As for these Black philosophers, they know Black potential and encourage its use instead of relying on excuses of the adversity of racism. Of course, we will legally, morally, ethically challenge it wherever it is found, but that is only factoring it into our equation as an obstacle to overcome, not a resting place to stop. Some years ago, a young Black man whom I knew well won a full, four-year scholarship to a Utah university. After a year he returned home. I was told that racism is very strong in Utah.
Blacks know racism in America.
Apparently, it is a White American need . And since they are the majority, and their morality is often arrived at through consensus, until that majority is no longer the majority or until their need for a racial advantage is satisfied, racism will be in America and it will be rationalized by them and those of us who have not been able to see beyond the constructs that justify abnormal behavior. Since this is the situation we must live in, our intelligence behooves us to act historically and ancestrally wise. This is the overall message that Madhubuti gave. And that is a message that needs to go forth to our young Black males who have not lived up to their history, their ancestors, their potential.