African American: The Opposition Court Case

By Avis J. Smith

It is important for us all in America to document opposition for future generations to fairly assess the anger, logic, and legal implications of historical attempts to make change by small numbers of people who try to impose their rule of thought on the masses. Rev. Jesse Jackson and Ramona Edelin have tried to impose acceptance of the term African American on all black people without their permission. The purpose of this writing is to expose what was done and the legal opposition to what was done, as well as the disrespect for the masses of black people to perpetuate an unconscious ritual. The title of the book is African American: The Opposition Court Case.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Mar 13, 2015
• ISBN: 9781503544536

Avis J. Smith

The author, Avis J. Smith, is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, who, at a very young age in Atlanta, attended a segregated school, just as his brothers and sister did. He lived in a neighborhood with a fence dividing the white neighborhood from the black neighborhood. His father, being in the United States Navy, was transferred to New York City’s Floyd Bennett Field until his retirement. Avis joined the United States Air Force, just as his four brothers did, and after many interesting experiences, he has always felt the need to write about his experiences. He is retired from the air force and the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Manhattan, New York. He is now an associate professor in the City University of New York, where he teaches in the Restorative Dentistry Department at City Tech. Avis was an assistant secretary in the Nation of Islam, under the leadership of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad (PBABUH), Mosque No. 7. His numerous experiences in the Nation of Islam and the United States Air Force together created a tremendous amount of understanding of overall US intelligence and the black community in America.

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CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

The History Of Name-Calling In Black America

The New York Times

The Order Of Black Nationalism

Preliminary Efforts

United States District Court For The District Of Columbia Civil Action No. 94-0809(RCL)

The Unconscious Ritual

The Loud Black Voice In America

References

Note: On 29 August 2014, while I was trying to edit my work to meet publishing requirements of this publisher, I found the following: Afulaman indicted for trying to kill black baby - National … http://www.haaretz.com/news/national/.premium-1.568956 Jan. 16, 2014—Israeli prosecutors filed an indictment Thursday morning with the Tel Aviv… Zaretzky intended to murder a black baby, from racist motives, www.haaretz.com/news/national/.premium-1.568956, viewed on 29 August 2014.

This further perpetuates the need for open discussion on how the world perceives black.

Note: All photography work was done by Avis J. Smith, and I reserve my right to these photos, which should not be used by others as well as the total contents of my writings.

To all my grassroots white brothers and sisters of diverse groups who, I know, will understand or take an objective approach to my writings without offense, much love and respect to you. With special dedication and respect for black people and their right to be called what they choose based on their sociological experiences, which are diverse, and much love and respect for my African brothers and sisters.

This is dedicated to the right of people to be free and not to be totally locked into the political order of subjective thinking of political leaders, which can sometimes lead them into social disadvantage. The most basic right is for people to be who they are and not to become different every ten to twenty years of their existence based on any forms of social disorder, race hatred, war, and economics—which has occurred extensively since 1981 to the present time with the US government being directly involved with its allies. There have been scores of people murdered by those of dominant military power since then (1980s), putting many at social and economic disadvantage. Black people in America must see where they fit in this overall picture because internally, in America, they are generally victims in court decisions, police brutality, and counterintelligence as well. Dr. King once talked about it when he spoke about the trouble.

I don’t really know how we can fix the problem. When I was younger and in school, I said a bunch of things that almost got me suspended from school—like I admired the synagogue approach. When I was a kid, it was said by a Jew rabbi I knew that in the old days, if a Jew wanted to start a business, he would go to the synagogue there; all the connections and help he needed was there. The synagogue was the first building tool of building a Jewish community. If a Jewish business was going to fail, it was the synagogue that pushes to make sure it didn’t.

He also talked about how various problems such as poverty and other forms of disadvantaged situation are significantly more for black people than others in America. This comparative analysis of the Jewish people to black people by Dr. King is very significant and important in analyzing how the independent relationships and dealings of both separate groups help in determining their societal progress.

I have very deep concern about the relationship between blacks and whites in general because the African American term is still being rejected in conversations I have with many black people. Whites see African American in a formalized way and black in an extremely subjective way, but in action, they see black first. Whites I speak to generally assume that they are obligated to say African American to avoid insulting black people, but whoever told them black was bad or insulting? The important thing is to research the history of the recent prominence of the term African American. It is unfair to mislead white people into thinking that all black people want to be called African American. The misleading of these and other groups come about as a result of the lack of understanding. An example of identity misunderstanding is what took place when an Israeli female, who told me she was in the Israeli army, created an incident in a Staples store on Cross Bay Boulevard in the Howard Beach section of New York last year (not that Howard Beach can afford more racial incidents). The incident happened as follows:

While in Staples one day, working on a project for my nonprofit foundation, The Islamic Horizontal and Vertical Foundation, I was having copies of my flag (logo)—which is one of the recognized flags representing black people in America and the one Malcolm X wore on his finger, seen in many pictures of Malcolm. While having the copies made, I stepped away from the counter to look at other items in the store. The Israeli woman, who appeared to be in her twenties, took it upon herself to take my personal Nation of Islam item off the counter and throw it on the floor. This forced the Staples employee named Yvette to respond and let the Israeli girl know her actions where improper. She told the Israeli girl that I come to the store frequently and that I am a professor and a very nice person, and she should not touch my items. When I returned to the counter and the Staples employee informed me of what took place, I was shocked to know that this young lady from Israel would just initiate such aggressive actions against me, someone she didn’t know and never met. Her actions were based on her understanding of a symbol that she saw and arbitrarily determined was offensive to