Grassroots Holistic Health

The Community of Self Dr. Na' im Akbar

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Synopsis

"The Community of Self talks about yourself, myself and ourselves.  The context is the African-American experience, not to reduce the generalizability of the concepts to one group of people, but because this is my cultural context.  The African-American experience stands as one of the strongest examples of high human principles being able to endure despite environments of extreme opposition, and there is instruction in what we can offer the world about being human.  Because of the seriousness of the assault on the African-American, our situation is also precarious.  We need the attention of our thinkers for ourselves.   We need to restore our communities and to understand and develop our communities of self.  We need assistance in correction some serious problems in our psychology, our education, our economics, our families and our religious thinking.  The Community of Self addresses all of these areas.  It is intended to provoke thought and action.  It is intended to stimulate an improved understanding of w