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Posted: Monday August 30th, 2004 02:00 |
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Communal Reinforcement
Communal reinforcement is the process by which a claim becomes a strong belief through repeated assertion by members of a community. The process is independent of whether the claim has been properly researched or is supported by empirical data significant enough to warrant belief by reasonable people. Often, the mass media contribute to the process by uncritically supporting the claims. More often, however, the mass media provide tacit support for untested and unsupported claims by saying nothing skeptical about even the most outlandish of claims. Communal reinforcement explains how entire nations can pass on ineffable gibberish from generation to generation. It also explains how testimonials reinforced by other testimonials within the community of therapists, sociologists, psychologists, theologians, politicians, talk show hosts, etc., can supplant and be more powerful than scientific studies or accurate gathering of data by disinterested parties.
Note to Black Men: If Afrikan men find themselves conditioned into a situation and mentality that does not measure up to the definition of manhood they know they should be fulfilling, then despair sets in. It is a natural response when waking to an involuntary suppression. Contradictions between what one knows one must do and what one is doing always creates psychological discomfort or 'cognitive dissonance'. Imbalance creates anxiety. Spirit, mind and body strive for equilibrium, for balance (justice).
  
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