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Being liberated from inferiority complex by their New Philosophy of Redemption, which is
destined to destroy the chain of false tradition which has incarcerated them, the Black people
must face and interpret the world according to their new vision and philosophy. Throughout the
centuries up to our modern times, world conditions have been influenced by two phenomena
which have affected human relations.

(i) The giving of false praise to the Greeks: a custom which appears to be an educational policy
conducted by educational institutions. This has led to the false worship of Socrates, Plato, and
Aristotle, as intellectual gods in all the leading universities of the world, and in support of this
intellectual worship, these institutions have also organized what are known as Greek lettered
fraternities and sororities, as the symbols of the superiority of Greek intellect and culture.

(ii) The second phenomenon is Missionary enterprise whereby the Black people's culture has
been caricatured in literature and exhibitions, in such specimens as provoke disrespect and
laughter. Never let us forget that the Roman Emperors Theodosius and Justinian were
responsible for the abolition of the Egyptian Mysteries that is the culture system of the Black
people, and also for the establishment of Christianity for its perpetual suppression. Likewise,
never let us forget when we are reviewing this bit of history that the Greeks called the Egyptians
Hoi Aiguptoi which meant Black people.

In living up to their New Philosophy of Redemption, the life of the Black people will have to be
one of counteraction against these two sets of conditions. In the first place the Black people must
adopt a negative attitude towards this type of phenomena, because they have become fully aware
that these phenomena are the result of a false tradition, and therefore also partake of the nature of
falsehood and insincerity.

In this negative attitude the Black people of the world must shun the false tradition and must
teach the truth, which is their New Philosophy of Redemption. This must be done in the home to
young children; in the colleges and schools to students; from the pulpits and platforms to
audiences; and in the fraternities and sororities to young men and women. This New Philosophy
of Redemption, being a revelation of truth in the history of Black people's civilization must
become a necessary portion of their education, and must be taught for generations and centuries
to come; in order to fill them with inspiration and pride and liberate them from mental servitude.
In the second place, in this negative attitude the Black people must demonstrate their disbelief in
the false worship of Greek intellect. This should be done in the following three ways:

(i) They must discontinue the practice of quoting Socrates, Plato and Aristotle in their speeches
as intellectual models; because we know that their philosophy was stolen (ii) They must
relinquish membership from all Greek lettered fraternities and sororities and (iii) They must
abolish all Greek lettered fraternities and sororities from all colored colleges because they have
been a source of the promotion of inferiority complex and of educating the Black people against
themselves.
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Stolen Legacy: Greek Philosophy is Stolen Egyptian Philosophy by George G. M. James
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