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  • Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority
  • By: Tom Burrell
  • Narrated by: Sylvester Brown Jr.
  • Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (10 ratings)
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By: Tom Burrell
Narrated by: Sylvester Brown Jr.
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Summary

"Black people are not dark-skinned white people", says advertising visionary Tom Burrell. In fact, they are much more. They are survivors of the Middle Passage and centuries of humiliation and deprivation, who have excelled against the odds, constantly making a way out of "No way!" At this pivotal point in history, the idea of Black inferiority should have had a "Going-Out-of-Business Sale." After all, Barack Obama reached America's Promised Land. 

Yet, as Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority testifies, too many in Black America are still wandering in the wilderness. In this powerful examination of "the greatest propaganda campaign of all time" - the masterful marketing of Black inferiority, aka the BI Complex - Burrell poses 10 disturbing questions that will make Black people look in the mirror and ask why, nearly 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, so many Blacks still think and act like slaves. Burrell's acute awareness of the power of words and images to shift, shape, and change the collective consciousness has led him to connect the contemporary and historical dots that have brought us to this crossroads. 

Brainwashed is not a reprimand - it is a call to action. It demands that we question our self-defeating attitudes and behaviors. Racism is not the issue; how we respond to media distortions and programmed self-hatred is the issue. It's time to reverse the BI campaign with a globally based initiative that harnesses the power of new media and the wisdom of intergenerational coalitions. Provocative and powerful, Brainwashed dares to expose the wounds so that we, at last, can heal. 

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©2009 Tom Burrell (P)2020 Hay House, Inc.

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Brilliant

This book clearly analyses issues facing the black community not just related to America but also pertinent to the UK.

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interested read Good knowledge 👌

Enjoyed the book very knowledgeable
could recommend to a friend
we need more books like this

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