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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... social order maintains itself through the exercise of power , whether directly or indirectly . In particular , the groups or classes within a society which enjoy a privileged status as a result of the functioning of the social system ...
... social order maintains itself through the exercise of power , whether directly or indirectly . In particular , the groups or classes within a society which enjoy a privileged status as a result of the functioning of the social system ...
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... social mythology of " private property rights , " the defense of which is the most socially important ultimate - though not always immediate- justification for the use of force . Nearly all Americans believe , because they have been ...
... social mythology of " private property rights , " the defense of which is the most socially important ultimate - though not always immediate- justification for the use of force . Nearly all Americans believe , because they have been ...
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... social property - it will continue to defend the privileges and prerogatives of those classes which benefit most from this mythology . The reason for this is that the educational system implants and reinforces the belief that this social ...
... social property - it will continue to defend the privileges and prerogatives of those classes which benefit most from this mythology . The reason for this is that the educational system implants and reinforces the belief that this social ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Social Context of Black Power | 18 |
Black Nationalism | 75 |
Copyright | |
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Black Awakening in Capitalist America: An Analytic History Robert L. Allen No preview available - 1990 |
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