About the Book

     As a people, African Americans have failed to address one of the most serious  issues that confront them, the issue of their lost humanity. The failure in part is due to becoming too consumed by race. African Americans have become people of the race. Race affects everything they think, feel, see, hear and speak.  Race  is  the beginning, middle and end of all things. It's considered before family, friends,  nation, culture and God. With maybe one exception, African Americans are the most race conscious people in America. The sad news is, the race cannot save them.  Race as it is currently viewed represents the last living vestige of slavery. Until the shackles and chains of racial identity are removed, African Americans cannot restore their humanity.     The keys to remove them are found in this book. The readers will find them in the form of seeds, that when planted and nurtured, will create a new civilization.

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From Freedom to Slavery

ABOUT THE BOOK

FROM FREEDOM TO SLAVERY

The family is the foundation of human civilization, the weight of the whole society rest on the family. At no time in history was the weight greater, and the family weaker than it is today. Prior to the arrival of Europeans in the 15th Century, African families were among the strongest in the world. They were strong because they controlled every aspect of family formation. Traditions were such that there were no unintended pregnancies, out of wedlock births or unknown fathers. Sex took place only within marriage and all conceptions were planned and announced to the family beforehand. Maintaining the integrity of the family was placed above all things.

When we look at the family of our ancestors and the family that we produce today it’s very difficult to find many similarities. In a typical African American family less than 5% of the conceptions are planned. Of the pregnancies that occur ninety percent or more are unintended. Thirty four percent of these pregnancies end in abortion. Of those who survive the womb 70% are born out of wedlock and of this number at least 50% live in a single parent home. Of those who marry 56% get divorced and to add insult to injury there are some (4) million African Americans who do not know the identity of their biological father.

Unlike our ancestors, family is not being perpetuated by the desire for family, this tradition has been lost. If intent were required for procreation more than likely African American people would become extinct. Family is not something that most African Americans consciously pursue. Family is coming to them in the form of an imposition, much like it did during slavery. During slavery the decision to produce a family was not made by the enslaved, it was made by the slave owner. The enslaved had no say so in how the family was formed or how it operated. In my opinion not having this freedom for two hundred years produced a mindset that will not allow African Americans to control the formation of their families. This mindset stands as the single greatest impediment to achievement.

Racism, discrimination, civil rights, equal justice, and economic development are indeed critical issues but the most critical issue affecting African Americans today is how we form our families. Until we address this issue there will be no liberation. The struggle for liberation will not be won in the streets, in the courts, or in the workplace. To win this struggle it has to take place in the home, one family at a time. This book is a blue print for those who want to seriously take up the struggle. It is a vivid illustration of how to form a strong family. To do so we must adopt traditions that, allow the family to reconnect to its seed. Only then can we rekindle the desire for family.

Charles Williams/Author
SAVE THE FAMILY INSTITUTE
950 South Peachtree Street, Suite 102
Norcross, GA 30071

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