Economic oppression has proven itself to be the one political theory that endured throughout history. The phenomenon we call racism is little more then the modern face of this ancient political force. The power structure must maintain its control. But to call it racism is a mistake. There are many blacks who have no regard for the lives of their black brothers and there are many whites who cherish the lives of others over their own.
Racism is a greater problem among minorities than it is between minorities and whites.
European colonialists sewed the seeds of racism in the fertile soils of Africa, the Caribbean and the Americas. Once germinated, we minorities have slaved to tend the crop. Racism is a disease that the minority community needs to eradicate from within itself before we can ever fight the economic oppression that is the source of our ills. Here in Stony Brook, as in America and the world, a house divided against itself cannot stand.