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The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave

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Author: Kashif Malik Hassan-el
Publisher: Frontline Distribution International
Category: Book

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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 30
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Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.6 x 1

ISBN: 0948390530
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.362
EAN: 9780948390531
ASIN: 0948390530

Publication Date: March 1, 1999
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Ignorance of the Truth in History is Everyone's Problem June 4, 2006
12 out of 19 found this review helpful

First, to Andre M. "brnn64" - - your response was a result of not reading and knowing your history. And, to to all the others who described this as "Fiction", and/or recently written. This material was a "manual" - - a guide actually used by Southerners to learn how to handle their slaves. It may be one of the reasons why slavery lasted as long as it did, and why so much of the same attitudes prevail today. Unfortunately, I have heard many whites say "why should I be penalized for something my ancestors did back then - - well, the answer to that is that "you are still reaping and enjoying the benefits of what your ancestors did back then. AND - - they are ancestors to us all - - with the racial mixing which resulted - - making us all related to each other in some way. But that is another issue.br /br /Some"smart" caucasian thought he was an expert in breaking slaves and thus, wrote his "letter" to other slave owners as an instruction manual. Since we live what we learn - - we have two forms of this mentality present today - - the mental conditioning that has spread in the African American community generationally today that makes us think blacks are not as smart as the white person - that whites are smarter, better, superior, etc. On the other hand, the mental conditioning has spread in the white community generationally, that blacks are dumber, slower, inferior.br /br /The letter gave specific instructions on the process to use, with the major one still affecting our educational systems now - - that if you keep blacks uneducated, you keep the control. Unfortunately, this has backfired, and being uneducated affects everyone.br /br /The overriding factor in this situation is that all of us should look at this document as an example of what we want to get away from, what we want never to happen again - - so that documents like this one can become fiction - - only written in someone's imagination, and not become a reality.

3 out of 5 stars

Willie Lynch Letter, real or not, close to the real truth May 8, 2006
9 out of 12 found this review helpful

The basis of the letter may help any one that feels no sense of self, or history. The real truth behind the meaning of the letter is there for everyone to read and insert themselves, but the understanding of the words therein are the search of the real truth. The real power is not a race or color, but a total disregard for any one that is inferior to the greed of the individual in power. Remember "POWER CORUPTS AND ABSOLUTE POWER CORUPTS ABSOLUTLY". Anyone of any color can be put in the position of power by seeking that power out. The letter if taken literally, will only help to continue the process described, but in reverse. The real truth behind the letter is that all in power can only remain in power if they keep ALL individuals under them separated, and distrusting and envying each other. All races, creeds, colors, religions, and of any sex are at the mercy of power. Any people that separate themselves from another to raise themselves above another are practicing the Willie Lynch so called theory and perpetuating the process. The only thing that will ever work, is that all people must stop looking at their neighbor as their enemy, in the dark we are all the same. The true light of knowledge should not change that. Greed and power goes against the teachings of any prophet, but have been successful for thousands of years, the Willie Lynch letter is not new and is just another attempt to continue the process from another angle, per say through the back door. This Willie Lynch theory which can be called by any name that represents evil, is how all of mankind has been kept at each others throat. Ironically, while working for the powers that they fear. A point of proof that this self perpetuating fire is roaring out of control. It is more evident today that there is no respect for young or old or sex or race or even life itself. Even power itself is losing control of the flames, ironically by fanning the flame itself. The overtaking of one power by another doesn't correct the problem, it only changes the one in the seat. Sadly the end of all things will come before the understanding of truth.

5 out of 5 stars

willie lynch myth or real. SLAVERY WAS REAL REGARDLESS!! March 24, 2006
13 out of 16 found this review helpful

it does not matter if willie lynch existed or not. maybe the speech in the book was written by a black man or woman who is trying to wake you up and there is nothing wrong with that. slavery isnt by way of one man like a willie lynch. see it took millions of willie lynches to hold blacks back from achieving. this book is trying to psychicly convert the minds of blacks who dont know self or history. even if the speech was not real and just made up you can not deny that all those events did happen. if you dont believe any of those events that happened in the willie lynch letter, all you have to do is read slave narratives and they will tell you in their own words about how they were treated. in your constitution it must have been a willie lynch type of white man who called indians and blacks 3/5ths of a human being. willie lynch does not just pertain to a one man just like "JIM CROW" doesnt either. willie lynch is a synonym to jim crow and thats all it is. thats what this book is saying. so whether or not willie lynch lived or wrote this letter or speech is irrelevant and dont matter. what matters is the people who put this little book together is showing you a system of racism that existed before the jim crow era which i will call the willie lynch era. the willie lych era just changed into the jim crow era thats all. an era before slavery ended and another after slavery ended in "1865".... but it really felt like 1965...... thank you for reading and i hope you got something from this.

3 out of 5 stars

Inaccurate but Informative March 22, 2006
10 out of 13 found this review helpful

Although this book is fictional it is a good source of information to glean a bit of perspective of what the slaves, my ancestors, may have faced in America. For a person to purposely think in a manner explained in this book is chilling and absolutely evil.

5 out of 5 stars

The Willie Lynch Letter and the Making of a Slave March 16, 2006
1 out of 8 found this review helpful

This is a very informative book every black person should read.

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