Through centuries of exploitation, racial discrimination, and ridicule, African descendent people has accepted a degraded existence and refused to learn their true identity and to remove this dismal veil they were trained to wear. Instead, they have taken pride in being just Black people as they are mocked and dismissed as mere dim-witted, misfits who the American societies refuse to embrace, respect, or accept as equals. The present status and very existence of the African in America was predicted when the die was cast by this nation's forefathers. The African in America has been separated from his heritage and has lost the desire to control his own destiny. The African descendents of America inability to identify with their true identity has divided the African descendents and left them lost. By keeping the true identity of the African descendent hidden and continually reinforceing the Black label, the African will believe and eventually become Black.  BLACK IS NOT A POSITIVE LABEL.

A Source of Illumination       

I have been into many, many areas of the country and for years I have seen “racism” at its worst and the remnants of the destruction left in its path. The lessons I have received or the injustices that I have experienced in my life colored my philosophy that started in my younger life in school (the segregated south), employment (baseball, banking, insurance, economic development, criminal justice, etc) and even now in the ministry. My church and my ministry, I consider a lighthouse to be used as a powerful source of enlightenment. To constantly give warning, confidence, help, and encouragement. When I think of a lighthouse, I think of a place that gives one a feeling that all things will be alright and a place where one is led to safety and it is also found to be shelter from the storm. When I consider what the lighthouse represents to me and all that it has done in the past, this book gives light and is a beacon that shines as a lamp onto our feet and light unto our pathway. Racism: The Sickness In America lights the way to a new awakening with directions for making < s t 1 : c o u n t r y -region>America a greater nation with God, morality, value and worth for all of her peoples.

This book represents the principles on which this country should stand if it is the nation that it is supposed to be. I have exposed the radical nature inherent in a nation that has for so long been deceptive. It can and must rise above these circumstances (racism). These are irrefutable truths that have had an impact that has been deep-seated, long-lasting, life-changing and most of all destructive. Religion is at the very forefront of this divisive force because it is directly and indirectly connected to the spirituality of man. Yet these are not the opinions of man but God-given precepts with the capacity to renew our thoughts and to crystallize our priorities. It is my hope that these pages will benefit you as a person of God recognizing that “All-men are created the same” by their Creator endowed with “inalienable rights”, that will enrich your life with wisdom and that will allow you to have an unbiased nature (Christlike-nature) concerning human-kind.

The authors of this book span five generations of Americans.  As with all families, some people write, some people sing, some people express their faith through art, and some people reveal God’s love in their caring for others.  This book is a compilation of poetry and prose focusing on the every day life and faith, trials and successes, and meaning of family.

Through these generations, the family has maintained its roots in the Midwest, where George Smith opened Smith’s New Cass Hotel in Detroit, offering rooms for $1.00 per day and giving advice on how to spend a pleasant day in Detroit for 33 cents.  Here Rose Plumb lived to be 104 years old.  Children have been born and buried. Families have grown, celebrating their triumphs and supporting each other during difficult times.  Cousins have grown up together.  People have laughed and cried, loved and lived, and most of all, celebrated the God who made everything possible.

The voices in this book are the words of children, the expressions of teenagers, the voices of adults, and the wisdom of the aging.  They are the cries of delight, the wails of despair, the laughter of the absurd, and the celebration of family.

The authors of this book span five generations of Americans.  As with all families, some people write, some people sing, some people express their faith through art, and some people reveal God’s love in their caring for others.  This book is a compilation of poetry and prose focusing on the every day life and faith, trials and successes, and meaning of family.

Through these generations, the family has maintained its roots in the Midwest, where George Smith opened Smith’s New Cass Hotel in Detroit, offering rooms for $1.00 per day and giving advice on how to spend a pleasant day in Detroit for 33 cents.  Here Rose Plumb lived to be 104 years old.  Children have been born and buried. Families have grown, celebrating their triumphs and supporting each other during difficult times.  Cousins have grown up together.  People have laughed and cried, loved and lived, and most of all, celebrated the God who made everything possible.

