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A collection of 25 essays examining the neuroses of white supremacy.
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Frances Cress Welsing was an American Afrocentrist psychiatrist. Her 1970 essay, The Cress Theory of Color-Confrontation and Racism, offered her interpretation on the origins of what she described as white supremacy culture --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lushena Books; Illustrated edition (December 1, 2004)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 301 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1602819599
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1602819597
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 0.8 x 8.4 inches
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I wanted this book for a very long time and glad I was able to purchase it for a very good price. The late Dr. Frances Cress Welsing is truly an amazing woman whose lectures on racism white supremacy has further my understanding on how the system is designed. This book will only give me the insight I need to gain more knowledge. Many, have praised this book which I no doubt know will be an excellent read.
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Duane
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2024
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Great for any black man or boy to read.
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Libby140
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book as a reference
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2024
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Thank you, Dr. Welsing, for your work which has remained one of the reference books about understanding our everyday battle.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good info
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5.0 out of 5 stars Speechless... This book is not only a ...
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Speechless... This book is not only a must read for African people and people of color, but for all people. I have read that some reviewers point to her theory as "flawed" or suggested this book as a difficult read.

Assesment of her preference of audience:

I think Dr. Cress-Welsing wrote this book for the MASSES. There may have been some jargon here and there but overall the content is in a language that is overall simply comprehensive for all to read without overuasge of metaphors, idioms and other poetic language that could distort the message. An example of an author who uses poetic/distorted language in his content is Dr. Cornell West. His 1993 book "Race Matters" was clearly written to appease the white establishment or his fellow black bougiousie contemporaries. There was a lot of "talking around" the race issue or circular thinking vice linear thinking, confronting race head on, which Dr. Cress-Welsing does in this book.

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As for her theory, there may be some holes here and there. However, the overall content is EMPIRICAL! Based on facts and simple observation! Simply assess your environment and you will find parallels to Dr. Cress-Welsing's theory. It's in the media, it's within the monuments across this nation. It is literally across all areas of human activity!!! Simple observations that are not subjective but OBJECTIVE. As another reviewer stated, her content is no spooky angel/devil stuff. This is the real deal! Once again, a must have!!!!
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4.0 out of 5 stars Brainwashing Indeed!
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2010
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I am in the process of reading this book and after reading a few pages I became aware of our societies' subtleties when it comes to racism. While watching tv shows just about every show that I watched I noticed some racial connotation or racial issue. Our dealing with racism is mostly done via the media. My problem with this isn't the fact that the the media tends to talk about race alot but it does it using generalities, almost in an off the cuff and joking and entertaining manner. So guess what? You get any real dialogue and no true understanding and respect of other races. For instance with some of the things people say, do they truly understand the pain that they cause and deep impact that their statements make or shows make? America is so shaped by entertainment that there has to come a time when someone wise enough uses it to bridge the gap of ignorance today and understanding tomorrow. I feel life should never just be about race. What made me pick up this book is I wanted to understand why life is the way that it is. Sometimes if you can't change it,it's better to understand it then at least you can cope and come to a better understanding . The world I live in today isn't the one my mother raised me to believe in. I grew up with no tv for a long time, I never understood racism even when it hit me I only knew what my mother taught me, God, Love,Forgiveness, Punishment. BUT as I grew older I discovered the media then I was faced with a world I never knew existed. It's a shame the way this world tends to be. My mother's still right about how the world should be and in the end it will be, but people's ugliness I also see now and it's shameful. With that being said I do wish and hope and pray blacks will start to create their own paths and do what's best for themselves and not let societies ills determine how they evolve or don't evolve with each generation. I wish this for all people for that matter but blacks the most. We are people who deserve respect despite what we are told. I can't say that I agree 100 percent with this book because I believe inspite of it all people have choices to make and paths to take. And life is rough but you have to choose your own path. But I do believe alot of brainwashing takes place and as life becomes tougher people are more easily brainwashed.I use this comparison or saying to make my point:I have heard people say "Bring on anything to stop the pain." And often times people do go to that thing stop the pain no matter if it is good or bad for them which is why alcoholics and drug users use drugs and alcohol to numb the pain. They don't care about how the substances are damaging them they just want to eliviate the pain. But using racism to numb pain will eventually wear everybody out.
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OSIRIS THE KING
5.0 out of 5 stars GODS WORDS. SHE JUST TYPED THEM OUT!!!
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look at the europeans history period!! they have no say so in anything. the european practices eugenics. they have no history except for the history and culture they steal from other peoples. there most famous library in alexandria was filled with books that the greeks and romans did not wtite or produce in any way. the books and scrolls that filled the library were borrowed and stolen from other peoples and thats how they learned. they did not bring religion to any land, but they learned what religion was when the arrived. the europeans did not fight there way into any country but was invited. and all they did was turn their backs on the people who showed them hospitality!!!! you should read some the europeans writtings about black people and all you see is fear and lies. blacks began to write our history in the 1900's and every thing before that time was written by whites. so now we see people like frances welsing writting the truth in the 1900's finally with the truth and no worries of being lynched. we could not give the europeans to much of the truth back then cuz they had more guns than we did and we could of been killed. now is the time for the truth and it wont hurt the blacks cuz we already know the truth. the only people who fight over whether or not the egyptians are black or not are only whites. every body black knows the truth. this letter has nothing to do with the book but the book is all true and scientific. no name calling just the truth. if you look at the europeans whole history how could you not believe this book. europeans hate there history thats why most today dont tell you they are white. they tell you they are something else and they are now trying to be other than catholic or christian. they dont want to be white no more. an now its too late. you could of really been our brothers and sisters but you, yes you european has written that off. you are guilty of that not any other culture. you segregated yourselves and you will pay the cost. you want to be left alone you will when the earth turns into a great ball of fire. you want to be alone it will happen soon. we will rise and you will stay in your land of milk and honey in which you created through your technology.
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Rudy
5.0 out of 5 stars Black men pull up your pants
Reviewed in Canada on March 19, 2022
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I got this book back in 2019. I now have the time to read it. Chapters 15 & 16 respectively have been quite revelatory for me. And a pruning tool, as sister Frances teaches us Black males, to avoid at all costs, selling ourselves as ( clowns or buffoons). A call to uphold manhood high up. To come up to another level of self-defense and self-awareness. A call to under-stand the nuances by which the White collect persive us.
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Reviewed in Canada on March 19, 2022
I got this book back in 2019. I now have the time to read it. Chapters 15 & 16 respectively have been quite revelatory for me. And a pruning tool, as sister Frances teaches us Black males, to avoid at all costs, selling ourselves as ( clowns or buffoons). A call to uphold manhood high up. To come up to another level of self-defense and self-awareness. A call to under-stand the nuances by which the White collect persive us.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Eine Bombe! Muss einfach gelesen werden.
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Every human being should read this book which is more than a bomb!
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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 9, 2023
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I loaned this book to a friend a while back they never returned this book back to me, had to replace it, as this is a great read.
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Arrivato in tempo. Il miglior libro che abbia mai letto
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