Beyond White Superiority Syndrome Conditioning in America
Copyright 2019 by Christopher Bell Jr., ED.D.
ISBN: 978-1-64674-009-3
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Prologue:
The meaning of Beyond White Superiority Syndrome (WSS) Conditioning
What is White Superiority Syndrome (WSS)? This author defines White superiority syndrome (WSS) as the internalized belief in both white and black people that white people, as a race, are smarter and better and more beautiful than Black people. By better we mean that White people are more deserving of good things happening to them than are black people. By smarter we mean that white people are more intelligent than Black people and should therefore control the government and the society. By more beautiful we mean that white peoples physical characteristics represent the epitome of how human beings should look, i.e. pale skin, blond straight hair, narrow nose, thin lips, etc.
What is White Superiority Syndrome (WSS) conditioning? White Superiority Syndrome (WSS) conditioning is the everyday processes by which Americas white supremacy culture indoctrinates, educates, socializes, and acculturates Americans to accept and believe that assigning higher values and more privileges, rights, and advantages to white people than to black people is good, reasonable, and healthy for America; because white people are superior to bla ck people.
The instrumentalities and institutions involved in this White Superiority Syndrome (WSS) conditioning or acculturation process include Americas white-controlled: political system, civic policies, police practices, judicial systems, educational goals and practices; religious orientation, news media, and entertainment institutions. These institutions and instrumentalities are key factors in the White Superiority Syndrome (WSS) conditioning whereby many Americans accept white supremacy or white racist practices as desirable or practical, good for law and order, and otherwise justified. These major WSS conditioning agencies, institutions, and instrumentalities work together to form, shape, or mold the thinking, the belief patterns, the hopes, the moral direction, and the values and aspirations of most Americans. They serve the American public: (a) in ways that favor white people over black people; (b) in ways that provide more power, prestige, privilege, and profitable opportunities to white people than to black people; (c) in ways that tell both black and white people directly and subliminally that white people are superior to blac k people.
Although most Americans experience WSS conditioning processes, these processes are not 100% effective and many people stave off WSS conditioning; especially if they have received intervening information, experiences, or teachings that neutralize the effectiveness of such con ditioning.
What do we mean by Beyond White Superiority Syndrome (WSS) conditioning ? When we speak of Beyond White Superiority Syndrome (WSS) conditioning, we are referring to a future era in which most White and Black Americans have overcome or neutralized todays normal American White Superiority Syndrome conditioning processes. However, such an era will never come unless and until both white and black people develop new ways of thinking and believing about themselves (self-awareness), and about race and race relations; and then learn to work together to move America toward a humanistic cultural reality.
What do we mean by Americas racial hypocrisy? Hypocrisy means to put on a false sense of virtues, or feigning to be what one is not, or to say that you believe what one does not.
America has presented itself to the world as: (a) the land of the Free and the Home of the Brave; and (b) the land where all citizens have equal rights, liberties, and pr ivileges;
(c) the land where life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and equal justice prevail; and, (d) the land where all men are treated as equals under the law.
These notions are underwritten in the sociological aspirations described in the United States Declaration of Independence, in several U.S. Constitutional amendments (13 th , 14 th , 15 th ), and in the American Creed. Together these documents form the core beliefs of the contract between the American government and the America n people.
Note 1:
U.S. Declaration of Independence : This Declaration of Independence reads, in part, We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights and that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of h appiness.
The 13 th , 14 th , and 15 th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution : These three amendments to the U.S. Constitution ended slavery, granted American citizenship rights to ex-slaves, and gave black people the right to vote. Together these amendments promised the newly freed black slave the same rights as white citizens.
The American Creed : A document adopted in 1918 by the U.S. Congress which reiterated Americas commitment to provide all its citizens fair treatment in the pursuit of life, liberty, social justice, and equal op portunity.
In spite of the documents noted above, the white controlled United States government and state governments have purposely failed to protect black citizens Constitutional rights. This failure is what makes the American government and its culture a first-class, upfront and center, racist and racially hypocritical government and culture with respect to its treatment of its black citizens. As a result of these racial hypocrisies, we have come to see white privilege and white racial aggressions as normal ingredients of daily life in many parts o f America.
These essays are written to: (a) inspire, and encourage all who chance to read them to resist and fight against white racism and white racial discrimination in America; (b) inform and provide new insight concerning the genesis of many racial problems along with suggested solutions; and (c) encourage and motivate readers to become self-aware of their own racial sensitivities, and strive to improve race relations within their individual zones of influence.