The voices in this book are the words of children, the expressions of teenagers, the voices of adults, and the wisdom of the aging.  They are the cries of delight, the wails of despair, the laughter of the absurd, and the celebration of family.

Racism Learned at an Early Age Through Racial Scripting

This book is about the process by which white children acquire racist attitudes. More specifically, it is a book about what white parents, relatives, media, schools and religious organizations teach children about African Americans.

The main thesis of the book is racist attitudes are taught (and learned) at an early age through a process known as ”racial scripting”.  A Racial script is a series of programmed stereotypes and myths about a racial or ethnic group other than one's own. 

After a racial script is learned, it can then be activated upon the appearance of race-specific stimuli in the environment.   Racial scripts guide the mind's eye in deciding what to perceive and what not to perceive. They work backstage, but may be activated and "pop into consciousness."  Scripts determine "see this and not that", that is,  scripts determine not only what we will notice, but what we do not notice.  An activated racial script dominates awareness.

The scripts may be positive and influence accurate perceptions; they may be negative and pre-dispose one to false perceptions; they may be neutral and dispose one to unbiased perceptions or they may be mixed and influence ambivalent perceptions.  A racial script results from an early identification process by the immature child in which he/she adopts the parents' (the primary group) behaviors (scripts) and align his/her behavior with the realities of the home situation.

The family is the basic institution through which children learn the fundamentals of life and parents are the primary agents of socialization. They define the child’s world.  They teach the “three R’s  (reading, writing and arithmetic). But, in addition to teaching children “the three R’s” there is also another instructional system taught to young children called the fourth “R” or RACISM. 

Through centuries of exploitation, racial discrimination, and ridicule, African descendent people has accepted a degraded existence and refused to learn their true identity and to remove this dismal veil they were trained to wear. Instead, they have taken pride in being just Black people as they are mocked and dismissed as mere dim-witted, misfits who the American societies refuse to embrace, respect, or accept as equals. The present status and very existence of the African in America was predicted when the die was cast by this nation's forefathers. The African in America has been separated from his heritage and has lost the desire to control his own destiny. The African descendents of America inability to identify with their true identity has divided the African descendents and left them lost. By keeping the true identity of the African descendent hidden and continually reinforceing the Black label, the African will believe and eventually become Black.  BLACK IS NOT A POSITIVE LABEL.

Racism Learned at an Early Age Through Racial Scripting

This book is about the process by which white children acquire racist attitudes. More specifically, it is a book about what white parents, relatives, media, schools and religious organizations teach children about African Americans.

The main thesis of the book is racist attitudes are taught (and learned) at an early age through a process known as ”racial scripting”.  A Racial script is a series of programmed stereotypes and myths about a racial or ethnic group other than one's own. 

After a racial script is learned, it can then be activated upon the appearance of race-specific stimuli in the environment.   Racial scripts guide the mind's eye in deciding what to perceive and what not to perceive. They work backstage, but may be activated and "pop into consciousness."  Scripts determine "see this and not that", that is,  scripts determine not only what we will notice, but what we do not notice.  An activated racial script dominates awareness.

The scripts may be positive and influence accurate perceptions; they may be negative and pre-dispose one to false perceptions; they may be neutral and dispose one to unbiased perceptions or they may be mixed and influence ambivalent perceptions.  A racial script results from an early identification process by the immature child in which he/she adopts the parents' (the primary group) behaviors (scripts) and align his/her behavior with the realities of the home situation.

The family is the basic institution through which children learn the fundamentals of life and parents are the primary agents of socialization. They define the child’s world.  They teach the “three R’s  (reading, writing and arithmetic). But, in addition to teaching children “the three R’s” there is also another instructional system taught to young children called the fourth “R” or RACISM. 

Fourteen stories are set in various Greek islands across the Aegean Sea.  No post-modern writer, Rudolph gives us substantial stories in an unobtrusive style – good reads. The international characters face intriguing situations flavored by the tastes, colors, and spirit of the fabled Greek islands.