'Hebrews to Negroes' Is Here. My Biblical Map of The Levant Is Research-Ready

Anne here. The good news is that the book — made into a film — ‘Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America’ did arrive to me sooner than promised by Amazon. Certainly, NBA Nets star Kyrie Irving, with backup from Kanye West, did put the book in overdrive.

For me, I want the book, because Anne is not interested in research with no footnotes — or an ability to pause and Google a statement just made, against other research resources. This is how I read most books.

Kanye’s statement that he has never read a book is ironic. Ye compared reading books to eating brussel sprouts, while owning a school Donda Academy. Kanye’s school is now closed due to his antisemitism and the rebuke and resignations by Jews involved with Donda Academy’s curriculum development.

AOC Is Filled With Ancient History

AOC — which is also me Anne — does not come to this conversation with no knowledge base about humanity’s migration out of Africa. I am better schooled on this topic than 95% of the American population. In deciding to buy the book ‘Hebrews to Negroes’, the one fueling all the antisemitic controversy, I wanted to choose a thoughtful book about Jewish history as well.

I searched for academic analysis on the success of Jewish people, as it relates to their enduring commitment to the best education possible for their children. My bias is one of being in total awe of Jewish people’s commitment to education. As I child, I wanted to be at my best friend’s house, where the dinner table conversation was so different from my own house. They discussed ideas, and I was thrilled.

Ronald Dalton Jr. argues that Jewish people as we know them are fake Jews, and the real Hebrews are African.

This second book ‘The Chosen Few: How Education Shaped Jewish History 70-1492’ takes a fresh look at Jewish success through the lens of education and is focused on Jewish success through this lens. It does not reject other theories such as the Jewish sabbath being on Saturday or the willingness of Jews to lend money with interest as a form of business. But education is center stage in my new book about Jewish history, writing with a fresh lens on Jewish success.

Into the Levant We Go

Yesterday morning I accidentally found this stickon wallpaper, looking for a historical map of the Levant. It’s here that the rise of Western civilization goes into overdrive, with three major trade routes intersecting in what this map calls ‘The Biblical World’ 2000 to 1600 BC.

The details of the routes are not important for our first impression. What is important is to see the complexity of the map and also the route east out of the Libyan Desert [lower, left-hand corner]. It seems doubtful that any new discoveries will shatter the well-documented analysis that humans evolved first in Africa and eventually walked out [or rafted on waters long gone] of North Africa and into the now-desert lands of Saudi Arabia and towards The Levant.

Note that I am assuming that Mr. Dalton focuses on the rise of Judaism in the Levant. This may not be true at all. He speaks of invaders coming into Africa, so he may have a “noble savage” argument going on that Africans had an uncorrupted, benevolent, peaceful and loving continent of goodness, until it was corrupted by white people and Arabs.

To be fair to Mr. Dalton, I’m not clear what he believes, but I intend to find out.

The map below — not ancient and in fact a very early UN map — will help you gain perspective from a map of North Africa.

Given all the strife, the fake research, the countless arguments about the Bible and the Israelites, and the rise of Judaism itself — arguments suddenly front and center in America today — what I did yesterday morning was to pause over the ancient map I found in Google images and collect my thoughts around what I already knew.

The First Global Meeting Place

Human traders, herders, probably the first capitalists — although capitalism is associated with a modern period between the 16th and 18th centuries — they all arrived in The Levant. And they came from north, south, east and west. There was no one group of people who captured everyone else and launched monotheism in the form of Judaism, the first of three Abrahamic religions. Judaism was followed by Christianity and later Islam.

The Levant was rich with existing human populations in the form of tribes, many at war and strife with each other. Enter outsiders from every direction into The Levant, with shared interests in the form of trading. The area became a human stew of community-based beliefs and practices, superstitions and reverance for goddesses and the newer gods, shared commercial interests that resulted in power struggles for influence and protection.

In a very real sense, The Levant represents the reality of our own world in 2022, a human stew of outside influences, beliefs and intersections. An unfortunate belief arose out of this interaction and the rise of monotheism, in my opinion — and it’s the concept of God’s chosen people.

If you believe that some male God sits up there in the sky and runs the whole show [which I do not], he created one hell of a mess making so many varieties of people all over this earth, and them told one group that they were the best. And they would be the boss of everybody else.

In today’s world, we would fire that God and bring back the goddesses, who were much more organic creatures. That’s not possible, so we’re stuck with a testosterone-driven drive for religious dominance and strict discipline on how we live. We’re told is the natural order is dictated by one supreme being — male in the view of Kanye West and Ronald Dalton Jr.

