Let me start by saying I know this is going to piss some people off...the truth is funny that way! Now that the friendly disclaimer is out of the way lets get down and dirty. Black people must kill the myth that is Santa Claus as we know him today. Nevermind the fact that you are teaching your kids that it is alright to lie, we will get to the psychology of that later. I want to first talk about the existential psychological trauma that the vast majority of black people have. This trauma invariably causes them to have a dependency on "D. Whiteman" that is ingrained in them from birth. Right about now is where people usually think that I am nuts or some kind of radical racial extremist, but hear me out. True or false, a child is very impressionable, especially by their parents and at such early ages that they are learning things for the first time. Think about how hard it is to unlearn something that you have know to be one certain way for a long period of time. I often like to prove my point by giving examples so here we go. Lets take it slow, we will use something very simple like the year. Every new year it takes the average person 3-4 months before they stop writing the previous year. Just think, if this is so for something that we learn in just a year imagine how difficult it would be to adjust to something that you have spent years believing. Still not convinced? Lets get a little deeper. How about this one? Lets try one where you know the truth but you have been conditioned to think one way for so long you just can't change your mind. Most people know who "Steve Urkel" is. His real name is Jaleel White, however we will always see him as the nerdy kid in suspenders even though we all know it was just a character. Now do you see how easily the mind can latch on and not let go once it is conditioned? This is precisely the trauma I am talking about with the Santa Claus lie. So now that we have established a baseline effect let us dive into the psyche it creates.
For the sake of this blog lets say that the average kid believes in Santa Claus until the age of 10. That gives us roughly 7-8 yrs of development to work with. To really get down to the nuts and bolts of the psyche and how it's affected we must dissect each aspect of the myth. I will start by examining the nursery rhyme. First will break down "he knows when you are sleeping, he knows when you're awake". This creates a mindset that he is God like, ubiquitous. Someone who can be so well informed could be seen as extremely powerful and intimidating. Second, "he knows when you've been bad or good so be good for goodness sake". Talk about fear and intimidation, is it me or is there an "OR ELSE" implied? Third, "he's making a list, he's checking it twice, he's gonna find out who's naughty or nice". This is surely a classic example of influencing behavior through fear of reprisal. Now these two lines combined we are teaching that he holds the decision making ability to impose punishment. Lastly lets examine the gift giving. So let me get this right, after I abide by all of his rules he rewards me with gifts. Wow! What a great guy. Not such a bad trade off. I do what he wants me to do and he gives me things...harmless right? Or is it? For a child this could send the wrong message. They need to be taught that you do the right thing because it's the right thing not in hopes of getting something in return. To me this is the beginning of a corrupt value system.
Now lets take an in dept look at the long term effects of this conditioning. Over the course of time the culmination of these effects create a serious complexity of ideals, morals, and values. Examining the lasting effects now relates primarily to the sub-conscience because now that we know that it was all a lie we do not readily deal with the effects left behind. However, rarely can we control our sub-conscious mind so we suffer the lingering effects with very little notice. So it goes without saying that we pay little attention to those things around us that may seem to be the norm. For example, we all know someone who think that there is nothing wrong with being on welfare. The sub-conscience reverts back to when Santa Claus gave them gifts in exchange for good behavior. In this instance the good behavior is continuing to be lazy and goal oriented so that you won't be a threat to his wealth. Try this one on for size, "go to college and get a good education so you can get a good job making a good salary". The break down of this one is tricky. Yes being educated is EXTREMELY important, college we can debate later, but a good education is a must. Once again he has a hidden agenda. One of the goals of education is to learn to think for yourself, however the logic of going out and FINDING a good suggests that you work for someone else (Santa Claus, aka D. Whiteman). I guess sub-consciously you are still concern with him "making his list, and checking it twice". I can't name more than a hand full of Black Americans who own major companies. So few of us have the courage to go into business for ourselves. You would be foolish to think this to be coincidence. I can go on and on about examples that we face everyday in our current society that support my argument about this psychological trauma, but I think my point has been made. Throughout my adult life I have delved into the issue of being psychologically affected by the years of conditioning to love "D. Whiteman". The Santa Claus theory is but one part of my hypothesis's. Now we all have a decision to make.....
**D. Whiteman - aka the white man; the establishment. The "D" is for discernible because it does not refer to all white men but the ones who are bent on ruling the world. The men who are driven by money, power, greed.
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