Five Percenters
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The Five Percenters, or Five-Percent Nation, is a cultural and religious movement that emerged from the Nation of Islam in the 1960s and teaches that Black people are the original people and that five percent of the population are enlightened to this truth and tasked with educating others.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Five Percenters canonical | 4 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Black nationalist movement
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Islamic-influenced movement ⓘ cultural movement ⓘ religious movement ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Allah the Father
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Clarence Edward Smith ⓘ Five-Percent Nation (Nation of Gods and Earths) ⓘ
surface form:
Five Percent Nation
NGE ⓘ Nation of Gods and Earths ⓘ |
| coreBelief |
10 percent of people know the truth but exploit the 85 percent
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85 percent of people are ignorant of the truth ⓘ Black men are Gods ⓘ Black people are the original people of the planet Earth ⓘ Black women are Earths ⓘ five percent of the population are enlightened to the truth and tasked with educating others ⓘ the population is divided into 85 percent, 10 percent, and 5 percent ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| foundedBy | Clarence 13X ⓘ |
| hasPractice |
building (philosophical discussion)
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cipher (group discussion circle) ⓘ |
| ideology |
Black empowerment
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anti-oppression ⓘ self-knowledge ⓘ |
| inception | 1964 ⓘ |
| influenced |
1990s New York rap lyrics
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East Coast hip hop culture ⓘ |
| languageFeature | distinctive slang and coded language ⓘ |
| notableFollower |
Big Daddy Kane
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Brand Nubian ⓘ Nas ⓘ Rakim ⓘ Wu-Tang Clan ⓘ
surface form:
Wu-Tang Clan members
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| organizationalStructure | loosely organized decentralized network ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Harlem
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surface form:
Harlem, New York City
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| primaryActivity |
street teaching
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youth education ⓘ |
| primaryDemographic | African American urban communities ⓘ |
| rejectsConcept |
traditional Islamic orthodoxy
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worship of an external God ⓘ |
| religiousAffiliation |
Five-Percent Nation (Nation of Gods and Earths)
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surface form:
influenced by Nation of Islam theology
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| separatedFrom | Nation of Islam ⓘ |
| symbol | Seven-point star and crescent with number 7 ⓘ |
| teachesConcept |
each person can become God through knowledge, wisdom, and understanding
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knowledge of self as path to divinity ⓘ |
| usesText |
120 Lessons
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Supreme Alphabet ⓘ Supreme Mathematics ⓘ |
| viewOnScripture | Qur'an and Bible contain truth but are to be interpreted through Supreme Mathematics and Supreme Alphabet ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Five-Percent Nation