What Do White Americans Want to Know About Black Americans but Are Afraid to Ask

By John H. Davis

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669842613

John H. Davis

John H. Davis was born in New York City (Manhattan), in an area known then as Spanish Harlem. His mother was born and raised in Panama and came to this country (USA) when she was eighteen, met John’s father, of Afro-American descent. John spent his youth and young adult years in the boroughs of New York City, first in Manhattan, then Brooklyn, going to Boys’ High School, Greater New York Academy (a parochial school), and for a short while attended CCNY in Manhattan. He moved to Los Angeles, California, and attended college, completing his undergraduate degree (Bachelor of Science—Marketing and Sales Management), attended law school, receiving his Juris Doctor and later returned to school to obtain an MBA degree. John has lived in Alabama, where he taught at several colleges, including Oakwood and Alabama A&M University, teaching such subjects as accounting, economics, paralegal courses, cultural anthropology, and sociology. John has traveled to Egypt, spent time visiting the Cairo Museum and the Valley of the Kings. John has visited a number of states throughout the United States, where he had the opportunity to speak to many individuals concerning their views regarding the history of black people and the slave trade. The author has studied the history of many other ethnic and non-black Americans and many non-Americans. The author worked as a prosecuting attorney in Northern Indiana and presently runs a private law office, handling criminal defense, civil litigation, includes personal injury, family law, bankruptcy, and contract law. His hobbies are long-distance running (completed several marathons, including Boston, New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Nashville Tennessee, and San Diego, to name a few), drawing, and violin. He has sung with a rock-and-roll group some years ago in New York City. The author plans to enlarge on the first book with some updated materials in the near future. The author is planning several more books in a series on ethnicities, including his Hispanic heritage.

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CONTENTS

Introduction

Preface

Foreword

Chapter 1Do Blacks Lack Organizational Skills?

Chapter 2Why Won’t Some Blacks Enunciate Properly?

Chapter 3Do Blacks Really Identify With Each Other?

Chapter 4Can Black People Get Sunburn?

Chapter 5Does Soul Food Have Nutritional Value?

Chapter 6Do Black Americans Want To Have Interracial Relationships?

Chapter 7Do Most Blacks Want To Change The Texture Of Their Hair?

Chapter 8Are Black People Naturally Athletic?

Chapter 9Can All Black People Dance?

Chapter 10Are Black Americans Habitually Tardy?

Chapter 11Are Black People Naturally Loud?

Chapter 12Are Black People More Sexually Active Than Other Groups?

Chapter 13Are Black People Naturally Lazy?

Chapter 14Are Black Women Naturally Fat?

Chapter 15Are Black People Generally More Religious Than Other Groups?

Chapter 16Is Watermelon Black American’s Favorite Fruit?

Chapter 17Are Black People Unable To Handle Scientific Subjects?

Chapter 18Can Black People Survive In The Ghetto As Compared To White People?

Chapter 19Does Today’s Black American Want To Integrate Or Segregate?

Chapter 20Are Black Women Motivated To Have Babies For The Purpose Of Gaining Financial Increase?

Chapter 21Are Black People Able To Develop And Run Large Businesses?

Chapter 22Has The Affirmative Action Concept Benefited Black People?

Chapter 23Are Today’s Black Gangs An Anomaly?

Chapter 24Are Black People Naturally Untidy?

Chapter 25Are Black People Afraid Of Water Sports?

Chapter 26Are Black Americans Proud Or Ashamed Of Their Heritage?

Chapter 27Do Black People React To Slights Or Perceived Slights In A Manner Out Of Proportion To The Slight?

How to Make a Slave

Let’s Make A Slave

Cardinal Principles For Making A Negro

The Breaking Process Of The African Woman

The Negro Marriage Unit

Warning: Possible Interloping Negatives

Controlled Language

Frederick Douglas

About the Author

Acknowledgments

INTRODUCTION

A book of this type cannot answer all the questions that have been posed over the years, but it will answer some of the more frequently asked questions. Why write such a book? It is felt that this book may be the precursor to many such books, seeking to open needed dialog between people of diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Given the strong political and cultural divisions permeating this country and driven by opposite political views, there is an urgent need for a book such as this.

The attempt in this book is to eliminate or at least discover unfounded stereotypes and to openly discuss them.

The questions and answers set forth in this book are based upon many years of informal, and occasionally formal, discussions—some of which can be said to have been generated in an academic forum by the author with blacks and non-black Americans and people of color from other countries.

The answers presented to the many questions are the personal conclusions drawn by the author and, indeed, both—the questions and answers—are the personal perspective of the author regarding the targeted questions.

The reader should understand that the author is not suggesting that this is necessarily a consensus or is based upon what might be considered scientific research or an academic treatise. However, it is felt that both—the answers and the questions—will prove to be extremely on target and become a valuable step toward an intercultural dialog about black Americans. Some things set forth in this book may be true of other groups, but the book is only about black Americans and black people in general.

It is felt, by this author, that there are three primary things to consider when attempting to understand a people and for any group of people to understand themselves:

1. The history of the particular people.

2. The cultural proclivities of the people in question.

3. The present and most recent paths taken by the particular people.

Black people are a great and diverse people, having many very positive traits and some negative traits. Certainly, this is true of any and all groups of people but, again, this book is about black people.

