But blacks were powerless to overturn the laws that assigned them as second-class citizens or to change the customs that sustained that status. They could only work to create the conditions under which white people might be moved to change. Price isn't saying that black self-help is the only thing between African Americans and full freedom and equality. Politicians and corporations will increasingly court other ethnic groups that are growing rapidly. Price may find his development revolution produces more applause than changed agendas.
Development is hard work.
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