There seems to be a huge difference in the way that black conservatives and black liberals
think about black progress in America.
While many on the black left believe that blacks should have accommodations made for
mistreatment of the past, black conservatives simply want to compete on an equal playing
field with everyone else without any special accommodations despite what has happened in
the past.
While the black left champions affirmative action plans, diversity hiring, ignoring bad
behavior in School classrooms, and relaxed laws for black criminals, black conservatives,
on the other hand, want to live in a merit-based system that allows us to compete in an environment
where criminals are apprehended and prosecuted with appropriate punishments for the crimes
committed.
Now when approaching these subjects, we have to ask why are there such huge differences
between these two groups?
It would seem that the desire to compete would be a desire that people should have when they
feel confident in their abilities.
A desire to be treated as true equals regardless of your background or race.
To be judged based on the content of our character rather than on the color of our skin.
To constantly ask for assistance, on the other hand, for an indefinite amount of time, suggests
that people may have a bit of a complex about their abilities and skill levels.
Now I know...
The argument is most likely going to be that racism and a history of slavery have caused
so many of these black problems.
but listen!
You might find it comforting to consider the past and racism as the cause of black problems.
But others of us?
We would be ecstatic if, just this once, you took a few moments to Consider Culture.
When you have a strong desire to help people to do well in their lives, you also have to
be willing to tell them some harsh truths.
For example, loving parents don't point out their children's problems because they dislike
their children.
They do it because they love them dearly and want them to make changes for the better.
A parent who ignores a child's problems is only setting that child up for failures later
in life.
The same thing applies to our adult friends, family, and those who happen to share our
skin tones.
I say all of that because I am about to say something that many black folks may not like.
However, I am saying it because I would love to see you all succeed.
Many of you act in a manner that leads me to believe that you may have a slight inferiority
complex.
Of course, I like to define terms when I use them in videos.
So let's get into the definition.
An Inferiority Complex is an unrealistic feeling of general inadequacy caused by actual or
supposed inferiority in one sphere, sometimes marked by aggressive behavior in compensation.
or
a neurotic condition resulting from various feelings of inferiority, such as derived from
real or imagined physical or social inadequacy, and often manifested through overcompensation
in excessive aggressiveness, a domineering attitude, etc.
Now how does that definition apply to many on the black left?
Just as I said in the intro, many blacks on the left seem to want the standards lowered
for them because of historical disadvantages and perceived slights of the present.
If not granted such preferential treatments, some aggressive or domineering behaviors may
be observed.
Now inferiority complexes have multiple symptoms.
Let's go over a few and see if they fit...
Symptom 1:
Constantly comparing yourself to others in your disfavor.
The concept of white privilege shows us that many blacks are constantly comparing their
lives to whites and if whites are being said to be more privileged, well then that can
only mean that blacks are disfavored.
Moreover, people are constantly bringing up disparities for example, whereas blacks are
earning less or are being locked up more frequently or are at the bottom disproportionately in
this area or another.
It's constantly a comparison that disfavors blacks for whatever reason.
Symptom 2:
Having a high sensitivity to criticism.
This one shouldn't even need discussion.
We've all heard about the hypersensitivity that some black folks display.
Or forget hearing about it.
Most of us have dealt with it up close and personal.
From accusing teachers of racism for correcting their grammar to lashing out at whites (or
anyone) who dares to be critical of blacks who simply break the law or act in an immoral
fashion.
Being critical of blacks who aren't taking more responsibility for their actions is a
recipe for, at the very least a heated debate and at the worst a physical altercation.
Symptom 3:
Perceiving others as a threat.
Here is another symptom that shouldn't need much discussion.
Many of these individuals have an interesting belief that white society has been making
a concerted effort towards plotting against Blacks.
Many blacks, particularly those on the left, perceive whites and black conservatives as
a threat.
But it doesn't stop at whites or black conservatives.
