The Hamitic Heritage: clues and misconceptions on the origins of the black man(part 3)

We must understand that in Jewish tradition, unlike the Europeans, the name of a person is synonymous with his identity, e.g Abraham, Isaac, Jacob. Therefore, we can logically infer that Cushie was a black man, and if so, Zephaniah was also a black man. Another case was that of Bathsheba, formerly, wife of Uriah, and later, wife of David and mother of Solomon. David and Solomon were two important figures in the genealogy of Jesus Christ. The Bible reports that Uriah was a Hittite. Today, historical evidences have made scholars to believe that Bathseba was also a Hittite. However, there is ongoing debate on whether she was a Hamitic or Semitic Hittite. (Hamitic here refers to the lineage of Ham, while Semitic is the lineage of Shem). The Hittites were a mixture of Semites and Hamites. I could go on analyzing the various discrepancies in our historical heritage as regards the black man for the rest of this article. Yet, that would not be enough to correct the wrong nature and history that the black race has been branded with, for they have been embedded in deep ideological roots far beyond what the imprisoned intellect of the average Blackman could grasp. Even when he gets to be aware of the truth, the average Blackman of today is too complacent with his materialistic world and too concerned with the struggle for survival to reflect on the relevance of things as abstract as this. Yet, this is the basis of what we now know today as the inability of the Blackman to equal his other racial contemporaries in the ability to organize an orderly, sophisticated social order. Is any black nation a world power today? It is now necessary for the Blackman to take it upon himself to know the truth about himself. So far, the research into the origin of the black man has been dominated by other races. A rapid ideological revolution is needed if the Black African nations are to achieve a sophisticated state of national development. It is not a sophisticated infrastructure that makes a civilized society, but a sophisticated ideology. If the people lack the right knowledge of their identity, infrastructure will fail. This is the case in most African countries of today. The knowledge of origin and heritage of the Black man’s identity is necessary in his quest for ideological development; for it is there that he find answers to fundamental questions plaguing him. He will be able to see the reasons why some things are how they are. He will be able to analyze the genesis of his current challenges and face them with the right knowledge. He will be able to learn that his people are not just timeless entities, contributing nothing to the history of civilization, but that they have had a glorious past, in which his ancestors flourished in civilization. Lastly, the Blackman will be able to define himself for himself and not be swallowed up in other people’s misconceptions about him. For our world to be a better place, historical truths must be acknowledged without racial sentiments. The purpose of history is to control the future by the past.

To read more on the black Jesus controversy, follow these links
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_of_Jesus
http://sathyasaibaba.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/alternate-views-of-jesus-christ-in-art-pictures-society/
http://www.africawithin.com/jgjackson/jgjackson_was_jesus_christ_a_negro.htm
http://yeyeolade.wordpress.com/2006/12/11/jesus-christ-was-black-4/
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Black_Jesus

Note: This article is incomplete and still under construction.

Hamitic Heritage; clues and misconceptions on the origin of the black man

If we infer from the dogmatic Euro-American definition of a black man as someone with any trace of Negro blood in his ancestry, most people in history, indeed Biblical history would be termed as black. The proponents of intellectual and ideological racism have committed a great error by not considering the fact that there has been a considerable level of mixing amongst the different races of the world, with a consequence that many people today do not belong to any distinct race. Today, people with a trace of black lineage like Mariah Carey and Beyonce are considered as Negroes.
A long time ago in Europe, there arose an idea that suggests that, since blacks are descendants of Ham, Noah's wayward son, they are bound under the curse of Ham. Note that the term "curse of Ham" is a misconception

because Ham himself was not cursed; it was Canaan, his last born that was cursed. Nevertheless, this despicable idea was used as an excuse in justifying slavery and colonization. The Europeans of the colonial period saw a backward, almost primitive Sub-Saharan Africa and concluded that Africans are naturally backward, primitive people and so are incapable of initiating civilization. Different suggestions were given as to the reasons for the primitive nature of blacks. Some suggested that blacks cannot be equal in intellect and must always remain servants to the whites because they are not full human beings. This idea was common in the middle ages and was called the Pre-Adamite school of thought. According to this idea, the ancestors of blacks were Pre-Adamite creatures. Cain committed an abomination by marrying into this race, and the black race came into existence. Another school of thought said that Blacks are a result of God's punishment on Eve. When Eve ate the apple, there was intercourse between her and the serpent and the result of that union was the blackman. Another, but more moderate school of thought suggested that Ham committed an abomination by lying with his father's wife (Gen 9: 25-27). The claim lies in the inference from the Bible and Jewish tradition that, seeing one's father's nakedness is the same as lying with one's father's wife.
However, beyond all the propositions and racial dogma that has dominated the ideas about the origin of blacks for centuries, it is necessary to make it clear that blacks have equal intellect and equal rights with any other race in the world. Though, this is not a debatable issue, yet there is still need for enough knowledge so as to erase all misconceptions about the black man. There is considerable evidence to show that all human beings originated from one common source and it is only by variation in their environments that they have different colors. Grogers law proposed that all creatures living near the equator are bound to secrete a black pigment on their skins. It is significant for mankind to gain more us insight into the origin of the black man so that we will be able to appreciate why race is only physical appearance, beyond that, human beings are the same in all aspects.