How to Combat ANTI-
African
ANTI-
Black
PROPOGANDA
H
ow do we combat the ignorance
we are accused of; other races treat us accord-
of African people? Do we remain
ing to the lies fed. From birth, we are assimi-
silent about the negative imag-
lated to an understanding that “white is right”
es of Africans in every aspect of
and “Black is bad.” The Ferris State University
media? No, many of us do use
Jim Crow Museum display several examples of
our platforms (e.g. social media, blogs, books,
anti-Black propaganda. Their website says this
football fields, etc.) to show that we are tired of
about racist cartoons: “Between 1928 and 1950,
the status quo. We insist on showing the world
America’s premier animators-Walt Disney Cor-
that there are positive images and positive
poration, Warner Bros., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer,
African role models. When I speak of Africans,
Merrie Melodies, Looney Tunes, and R.K.O.
I am naming every so called Black person or
Radio Pictures-produced many cartoons that
melanated person across the diaspora. We
ridiculed the appearance, behavior, and intelli-
are Africans in America not African Americans.
gence of African Americans and other racial and
We must always show pride and solidarity with
ethnic minorities.” (https://ferris.edu/HTMLS/
Africa.
news/jimcrow/antiblack/)
For generations, albion white Western Euro-
criminalizing Africans. The entire point of these
It is in the advantage of the oppressor to justify African systematic institutional oppression, racism and discrimination. Make the Africans
campaigns is to make us Africans believe we
think it is their fault why they are criminals, poor
are inferior and ultimately bad people. When
and the lowest in world in power status; when
they continue to push this agenda on the world
we are the majority across the diaspora. If we
not only will the world believe Africans are awful
believe their propaganda, then their projection
other races will believe this too. With the be-
will result in our negative behavior; which leads
lief, your actions will follow accordingly. When
to their lies becoming truth. Whites can contin-
people continuously see these negative images
ue to murder us through genocide across the
and stories about Africans subconsciously they
diaspora, emasculate our African Kings with ho-
start to believe the lies and misnomers. This
mosexuality and dismantle African families and
propaganda was used to rationalize African
values; if we buy into their anti-African propa-
slavery in the United States and globally. Nega-
ganda. Their laws, systems and institutions will
tive African propaganda is still used in the news,
not be challenged because we have been made
with always showing African criminalization and
to believe their lies. Yes, throughout centuries,
poverty as if its only Africans committing crimes
there have been some Africans concerned
or have less money. Beliefs transform to ac-
enough to protest our negative images but not
tions. Africans begin to display the very actions
enough. Today we still face many negative
peans have created these mass media propaganda campaigns degrading, dehumanizing, &
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