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Inappropriate Behavior Patterns (IBP) is a term coined by Dr. Claud Anderson. Itrefers to actions that result in African Americans participating in their own

subordination or exploitation. IBP stems from Slavery Conditioning. Hold up. Letsback up for a minute and explain Slavery Conditioning.

SLAVERY CONDITIONING

Slavery Conditioningis the process slave masters used to psychologically make abetter slave. Author Kenneth Stampp, in his book The Peculiar Institution,describes the four pillars of conditioning a slave. Included were fear, loyalty,inferiority, and hatred. When making a slave the first thing you do is to instill fear.Second, you teach the slave to have loyalty only to his master. Thirdly, you teach

them to feel inferior by always showing Whites in a position of authority. Lastly,you teach them to hate anything connected to Africa.

The methods used to socially condition Blacks were horrific and showed the viciousnature of the enslavement process. One example, cited from the Cardinal Principlesfor Making a Negro, the writer says:

Take the meanest and most restless nigger, strip him of his clothes in front of the

. . . [slaves], tar and feather him, tie each leg to a different horse faced in opposite

directions, set him afire and beat both horses to pull him apart in front of the

remaining nigger(s). The next step is to take a bull whip and beat the remainingniggerto the point of death in front of the female and infant. Dont kill him but put

the fear of God in him, for he can be useful in future breeding. (From Lets Make aSlave, byRobert L. Brock)

Norman Coombs, in The Black Experience in America, p. 40 wrote:

The social conditioning process instilled strict discipline in Blacks, a sense of

inferiority, belief in the slave owners superior power, acceptance of the slave

owners standards and a deep sense of a slave helplessness and dependence. The

slave owners cut Blacks off from their history, culture, language andcommunity, and implanted White societys value system.

C. Clark in a 1972 monumental article forBlack Psychology entitledBlack Studies orthe Study of Black People in R. Jones, states:

In order to fully grasp the magnitude of our current problems, we must reopen thebooks on the events of slavery. Our objective should not be to cry stale tears forthe past, or to rekindle old hatreds for past injustices. Instead, we should seek to


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enlighten our path of today by better understanding where and how the lights wereturned out yesterday.

We should also understand that slavery should be viewed as a starting point for

understanding the African American psyche, and not as an end point. Therefore,

the study of the African American psyche should include psycho-history, but if

should not be exclusively concerned with events in the past.

In Survival Strategies for Africans in America, p.33, Anthony Browder says it best:

African Americans must never forget that our ancestors were compelled by the

letter of the law and the force of the whip, to accept the ideals and beliefs

imposed on them by their so-called masters. They were forbidden from expressingtheir own thoughts and perceptions of the world and were forced to accept the

beliefs and behaviors deemed appropriate for them.

These steps were taken to ensure the continuation of slavery from one generation

to the next. Such social engineering manufactured culturally deficient clones,

generation after generation, over the last four centuries. Each successive

generation was infected from the time of inception with an ingrained cultural virus

that was designed to prevent them from reaching their fullest potential.

In Black Labor White Wealth, p.165, Dr. Claud Anderson points out:

The slave owners absolute power over Blacks allowed them to operate an efficient

and effective slavery conditioning system. Slaveholders constructed internal

controls on slaves that minimized the external force needed to control them. The

government provided the environment of legal framework that allowed the

conditioning process to exist for 250 years . . .

The effects carried over into freed Black society and affected the general

behavior of Blacks as a race of people.

Jawanza Kunjufu, in the powerful book, Solutions for Black America, p.145 says:

Affluent Whites who are valued in America and who have experienced trauma are

given treatment immediately. When there have been in stressful events

Columbine, Kentucky, Oregonthe government sent counselors immediately to

address the survivors needs. The fundamental problem for African Americans is


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that when slavery ended in 1865, African Americans were not given counseling to

address post-traumatic slavery disorder.

Left untreated post-traumatic slavery disorder amounts to Slavery Conditioning.The symptoms of Slavery Conditioningare what make up Inappropriate BehaviorPatterns.

IBP CONTINUED . . .

Now, lets get back to our discussion of IBP. IBP manifests when your mind is sofilled with thoughts of negativity and inferiority that you weaken your competitiveimpulse. You justify the behavior of outsiders rather than help your own group

compete against outsiders.

