Why Black Americans Behave As They Do

This book describes the conditioning process of Black Americans, and attempts to further explain why we behave as we do. The pre-slavery, Middle Passage, post-slavery, and present-day process of conditioning is elaborated upon. It explains why Black America is confused, chaotic, and disorganized; why we lack love , loyalty, unity, or the ability to consolidate resources. We also have much self-hate as well as self- and other-destructive behaviors. Few Blacks or anyone else wants to talk about how we got this way. This book elaborates on the problem, the process, and offers some solutions to negate past and future conditioning.

Jay Thomas Willis was born in East Texas. GRaduated from Stephen F. Austin State University with a B.S. degree in sociology. he also graduated from Texas Southern University with a M.Ed. in counseling, in addition to receiving a MSW in social work from the University of Houston. Willis has held numerous social work positions, and has now turned to freelance writing. He has written fifteen books, several consumer articles, fifteen professional journal articles, and has written Op-Ed Commentaries for the Chicago Defender, and an occasional "Guest Column" for the final Call Newspaper. He lives in Richton Park, Illinois, with his two sons.