However, the Black Anglo Saxon has a relationship with Niggers that is inextricably interdependent. In other words, the Black Anglo Saxon must have Niggers beneath him in order to define his exaltation above the Nigger experience.
The Black Anglo Saxon is to Nigger as poor people in collective are to Capitalists.
We who understand capitalism know that capitalism only works when there are poor people. People with great means can only feel value to their wealth when measured by their distance from people in abject poverty. They then have the power and the permission (of everyone on their financial level and everyone who aspires to their financial level, including some of the impoverished) to despise, pity and blame the poor collective.
And, we who understand the Black Anglo Saxon know that this state of being only makes sense when there are Niggers. Black Anglo Saxons can only feel pride and value to their social status as alleged Non-Niggers when measured by their distance from Niggers. They then have the power and the permission (of everyone on their social status and everyone who aspires to their social status, including some of the Niggers) to despise, pity and blame the Niggers.
The sad part is that with capitalism, there is a real measurement-money. Either you have it and you are then participating in the system as a capitalist if you so choose, or you don't have it and you have no say so.
However, with the Black Anglo Saxon, there is no clear demarcation between his status and the status he assigns to Niggers. No matter what segment of the population the Black Anglo Saxon rises to, there are still people who will point to him and call him a Nigger. No matter what behavior the Black Anglo Saxon assigns to Niggers, some of that same behavior is found within people even he proclaims are Non-Niggers, including himself.
Two weeks ago when I wrote "Ghettos of Our Minds," The Black Anglo Saxons quickly and vehemently declared that there really were Black people who behaved in a "ghetto" fashion and who should accordingly, be labeled "ghetto." Yet, some of these same rotten-brained, self-hating and confused bags of crap accused me of creating labels for division when I wrote "The Black Anglo Saxon, Part 1."
And, as I pointed out in Black "The Black Anglo Saxon, Part 1," the Black Anglo Saxon feels compelled to speak for impoverished Blacks, frequently without asking them for their voice.
For example, Oprah Winfrey went to South Africa to build a Leadership Academy for girls, which in essence, is a very beautiful thing. But she couldn't just build it and shut up. She had to speak for Black youth in America, claiming that they just don't want more than iPods and sneakers.
Now, I know I just committed blasphemy to disparage the great Black Anglo Saxon goddess Oprah, but really, has she done a real survey of these children to be able to make such a blanket statement? I ask because I've seen a number of surveys, but never any survey where Black children are actually saying that they don't want anything out of life but iPods and sneakers. They want those things and they want more. Just like the rest of us.
I hear all the time that people have lost faith in the education system, but in addition to Black youth, that sentiment comes from Black adults, white youth, white adults, Hispanic...well, you get my drift. A number of people across a wide cross-section of society have lost faith in this nation's education system, yet the Black Anglo Saxon accuses Black youth of uniquely giving up hope and "deciding" to do poorly or to do nothing at all and focus on material things.
In "The Black Anglo Saxon, Part 1," I mused that the Black Anglo Saxon knows nothing of Africa. The responses demonstrated this clearly. In emails and postings to websites, Black Anglo Saxons had no idea what Necklacing was, nor its importance to the freedom of South Africa. And, they insisted that all of the nations in Africa really are afflicted with AIDS, civil war and extreme poverty brought on by the wretched Africans who do not want to do better.
By making such a declaration on behalf of Africans, the Black Anglo Saxon is tacitly praising the European for his interference in African nations and secretly desires more, believing that Western Civilization is best for all parties involved. These are the same rotten minds that give birth to backward concepts including the one that dictates that slavery was actually started by Africans who sold their own people to the pirates who took them to the new world.
You see, the sad thing about the Black Anglo Saxon is that he knows little about the history of the Anglo Saxons he worships, and even less about the history of Black people. He is shamed into silence when his white friends speak of African art or any other portion of the African cultural existence, which is a mystery to the Black Anglo Saxon.
In fact, the Black Anglo Saxon no longer compares his or herself to Africa, African descendants in America or even Africans from days gone by. Instead, comparisons are always made to or with European standards.
For example, in an age of permissiveness that has given way to out of control children, the Black Anglo Saxon now views physical discipline as tantamount to slavery, where the parent attempts to own the child and recreate slavery conditions. The Black Anglo Saxon can not see how ludicrous this is, when such a mindset would have the person attempting to recreate slavery, seeking to do so with spouses, friends, employees, etc. However, I would personally like to enslave a Black Anglo Saxon or two on my plantation.
It is important to note that some of our people in Africa are as deluded about us as some of us are about them. But when you look at the way that they view us and the way that they view race (Blacks vs. Coloreds), you realize that they have the same racist European influences.
It is also important to note that Black Americans are essentially a new cultural being. We have a unique experience in being Black in America, which is neither solely Black nor solely American, yet some of us want to shed the African ties and embrace solely the American ties. Even if we do so in our minds, we can never escape the burden of our skin color and our past. This is the tragedy of the Black Anglo Saxon, for whom escapism is a primary goal never to be achieved.
Not all of us are Black Anglo Saxons. Many of us seek self-awareness, knowledge of self and mental freedom as we struggle to define ourselves and our position in today's society.
In summary, the Black Anglo Saxon is really yesterday's deluded and sad House Nigger, all dressed up and pretending to be a part of some nebulous group that even he can not really define. And, for all of his genuflecting to Europeans the world over and attempts to distance himself from Niggers, the Black Anglo Saxon finds himself identified as a Nigger by members of the very group he attempts to emulate and join.
- Darryl James is an award-winning author who is now a filmmaker. His first mini-movie, "Crack," was released in March of 2006. He is currently filming a full length documentary. James' latest book, "Bridging The Black Gender Gap," is the basis of his lectures and seminars. Previous installments of this column can now be viewed at www.bridgecolumn.com. James can be reached at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..