This isn’t going to be another post about the highly publicized Breonna Taylor incident and trial…
Nope; that will fix neither the problem that has continued to produce those types of actions, nor the resultant outcomes and reactions associated with them. If you wanna tear down so-called “White” Supremacy, you must first begin by dismantling the engine that drives it. The engine that drives so-called White Supremacy is the common thread that connects religions like Christianity, Catholicism, Judaism, and every other “ism” that puts forth the FALSE narrative that the characters in its most important book (Bible/Torah/Tanakh/etc), were and are, so-called “white.”
Now, reading the opening statement, one might ask, “How is that so, Matt? How does the skin color of Bible characters create or fuel a system of so-called White Supremacy?” The answer is simple: inclusion and exclusion.
When arguably the most widely accepted religious book today presents the historical figures written about within its pages as being so-called “White,” or as having Eurocentric features, it can on the one hand, give those who have a similar appearance, an air of self-importance and in many cases, can produce a sense of entitlement to and ownership of whatsoever one’s heart desires. On the other hand, not seeing yourself in the guiding principles of a religion that you were told you had to conform to for “salvation of soul” (and body—read about The Spanish Inquisition), can quite naturally leave those who do not look like the so-called Christ and the prophets feeling left out (or worse, having no sense of real belonging to any place or anything).
(For an in-depth look at how the Spanish Inquisition targeted Israelites living on the Iberian peninsula, click the link for the video below. Note—The video link below is for Hidden Hebrews 2, which in my opinion is a milder explanation of Inquisition acts. For a more graphic explanation of what fate befell the Israelites under the Spanish Inquisition, watch Hidden Hebrews 3).
So what then is so-called “White Supremacy” in this context? Well, the dictionary defines it as “The belief or ideology which holds that the white race is superior to all others and should therefore control or dominate other races,” (how divisive a notion, but I neither coined the term nor wrote its definition).
Now if you follow my work as a writer, you’ll know that the recurring theme in everything I write is that with every what, there is a connected why. With that in mind, if the “what” of so-called White supremacy is its definition (the devil is always in the details, right?), to understand it, we must explore the why, which leads us right back to representation of Biblical characters.
Is it accurate to describe Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Moses, Joshua, David, Solomon, the Messiah and his disciples, even Paul, as “White” or “Middle Eastern?” (And what is that anyway? Why does the term “Middle East” not appear in scripture, or anywhere in pre-New-World-exploration historical documentation? But I digress.) Why is describing those characters as what would today be described as “Black”, wrong? Why is it taboo? What makes that description inaccurate? Is not “The Canaan Land” located within walking distance of Egypt? Has not Egypt always been part of Africa? Has not Africa (apart from European colonization) always been considered a “Black” continent? Are not Egypt and Canaan connected geographically, which would make the Canaan land, African? Were not the ancient Egyptians (or Kemetic peoples) Hamites? Was not Ham the progenitor of the dark races? Is it not documented in several places throughout scripture that the Israelites—a Shemitic people—were oftentimes mistaken as Egyptian? Can “white skinned” people ever be visibly mistaken for “Black?”
I am going to wrap up this article here, but rather than ending it with a statement, I’ll end it with a question. If you consider yourself to be “a believer” (regardless of which “race” you identify as), ask yourself this: What happens when you not only dig deep into the clues that exist throughout scripture to find out who Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the Israelites really were, and find out that they’re not who you’ve believed them to be? What happens when you examine the historical, anthropological, and archaeological evidence that abounds but is not necessarily mainstream, and learn that the descendants of the scattered tribes have continuously lived in exile and in servitude since being driven from their homeland by the Romans in 70AD (or CE for you modern types)? And finally, if (when) there comes about a widespread acceptance of the truth of who the descendants of the ancient Kingdoms of Israel and Judah really are, what effect will it have on so-called White Supremacy? When you realize that Europeans in the form of The Greeks and Romans do not appear in scripture prior to the Books of the Maccabees (which documents the Greek incursion into the land of Judah, an ensuing armed conflict between the Greeks and Yahudin, and subsequent treaties between the Yahudin aka Judites and the Romans), can so-called White Supremacy fueled by false representation in scripture continue to exist, or will it vanish “in the twinkling of an eye?”
All the Best,
—MT
For a more in-depth breakdown of the history of the Israelites, divided across four epochs, as documented in two Old Testament chapters, click the link for the video below.
Matt D. Talford is a writer, narrator, and author of three books: “Stuck In An Elevator” – a fictitious tale of passion and self-discovery; “Captain’s Mate: A Practical Guide for Tennis Captains, League Players and High School Coaches”; and his award-winning debut title: ”From Fear to Faith: A Survivor’s Story” – a memoir about overcoming a rare form of what he calls “the C-word.” All three books are currently available in paperback at www.talfordarts.com or at Amazon.com; and in eBook format on Amazon Kindle and Apple iBooks. “From Fear to Faith: A Survivor’s Story” is also available in audiobook (narrated by Talford himself) at iTunes, audible.com, and at many other sites where audiobooks are sold. For information on these and other products, click the “shop” link in the menu.
