To Black America:

HOW TO KEEP A BLACK MAN DOWN

In the words of Willie Lynch in 1712, there are many ways in which you can keep control of your "slaves". His wisdom of 288 years has not changed. It's time to wake up Black America!


GENTLEMAN:
I greet you here on the bank of the James River in the year of our Lord, one thousand seven hundred and twelve. First I shall thank you, the Gentlemen of the Colony of Virginia, for bringing me here. I am here to help you solve some of your problems with slaves. Your invitation reached me on my modest plantation in the West Indies where I have experimented with some of the newest and still the oldest methods for control of slaves. Ancient Rome would envy us if my program is implemented. As our boat sailed south on the James River, named for our illustrious King James, whose bible we cherish, I saw enough to know that your program is not unique. While Rome used cords of wood as crosses for standing human bodies along the old highways in great numbers, you are here using the tree and the rope on occasion.

I caught the whiff of a dead slave hanging from a tree a couple of miles back. You are not only losing valuable stock by hangings, you are having uprisings, slaves are running away, your crops are sometimes left in the fields too long for maximum profit, you suffer occasional fires, your animals are killed, gentlemen...you know what your problems are; I do not need to elaborate. I am not here to enumerate your problems, I am here to introduce you to a method of solving them.

In my bag here, I have a fool-proof method for controlling your black slaves. I guarantee everyone of you that if installed correctly it will control the slaves for at least 300 years. My method is simple, any member of your family or any overseer can use it.

I have outlined a number of differences among the slaves, and I take these differences and make them bigger. I use fear, distrust, and envy for control purposes. These methods have worked on my modest plantation in the West Indies, and it will work throughout the South. Take this simple little test of differences and think about them. On the top of my list is "Age", but it is there because it only starts with an "A"; the second is "Color" or shade; there is intelligence, size, sex, size of plantations, attitude of owners, whether the slaves live in the valley, on a hill, East, West, North, South, have fine or coarse hair, or is tall or short. Now that you have a list of differences, I shall give you an outline of action--but before that, I shall assure you that distrust is stronger than trust, and envy is stronger than adulation, respect, or admiration.

The Black Slave, after receiving this indoctrination, shall carry on and will become self refueling and self generating for hundreds of years, maybe thousands.

Don't forget, you must pitch the old Black vs. the young Black male, and the young Black male against the old Black male. You must use the dark skinned slaves vs the light skinned slaves, and the light skinned slaves vs. the dark skinned slaves. You must use the female vs. the male, and the male vs. the female. You must also have your servants and overseers distrust all Blacks, but it is necessary that your slaves trust and depend on us. They must love, respect, and trust only us.

Gentlemen, these kits are your keys to control, use them. Have your wives and children use them. Never miss opportunity. My plan is guaranteed, and the good thing about this plan is that if used intensely for one year, the slaves themselves will remain perpetually distrustful.



MY VIEW:
I feel that the future is a direct reflection of the past. In order to know where you are going, you must first know where you are coming free.

I believe the in order for blacks to rise together and overcome all obstacles that are placed in front of them, they must first understand their past, their heritage, and those that are keeping them down.

Although I feel that the letter from Lynch shows some relevance to the black society, it is quite unforunate that the black society is unaware of it. All blacks need to read this letter so they can see how they are viewed by others. They need to read this letter so they can get a better look at themselves. I believe that the number one problem in black culture is self enpowerment. Many blacks, in my opinion, are trying to better themselves and only themselves by trying to be in the top position of power. They don't help out others cause of the the fear that the person that they help might be better than them. They don't want to admit their fears or mistakes cause they feel that someone may see that as weakness and try to be better than them. Much like what is written in the letter, blacks don't trust other blacks and that is one of our main differences from other cultures and societies. Blacks rarely help other blacks because blacks feel that they need to be in power. Blacks needs to see that power can be better conquered as whole and will be lost individually. Until all blacks see and realize how they are viewed, they will never change. Blacks need to realize that the world is not based on the 'me' mentality so a person can not make it by themselves. But because in slavery and in the past they were taught to be against each other, that is how blacks are living. Many blacks feel that the 'white' man is the cure for all problems. "Be like the 'white' man, act like the 'white'man, talk like the 'white' man, become the 'white' man." That is only what blacks have been taught years ago so that is what blacks are living to believe. The 'white' man is not the answer to everything. Blacks have been brainwashed to belive liek that. Although currently, there are people who are understanding, but many are still brainwashed and refuse to see anything other. So by understanding the past and by learning and overcoming from it, all black people will understand the real answer and take the power in their hands (as a whole) and not try to hold it in their individual hands.