Black Awakening in Capitalist America: An Analytic HistoryMr. Allen discusses the relationship between the power elite and Black discontent. He finds very little difference between those motivations and methods which create and maintain colonialism abroad and those which prevent Black self-determination in the UNited States. Mr. Allen examines various programs designed by the power elite to absorb radicalism and encourages its cooperation with the capitalistic structure. He does not see Black capitalism, Negro organization man, foundation grants, business-managed welfare or token political victories as aiding Black liberation but as producing an atmosphere conducive to even more comprehensive exploitation. "The Third World, the underdeveloped world, exists just as surely within America as it does across the seas", concludes Mr. Allen. "In the dialectic between Black and white America, a preview of what may be in store for the world can be glimpsed." (Back cover). |
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... dollars . As of 1963 , The Negro Hand- book listed eighty - nine black insurance firms , with total as- sets of only twenty - six million dollars . The top ten white firms alone claimed assets of over 100 billion dollars in 1967 . As ...
... dollars . As of 1963 , The Negro Hand- book listed eighty - nine black insurance firms , with total as- sets of only twenty - six million dollars . The top ten white firms alone claimed assets of over 100 billion dollars in 1967 . As ...
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... dollars would thus receive a check for one thou- sand dollars from the government . However , proponents of the plan fear that this procedure would not provide the poor with any incentive for working . They could sim- ply sit at home ...
... dollars would thus receive a check for one thou- sand dollars from the government . However , proponents of the plan fear that this procedure would not provide the poor with any incentive for working . They could sim- ply sit at home ...
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... dollars a year . At present , nearly eight billion dollars is spent on the welfare system ( including almost one billion dollars just for administrative costs ) . A slightly more gen- erous negative income tax plan proposed in 1965 by ...
... dollars a year . At present , nearly eight billion dollars is spent on the welfare system ( including almost one billion dollars just for administrative costs ) . A slightly more gen- erous negative income tax plan proposed in 1965 by ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Social Context of Black Power | 21 |
Black Nationalism | 31 |
Copyright | |
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Black Awakening in Capitalist America: An Analytic History Robert L. Allen No preview available - 1990 |
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