What Black People Need To Know About Status, Nationality .

What Black People Need to Know aboutStatus, Nationality, and Being StatelessPersons and Why Not Knowing is LiterallyKilling Them1by e.smithMotherland America Magazine August 14-15, 2016Black and White are legal statuses, not social identities

There is an old saying, if you want to hidesomething from Black people, put it in abook. That saying has for many become aself-fulfilling prophecy. David Walker’sAppeal, published initially in 1829,addressed the wretchedness of the“coloured” people—expressly those of theUnited States of America—in consequenceto colonization, religion, slavery, andignorance. Approximately 187 years later,the “coloured” still deal with these issues,especially ignorance. Many of the peoplewho refer to themselves as Black/AfricanAmerican lack knowledge and fail to realizethat they:Taj Tarik Bey, a scholarand exceptional legalmind, tells us that it isknowledge that isneeded to bring thepeople out of theircurrent position. Hegoes on to say that theaboriginal people mustbecome aware of lawand history to decideintellectually how toparticipate in thisreality. In studying, theaboriginal must studyhistory, etymology,cosmology, and law,among other subjects.People, he continues,do not understand law,what law is, and whatlaw is not. The firstissue, according to Bey,is your status. Blacks/African Americans are not perishingfrom a lack of vision; they are perishingfrom a lack of knowledge. They are miseducated from birth. What is worse, they donot know that they have been miseducated.What is status?1Motherland America Magazine 2016Are aboriginal or indigenous toAmerica—and the planetHave been mis-educated to be woefullyignorant of linguistics, language(especially the English language, thoughthink they speak it), geography, history,government, etymology, and law—among other subjectsDo not comprehend the importance ofthe 1857 Dred Scott Supreme CourtDecision and how it is still relevanttodayHave the right to self-determinationDo not comprehend the magnitude ofthe situation they are in today, nor dothey realize there are remedies (i.e.,solutions)

Figure 1. 1828 Copper PennyAre You Black or Aboriginal?Aboriginal Americans have been miseducated to believe they are Black/AfricanAmerican and not aboriginal or indigenous.You are what your mother was, and if yourmother’s mother, back through antiquitywas aboriginal, you, yourself, are aboriginal.This copper coloring is nothing close to thecoloring of the persons who inhabit thereservations today. Overwhelming evidenceexists, in addition to the 1828 definition, toprove that dark-colored people, not thepale modern-day Native American, wereactually the first people to inhabit theAmerican landmass. Reference MotherlandAmerican Magazine’s article Will The RealAmericans Please Stand Up? in theSeptember/October 2015 Premiere Issuefor more evidence.Examine the following definition forAmerican from the 1828 Noah Websterdictionary:AMER'ICAN, noun A native of America;originally applied to the aboriginals, orcopper-colored races, found here by theEuropeans; but now applied to thedescendants of Europeans born in America.In 1828, copper looked like this:The Mis-Education of the AboriginalIn 1933, Carter G. Woodson’s The MisEducation of the Negro was published.Woodson told us that the system ofeducation, even if it takes place inaboriginal (meaning so-called Black/AfricanAmerican) schools, must educate the mindsof aboriginals to “be convinced of theirinferiority” and “to handicap a student byteaching him that his black face is a curseand that his struggle to change his conditionis hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.” Hewent on to write, “when a negro hasfinished his education then, he has beenequipped to begin the life of anAmericanized or Europeanized white man”and as a result, most highly educatedaboriginal people become useless to or theyabandon the group altogether. Yet2Motherland America Magazine 2016

Black and White are legal statuses, notsocial identities. United States PresidentBarack Obama allegedly said on the TomJoyner Morning Show, when he wasreferred to as the first black president, notto refer to him as that because black has nostanding at law (Bey, 2016). Christians(Caucasians), during the Inquisition andcolonization, branded the aboriginal withdifferent names (i.e., black, Negro, colored)to remove their status (Bey, 2016).aboriginal people continue sending theirchildren through the system and any systemthat educates you out of your community isnot a system to be trusted. This system has,in fact, educated the aboriginals not onlyout of their community, but out of theirright minds.Unfortunately aboriginal people, in general,are emotional people, many finding comfortin religious belief rather than in seekingknowledge. Taj Tarik Bey, a scholar andexceptional legal mind, tells us that it isknowledge that is needed to bring thepeople out of their current position. Hegoes on to say that the aboriginal peoplemust become aware of law and history todecide intellectually how to participate inthis reality. In studying, the aboriginal muststudy history, etymology, cosmology, andlaw, among other subjects. People, hecontinues, do not understand law, what lawis, and what law is not. The first issue,according to Bey, is your status. What isstatus? According to Black’s Law Dictionary,Second Edition:To further clarify status and nationality:Keep in mind that the social, political, andCivilization equation and synonym for‘Unity’ is called ‘Nationality.’ Nationality isthat quality or character which arises fromthe fact of a natural person belonging to anation or nation-state. Nationalitydetermines the political status of theindividual, especially with reference toallegiance.Status refers to the ‘standing,’ state, orcondition and the social position that onehas; thus the legal relation of the individualto the rest of the community. The rights, theduties, the capacities and incapacities whichdetermine the legal categorization of aperson to a given class. Status is a legalpersonal relationship, not temporary in itsnature, nor terminable at the mere will ofthe parties, with which third persons andthe state are concerned (quoted from RVBey Publication’s promotional materials).Status. The status of a person is his legal position orcondition.Here is another good question; if it is aboutstatus, then why do people speak aboutnationality and declaring nationality.According to Black’s Law Dictionary, SecondEdition:Nationality. That quality or character which arisesfrom the fact of a person’s belonging to a nation orstate. Nationality determines the political statusof the individual, especially with reference toallegiance; while domicile determines his civilstatus. Nationality arises either by birth or bynaturalization.People without a nationality or a name (i.e.,black, Negro, colored), are consideredstateless persons.3Motherland America Magazine 2016

