ARE BLACKS IN A "SUSPENDED STATE" IN AMERICA?

ARE BLACKS IN A "SUSPENDED STATE" IN AMERICA?

sus·pen·sion  (s-spnshn)
n.
1. The act of suspending or the condition of being suspended, especially:
a. A temporary abrogation or cessation, as of a law or rule.
b. A temporary debarment, as from school or a privilege, especially as a punishment.
c. A postponement, as of a judgment, opinion, or decision. See Synonyms at pause.
2. Music
a. The prolongation of one or more tones of a chord into a following chord to create a temporary dissonance.
b. The tone so prolonged.
3. A device from which a mechanical part is suspended.
4. The system of springs and other devices that insulates the chassis of a vehicle from shocks transmitted through the wheels.
5. Chemistry A system in which microscopically visible particles are dispersed throughout a less dense liquid or gas from which they are easily filtered but not easily settled because of system viscocity or molecular interactions.

The chemical definition of "suspension" is an apt definition and description of the African American economy from the late 19th century. That was when white terrorists, with government condonation or participation, violently destroyed nodes of black economic assertion in many cities and towns. Subsequent attempts to rally economically by blacks in the mid to late 20th century, were further undermined by the triumph of the social, political, and economic ideology of "integration," which deemed everything all-black  or nearly so, to be inherently inferior to its white counterpart, whether businesses, schools, churches, colleges, etc. Though somewhat discredited by its humongous failure in the public school sector, and that failures destructive sequel on communities and families, the ideology of  integration--which is really "disintegration"--yet holds nominal sway over our hearts and minds.

Turning to 5, above, the chemical definition of "suspension," blacks are the visible particles--Ralph Ellison notwithstanding--dispersed through out the American economy and geography. We are easily filtered due to our particular visibility and historical vulnerability. This filtering is effected by "system viscosity" which clogs up and fails where we are uniquely concerned. Also, molecular interactions, subsumes everything from black on black crime to "crabs in the barrel" to dispirited acceptance of repression in such fields as politics, religion, education, law, business etc.