How To Dismantle The Racial Hierarchy IV: Assimilation.

“Pejorative terms abound for all nonwhites who assimilate a superior racial identity and are used as tools of the Racial Hierarchy”

When a Black dread-locked scholar, a New York Times Number One Best Seller, proclaims in his thesis that “Black people can be racist too,” he validates the pseudo-scientific objective of genetic inferiority in Black people; if there is shared equity on the Racial Hierarchy, then sustained racial group disparity can only be explained as an inherent biological-genetic defect. The Racial Hierarchy is not a “biracial” or “multiracial” construct of superior order as that notion is logically incoherent: Black and other non-whites do not have shared equity of power afforded by the Racial Hierarchy, as that would defeat the hierarchy’s purpose.

The failure to contemplate, fully, the danger of not extrapolating the operation of the Racial Hierarchy, may sell many books and create celebrity status, but it fuels the divide based on color stratification. We must not be mislead to paths that result in confusion and irrelevance. Rather, we must remain aware of the fact that race has a specific application; it is the language of White supremacy and White supremacy is the language of the Racial Hierarchy.

Scholars who guide the public about race frequently make the errors of:

1) Portraying an assimilated identity as if it where an identity endogenous to the superior position on the Racial Hierarchy.

2) Mis-characterizing the Racial Hierarchy as a stratification that is fluid in nature; that positions within the fixed hierarchical arrangement can somehow shift or that people in lower racial groups can morph to positions of shared equity with the superior racial group.

3) Confusing the specific application of the language of “race” with language reserved for ambiguous acts, mainly discrimination, bigotry and genocide.

This is the fourth installment in a series dedicated to dismantling the Racial Hierarchy by focused attack on the cancer itself, not its symptoms. The first installment defined the Racial Hierarchy, the second installment described Racial Identity, the third installment discussed the Language of the Racial Hierarchy and the current installment is centered on the concept of Identity Assimilation within the context of a Racial Hierarchy.

Ascension by Blacks and other nonwhites to assimilated power does not afford superior placement on the Racial Hierarchy. For example, there are currently more Black billionaires, millionaires, Judges, CEOs, and other professionals on the planet earth than at any other time in modern history, however, “racial group” inequities persists despite the assimilation of power reserved for superior racial group membership on the hierarchy.

The Racial Hierarchy does not allow Blacks and other non-whites to become what they can only assimilate. Non-whites can act racist with racist thoughts or racist ideas; the Racial Hierarchy certainly encourages that. But the power non-whites exercise over people is borrowed, even granted; there can be no sharing of absolute power on the Racial Hierarchy with the superior group.

There is no such thing as a Black racial supremacy, an Asian racial supremacy, an Indian racial supremacy or any other nonwhite supremacy. If you are a member of a nonwhite racial group then you will never be at the top of the Racial Hierarchy. Pejorative terms abound for all nonwhites who assimilate a superior identity and are used as tools of the Racial Hierarchy.

When scholars portray assimilated identity as if it were endogenous, they make the error of elevating attribute to causation; they turn the stimulus into the response or the cause into the effect.

There is a history stretching back centuries of Black people in positions of influence that have assimilated a superior racial identity and, as a result, they have used their borrowed power to the betterment of both themselves and the Power Elite while at the detriment of common citizens. The positions of Tim Scott, Leo Africanus, William Hannibal Thomas, Clarence Thomas, Ken Blackwell, Allen West, Daniel Cameron, Peter Prioleau, Ben Carson, and Candace Owens among countless others, result from acts of White supremacy, they reflect White supremacy, they represent White supremacy, but they are not White supremacy itself.

The Racial Hierarchy allows “borrowed power” for any nonwhite person but granting that power, influence, or authority does not ascend that individual to the superior position on the hierarchy. The Racial Hierarchy can only allow for assimilation. Nonwhites can be tools used by hierarchy tentacles. But nonwhites are not White, will never be White, and despite their efforts, they will never ascend to the superior position on the Racial Hierarchy; they can only assume a White racial group identity.

In order for a nonwhite to act racist, they must assume the identity that entails a superior position on the Racial Hierarchy. Since nonwhites can never actually be in the superior position on the Racial Hierarchy, they can only assume it or better yet, assimilate it; this manner of power assimilation renders nonwhites to “act” racist.

The error made by scholars of race studies is that they elevate attribute to cause; they portray an assimilated trait as if it were endogenous. That is, they apply behavioral attributes, endogenous to the superior racial group identity, to members of nonwhite racial groups without differentiating the endogenous trait from the assimilated trait. One is the stimulus, the other, the response. One the cause, the other, the effect.

Stating that “Blacks can be racist too” portends that behavioral attributes endogenous to superior racial group identity somehow become endogenous to Black racial group identity as well. But Blacks cannot be White, the trait endogenous to White racial group identity can only be assimilated by Black racial group members. While members of the White racial group can be racist if they identify with their superior position on the Racial Hierarchy, members of the Black racial group can only act racist if they choose to assimilate the superior position. So, for example, it is incorrect to label Ken Blackwell as “racist” because Ken Blackwell is not a member of the White racial group, however, Ken Blackwell is “acting racist” because he has assimilated traits endogenous to the superior racial group; he has assimilated a pathological identity.

In order to dismantle a construct that has been around for four-hundred years or more, we must define and illustrate how it manifests in modern human existence. We must understand its insidious nature in order to establish awareness of when and how it operates and also when concepts and ideas put forth about the condition of human relations, fail to pass logical mustard. For example, if we understand the Racial Hierarchy at its core, then we immediately recognize that statements like “Blacks can be racist too,” are inherently illogical.

In a similar vein, we can explain delusional behavior by large groups as warped attempts to preserve the Racial Hierarchy by any means. This segues into the fifth installment: Mental Health, to be published February 14, 2021. Thank you for reading.

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