PREFACE

The idea for the book was developed over a number of years. I have heard stereotypical comments about black Americans from white Americans as well as some of the same stereotypical comments about black Americans from black Americans themselves.

What can be done to help erase some or all such stereotypes?

The fact that stereotypes are the ingredients that help foster and sustain bias, prejudice, hatred (including self-hatred), and xenophobia was—and is—the catalyst underlining a desire to put together a book, or better yet, a compilation of thoughts, facts, conclusions, derived from observations, reading, some amount of general research, probing, questioning, and discussion on the topics chosen to address a stereotype regarding black Americans. For example, self-hatred is the belief that one is inferior to another. This thought comes from one individual seeking to have another individual believe that they are superior. The onlyway an individual can believe they are superior isif they can make another individual believe that they are inferior.

The questions set forth in this book regarding stereotyping of black people are certainly not an exhaustive list, but merely some of the most common ones. Some are thought-provoking and some are extremely ridiculous.

Perhaps this work will be the springboard for other such works from other groups seeking to dislodge the stereotypes about ethnicity and cultural backgrounds in their group. My cultural and ethnic background led me to feel that having been raised primarily in black communities, living for the most part in black communities, and that my father’s roots being primarily black and from a Puerto Rican parent—I might try my hand at this book.

I have toyed with the idea of writing such a book on Hispanic culture since my mother was born in Panama in a Hispanic environment, and my maternal grandmother was raised in the Caribbean whose mother was from Pakistan, and her father came from Europe traced to Norway. My maternal grandmother married my maternal grandfather whose heritage is traced to Spain; however, I didn’t spend time with Hispanic culture as I have spent with the black American culture.

FOREWORD

This book centers on religion and politics which are the most emotionally stimulating elements in the human race.

The reader is advised that many facts and issues brought out in this book may cause disagreement but that is not the author’s purpose. The purpose is to generate dialog where there is often silence and the tendency to sweep controversial issues under the rug. This presents the Willie Lynch slavery program containing all of the words that were used in his presentation to American slave holders therefore the N-word is fully presented in his slave control presentation—in other words, there is no desire to sanitize Willie Lynch’s presentation. Again, the purpose is to go directly to the issues without hesitation and without dodging the full content of racism.

There are a few individuals, including a learned black American college professor, who has contended that Willie Lynch is and was a myth and that no such slave control program was ever presented. However, Frederick Douglas—who can be said to have existed—wrote a letter concerning the Willie Lynch slave control theory. Additionally, a movie titled The Great Debaters produced by Oprah Winfrey made reference to Willie Lynch in the film.

CHAPTER 1

DO BLACKS LACK

ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS?

Some blacks tend to mix socialization—and/or arguing—with business. For instance, if they decided to meet for two hours to organize a large dinner—which includes a speaker, etc.—the first meeting may consist of 70 percent socializing or arguing and 30 percent conducting business. Therefore, to get a 100 percent of the business done, they end up having to meet again.

In this second meeting, they continue as before—70 percent socializing or arguing and 30 percent conducting business. Now, they’ve done 60 percent of the business needed to complete dinner organization—not necessarily doing the actual work, just organizing it. They meet once more and rather than finishing up business details, they tend to again do 70 percent socialization or arguing and 30 percent of the business. Now, since they’ve done 90 percent of what is required to organize this dinner, they settle for the fact that 90 percent is close enough. What they didn’t consider was the 10 percent of the un-conducted business.

When it’s time for the dinner with the speaker, something usually falls through the cracks—something that would have been discussed under the 10 percent of the remaining un-conducted business. For example, not enough of the programs were printed or the chef ran out of the main dish, or even something as flagrant as the main speaker being not available because someone did not confirm the date that was set over a year ago—someone just assumed that the speaker got the message and would remember to come.

These are reasons that cause blacks to appear to have no organizational skills.

However, there are several cases where a large number of black Americans demonstrate excellent organizational skills. Very often, the author has observed these skills exhibited when a black person or several black individuals were performing these skills in the employ or under the direction of a white or non-black individual or organization.

That leads to another question. Do blacks lack organizational skills only when they are answerable to themselves or other blacks or when they are working for a black organization? In other words, it has been the observation of the author that this lack of organizational skills is more frequently demonstrated when the work is being done under the supervision or authority of a black person.

The author has observed some blacks who demonstrate greater organization skills in the performance of tasks done for black organizations or for themselves, but the percentages of these types appeared smaller than the percentages of those whom the author observed under the circumstances stated above.

It has been the observation of the author that some non-blacks, particularly white Americans, have a tendency to get 100 percent (and sometimes 110 percent) of the work done at the business meeting. In addition, it has also been observed that during parties and social events, some whites continue to discuss work and other business-related topics.

On the contrary, the author has observed little or no business at all being conducted at black parties or social events. Donald Trump said on the Oprah Winfrey Show that he is always working or doing business. That’s how he got his first million. This statement should be taken with a grain of salt since, subsequent to that statement, facts have surfaced that Donald Trump has filed numerous bankruptcies, and if the statement—that Donald Trump is always working and doing business—is true then there must be a major flaw in how he is doing business and/or working.

Black people need to understand (the ones who don’t know) that the way to accomplish things is to see it through to the end. Pretty good is not good enough. There is certainly nothing wrong with relaxing, socializing, or having a party but when so many other non-black individuals are devoting so much time—including interspersing business with social events—they are going