For example, African Americans spend 95% of their annual disposable income withbusinesses located outside of their community. Of the five percent that remains inBlack communities, another three percent is spent with non-Black owned businesses.Its hard for Black communities to maintain a reasonable quality-of-life and beeconomically competitive when only two percent of their annual disposable incomeremains within the Black community.

You cannot give 98 percent of your income away and blame 100 percent of your

problems on someone else. Its no accident that the number of African Americansthat start new businesses is comparatively small, when most of them are aware thatbecause of self-hatred and lack of self-knowledge, only 2 percent of Black dollarswill come to their African American business. [4]

The mind is the conduit through which a person can access spiritual consciousness.If the mind is blocked and filled with thoughts of negativity and inferiority, it isincapable of tuning in spiritually empowering thoughts. A self-blocked mind isprogrammed to engage in self-destructive behavior that is often injurious to thebody. To repeat a frequently used statement in the African American community,

If you free your mind, your ass will follow. [5]

We do not see ourselves as a group, we spend such a small percentage of ourapproximately $700 billion with our 900,000 businesses. It has been said that wewould have to return to the Jim Crow era to increase that percentage. Is thattrue? Yet every billion dollars African Americans spend with Black businessesproduces 50,000 jobs. [6]


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The failure of Black people to eliminate IBP, on a collective basis, has resulted

in actions that have plunged us into the depths of despair, self-hatred,

distrust, and economic dependence rather than economic independence.

EXAMPLES OF INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR PATTERNS

There are numerous examples ofInappropriate Behavior Patternsin the Blackcommunity. After reading those below, youll feel me and know what they are. The

following are just a few taken from Chains and Images of Psychological Slavery, byNaim Akbar, pp. 9 25, Black Economics: Solutions for Economic and CommunityEmpowerment, by Jawanza Kunjufu, pp. 62 68, and Powernomics: The National Plan

to Empower Black America, by Dr. Claud Anderson, pp. 26 - 30:

Community Division

The most damaging inappropriate behavior faced by African Americans isCommunity Division. The slave master fostered it among the slaves in order to stopany efforts to unite. The slave makers knew that disunited communities would beeasy prey for continued control. All types of divisional devices prevented theslaves from coming together.

The major separation was between the house and field workers. The house workers

saw themselves as privileged. They had less physical labor, wore better clothes,ate better and took care of the personal needs of the master and his household.Just to be physically closer to the master gave the house slave a sense ofsuperiority over his fellow field slaves.

The slave master used his house slaves as a buffer zone against the field slaves.He encouraged them to feel superior, be loyal to his cause and take his side duringany disputes. Because of this social conditioning, the slave master gained someslaves that assisted and identified with him completely. (Sound familiar?)

Community Divisionin the Black community persists today. Rather than houseversus field we have, establishment, grassroots, Christians, Muslims, Baptists,Methodists, fraternities, sororities, schools, white collar, blue collar, republicans,democrats, neighborhoods and hundreds of other devices for division. The origin ofall these divisions comes from the same source as it did 400 years ago an outsiderwho profits from the separation. [29]
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Black Americans just as we did 400 years ago, spend more time arguing andjustifying separate goals than we do working on common goals. The Slavery

Conditioningof slavery has psyched us out to feel our separate problems are moreimportant than our shared problems. [30]

Lack of Social Reinforcement

In Black families, weve noticed that those siblings who are professionals are more

respected than those who are business owners.

Carter G. Woodson, in his classic work, TheMis-Education of the Negro, referredto how schools encourage Black people to pursue careers working and managingother peoples enterprises rather than starting their own. Schools feel that it ismore prestigious to be an accountant for a Fortune 500 corporation than to own

your own grocery store or cleaners in the community.

There is a perception that Black businesses are marginal, require too much work fortoo little income, and that its more lucrative, less demanding and more financiallyrewarding to work for someone else than to own your own business.

Even though the numbers are, increasing African Americans still have the smallestnumber of businesses per thousand. The reason for this is probably because thesocial environment does not encourage people to start businesses.

Many Black men and women who face a great deal of frustration due to not beingable to climb the corporate ladder start businesses. Many of our best Black minds,with degrees in engineering, accounting, marketing and business administration areusing their skills and talents for corporate American while other members of ourcommunity, who have not been trained, are starting mom and pop businesses whichreinforces the thinking that Black businesses are marginal.

