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What Caused Afro-American Disharmony?

A contaminant has affected the traditionally rhythmic Black personality.
This contaminant emanated from contact and involvement with the
Arrhythmic Western personality.

Nowhere is this contamination more evident than in the personality of the
Black or so called Afro-American.
This so called African American is an American creation having been
Spawned from the loins of an insidious slavery system.

This slavery system is notorious as the most humanly degrading method
Of exploitation and abuse in the history of civilized man.
Its notoriety primarily stemmed from its long-term effect on the
Personalities of its victims.

Unlike other people of African descent around the globe, the former American
Slave was thoroughly emptied of his traditions and prohibited from participation
In those societal-sustaining systems of shared cultural participation;

A disharmony was inculcated into the slave personality. All societies develop
And maintain their integrity as a people of shared origins with shared needs on
The basis of their shared cultural experiences and traditions.

In being emptied of these traditions the American Black has been left slightly
Out of harmony with himself and other people of African descent.
The sense of oneness and rhythm, which predominates in the traditional
African world view, has been almost thoroughly uprooted from the conscious
Personality of the Afro-American.

The Black man in America has become arrhythmic to the extent that he has
Denied the unconscious prompting of his genetically endowed mentality.

Conclusion
Rhythm is the pulse of the unitary vitalism, which flows through and permeates the African’s mind and world.
It is manifested in everything from Black movements to Black speech, and, in more
Or less subtle forms, in all aspects of Black life.
It is simultaneously the essence of the oneness of the African wherever he is and the
Motivation for unification that characterizes the proverbial search of the African
Spirit. When disorder occurs- be it manifested physically, mentally, or spiritually
The disruption emanates from a disturbance in the rhythm, which is the African’s
Gauge of oneness.

Order is restored when he attains a reestablishment of social equilibrium with
His brothers and sisters. The kinship patterns of African people are geared toward
Maintenance of the same harmonious balance between the person and his nuclear
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Father, I agree... with one exception.

Unlike other people of African descent around the globe, the former American
Slave was thoroughly emptied of his traditions ...

Euro-peons have, for an extremely long time, attempted to suggest and maintain that no Africanisms survived the transplantation to the New World and I find this theory to be most fallacious. Certain dialectical modes and even words and word usages survived.. Intact. Certain secular rites remain (Voodun possession rituals and Southern Baptist 'Holy Ghost' catching are synonymous in my eyes and are simply a part of the African spiritual experience). And these are just two points among many, many, many intact cultural patterns that we share with our brothers and sisters everywhere.

Melville J. Herskovits reveals much about euro-peon society's attempts to deny the existence of any surviving African modes of living in his book "the Myth of the Negro Past". Do not be put off by the title. The book is a great find, in my humble opinion, and any who value the African man and woman's tenacity, resilience and sacrifice through the utter hardships that we've faced will appreciate it finally being recognized.. and so conscisely too. 

A pdf version of the entire manuscript can be found here :
http://ia331310.us.archive.org/0/items/mythofthenegropa033515mbp/mythofthenegropa033515mbp.pdf

At your leisure, Father, and thank you so much for the post.

give thankhs for the clarification, wezekana