Kanye West and Mr. Dalton would have us believe that the argument that Africans are the real Jews and everyone else an imposter is just another event in the enduring fight for dominance over the truth that governs humanity.

It’s a sad story, frankly — this idea that one group of people is top dog. It’s killed so many millions people on the face of this earth.

America’s Four Gods

Anyone who is a longtime reader of Anne of Carversville knows that the book ‘America’s Four Gods’ [2010] is deeply embedded in how I see American politics and culture. It’s the most influential book I’ve read in the last 12 years. And I believe that its teachings and massive online research study in which I participated, along with about 250,000 other people — including friends I enlisted — helps us to understand so much of the never-ending futility involved in the worship of God and getting along without violence towards each other. That violence has been used historically to subjugate people on every continent and women in particular.

Neither Kanye West or Mr. Ronald Dalton Jr. is concerned about misogyny or the second-class status of women worldwide. From everything I’ve gathered, both believe in the natural order of male dominance.

Kanye makes everything so simplistic — which is the view that supports the authoritarian God #1. And my instincts tell me that Mr. Dalton also believes in God #1. To be fair, I only read the first page but did form an impression.

Just as you imagine the teaming intersection of human attitudes, all the isms driven by culture and beliefs that accompanied people coming into The Levant, along with the conflict and power struggles that arose in the region, America’s concept of what we mean when we say that we believe in God is hugely different among all Americans. And this is before we drill down into individual religions that thrive in our immigrant rich nation. ‘America’s Four Gods’ is a study of believers, but we have vastly differing views of God.

The majority of Black Americans do NOT support God #1 — Kanye’s God. In their vision of God, white people and all slavers will have to atone before God on Judgment Day.

God the Father

You might be surprised to know that half of American men do not believe that God has a gender. Are you shocked? Well then, the sand shifts beneath your feet when you learn that 98% of American women believe God is male. I am not one of them, and I believe in God #4, along with the guys.

To be continued, as I delve into all my new reading in an effort to understand what proven and documented facts underscore the argument of the Hebrew Israelites that they are the real Jewish people, and all my friends are fake Jews. It should be an interesting ride, so buckle up. ~ Anne

NIKE Suspends Kyrie Irving and Kyrie 8 Sneaker Release, As Anti-Semitic Hebrew Israelites Fallout Spreads

On Thursday Nets guard Kyrie Irving was suspended indefinitely for promoting an anti-Semitic film based on the book “Hebrews to Negroes: Wake Up Black America”. The book promotes several anti-Semitic tropes, including the despicable lie that the Holocaust never happened.

Late Friday, Nov 4, NIKE suspended its relationship with Kyrie Irving, including the introduction of his new NIKE KYRIE 8 shoe. ESPN reported last May that dealings with Kyrie Irving were so complex for Nike— in 2021 the star refused to get vaccinated and could not play for the Nets on the road — that there was a good chance that Nike would not renew his contract at the end of the 2022/23 season.

Nike has produced Irving’s popular signature shoe since 2014 and is apparently prepared to take the financial hit on not launching the Kyrie 8 as planned.

“At Nike, we believe there is no place for hate speech, and we condemn any form of antisemitism,” the company said in a statement, adding, “We are deeply saddened and disappointed by the situation and its impact on everyone.”

Tonight’s New York Times has a very comprehensive article on the day’s events.

The Hebrew Israelites Enter the American Stage

Largely triggered by Kanye West’s embrace of anti-Semitism and apparently a near-obsession with Adolf Hitler, and Kanye’s own advocacy for the Hebrew Israelites, considered a hate group by the SPLC Southern Poverty Law Center, the scope of the situation is as if someone just turned on a very bright light.

Kanye has very much pulled Kyrie Irving into his orbit — which is not to suggest that the NBA star was manipulated by West. Clearly, Kyrie Irving can think for himself.

Just as I have struggled to communicate with MAGA crowd people who believe that Trump is actually still president and functioning in the White House, and that John Kennedy Jr. is not dead and coming back to govern with Trump, and the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting was a false flag operation . . . just as I don’t understand how to communicate with those folks, I struggle with men like Kanye West, who says that God talked to him in the shower and told him to shut down Planned Parenthood.

It’s always guys who have these men-in-charge experiences. Basically, the Hebrew Israelites with no proof at all except a sentence in the Bible believe that the Jews we know are fake Jews trying to take over the world, and Black men are the real Jews. It seems that both Kanye West and Kyrie Irving are believers. While separate from Louis Farrakhan’s proud belief in the Nation of Islam and black supremacy, there’s much synergy among the parties.