Lack of Trust

Another inappropriate behavior of African Americans is Lack of Trust. It is verydifficult to accomplish anything significant by yourself. The same cooperative spiritthat Hispanics, Asians and other immigrants have in working together, studyingtogether, and living together, they replicate in their business efforts by poolingtheir resources. It takes this level of trust if our businesses are going to besuccessful.


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Prosperous business owners maintain trust with their customers, employees, andinvestors. It becomes crucial that if were going to be successful as business

owners we have to acknowledge that trust is as essential an ingredient as money andbusiness intelligence.

Misjudgment Of Business Viability

Many of us underestimate our business viability. What we perceive to be a marginaloperation, in many cases, is just the opposite when we total business receipts forthe day, week, month, or year.

We look down on grocery stores and cleaners and marginal operations because we

lack the vision of how, Ford, GM, Chrysler, IBM, Wal-Mart, and others started asmarginal operations.

We were not around when they met in the basements of their homes developingstrategies. We didnt observe the 12, 16, and 20 hour workdays seven days a week.We were not there when payrolls were missed and financial sacrifices were made.We were not there when they borrowed money from relatives because they had avision that years later they would have multi-million dollar operations. It has beensaid that people without a vision will perish and unfortunately, that is happening inthe business sector of our community.

On the other hand, some Black people dream too much. Business requires more thanjust dreams. They require hard work, sacrifice and planning. You never want todestroy anyones dreams, but in my mind, I have doubts if the dreamer has the

perseverance to turn the dream into reality. The idea is to encourage people andseldom give discouraging remarks, however as the old saying goes; nothing comes toa dreamer but sleep.

Another way that viability affects Black business is the desire to convincethemselves, their families, and their communities that their businesses are viable.

This is demonstrated by the purchase of expensive clothes, cars, and houses. Manybusiness owners fall prey to materialism and the desire to show the community howbig time they are. The assumption is I cant be half ass if Im driving a

Mercedes, BMW or Lexus. In reality, those kinds of purchases rob the business ofcapital for future growth and development. The business becomes marginal fromthe owner making expensive purchases.


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There are other alternatives to convince the Black community that a business isviable and needs to be pursued. The Black business community is in need a major

public relations campaign to communicate their tremendous benefits.

Poor Service And Consumer Attitudes

Another inappropriate behavior is the poor service provided by some AfricanAmerican businesses. George Subira says in, Blacks Folks Guide to BusinessSuccess, pp.74-74, Black people start businesses to be the boss and Whites startthem to make money.

Many Black business owners assume that because they are Black, they should be

supported. Timothy Bates and many others have documented that businesses cantassume race loyalty, they must provide quality service. African American businessescant open late, close early, treat customers rudely, talk on the phone whileservicing customers, and have an untidy store that is also under stocked.

What price do we place on loyalty to our race? Kunjufu says, people have told himthey would support Black stores as long as Black stores have prices that are lowerthan non-Black stores, but if the price becomes equal or if the price becomes fourcents higher their loyalty begins to shift

Attitude Towards Work

A frequently seen inappropriate behavior passed to Blacks from SlaveryConditioning is our Attitude Towards Work. Slavery was forced labor. It was dailywork, beginning in early childhood and continuing until death or total disability. Tothe slave, work did not provide for his needs. Instead he worked, often under thethreats of abuse of death, to produce profits for the slave master. A good cropdid not improve his life or community; it improved only the life and community theslaves master. [35]

Work, as any activity that bears no benefit to the doer, was hated. Seen as a form

of punishment and as any punishment, those who are punished despise it. Moreover,work was identified with slavery. Even today, Ebonics refers to a job as a slave.[8]

Enslavement meant work and freedom meant avoidance of work. Work was viewedas the activity of the pride-less underdog. Today, one hundred and forty four

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Being A Good Negro

This type of inappropriate behavior comes from old Southern racial etiquette. It

occurs when Blacks, especially from the South or Midwest, avoid situations that

make them appear free, independent and about determining their own destiny. [32]

A good Negro seeks White approval. They are perfectly happy to go to work or tochurch, look at television and then go to bed. To them whatever happens to Blacksin the community or anywhere else is not their concern. Good Negroes want toappear happy content, compromising and non-competitive. Those who behave in thismanner will neither speak up nor speak out on Black issues, nor will they defendagainst Black injustices. [33]

Conspiracy with the Competition

History has taught us that coalitions usually operate at the expense of thegrassroots Black majority. This type of inappropriate behavior occurs when Blackspartner with other ethnic groups.

