Sovereign Evolution: Manifest Destiny from "Civil Rights" to "Sovereign Rights" [Paperback]

Ezrah Aharone (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 2008

From emancipation to segregation to integration, African Americans exist today by virtue of a continuum of political evolutions, each of which is built upon prior legacies and achievements. In advancing our political progression, Sovereign Evolution re-declares freedom and equality in 21st-century terms, using sovereign principles and standards. Whether the issue concerns Katrina and Jena, or being underrepresented in Congress and overrepresented in penitentiaries, the common thread as Ezrah Aharone demonstrates, is that African Americans are an Un-Sovereign People, who pay varying degrees of Un-Sovereign Consequences. Thus, in a very methodical manner, he circumscribes sovereignty in a universal and historical context that confers African Americans with just as much integrity and authority as any other people to espouse and employ sovereign aspirations. The ideological framework herein self-applies and legitimizes the concept of sovereignty in ways that no other work has succinctly captured in politically-relatable terms, specific for African Americans. Realizing that not all African Americans will embrace sovereign values, Aharone uniquely specifies how a Sovereign Evolution can mutually advance the best interests of us all, without conflict or compromise to core beliefs of anyone. Accordingly, the book sets a platform to infuse sovereign discourse into mainstream domains that reach from street corners of "the hoods," to Black universities, to church congregations, to the halls of Congress. The advent of President Barack Obama indicates a necessary and long-awaited political shift in time and history, which also conveys veiled implications of our sovereign potentials as a people. What once seemed politically improbable has proven to be politically achievable. Our only political limitations exist within the limits of our vision and courage. To this end, Ezrah Aharone factually sculpts the sociopolitical substance of our historical experience into a sovereign consci

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Sovereign Evolution offers African Americans a 21st-century approach to freedom and equality by using sovereign principles to analyze and evolutionize our current Political and Ideological Self-Identity. Though its content centers on African Americans, it has wider political implications that equally relate to Africans in general. In this regard, Sovereign Evolution is both the title of this work, as well as a transformative political concept.

Since the dawn of humanity, people have engaged what I call "The Human Quest for Sovereign Powers." Though I establish a foundation of legitimacy for African Americans to join this quest, the book does not instruct a movement for political independence. It rather shapes the sociopolitical substance of our historical experience into a sovereign consciousness. It encapsulates the issues and political language necessary for sovereign and intergenerational dialogue.

This work does not regard "Civil Rights" as the standard or goal by which our freedom should be measured or aspired. I rather circumscribe "Sovereign Rights" in a universal and historical context that confers us with just as much integrity and authority as any other people to espouse and employ sovereign standards for ourselves.

Having civil rights is "par for the course" of human dignity and decency between every government and society. A government deserves no more "credit" for treating its citizens civilly, than a man deserves "credit" for not beating his wife. The granting of civil rights and voting rights should not be viewed as a marker of a government's legitimation, since a genuinely moral government would never make its citizenry "fight for civil rights" in the first place.

Katrina and Jena became modern touchstones of protest that instilled young people with the notion that we may need a renewed Civil Rights Movement. However, it is an indefensible affront for any government to have a people engaged in a protracted struggle for hundreds of years to be treated civilly. If after centuries, a people still find themselves fighting to protect their civil rights, then they are in a wrong and unprincipled political relationship.

Furthermore, contrary to conventional protocols, we never signed any binding, bilateral agreement with the US government. Presumably, the Emancipation Proclamation and various Civil Rights Acts speak on our behalf. But these documents, like all slave-related documents, are unilateral mandates.

There's nothing permanent or infallible about the US government that supercedes our "Sovereign Rights to Exist." Facts herein will also show that Africa comprised sovereign kingdoms long before the arrival of Europeans. I therefore extend the political ramifications of slavery into an unresolved current issue by showing how slavery not only deprived us of freedom in the past; its reverberations have disinherited us of sovereignty at present. The enormity of this reality however, has been supplanted by the greater psychological enormity of "American Exceptionalism," which is the notion that America "is a special nation uniquely blessed by God himself."

Our need for a Sovereign Evolution is not diminished by the 4 or 8 years of Barack Obama's presidency, given that America is approaching 2½ centuries. Foremost, it is a mistake to credit his presidency to "opportunities of equality" as the establishment promotes for its own self-aggrandized benefit. Conversely, it is due to America's "political limitations" that, out of nearly 40 million Black people, only one of us has reached Obama's stature after nearly 400 years.

The reason there are no more "Obamas" is because the "Manifest Destiny" of Euro-Americans did not only apply to their westward expansion of territory, it likewise applies to their sovereign and ideological dominion over government and society. But now that the "Obama Genie" is out of the bottle, we should not fail to see the dormant but massive capacity of our own sovereign potentiality.

On his own merit, Obama politically out-dueled and stood head-and-shoulders in intellect above all other candidates. Using words and phrases of their own political language and ideology, he exposed the intellectual clumsiness of the best and brightest that Euro-Americans had to offer. He has set a new pinnacle in this country for what a real president should be like. It's fairly certain that America will soon be viewed as B.B. and A.B., or "Before Barack" and "After Barack." But I hasten to caution that America has systemic and establishmentarian ways that exceed the controls of any president.

To avoid anyone becoming "racially confused," let me specify that this book has nothing to do with segregation or an attack against "bringing everyone together" as per Obama's mantra. Segregation is an immature policy-creation of Euro-Americans. Sovereignty however is a noble and honorable quest that embodies the highest level of political accountability and responsibility that a people can undertake.

Clearly, not all African Americans have sovereign aspirations. Conversely, neither do all appreciate Americanization. Comparatively, Euro-Americans also share common bloodlines with the British. Yet they see themselves through two distinct political mirrors and have two distinct political identities which the world accepts. Everyone who understands and respects their sovereign rights should equally understand and respect the sovereign perspectives of this work.

African Americans who love Americanization should not feel a challenge to their views or values, since history confirms that a Sovereign Evolution can ultimately prove beneficial to us all. I demonstrate how the best interests of those who desire Americanization can not only coalesce, but flourish alongside a Sovereign Evolution. What we must strategically realize is that, based on our historical circumstances - We have rightful political claims to both Americanization and sovereign ideals.

About the Author

Ezrah Aharone is also the author of Pawned Sovereignty http://www.1stBooks.com/bookview/18126. Born in Newark and raised in Passaic, New Jersey, he earned a BS in business management from Hampton University in 1980. He has lived and worked in West Africa, where his relationships span from presidents and government officials, to everyday people in remote villages. His originality of thought, coupled with his international experience, provides a unique scope of reference that gives his books uncommon distinction. He can be reached at www.ezrahspeaks.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (December 31, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1438938586
• ISBN-13: 978-1438938585
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,852,872 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)