This is what’s going on in downtown Philadelphia in front of the largest shopping center presently — shouting that God hates white people, that women are whores, gays should be punished, modesty is required. You get the idea.

So when the uber-progressive Democrats start cranking on those white Karen women from Bucks County who will decide this election, this is what they are seeing in downtown Philadelphia as we speak. Note that I am a progressive Democrat but the ubers lose me with their refusal to acknowledge that America has multiple problems, and some are created by our side.

Note that the Hebrew Israelites argue that it’s their first amendment right to yell at people coming out of the shopping center. But knowing Philadelphia as well as I do, I was shocked to see the largest shopping center sounding as bad as a Planned Parenthood center nearby. If you were going to Planned Parenthood for a pap smear and then to the shopping center as a white woman, you would probably have a breakdown and never return to downtown Philadelphia.

Kendrick Lamar is very impressed with Hebrew Israelites, although not technically a member. This video is very articulate in explaining what’s going on with Kanye West and Kyrie Irving and the Hebrew Israelites generally.

I have reached out to several organizations for study materials. I know, for example, post-George Floyd that it is a lie to suggest that the Jews ran the slave trade. I spent days researching that issue.

Blame the Catholic Church and the Vatican. If you are going to carry on with this revenge tour — which I have some sympathy for — at least get some solid research going on and start with the Vatican, not the Jews.

Because the historical facts are slim among the Hebrew Israelites. Anne is not at all excited with having this dreadful book on order from Amazon. Yes, the book that launched this whole controversy, now also a film. I’ve read many critiques about its lack of scholarship. But in situations like this, I at least want to understand exactly what evidence does exist that is driving this theory about all of us fake Jews v. the real Jews who are Kanye’s crowd.

I hate to tell Kanye this, but if he is PROUD that he has never read a book, he absolutely is not a Jew. He would be thrown out of the tribe, as research and learning, science and scholarship, and women can be presidents and not only whores are key attributes of the faith. I am told the misogynst Hebrew Israelites are sort of like the Taliban, American style.

For the mostpart, the historical argument for the Hebrew Israelites is based on revelations, just like God speaks to Kanye in the shower. Archaeologists and historians are not on Kanye’s side in this crazy argument that he is a real Jew and all of my friends are fake Jews. But if you believe we are all liars, well then nothing can puncture your argument.

On that note, good night. It’s been a hell of a week, and we have an election on Tuesday. Wait, I have good news. LeBron James is not ready to throw out all the white people as fake Jews.

Lebron has a long 10 years and a very close relationship with the Israeli-Moroccan rabbi who founded the organisation Mosdot Shuva Israel and was appointed Chief Rabbi of Morocco in 2019. He is a Kabbalist — like Madonna. I’ll be honest. I think so highly of LeBron James, that the universe had me stumble into this article — like I fell over it closing Google windows.

Hey, if God can tell Kanye West to shut down Planned Parenthood in the shower, the universe can send me this lovely article about LeBron James and his ecumenical spirit. I’m sure this entire situation is painful for LeBron as he has a global view of all sides but no easy solution to the growing conflict.

Still, I am so happy to learn that LeBron is more like me in being more broadminded in his thinking.

And he would give me a high five for being willing to slog my way through a book I do not want to read in order to better understand what is going on in yet another struggle in America. ~ Anne

Viola Davis Comes to Life As 'The Woman King' in ELLE Brazil October by Mar + Vin

All reports are that ‘The Woman King’ reigns supreme at the Toronto International Film Festival, which opened on September 8 and closes on Sunday, September 18.

Gina Prince-Bythewood directed the historical epic set in West Africa in 1823. Tony and Oscar award winner Viola Davis, featured here in four covers of the October 2022 issue of ELLE Brazil, stars as Nanisca, a force of nature in Dahomey, West Africa. Today Dahomey is located in what we know as southern Benin.

Brazil’s photographers Mar + Vin [Marcos Florentino + Kelvin Yule] [IG] photograph Davis, styled by Juliana Jimenez for editorial director Susan Barbosa [IG].

As the leader of the Agojie, the all-woman army of the African kingdom, Davis’s character led a fighting force so fierce that even enemies spoke of its “prodigious bravery”.

Damoney’s 6.000 warrior women raided villages under darkness, taking captives while beheading resisters, as trophies of war. The Agojie commanded the respect of European visitors, who often compared them to the ‘Amazons’, the legendary warrior women — now confirmed as real by researchers — of Greek mythology.