Hispanics, Jews, Asians they've all often been thought of as threats at some point in
time.
Symptom 4:
Trying to Fit in and Seeking Attention
Trying to fit in isn't so cut and dry, but it still fits when you think about it.
There's a reason why so many blacks vote Democrat.
In fact, many of the black democrats that I know spend very little time researching
about politics.
They simply take the word of their peers, parents, media, or elders.
Many constantly bring up Black solidarity and black unity.
All of these things show that blacks are trying to fit in with one another.
When someone black doesn't fit in they can be attacked mercilessly, which puts pressure
on everyone to fall in line.
Just look at what happens to many black conservatives.
Fitting in when you are black is assumed to be essential... and if not you may find yourself
in the midst of a Chapelle Show style Racial Draft Trade.
Now the attention seeking is much more obvious.
When you think of fashion, style and cool, it's hard not to imagine several black people.
Black people seem to have created the concept of cool and it makes sense as a symptom.
Many people use clothing and cars to get attention.
Even the Pan-Afrikanist, Umar Johnson has said, "when people think they are worthless
they can only add value to themselves by what they put on their body as opposed to what
they put in it."
But it's not just about looking cool.
Attention seeking can also be seen in protesting, in constantly playing the victim, and in public
displays of unhappiness.
Symptom 5:
Blame.
This is a big one.
When I see blacks who've done well for themselves blaming whites and a "racist system" for all
the blacks who haven't made it, it leaves me scratching my head.
How is it that hard work and determination worked for one group of black people but it
can't work for another group of black people?
And why are you making excuses for others when you know that there was a formula to
your success?
It doesn't make sense.
Blame, in this instance, makes you feel better about the group when you do not know how to
think of yourself as an individual.
This is where identity politics becomes problematic.
Now, that's just five of the many symptoms that some blacks on the left seem to display.
It should be noted that inferiority complexes are often subconscious and may not be recognizable
to those who have them.
In 1957 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. explained the intricacies of the inferiority complex
rather appropriately during his "Overcoming an Inferiority Complex" sermon at the Dexter
Ave.
Baptist Church.
He pointed to two "destructive" ways in which blacks have tried but failed to overcome their
inferiority complexes.
The first method Dr. King mentioned was about speaking badly of successful people.
You know, kind of like how some blacks will ridicule anyone who made it and didn't do
so in a manner that they deem as acceptable for blacks.
You know, like working for "the man" and generally becoming a success working in a field outside
of Rap, Sports or Entertainment.
Or they harass blacks who choose the do well in school.
That whole "acting white" thing.
Dr. King noted, "So often people find within other people belittling elements because they
are trying to justify their sense of inadequacy and their inferior feelings.
This is one of the ways that people use to overcome an inferiority complex.
That, too, is a destructive way."
he said.
The second method King spoke of was what he called the "Smoke Screen" method.
"People try to overcome a sense of inferiority by giving the impression that they are superior.
And you see people, you think they have a superiority complex.
It isn't that.
They have basically an inferiority complex, and they try to give the world the impression
that they are really superior, so they boast all the time.
They talk about how much they have.
They talk about how much money they have, how much education they have, how much they
can do.
They brag and boast, and they are cocky all of the time.
Now they aren't superior, they're really inferior, and they're trying to overcome their
inferiority through the impression that they are superior"
Now isn't it interesting that Dr. King spoke of the inferiority complex back then and spoke
of people pretending to be superior by way of bragging and boasting?
Now, what genre of music came about with rhymes that were all about bragging and boasting
and that today has influenced fashion and the art of being cool in American life?
Hip-hop is that genre and it is just another example of yet another symptom.
But that's not all.
Consider this...
Some blacks on the left have leveraged so-called racist incidents in order to get so-called
racist companies to hire more blacks.
However, studies have shown that racism is not why these companies do not have many black
employees.
Instead, in many situations, the evidence points towards there not being enough qualified
black applicants.
