Ernie : Well said, I should add your reasons to my short summary. However, I've heard more than enough comments from black people over the years about the legacy of slavery and how it has effected them to understand that African-American culture cannot be fathomed without reference to it. It has to be explained since everyone in the African-American community knows about it and stories about the slave past are part of everyone's heritage. The impetus to negate that slave past is strong and my guess is that this will remain current for a long, long time. Billy ------------------------------------------------------------------- In a message dated 10/31/2009 10:57:46 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Hi Billy, On Oct 31, 2009, at 10:07 AM, [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) wrote: One reason given for the attractiveness of Islam to African-Americans is that Christianity, for Blacks, has been regarded as a "slave religion." Islam is seen as a valid non-slave alternative. In other words, pure ignorance justifies conversion to Islam on the part of the 2 million plus African-American Muslims I do think that is an over-simplification. A better explanation is that Islam is: a) counter-cultural, for those who feel alienated from mainstream culture b) authoritarian, for those who come from father-abstent homes As such, it isn't surprising that it gains traction among certain segments of the African-American community. I agree the bit about Christianity and slavery is at best a red herring. -- Ernie P. = _______________________________________________ Centroids mailing list: [email protected] http://radicalcentrism.com/mailman/listinfo/centroids_radicalcentrism.com Archives at http://radicalcentrism.org/pipermail/centroids_radicalcentrism.com/
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