May 16, 2011: Do not read, if you do not want to be liberated and remain a "Mind Slave".

For years the African race has been subjugated to dehumanization, omission and subjection categorizations. These categories have plagued the African people and the continent, for hundreds of years. One category that stands out is the perception of being “African”, and Being “Black”. The notions of being African have to be seen through European lenses, and classified through a European projection. The classification of Skin Color has been problematic since the era of the Atlantic Slave Trade. Though its history remains, and those who are the descendants remain in a state of trial and error. I will begin to discuss the origin of the Typical African, and how it has affected history, African people, and their Identity.

Before I begin to discuss this topic, it will be divided into five categories; we must understand that the word “African” had absolutely no meaning during the early days of the continent. We did not define ourselves as a “Race”, because we did not view ourselves as such; we only defined ourselves by Ethnic Groups, Tribes and Kingdoms we belonged to. Using African in its context will only refer to Anthological classifications, and its reference to

the African continent and those of the Diaspora.

I will discuss five categories all that are in direct relation to one another. 1. The Typical Black African 2. Light Skin Vs Dark Skin 3. Good Hair Vs Bad Hair 4. Black vs. African 5. White Africans Vs Black Africans

PART 1: The Typical Black African – Distortion of History, Distortion of Description.

The Atlantic Slave Trade serves as one of the most prominent points of African history. The era of the slave trade has left those of the Diaspora lost without recollection or recognition of his/her cultures and traditional religions. During this period a perception was established upon what an African should be what features they should exhibit, and what hair texture they should possess. As portrayed within artist interpretations, when Arabic & European artists above Slave ships, painted portraits of African captives, they projected their perception. When Arabic & European colonists photograph African captives, they were perceived as extremely dark.

The problem lies within the perception that has been distorted by future generations, and pre-conceived stereotypes. Movies, Photographs, and *** can all be seen from different perceptions, but what you perceive to be true, can be easily dismissed as false. Throughout the continent of Africa, there exists a variety of skin complexions, and various shades. Many of these diverse skin tones can be found prominently throughout West Africa, the region of where the Slave trade took its primary course. There exist over hundreds of various tribes, all unique with their own traditions, rituals, and culture. Many tribes exhibit different characteristics, and facial features, as well possessing various skin tones. Some tribes and ethnic groups range from Light to Dark, Some tribes hold various complexions; but uniquely to themselves they are part of the same tribe regardless of complexion.

So where does these preconceived notions of a “Typical” African come from? Its roots starts in Slavery, but its propaganda is deeply engrained into the minds of many Westerners, who have no knowledge of how diverse African genetics are. This includes various hair textures, facial features, cranial sizes, and skin tones. In America there exist a saying “You look African” that is widely used by African-Americans & Their European-American counterparts alike. Little do they know all most all of African-Americans exhibit “West African” features, because the majority of African-Americans are West Africans. Most African-Americans are mixed with more then one ethnic group from the African continent, this include The Igbo people of Southeast ***, The Bakongo people of Congo, The Mende people of Guinea, The Yoruba of Southwest ***, The Akan people of Ghana, The Wolof of Senegal, The Mbundu of Senegal, The Gbe people of Benin, and many more. There is also East African mixture found within many African-Americans, possessing some traits from the Sudanese & Ethiopian people. However most African-Americans are primarily from the Igbo people; In America there exist establishments of African-Americans being of mixture of European & Native American (Asian).

Many assert the reason why African-Americans look different then many native Africans, is because all are mixed with European and Native American. Most African women were raped by European slave masters, however never asserting the problematic situation of the African male’s presence. So one must delve into specifics and search for evidence for such a claim. Considering its not logical to assume all African slave women were raped, because they would still have to reproduce with their African men, to produce more African children. Such a fallacy is based on a presumption that all Africans are extremely dark.

Most African-Americans range from Mid-Brown to Dark Brown, no different then their native counterparts. There of course exist many African-Americans who are lighter Skin, due to miscegenation, or any other heritable traits. But however one must understand that lighter skin can also be obtained based on their climate, or diet. But lighter-skin within the African race is not exclusive to being mixed and is actually very common.In America there exists, TV shows, Movies, Magazines, etc. When *** the continent of Africa, certain regions are shown which give many Americans a stereotypical view about the African people.

A stereotypical view that all Africans look the same, are disease ridden, and poverty stricken; however most Americans cannot tell the difference between a native African or African-American, the only difference being the accent, language and clothing. However there are many Americans, mainly European-Americans, who adversely can tell the difference between African & African-Americans, by only projecting their own stereotypical perception of how an African should look. The main difference is being the facial features, and skin tones. Their stereotypical outlooks of African-Americans are only shown on TV, Movies and Music Videos.

In the African-American communities, there exist over thousands of diverse features, complexions and skin tones. No different then their native counterparts. When darker African-Americans are shown it is assumed “They are less mixed” or “They are not mixed” however that is not the case. If Most African-Americans are as mixed as many proclaim them to be, they would not come out looking much like their Native Counterparts. They would not look like there West African relatives. Assuming that every single African-American had one single “White” great grandparent, we must assert the possibility that not all African-Americans may have a “White” great grandparent. If the slave masters mated so often with African slave women, and impregnated them, then who did these biracial kids mate with?

Did these mix-race children mate with Europeans Masters or African Slaves? When did African men, stop mating with African women? Questions must be asked, by logic it is fallacious to assume that all African-Americans are mixed. And if most African-Americans are mixed, whatever European genes they possessed are outweighed by the African genetics, thus will result in most African-Americans looking like their Native Counterparts. But the false projection of what a “True” African should look like; is promoted falsely and propagated continuously in the American public. It is evident and *** on substantial facts, and anthropological evidence that the African race is the most diverse in genetics, that also includes African-Americans.

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