But you can't say that to blacks on the left without being called a racist or a coon.
But just think for a minute.
In situations like this blacks are demanding to be given jobs not based on merit but based
on their ability to gain sympathy by way of complaints and playing to an ample amount
of white guilt.
This screams inferiority complex.
A facebook friend once said to me, "You can't embrace decades of victimhood without also
embracing the belief that your victimizer is in some way superior to you."
Since that time that quote has resided pinned to the top of my Twitter feed.
It's a hard truth.
If you think whites control blacks, then you must be of the belief that they have superiority
in some way.
If you constantly talk about what whites need to do for you then you are basically saying
that they have the ability to do more for you than you can do for yourself which is
like saying that you believe that they are superior.
White businesses need to hire more blacks you say.
Whites need to let more blacks into college you say Until whites do right by us, we can't
compete.
They have to stop holding blacks back from getting a good education you say.
They are responsible for fixing the wage gap since they are preventing us from doing as
well as they are doing.
These types of black people cry victim victim victim all while asking that their victimizer
fix their problems.
What twisted kind of logic is that?
The entire concept of white privilege is basically a statement of their superior abilities.
They have a superior ability to get things done and rather than name it white superiority
you call it white privilege.
When are people going to wake up and realize that their desire to be victims is an admission
of their inferiority complex?
How about the leveraging of so called "racist" incidents in order to get corporations to
hire more blacks, as if the reason more blacks don't work for a leftist corporation like
Starbucks had anything to do with racism rather than a lack of applicants.
I was listening to Larry Elder and I heard him say that there was someone organizing
a boycott of Starbucks because after their apology and an entire day of racial sensitivity
training following the case where the two black men decided to have a meeting there
without ordering, some blacks felt that the apology wasn't enough.
They wanted Starbucks to do more.
They wanted Starbucks to hire more black managers.
But the problem with this is that it assumes that blacks want to work at Starbucks, one.
And two, it assumes the Starbucks wasn't hiring blacks because they were racist.
Now we know that's not the case.
What this is is blacks feeling bad because not enough of us have jobs so because some
of us feel inferior we use situations like this for leverage to get more things that
we should attain by working for it.
But wait there's more!
When we hear black people claiming that black students need black teachers in order to do
well it shows the complex once again.
How so?
Asians are kicking butt and taking names in education.
How many Asian teachers do you see in the public school systems?
Whites are going to HBCUs and graduating at the top of their classes.
Getting class valedictorian and so on.
Are you are really going to feel comfortable arguing that blacks need black teachers!?
And when did speaking properly become equated with "acting white"?
There is a correct way and an incorrect way to use the language.
Why are you purposely pushing for blacks to speak it the wrong way?
To make yourself feel better about having an inferior grasp of the language?
That's the COMPLEX!
Or how about when blacks say that we need different policies enacted just for us.
As if policies that work for other races don't work for us?
That's seems like an Inferiority complex to me
Only blacks would suffer from Voter ID laws even though whites have more poor folks in
rural areas!?
COMPLEX!
Softening of Drug laws because blacks are disproportionately landing in prison for disproportionately
committing crimes!?
INFERIORITY COMPLEX!
Schools changing suspension policies because more black students are being suspended?
INFERIORITY COMPLEX!
It seems obvious to me that have to have an inferiority complex if you would push for
setting the bar lower for their race than for other races.
And, if you adamantly fight for those standards to stay lowered in order for you or others
from your race to compete?
INFERIORITY COMPLEX!
Folks, Black conservatives want to compete on an equal playing field.
The Black left wants a head start.
We both may want a similar outcome and that's great.
But in order to get there we have to eliminate some of the bad ideas that require us to be
dependent on others.
We have to realize that eliminating our feelings of inferiority doesn't have to be so Complex.
In fact, it's rather simple.
Just Consider Culture.
I'm Chi Brown.
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