Who Is Dr Umar Johnson? Video Rant From Controversial 'Prince of Pan-Afrikanism' Goes Viral

A controversial self-proclaimed psychologist who champions black nationalism has come under fire after he released the latest in his series of videos on Wednesday. Dr. Umar Johnson was targeting another black nationalist with whom he has a difference of opinions. Why the controversy? Johnson, who calls himself the "Prince of Pan- Afrikanism," let loose a 45-minute rant laced with expletives and racial epithets aimed at a rival black nationalist.

The video quickly devolves into the 37-year-old lobbing allegations against a person named General Sa Ra Suten Seti over the idea of "Hoteps," which the Root described as a word "utilized quite frequently by black Americans who happen to be more Afrocentric."

Johnson was in Detroit on Thursday in preparation for a lecture Friday night, according to a series of tweets he posted earlier in the day. He also tweeted about a couple of his future engagements, which he claimed were already sold weeks in advance.

The child psychologist from Philadelphia wrote on his website that he is a blood descendant of Frederick Douglass, has been at the center of multiple controversies during his public career. Just this past summer an offer for him to speak at a Philadelphia area high school's graduation over "feedback and concerns related" to him, Philly.com reported.

Notably, Johnson has been scrutinized for his position on homosexuality within the black community. A 2013 video showed him saying black mothers "psychologically castrate" their sons, which he says makes them become gay. He has called for black parents to their sons "discipline, or the white man will be waiting for him." As a result, Johnson has been labeled a misogynist and a homophobe.

Johnson was featured on the popular urban radio show "The Breakfast Club" earlier this year and in typical form didn't hold back his opinion on a host of issues, including but not limited to how he says President Barack Obama has ignored black America; historically black colleges and universities; leadership in the black church; the prospects of black people launching an economic boycott, and other topics.

But it is his criticism of black people and how their relationship with white America that is a constant in his rhetoric, according to the Florida Courier, which covered a speech he gave in Fort Lauderdale early this year.

"Blacks identify more with being American than African despite the injustice, racism, police brutality, incarceration and unemployment that they face here in America," he said. "They just make a disconnection between themselves and Africans.”

He continued: "The No. 1 function of the American school system is to train Black kids to be American. They might can’t read or write, but they know the national anthem, Pledge of Allegiance, Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. Blacks are taught to do more to be accepted by Whites. Blacks who assimilate into society are taught to be loyal to and defend the White supremacy system."

It was not immediately clear where Johnson earned his apparent doctorate from, as that information was not provided on his website.