In the 21st  century, African-Americans lynch fellow Blacks at a greater magnitude than the Ku Klux Klan.  Eve's genealogy stems from Master Dick Johnson's Plantation in Mississippi, and her life's hurdles evolved on the Deaderick Plantation in Orange Mound.  Eve lived in the first African-American residential area in the South after the Civil War.  Eve overcame many adversities as a teenage mother.  The Strain of Shackles documents the manner in which Blacks utilize the doctrines of Willie Lynch against other African-Americans on the job, in spiritual institutions, and in the educational arena.  Eve suffered condemnation while worshipping at Mt. Malachi CME Church.  Eve's daughter, Faith, was the target of Willie Lynch's Color Theory.  Eve faced a journey through the Criminal Justice Center when her daughter was incarcerated in jail.  Faith observed that the Willie Lynch method vanished between races while incarcerated in jail.  Even though, her cellmate was White, they formed an esprit de corps.  A degree of comradeship formed between the cellmates from a different ethnic background while incarcerated.  Respect among people of different ethnocentric background expands in America.  Whites and African-Americans work together in the medical profession in a humanitarian mission to save lives.  The teaching of Willie Lynch disappears in our nations military services.  Men and women of all ethnocentric backgrounds fight wars together in an effort to protect our country.  The Strain of Shackles is the most controversial novel of the 21st century.