A stateless person is someone who is "notconsidered as a national by any state underthe operation of its law;" he or she has nocitizenship or nationality. The UN RefugeeAgency further clarifies stateless people byadding that they may have difficultyaccessing basic rights such as education,healthcare, employment and freedom ofmovement. Without these things, they canface a lifetime of obstacles anddisappointment.Many people have no doubt seen this format some time in their lives, possibly filling itout with other paper work when beginningnew employment or at school. But what dothose racial categories actually mean?American Indian and Alaska Native is thecategory that aboriginal Americans shouldselect. However, the condition of whomaintains tribal affiliation or communityattachment makes it difficult to select thiscategory, though most aboriginals have thesame oral family history of having “Indian intheir families.” This definition may bewritten this way to keep the true aboriginalout of this category, yet ensures that themodern-day Native Americans on thereservations—who are mostly Asian/Asiandilute and Caucasian, with some darkskinned aboriginals—select this category.Also adding to the confusion with checkingthis box is the creation of blood quantum.Does this sound familiar?Standard Form-181How does the aboriginal begin resolving theissue of nationality and status? He canbegin with SF-181, Ethnicity and RaceIdentification. On this form are five racialcategories with definitions (see figure 2)created by the United States Department ofEducation (IPEDS).Figure 2. Racial Categories and Definitions from the SF-1814Motherland America Magazine 2016

The Asian and Native Hawaiian or OtherPacific Islander categories are fairly correct.The White category states origin in peoplesof Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.The Middle East and North Africahistorically are hot climates where darkpeople originated, and archeology tells usthat the aboriginal European people weredark-skinned people. Thusly, modern-daysciences inform us that the Caucasian couldnot possibly have these origins; and this iswhat informs us that White is a status andnot a true racial class. Using the informationin the SF-181, Raven Simone can make thecase that she is “dark white” and WhoopiGoldberg and Oprah can make the case thatyes, they are “American.”1857 Dred Scott DecisionIn addition, race and ethnicity tie people tonations. There is no country called White.There is no country called Black. There is nocountry called Africa America. Africans,when they come to this country, sociallyidentify with their country of origin, not theentire continent of Africa. They are NigerianAmericans, Ghanaian Americans, and so on.However, they are also White.The most common wording from thisDecision is that a Negro or person of Africandescent “had no rights which the white manwas bound to respect.” Each time that youdeclare yourself as Black/African American,this is just one aspect of this reality that youagree to; this is why the police are able tobrutalize and execute aboriginal Americanpeople with impunity. Also note that thisDecision does not apply to any other racialcategory. The Decision definitely does notapply to the White racial category, and notethat White (Free White Person2) is notsynonymous with Caucasian.The 1857 Dred Scott Supreme CourtDecision is still relevant. The Decision isrelevant for persons referring to themselvesas Black/African American. According toBlack’s Law Dictionary, Sixth Edition:Dred Scott Case. The case in which the UnitedStates Supreme Court held that descendants ofAfricans who were imported into this country, andsold as slaves, were not included nor intended to beincluded under the word “Citizens” in theConstitution, whether emancipated or not, andremained without rights or privileges except such asthose which the government might grant them.Dred Scott v. Sanford, 60 U.S. (19 How.) 393, 15L.Ed. 691.Have you ever wondered how so manyforeigners come to the United States ofAmerica and succeed where the aboriginalfails? The reason is that most foreignerswho come here are advised of and affordedthe choice to identify politically as White.Being White in the United States comeswith privileges, while being Black comeswith restrictions such as those found in theDred Scott Decision.The Right to Self-DeterminationIf you don’t do anything else, declare yournationality.– Noble Drew Ali5Motherland America Magazine 2016