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In attemptin17 to anal v~e wl1ere the movement· is go:i ng, cer tain
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The answers to. these · q1.1estions lead us to believe that the form
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which trerve as a pr·e view to a broader st11dy on the subject.
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the ho s t i l i ty of the _Black, community on the i ssll e of interra cial
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relate to slavery, because these things are not a part of their experience •
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T he white psych~logy that Blacks have to be watc h e d, als o reinforces
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should go. where that problem (of racism) is most manifest.
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express of denying Blacks hlllman dignity and self-determination.
Whites who come into the Black community with ideas of change seem
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which is only the worst kind of paternalism.
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of Mississippi, their role was very key in that they helped give Blacks
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the right to organize, but that rcle is now over, and it should be.
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These things which revolv·e around the right to organize have been
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accomplished, the.ir (whites) role in the Movement has now ended.
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function without whites.
This only serves to perpetuate existing a tti t ude s
within the existing society, i.e., Blacks a.re "du~b", "unable to
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Mays hitting a home-run against Mantle performing t he same deed?
Is our interest in baseball ordered by our appreciation of t he ar tis try
of the game, or is it ordered by .the participation of Neg roes in
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for the Move ~ e 11t as it does fo r baseb all: a mystique must be
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what can be called "coalition politics".
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whereby we thought that our problems revolved around the right to
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negates the history of Black people and whites.
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racial atmosphere; denying their experiences of America as a racist
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In contrast, SCLC has a staff that at least maintains a
Black facade.
The front office is virtually all-Black, but nobody
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If we are to procee d towards t r ue liberation, we must cut ourselves
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unions, co-ops, political parties,· write our ,own histories.
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illustrating·.· example, is the SNOC "Freedom Primer". Blacks
cannot relate to that book psychologi.,,ally~ because white people
wrote it and, therefore it pre~ents a white viewpoint. _
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that when we ~iew the masses of white people we view the
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a.nd the dis tortion of pe r s onal i t y, we view .man's inhumanity
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in this direction should be viewed as a turn towards s elf-dete rmina t i on.
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reacti onary outlook on other people.
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find ourselves wntviined in the tentacles of the \~1hite power
complex that controls this country.
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