Roland, TJMS, 03.12.10: Roland S. Martin/Tom Joyner Morning Show, Roland talks with Tom Burrell, author of “Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority”
Roland talks with Tom Burrell, author of “Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority”. Burrell explains that negative images of African-Americans have been distributed for 400 years. Through the distribution of these images the myth of Black inferiority was created. The myth was sold to America in order to justify the profound contradiction of democracy and slavery. Making slaves look like something other than human was the beginning of the most successful marketing campaign in history.
Burrell states later on in the conversation that the abused become apart of the abusing team, where we are perpetrating the myth. Burrell explains that his book, “Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority”, is a guide on how to fight back against this.
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