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Event: 'UL Young Professionals Book Club' Print
  Young Professionals
Urban League of Greater Chattanooga Young Professionals
Date: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 6:00 pm
Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes

Location - Rock Point Books: 401 Broad Street Chattanooga, TN

Book: BRAINWASHED: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority
Author: Tom Burrell
ISBN #: 9781615239191

Burrell chronicles twelve myths of black inferiority, showing not only why so many black Americans still have a “slave mentality” 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, but also how to deprogram the self-defeating attitudes and actions that keep us locked in that crushing mentality—to help us not only to heal but to thrive

Blending the best elements of "Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television" by Jerry Mander and "The Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome" by Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary with some rather novel ideas of his own, the author raises ten tough, but critical questions, each addressing a problem area presently plaguing the African-American psyche. "Why can't we build strong families?" "Why do we perpetuate black sexual stereotypes?" "Why are 'black' and 'beauty' still contradictions?" "Why do we keep killing each other?" "Why are we killing ourselves?" "Why can't we stop shopping?" Etcetera...

Devoting an entire chapter to each of the above inquiries, Burrell explores his subject-matter at considerable length and depth with the hope of helping to eradicate self-destructive behaviors. He believes that people have to heal from the inside-out, so his solutions start with each individual's recognition that you've been brainwashed, and that you can reprogram your mind because it is ultimately under your control.

 



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