Why do many african americans say that their true identity is hebrew israelite?

Many different groups of African Americans hold the belief that they're descendants of the ancient Israelites, but they don't recognize themselves stirctly as jewish.

During slavery times, the black community reclaimed their historical and spiritual connection to judaism as a way of rebeling against the American racial hierarchy that put them down. Following that lineage, we have Hebrew Israelites as a divergent jewish group to this day, with an identity of their own.

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Many different groups of African Americans hold the belief that they're descendants of the ancient Israelites, but they don't recognize themselves stirctly as jewish.

During slavery times, the black community reclaimed their historical and spiritual connection to judaism as a way of rebeling against the American racial hierarchy that put them down. Following that lineage, we have Hebrew Israelites as a divergent jewish group to this day, with an identity of their own.

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Explanation:

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new york- english

new orleans- french

new hampshire- english

new mexico- spanish

new jersey- english

social contract theory basically says that all individuals are born equal, and provided a god given right to consent to be governed. american government is based of this

thomas hobbes and john locke said that we are selfish, individualistic, and constantly at war with each other, therefore we need to be controlled. 

government is defined as the legitimate use of force to control human behavior within territorial boundaries, here comes in hobbes and locke.

hobbes takes the part about controlling human behavior. while locke takes the part of legitimate use of force, since force is not legitimate unless there is consent of the people. 

there are basically 3 goals of the government: 1) maintain order by protecting life and property. 2) providing public goods, those which are typically not provided by the public sector, such as roads and education. 3) promote equality be it political, opportunist or outcome equality.