Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority
“Black people are not dark-skinned white people,” says advertising visionary Tom Burrell. In fact, they are a lot more.They
are survivors of the Middle Passage and centuries of humiliation and
deprivation, who have excelled against the odds, constantly making a way
out of “no way!” At this point in history, the idea of black
inferiority should have had a “Going-Out-of-Business Sale.” After all,
Barack Obama has reached the Promised Land.
Yet, as
Brainwashed: Erasing the Myth of Black Inferiority testifies,
too much of black America is still wandering in the wilderness. In this
powerful examination of “the greatest propaganda campaign of all
time”—the masterful marketing of black inferiority Burrell poses 10
provocative questions that will make black people look in the mirror and
ask why, nearly 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, so many
blacks still think like slaves.
BUY NOW ONSALE!Brainwashed is not a reprimand;
it is a call to deprogram ourselves of self-defeating attitudes and
actions. Racism is not the issue; how we respond to racism is the issue.
We must undo negative brainwashing and claim a new state of race-based
self-esteem and self-actualization. Provocative and powerful,
Brainwashed dares to expose the wounds so that we, at last, can heal.
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Who is Tom Burrel?
Marketing
communications pioneer Tom Burrell is a recognized leader and
change-agent credited with revolutionizing the use of positive and
realistic images of African Americanrsquo;s in television advertising.
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What others are saying about this BOOK?
Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2019Verified Purchase
Very heavy read. Blacks and Latinos are brainwashed due to the idiot
box or just technology and we are not aware plus being passed down from
gen to gen bad habits. This book will make you think twice on how you
conduct yourself and thoughts. I feel like books like this should be
read for kids going into middle school because that is the age where it
can start. No book of knowledge is too much for any age. As a parent my
10 year old son is reading this book and his father is too. We encourage
our son to be above the mess and these books help him understand why we
do and say the things we say to him because this place called Babylon
will not help him
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2016Verified Purchase
This was a great book as it gave detailed information about the plight
of African-Americans in light of media exploitation. I gave the rating
of five stars because of its details on coming back from slavery to
modern day . This topic is important to me because I am doing a research
project that investigates why African-American emerging adult men have a
low self image . What I appreciate about the book is the authors candid
articulation of what he perceives as the denigration of
African-Americans and his empire's unapologetic assessment of how media
has contributed to the dismantling of African-Americans true identity
and humanity . What was challenging for me as I read was the tendency
for the author to not detail other possibilities of why
African-Americans do certain things . For instance, the thought of
straightening one's hair is thought to be connected to wanting to be
white and I'm not sure if that's always true. I do believe that there
are some women in particular who are tender headed and just don't want
to go through the pain every day . I guess the other challenge that I
had is when do we give ourselves permission to laugh at our own plight
without feeling condemned ; :we have to fight the battle of racism all
the time. With those insights and concerns I still would give this book a
rating of five stars
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