Its a problem because so many members of the Black establishment class use it.Coalescing encourages Blacks to work with groups who already have articulatedgoals, rather than organize goals of our own. Black participation gives credibilityand strength to sexual preferences, ethnic, class, gender, disabled, and Spanishspeaking groups, some of whom compete openly with us for wealth and power andopenly oppose Black gains. [32]

During Conspiracy with the CompetitionAfrican Americans, lose by default due tothe inappropriate behavior of Black establishment leaders who seek cross-groupalliances, White approval, and corporate dollars at the expense of their own people.In addition, if funds are available, the trickle-down theory takes effect and usuallyleaves us with leftovers after sexual preference, gender, ethnic, religious, disabledand Spanish speaking language groups receive what they want or need. [32]

Diversity

Another African American illusion is the promise of cultural diversity. Culturaldiversity leads to the inappropriate behavior of Conspiracy with the Competition.It co-ops and weakens Black claims for national attention. In addition, it creates anethic that equates all ethnic group grievances with those of Blacks while it belittlesand neutralizes our efforts to resolve unique concerns.


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For other ethnic groups cultural diversity has its advantages. Main streets in everycity have their share of Chinese, Japanese, Mexican, Vietnamese, Italian, Greek,

French, Ethiopian, and Thai restaurants. The cultures of these groups stay intactif they choose to assimilate into mainstream culture. At the same time, they canestablish other businesses, communities and their own economies.

On the other hand, African Americans do not have the advantage of an identifiableculture of our own. Instead, Black culture is represented by a fragmented array ofAfrican heritage, soul, and Black history. This mish-mash of culture disintegratesduring assimilation into mainstream culture. If all things were equal, culturaldiversity could be advantageous to us, however it is not.

FOOTNOTES

[1] Anderson, Claud, Powernomics: The National Plan to Empower Black America,(Powernomics Corporation of America, Inc., 2001) 7

[3] Black Labor, White Wealth: The Search for Power and Economic Justice,Anderson, Claud, Ed.D. (Duncan & Duncan, Inc. 1994) 165

[4] Ibid. 165

[5] Ibid. 165

[6] Akbar, Naim, Chains and Images of Psychological Slavery, (New Mind

Productions, 1984) 27[7] Ibid. 29

[8] T Shaka, Oba. The Art of Leadership, (Pan Afrikan Publications, 1991) 287

[9] Anderson Claud. Powernomics: The National Plan to Empower Black America,(Powernomics Corporation of America, Inc., 2001) 29

[10] Stamp, Kenneth. The Peculiar Institution: Slavery in the Ante Bellum South,(New York, Vintage Books, 1956) 289

[12] Clingman, James. Blackonomics: The Way to Psychological and Economic

Freedom for African Americans, (Milligan Books, Inc., 2001) 200[13] Anderson, Claud. White Wealth, Black Labor: The Search for Power and

Economic Justice, (Duncan & Duncan, Inc. 1994) 35

[14] Akbar, Naim. Know Thy Self, (Mind Productions & Associates, 1998) 2

[16] Anderson, Claud. White Wealth, Black Labor: The Search for Power andEconomic Justice, (Duncan & Duncan, Inc., 1994) 52


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[40] Black-o-knowledge: Stuff we need to know, Clingman, Jim, Milligan Books,2004, 345 347

[41] Black Labor, White Wealth: The Search for Power and Economic Justice,Anderson, Claud, Ed.D. (Duncan & Duncan, Inc. 1994) 54

[42] Black Economics: Solutions for Economic and Community Empowerment,Kunjufu, Jawanza, African American Images, 2000 2, 3

[43] The Political Economy of the Black Ghetto, Tabb, William, W.W. Norton, 1970,20 34

[44] Black-o-knowledge: Stuff we need to know, Clingman, Jim, Milligan Books,2004, 354 356

[45] Black Enterprise Guide to Technology for Entrepreneurs, Willams, Bernadette,Wiley, 2001 40

[46] Ibid, 36 38

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