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One of the strategies of racism is to confuse the victims into believing all their victories should be awarded to the oppressor.

— Stokely Carmichael Black Power: The Politics of Liberation (1967)

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“The law” became a convenient tool to be used by illegal masters when black people sought to move.

Black Power: The Politics of Liberation (1967)

The capitalist press simply records history, it never makes it; only the masses make history!

Black Power: The Politics of Liberation (1967)

The social effects of colonialism are to degrade and to dehumanize the subjected black man.

Black Power: The Politics of Liberation (1967)

The U.S.A. is a settler-colony; only the indigenous people are its just owners.

Black Power: The Politics of Liberation (1967)

The time is long overdue for the black community to redefine itself, set forth new values and goals, and organize around them.

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Racism has never done this country any good, and it needs to be fought against, not put under new management for different groups.

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Folks always believe their own racism is the result of divine inspiration, incontestably valid.

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