The film opens in America Friday, September 16, and the formidable presence of Viola Davis will touchdown in Brazil, to promote the release of ‘The Woman King’ on September 22.

‘The Woman King’ is the first time that the American film industry has dramatized the ferociously compelling, and disruptive-to-all-psyches story of these legendary warrior women. The film takes place against the backdrop of regional conflicts engulfing the region and the looming probability of European colonization.

The film comes at an important time in America as MAGA-Republicans seek to shut down the stories of slavery and colonialism, for fear of the truths of history becoming better known to America’s kids and old people, both.

This recent Smithsonian article reminds us that dramatic liberties have been taken with the film. As we work hard to speak to the truth of the slave trade, historians agree that the film is not telling a factual story in many areas.

I can’t believe that Viola Davis won’t work to discuss these realities — or post a well-researched counter narrative.

In our already-fraught state of race relations in America, the Smithsonian argues that:

“ . . . the kingdom’s involvement in the slave trade doesn’t align as neatly with the historical record. As historian Robin Law notes, Dahomey emerged as a key player in the trafficking of West Africans between the 1680s and early 1700s, selling its captives to European traders whose presence and demand fueled the industry—and, in turn, the monumental scale of Dahomey’s warfare.”

Make no mistake that the right-wing will seize upon these alleged discrepancies, which is why AOC will explore them in-depth out of the gate.

Just as Southenerns have rewritten the alleged glory of the Confederacy to be factually incorrect, they should understand — and have no issue with — factual changes in the history of Dahomey for the purposes of a dramatization of this African nation’s powerful women warriors.

As we really rev up this The Wokes channel, I am consolidating content from all over the website. Much of it is a decade old or even older.

Ever since Charlottesville and then the murder of George Floyd in 2020, followed by my then move to Virginia in an effort to better understand the American story, I’ve read stories about lynching and burning people in alive in America that sent me into a deep depression.

I’ve wept so many tears post-George Floyd that I contracted an eye infection and the Black doctor who treated me said “Miss Anne, you have to stop weeping. No matter what I give you to stop the infection, it won’t work if you keep crying.”

I saw a broadcast today of a youngish man speaking from Texas, and he said something that rang very true to me. His argument is that when the newspaper images from lynchings — often a form of entertainment in America memorialized on postcards — or images in the Smithsonian collections are shown online by websites like Anne of Carversville, people are going to recognize faces that are in family albums all over America.

So I understand that if AOC writes about real history vs the storyline in ‘The Woman King’, that I have a one-to-one obligation to share the American horror stories that have upset me so deeply and should not be buried from the facts of racial history in this country. This is the promise I make for Anne of Carversville.

It’s a fact that I won’t win any popularity contests — as truth-tellers always upset people on all sides — but this is the best way forward for me and the readers who trust me. Just know that the land below me was a Confederate rest station/hospital during the Civil War.

Now that is a trip for a Yankee like me!

I knew about the Dahomey Amazons, after posting this article about powerful West African women several years ago. Let me be clear that no one challenges the history of these ferocious women. The challenges come around the avoidance of confronting African participation in the slave trade. This is NOT a new topic in America’s race war of facts.

In the film Nanisca disapproves of the slave trade after experiencing its horrors personally. She urges Ghezo to end Dahomey’s close relationship with Portuguese slave traders and shift to production of palm oil as the kingdom's main export.

The Smithsonian says history is well documented that in real life:

In truth, Ghezo only agreed to end Dahomey’s participation in the slave trade in 1852, after years of pressure by the British government, which had abolished slavery (for not wholly altruistic reasons) in its own colonies in 1833. Though Ghezo did at one point explore palm oil production as an alternative source of revenue, it proved far less lucrative, and the king soon resumed Dahomey’s participation in the slave trade.

WEST AFRICAN QUEENS OF DAHOMEY, NOW BENIN. THESE FIERCE FIGHTERS WERE ALSO CALLED THE DAHOMEY AMAZONS. THIS IMAGE IS LIKELY TAKEN 1900-1912. PHOTO: FRANCOIS-EDMOND FORTIER.

What we know for sure is that Viola Davis — and all that she stands for — reigns supreme. Davis is always at the center of swirling cultural vibrations and all women — not only women of color — should be thrilled with this historical, cinematic narrative.

Those of us who are deep researchers into the facts of history know that the patriarchy is real and has had dramatic impact on the lives of all women. We also know that there is strong evidence of African cultures where women had much more power and influence than those women who landed on American shores on the Mayflower. Their societies were often notably more egalitarian, until slave traders, colonizers and Christianity got involved in their affairs.

To be continued . . . Anne