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Applying Counter-Racist Logic with Comedy and Hip Hop Georgia Southern University Digital Commons@Georgia Southern Electronic Theses and Dissertations Graduate Studies, Jack N. Averitt College of Spring 2019 Humanity in the Black: Applying Counter-Racist Logic with Comedy and Hip Hop Marion Pugh Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd Part of the Curriculum and Social Inquiry Commons, and the Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education Commons Recommended Citation Pugh, Marion, "Humanity in the Black: Applying Counter-Racist Logic with Comedy and Hip Hop" (2019). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1922. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/1922 This dissertation (open access) is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate Studies, Jack N. Averitt College of at Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons@Georgia Southern. For more information, please contact [email protected]. HUMANITY IN THE BLACK: APPLYING COUNTER-RACIST LOGIC WITH COMEDY AND HIP HOP by MARION CHRISTOPHER PUGH (Under the Direction of John Weaver) ABSTRACT Humanity in the Black explores the theoretical framework of Counter-Racist Logic created by Neely Fuller Jr. as a defense mechanism for humans politically classified as black. The purpose of this dissertation is to display how Counter-Racist Logic can eliminate the cancerous confusion caused by the social construct of race. Humans who have been assigned to the racial category of black will be able to courageously acknowledge the social construct of race, acknowledge the effects of identifying with a description of a race, and how to use logic to counter the religious white superiority belief system (Fuller, 2016). The method used to facilitate this exploration is a combination of Comedy and Hip Hop. They both activate what Fuller (1984) describes as process of thought, speech, and action. Counter-Racist Logic will represent the immune system, created for resisting the cancerous dehumanization of the social construct of race. Major contributions of my dissertation include an application of the counter-racist code system concept, a critique of the intentional and continuous use of dehumanizing racial categories towards specific human populations, and my perspective on how to apply Counter-Racist Logic using human modes of artistic resistance against the false religion of white superiority. Comedy and Hip Hop will serve as methodological immune responses to the illogical religion of race, producing curriculums of healing for humans who are socially, legally, politically described, and assigned as black, or persons of color (Fuller, 1984; Watkins, 2001; Welsing, 1991; Woodson, 2007). To be clear of the intent of the word choice in this dissertation, the term black will not serve as the identity for humans who fit the socially constructed and religious description of black and person of color. The term black will serve as a misdiagnosis that forms the religious mistreatment towards humans (Wynter, 2003; Cress-Welsing, 1991; Fuller, 1984). INDEX WORDS: Curriculum, Education, Counter-Racist Logic, Black, Comedy, Hip hop HUMANITY IN THE BLACK: APPLYING COUNTER-RACIST LOGIC WITH COMEDY AND HIP HOP by MARION CHRISTOPHER PUGH B.S., Georgia Southern University, 2006 M. Ed., Georgia Southern University, 2008 A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Georgia Southern University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF EDUCATION STATESBORO, GEORGIA © 2019 MARION CHRISTOPHER PUGH All Rights Reserved 1 HUMANITY IN THE BLACK: APPLYING COUNTER-RACIST LOGIC WITH COMEDY AND HIP HOP by MARION CHRISTOPHER PUGH Major Professor: John Weaver Committee: Ming Fang He Sabrina Ross Saba Jallow Electronic Version Approved: May 2019 2 DEDICATION This work is dedicated to my Parents, Marion and Shirley Pugh. Without your love and support throughout my life, I’m certain I would not be in the position to write my thoughts in this paper. To my Grandparents, Charlie and Minnie Bell, Jesse and Reba Pugh, I dedicate this to you. Your prayers for your family supplied the strength needed to endure the difficulties in life. Your family lives because of your love and discipline. This is also dedicated to my entire support system which consist of my wife Erreka, family, friends, professors, coaches, mentors, mentees, colleagues, students, and the youth. To all my ancestors and friends who are no longer here physically but are with me in spirit, thank you for your guidance and protection. You are a major reason this is happening. Without the support and love from the amazing people in my life, I would not be the person I am today. Lastly, I dedicate this work to the future generations. Hopefully this paper will serve as a bridge for you to cross one day. And when you get to the other side, you will feel as if you understand why you were born, what you are supposed to do while you’re here on earth, and what you should leave to the generations behind you. 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I acknowledge the Most High in all things past, present, and future. 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ............................................................................................................ 3 PROLOGUE ................................................................................................................................. 5 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................... 20 2 HUMANITY AS REMEDY ...................................................................................... 33 3 PREDATOR .............................................................................................................. 41 A Brief Conversation with the Machine ............................................................... 49 4 THE INSANE ASYLUM OF RACE ........................................................................ 76 Purpose Fuels Perseverance .................................................................................106 5 MISEDUCATION IS CANCER ..............................................................................110 Counter Racist Intellectual Immunology .............................................................115 6 CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................133 REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................148 5 PROLOGUE Lord it's so hard, living this lie A constant struggle each and every day Some wonder why I'd rather die Than to continue living this way Many are blind and cannot find The truth cause no one seems to really know But I won't accept that this is how it's gon' be Devil you gotta let me and my people go Cause I wanna be free, completely free Lord won't you please come and save me I wanna be free, totally free I'm not gon' let this world worry me (Goodie Mob, 1995). Let’s get free. The lyrics by Goodie Mob introduce the circumstance of humans who were lied to regarding their existence and circumstance. Goodie Mob started and ended the album with the word “Lord.” A rap group beginning and ending their CD with spiritual connection inspired me. I immediately connected to it and knew I had to learn the true intentions behind this music. To my benefit, the group Goodie Mob unselfishly equipped every fan with a copy of their lyrics inside this album. That was new for me. I connected to the lyrics in a way that let me know Goodie Mob really wanted me to comprehend what they were saying in their tracks. This was my introduction to the curriculum of Hip Hop. They just didn’t want a fan, they wanted a student. They wanted a fellow contributor to the human family to understand the circumstance they encountered. These circumstances were based on lies of oppression and 6 inferiority. Hip Hop forced me to think about my situation in life. Goodie Mob displayed a rough, rugged, and prophetic image that immediately caught the attention of millions of people. They had an intense spiritual presence, yet they also connected to the youth in a way that was magnetic and attractive. It wasn’t flashy; it was intense. The magnetic energy of Goodie Mob forced me to grow towards manhood while listening to the most important drum in the world, my heart. In their lyrics, Goodie Mob expressed feelings of pain, fatigue, joy, happiness, hunger, despair, and love. I was 14 years old at the time and I did not understand the source of these emotions, but Goodie Mob gave me a direction to grow. Hip Hop at the time was just entertainment to me, but eventually became my curriculum of healing and personal development. It improved my mood and helped me cope with the difficulties of my life by creating mental escape routes. Goodie Mob talked about the difficulty of living a lie and that it was a constant struggle to live each day. Damn! I understood what they were saying, but I didn’t have the words to express the connection. My brain was going a mile a minute. What lie were they talking about? The message hit me when I heard the group demand that the devil let their people go. They were talking about a specific type of bondage; Goodie Mob said that people were blind and cannot see the condition or how to escape it. Fuller (1984) warned us that understanding the condition of humans who are coded as black is mandatory if we no longer want to be
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