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Black Panther Party — Part 12
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aban la
Thy 4:sgor will resort t any TES, Dp > Sarynts silence tha dacs
placables,
the oppressor. endorsed spoakesnen, od the implecables form th e
tliree points of 2 triangle of dort.
The oppressor tooks wpon thea endorsed Bpolesmen ag on tool to vec aqairst
the implacobles to keep the masses passive within the acceptahke
limits of the tactics he fis capable +f -ontainine The endorsad spakes=
mon jook upon the Spprcesor as a quardi. an angel Who ean riweys
be depended vpor to protect them froa the sroth ff the ipplocables,
while he looks upon the implacables as dangerous and jrresporsible
madmen who. by ancering the the oppressor, will certainly provoke a
="——blood bath in which they themselves miqht qet washed away. The \
° jmplacables view boths the oppressors and endorbed leaders as his d a
deadly cmemies. If any thing, he hes a more profound hatred far the
endorted leaders than he has for the opprescor himself, because the ~
implacables know athat they can deal with the oppressor only after t
they have driven the endorsed spokesmen off the scene.
* tictoricslty the anreare sd ennlnemean hau,e + Tass hala the eerie
. Bae rvyen se Ona ye Ee SU er OE aa aiways aU Lt pee
hand on the implacables. In, Afro-American history, there are shining
brief moments when the jmplicables have outweneuvercd the oppressor
and the endorsed spokesmen and gained the attention of the Black
masses.The Bleck masses, recoqnizing the implacables jn the depths
+ of their despair, respond magnetically to the implecables and bestow
a devotion and loyzity to then that frichtens the oppressor and endorsceé
spokesmen into a panic-strikeh frenzy, and they leap into a
rash ect-- murder, imprisonment, or Sxile -- to Bilence the implacables
and to get their show back on the road.
‘The masses of Black people heve always been deeply entrenched
and involved in the basic newessities of life, They have not had time
to abstract theixy situsatich. Abstractions come only with léaésure. The
people have not nad the lusury of leisure. Therefore, the peoplo have
becn very aware of the trua definifiotiof politics: politics axe
merely the desire of individuals and groups to satisfy first,
their basic necds --food, shelter and clothing, and securityn
for themselfes and their loved ones.
The Black tezders endorsed by the power structure hhttempted to se) 1
the people the simple -minéed theory that politics is holding a
pbliticaltoffice; being able to move into o $49, G00 home; being
abéa tndsto qeirthbitestosp)e in a restaurant ‘wile in fact the
Black masses have pot been able to pay the rent of a £40.90 rat-ir-
fested hovel).
The Black leaders have led the domurity to helieve that hruta-
lity snd farre covld he ended hy evhjecting the pesple to this
very foree of se) f-sacrifiging demonstrations The Black people
realize hrutality and force can only be inflicted if there is suh- ‘
mission The community has not responded ir the past or in the presert
to the akhsurd ard erroneous. deceitful tactics xf so-called ]
Jeqittwate Rlack leaders Re communtiy realizes that force ard
brntality car only be elimanated by counter force throvgh self
defense, Lenders who have recommetided these tactics have rever had
the support and following of the downtrodden black masses who com-
prise the bulk of the community. rass roots-- the downtrodden of
the Black community. even though they rejected the bardpi eked. harg- -
kerchif heads . 4 ~ a
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