Brainwashed

Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority

By: Tom Burrell

Narrated by: Sylvester Brown Jr.

"Black people are not dark-skinned white people," says advertising visionary Tom Burrell. In fact, they are much more. They are survivors of the Middle Passage and centuries of humiliation and deprivation, who have excelled against the odds, constantly making a way out of "No way!" At this pivotal point in history, the idea of black inferiority should have had a "Going-Out-of-Business Sale." After all, Barack Obama has reached America's Promised Land.Yet, as Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority testifies, too many in black America are still wandering in the wilderness. In this powerful examination of "the greatest propaganda campaign of all time"-the masterful marketing of black inferiority, aka the BI Complex-Burrell poses ten disturbing questions that will make black people look in the mirror and ask why, nearly 15 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, so many blacks still think and act like slaves. Burrell's acute awareness of the power of words and images to shift, shape, and change the collective consciousness has led him to connect the contemporary and historical dots that have brought us to this crossroads.Brainwashed is not a reprimand-it is a call to action. It demands that we question our self-defeating attitudes and behaviors. Racism is not the issue; how we respond to media distortions and programmed self-hatred is the issue. It's time to reverse the BI campaign with a globally based initiative that harnesses the power of new media and the wisdom of intergenerational coalitions. Provocative and powerful, Brainwashed dares to expose the wounds so that we, at last, can heal.This audio product contains a PDF with supporting material, and the PDF is available to download.

Critic reviews

"With uncompromising courage, Burrell has created an indispensable book for our time."
—Susan L. Taylor

Informative and Inspiring

Loved It. Found it to be enlightening in many ways and an important message to the free thinkers of this society today and beyond.

When you know better, you do better!

Every chapter gave me an aha moment! One day we will overcome these mental chains.

Guidance against the odds.

Facing the truth about how we as a people have been brainwashed is the first step. I recommend this book be required reading in African American Studies.

Thought Provoking and powerful.

I've listened to this title several times now and even went to buy the hard copy. It's a much-needed look into social elements that hinder the advancement of the culture.

We have a work ahead of us.

This book is a powerful look at the many ways we as a people have been brained washed. Makes me cry to see how in our face these things really are and yet we as a people are unaware of many of them. I like the clear examples the author point out where we need to make the most change.
What I do not like in the eye opening ways we have all been brainwashed is how black people with a platform are in themselves brainwashed and not doing enough to join in the effotrs to bring awareness by using their platforms to help make a difference. This saddens me greatly.