The Aware Negro

YY YY says:

First collegiate level books and author I read and discovered at 10 years
old thanks to my mom’s awareness! May he Rest In Peace !

AfricanThinkingChannel says:

"…Except for those deeply rooted genetic and congenital errors of
metabolism or the severe physiological conditions whose effects are
irresistibly psychological, mental and emotional dysfunctions are founded
in the nature of an individual’s interpersonal and social relations. The
social, economic, and political agendas of the group and society in which
we develop, the emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and evaluational
character of the primary group, i.e., mother, father, siblings, relatives
and other significant persons with which we relate in meaningful ways,
combine with our own inherent contribution to distort an identity that is
called our personality. The culture, the society, and the primary group
with their agendas, problems and conflicts; with their overwhelming
forceful, persuasive and punitive attempts to rule and regulate our lives
and determine our reality, become incorporated in our bodies and incarnated
in our minds…

The question that often goes unasked or unanswered, from a general
theoretical point-of-view, is one that asks: “What familial, societal role
is played by the maladjusted personality?” If the maladjusted personality
is created and maintained by a social system, whether that system be
dyadic, familial or societal, then it is reasonable to assume that such a
personality is created and maintained because it is needed; because it is
essential to the functioning of that system, or some segment of that
system. The maladjusted personality is created and maintained in service to
another.

Often a maladjusted personality is created and maintained in service to
parental and familial self-image; to societal, economic, political values
and goals…

If the maladjusted personality is a defensive and avoidant one, and such
defensive and avoidant tendencies are deemed neurotic, then they are
created to defend the individual against neurotic demands and to help him
avoid a reality that is painful…

Unhealthy personalities cannot be created by healthy environments. Since
the un-health of an individual or group can result in the relative health,
wealth, security, power and sense of identity of another individual or
group, then it serves the interests of the latter individual or group,
i.e., the dominant individual or group really becomes dependent and comes
to need the unhealthiness of the former. If the health of the former means
a reduction in the dominance of the latter, then the latter will resist the
health of the former despite its pretentions to the contrary.

The captive African’s maladjustment justifies European dominance and
exploitation, rationalizes Eurocentric treatment of African people and
thereby reduces their guilt and self-condemnatory feelings for behaving
toward the African in ways contrary to their stated political and
constitutional, ethical, moral, and religious principles. The maladjustment
of black people maintains Eurocentric self-esteem, self-definition and
identity, self-concept, sense of security and control since the captive
African’s debilitated state, debased and degraded nature will not permit
him to successfully overcome such dominance. Black maladjustment induces
the captive African to engage in self-defeating behavior, which relieves
the Eurocentric establishment of having to impose direct militaristic
oppression and allows it to blame the victim for his own predicament. It
induces the captive African to behave in such a way such that he will
economically and otherwise, and apparently of his own accord, support the
European establishment to the detriment of his own without being conscious
of his doing so. Maladjustment is used to induce the African to engage in
self-destructive behavior so that he may annihilate himself, or that his
demise can be permitted or enacted without triggering Eurocentric guilt and
without costly resistance…
" (note: last 5 paragraphs I got from another one of Amos Wilson’s lectures
where he reads from his own manuscript(s) speaking on this same topic)

This man was quite simply the greatest theoretical psychologist of
all-time! There is no psychologist — past or present; black, white or
other — who was ever as brilliant as he. You only arrive at this level of
clarity and these types of theoretical conclusions by having a powerful
intellect. In other words, Amos was no light-weight. Don’t take this man’s
words and insight for granted, Afrikans. This is as GOOD as it gets.

Soul Of A Roguish Sun says:

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The Bantu says:

Dr Wilson is one of the TRUEST of true African Leaders. Sekenen Re, Amose,
and Kamose in 1, without an army! Thank you for a transforming
understanding. Now let us take this up and begin to teach our children,
otherwise they will grow up and we will still speak of the same thing we
lament today. We may not feel like we are doing enough however. Though MLK
did not come to the depth of insight as Dr Wilson, yet he provided
leadership at a time it was sorely needed. Therefore I quote from him:
"If you can’t fly, run; if you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl;
whatever you do you MUST MOVE FORWARD!" Nothing little we do, if it is
positive, is too little!

Canada racing joy says:

Love this man. He has taught me how to view this world. My hero.

Knight B says:

wow he pretty much predicted Obama!!

Tara Kamiya says:

This is from 1988

eric mccray says:

YES,WE HAVE QUITE A FEW LECTURERS & SPEAKERS AND MANY HAVE TRIED TO BUILD.
THOSE WHO HAVE’NT BUILT ANYTHING, LAID OUT A VERY GOOD BLUEPRINT !!! THIS
ONE OF THE VERY FEW LECTURES I’VE SEEN OF THE LATE DR.AMOS WILSON!!!

eye witness says:

Thanks to the upload. Adding to the Amos Wilson library.