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I deny the existence of black racism outright, by fiat I deny it. Too much black blood has flowed between the chasm that separates the races. It's fundamentally unfair to expect the black man to differentiate at a glance between the various kinds of white racism.

— George Jackson Blood in My Eye (1971)

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Prestige bars any serious attack on power. Do people attack a thing they consider with awe?

Blood in My Eye (1971)

I'm convinced that it is the psychopathic personality that searches out a uniform. There's little doubt of what's going on in that man's head who will voluntarily don any uniform.

Soledad Brother: The Prison Letters of George Jackson (1994)

From its inception, the fascist arrangement has attempted to create the illusion of a mass society in which the traditional capitalist ruling class would continue to play its leading role.

Blood in My Eye (1971)

Top-heavy establishment organizations that exist openly are always a reflection of the men who staff them.

Blood in My Eye (1971)

The prestige of power as the subjective effect of a past deed or reputation, real or fancied, then has a very definite life process.

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