science and its Warnings
Science’s Giants
The Scientific Method
Co-opted
Analysis of Global Warming Deniers
Environmental Warnings
Carl Sagan 1995
Chapter 27Delusion vs. Reality
Delusion vs. Reality
Mind Control Bernays’s Style
Strategies of Bernays
Resist the Sales Pitch
Decision Time
Chapter 28Profit vs. Spirit
Profit vs. Spirit
At the People’s Expense
Chapter 29Alternative Reality
Religion or Spirituality
Sinful by Nature?
Non-Violent Cultures
Chewong Society
Ifaluk Society
Hutterites Society
Nubians Society
Chapter 30“The Good Old Days”
Tied Up
Excitement and Fear
Suffolk Street
Clams
Baseball Cards
Swimming
Transition
Off Limits
Blue Laws
Chapter 31The Move
From Lynn to Boston
The Closings
Chapter 32A New Beginning
A New Beginning
Dudley Street
Fight or Flight and the First Kiss
Chapter 33The School Experience
The School Experience
The Teachers
Physical Punishment a Roadblock to Growth
Teachers (continued)
High School
Decision despit e Uncertainty
Post Office to University
Teaching at South Boston High and Desegregation
The Student
Social Work and Desegregation
Chapter 34Dad Was Always Growing
Dad was Always Growing
A Special Energy
Availability
At His Bedside
Chapter 35Forward in the Face of Roadblocks
Complainers and Haters
HBUCs
Daniel Payne
Chapter 36Encouragement - Spiritual Quest
Encouragement
Spiritual Quest
Chapter 37The Meeting, Life Together, and Musicians
The Meeting
Life Together
Musicians
Conclusion
Endnotes
Preface
From an early age I started my journey seeking answers. At the time I was unaware this was what I was doing. I also didn’t know what I was trying to find. This unknown drive pushed me to explore outside the boundaries of what society had presented me. I was an explorer then, and I still am today. I was determined not to accept the status quo without question. Religious, political, and historical orthodoxy were on the chopping block.
My first exploration outside the boundaries of accepted tradition was my acceptance in 1959 of the fiercely controversial teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Nation of Islam. I was twelve years old at the time. Muhammad’s teaching rejected the history of Black people as portrayed in public school history books and by academics of that time. They depicted Blacks as unintelligent and inferior to Whites. Muhammad taught a message that honored Black people. For me, it was irresistible.
In my late teens I began to practice and study the physical and meditative science of Yoga, an East Indian tradition.
At thirty years of age I married a wonderful woman. A year or two after our marriage, I converted to Christianity, which was the faith my wife embraced. In addition to conversion, I became passionate about politics from a Conservative Christian perspective. We raised our five children in the Christian faith. Yoga the teachings from the Nation and Christianity all have been influencing factor in my life.
Today, I no longer practice religion in a traditional sense; instead, I ackn