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Slave Delusions

Friday, 30 March 2007

Joseph A. Bailey, II, M.D.

To watch a magician saw a woman in half is to observe an illusion. To believe the magician actually sawed the woman in half is a delusion. An illusion is deception caused by something appearing to be other than it really is-so that what is seen does not exist the way it is seen. For example, the magician is performing an illusion because actually two women are involved -- the one you see and the other one already hidden in the same box with the one you can see. Such appearances can seem very real to the naïve -- so real as to require much proof to realize they are not real. Illusions are temporarily held mistaken or distorted perceptions of the five senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch) or false impressions of reality from faulty thinking. A mirage is an illusion. Whereas the question of belief does not arise in illusions, Delusions are false beliefs about something real and held on to in spite of no proof, evidence, or good reason. Many people believe delusions even in spite of seeing contrary evidence. For thousands of years, European experts and authorities believed the sun rotated around the earth -- and hence the false terms "sunrise" and "sunset." Ancient Egyptian Science had shown just the opposite -- that the earth rotates around the sun. Still, for a while many people continued to believe their senses -- and the appearance of the sun going around the earth comes from our senses. To believe you can buy friendships or buy things of worth (e.g. happiness) is a delusion. To believe material things (e.g. money, possessions) are more important than good character is a delusion.

The 15th century word "delusion" (Latin "de", away; "ludo", to play or mock) meant "to play to one's detriment" or "the inability to distinquish between play and reality." Shortly thereafter, in 1433, European slavers started deceiving African entrepreneurs into believing they should help them enslave other Africans. Then the enslaved Africans were brainwashed with absurd information into believing what was not real and to stop believing what was real. Although all slaves were diluted to some degree, those most affected-the "Ideal slave"-adopted the slave master's teachings by coming to believe in slavery; taking pride in it; and assuming Blacks were born to be slaves. They surrendered to and used their whole mind to accept delusions. Based on the necessity to adjust to the captors' dictates, this acceptance led those slaves to be misguided into wrong and self-destructive think, feel, say, and do ways. As a result, they lost touch with the real world.

The captors generated in the slaves Delusions of: (1) Persecution whereby each slave was told fellow slaves were threatening him, discriminating against him, or conspiring to bring about his downfall-all for the purpose of creating social dissention, getting each slave to have inner resentments towards other slaves, and to fashion self-dissatisfaction; (2) Sin and Guilt came from the White ministers telling the slaves they were extremely wicked and were committing unpardonable sins if they were not "Ideal slaves"; (3) Impoverishment trying to make the slaves believe they had no human or personal worth; (4) Jealousies by forcing the wife or husband of one slave to breed with other slaves; (5) Reference by Whites demeaning slaves' beloved Africa; (6) Influence to control slave thoughts and actions; (7) Superstitions; (8) being completely Controlled and Dependent on Whites; (9) systematization-being Black is dooming; and (10) Mental Poverty-an inability to think.

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Joseph A. Bailey, II, M.D.