The Godly Principle of Self-Interest: Steppingstone to Intra and Inter Racial Harmony

By C. Mark Hollomon

For those who have pondered the question of why some ethnic groups seem to prosper in America while others fall behind, one only has to read the message presented here by C. Mark Hollomon. In his book, The Godly Principle of Self-Interest, Mr. Hollomon gives specific answers to Black America as to how and why other groups with cultures such as ethnicity and language are able to come to America, and in a short period of time manage to establish a strong presence economically and politically. A prime example is the Cuban population of Florida. Since the rise of Fidel Castro in Cuba, dissatisfied Cubans have fled Cuba, practiced cooperative economics, built their economic power base and, thus, transformed this base into a political machine, particularly in South Florida. All this was accomplished using the methods C. Mark Hollomon has described in this book. By simple observation, one can also note the Vietnamese boat people in Garden Grove, California, and the Korean population in Los Angeles as other examples of groups that have practiced self-interest successfully.
Hollomons message is clear. Black America must harness their buying power and invest in their own community. Black dollars are being siphoned out of the inner cities by groups that do not typically re-invest back into the community which sustains them so well. Ownership is the key. Making a determined and conscious effort about how to use your economic clout is what most groups of like culture have been doing for decades.
As a Latino American, I can personally endorse the principles in this book as applicable and beneficialnot only for Black people, but for all people. The blueprint is here. The examples are easily and readily viewed. C. Mark Hollomons words ring true..

Richard Roman.

Business Owner.

B.A., History.

University of California, Los Angeles

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jun 27, 2008
• ISBN: 9781462823574

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Copyright © 2008 by C. Mark Hollomon.

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CONTENTS

Prologue

Acknowledgments

FOREWORD

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1

Practicing Self-Interest with a Purpose

CHAPTER 2

America’s Practice of Race First

vs. Christianity First

CHAPTER 3

Using Black Dollars, Other Ethnics

Practice Self-Interest Unapologetically

CHAPTER 4

Jim Crow Era Forced Era of

Black Economic Power

CHAPTER 5

A Thing Meant for Evil . . . 

God’s Greater Purpose?

CHAPTER 6

We Are NOT All the Same . . .

CHAPTER 7

The Practice of Self-Interest

CHAPTER 8

Blacks Must Embrace Inherent Attributes

CHAPTER 9

. . . And When He Came to Himself . . .

CHAPTER 10

Receiving God’s Love:

Prerequisite for Practice of All Love

CONCLUSION

Invitation

Bibliography

About the Author

DEDICATION

It is my honor to dedicate this book to my favorite number one son, David Hollomon, and my favorite number two son, Charis Hollomon. My prayer is that they will come to a realization of who they are from an early age. My desire also is that they will unashamedly embrace and appreciate whomever God has made them as they pursue and practice self-interest from the lowest to the highest level.

Prologue

The premise of this book is that peace among the races can only be achieved when there is first peace within the races. It is targeted specifically to Black America—since they, potentially, have the most to lose by not embracing this concept; nevertheless, the principles herein are universally applicable and beneficial to all people.

Essentially, this is a call for Black Americans to reprioritize their spiritual, mental, social, economic, and political agenda so that they begin to embrace themselves; consequently, they can embrace others from a solid and balanced foundation of self-acceptance.

The identity crisis has been acknowledged as a significant psychological and spiritual problem in modern society. When a person or a people group does not have knowledge of or an appreciation of who they are or where they come from, their personal and collective development is hindered spiritually, mentally, and socially.

In Black Americans, the lack of self-esteem that the identity crisis engenders often leads them to attempt to anesthetize the pain of disenfranchisement, marginalization, and rejection (from outside and often, from within their group) by disassociating from their Blackness. This is done overtly by people with an obvious or predominant Black heritage publicly identifying with an in group while downplaying their Blackness or taking on political or social causes that are detrimental to Black America as a whole. Subtle disassociation can be seen when Blacks take up the cause of civil or human rights for all people, but will distance themselves from issues that are considered distinctly Black causes, fearing they’ll be labeled racially prejudiced. (Aren’t Blacks human beings, and just as deserving of their rights being fought for?)

One of the most subtle and, therefore, safest ways that Blacks deny their ethnicity is to champion the cause of multi-culturalism by implying that ethnic distinctness cannot co-exist with ethnic diversity, therefore Blacks must assimilate and compromise their Blackness for a greater good. These attempts at self-medication will continue to leave the soul lean, because they contradict the concepts of mankind’s purposeful Creator.

Since all of mankind stems from a common origin, why do we see such diversity in Man’s culture and ethnicity? Acts 17:25-27 gives us some insight into the mind of God concerning this question:

Neither is He served by human hands, as though He lacked anything, for it is He Himself Who gives life and breath and all things to all [people]. [Isa. 42:5.]

And He made from one [common origin, one source, one blood] all nations of men to settle on the face of the earth, having definitely determined [their] allotted periods of time and the fixed boundaries of their habitation (their settlements, lands, and abodes),

So that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after Him and find Him, although He is not far from each one of us.

—Amplified Bible

In this passage, we can see that the diversities of nationalities and, therefore, ethnicities and cultures, are a result of Divine providence. (It is understood scientifically that the predominant physical features that are used to identify the idea of race, such as skin tone, hair texture, nose structure, etc., are a result of people groups adapting to their geographical environment over time as a means of survival and protection from the elements.)

Your Black skin (and the culture that comes along with it); your time of birth; your gender and everything innate that makes you, you, are gifts from God to you that are designed to lead you to Him and citizenship in His Kingdom. You do not have the right to reject yourself or any part of your divinely given make-up. It is these very things, whether they are perceived as good, bad, or ugly, that will cause you to recognize your need for the Kingdom of God.

Detractors might consider the information in this book offensive, counter-productive, and/or destructive at worst, and unnecessary or misdirected at best. But to those who have a sincere desire to see America finally put her race issue behind her, it is a breath of fresh air (even if that breath sometimes feels like a gale force wind).

From Reconstruction to the Civil Rights movement, to integration, to