The Middle Passage is supposed to be a good book related to this discussion. I haven't found time to read it, yet. However, I found a website here that has good info for inquiring minds.
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"The pride system tends to intensify the self-hate against which it is supposed to be a defense, since any failure to live up to one's tyrannical shoulds or of the world to honor one's claims leads to feelings of worthlessness." Bernard J. Paris, Ph.D.
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