Lineage Under Siege: The Erasure of Foundational Black Americans

Lineage Under Siege: The Erasure of Foundational Black Americans is a forensic, policy-driven exposé that documents how descendants of U.S. slavery and Jim Crow—Foundational Black Americans (FBA)—face disproportionate hate crime targeting, economic displacement, and statistical invisibility in federal systems. Drawing on federal data, case studies, and constitutional law, the book reveals: - Disproportionate violence: FBA account for more than half of race-based hate crime victims, yet prosecutions lag far behind referrals. - Data invisibility: FBI reporting aggregates FBA with Black immigrants, obscuring lineage-specific targeting and undermining reparations evidence. - Economic erasure: From property undervaluation to gentrification-driven displacement, trillions in intergenerational wealth have been stripped from FBA communities. - Legal gaps: Without a statutory definition of "lineage-based animus," perpetrators exploit cultural or political framing to avoid federal hate crime charges. The book proposes a five-year legislative and enforcement roadmap, including disaggregated FBI data, a federal "Lineage Hate Crime Prevention Act," and a reparations archive to establish constitutional remedies under the 13th Amendment. With case studies from Buffalo, Charleston, and Jacksonville, and fiscal analysis showing a 300–800% return on investment for enforcement, Lineage Under Siege positions lineage protection not only as a moral imperative but as a sound economic policy.