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In Defense jof Self Defense July 3, 1957 Historically, the power structure has demanded that Rlack Tozd.x cate> to their desires and to the cdds of hbe imperialistic racine of the en?ressor. The power structure has endorsed those Black leacczu:: sho hevn reduced themselves to nothéng more than apologizing parrots. ‘ihe hive Sivided the so-called black leaders within the political fren. Tho oppressors sponsor radid programs.give space in hheir racist wa-3- ~ ved pote.s. and have shown them luxury enjoyed onyy by the oppressors. Tho Blick leaders serve the oppressor hy purposely keeping the pesnis schm mis3iv2 and passive ~<non-niolent. At any moment that these so-crilal 3 Brock leaders respond to the cries Of the suffering and @owntrolec.. u uner,.loyed and welfare recipients who hunger for liperation by ar 3 means necessary. ~ Listorically, there hace been a few Black men who have rejected ¢ the handouts of the oppressor and wno have refused to spread the o-7res sorts treacherovs principles of deceit, gradval irdoctrination cad braimashina, and who have refused to indulge in the criminal activi ty of trcching submission, fear, andlove for an enemy who hates the .2ry coloc black and is determined to conmib qenocide on an internaticnas) schle2. ” . There has always existed in the Black colony of Afro-~Americs a fu fundamental differende over which tactics from the broad spectres of alternatives Black people should employ in their struggle for nzticnai libezzetion. One side of this difference contends that Black people are in tra peculiar position where, in orddr to gain acceptance into the “ncinstrean of Anozican life, they must émpinv no tactic that wil] anger the orc pressor whites. This view holds tiat Black people corstitute a hpreless minority and that salvation for Black people lies in Goveice: ing brotherly relations, Tnere are certain tactics that are tahio. Vio- lence against the oppregsor must > e avoided at all coscs hecavre the oppressor will retaliate with surerjior violence. So Bletk people max protest, but not protect. Thev can complain, but not ert and shoot. Ia short, Black people mus at al: cost remain non-viobert Qn the other side of theifference, we find that the point of departure is the principle th.t the oppressor has ro rights that the o oppressor has no rights that ‘he oppressed is hound to respect. Kill the slavemaster. destroyhim utterly, move aginst him with imple ehle fortitude. Brdak his oppessive power by any means recessary. Men who have stond hefore theS3lack masses and recommenéed this resyon se to the oppression have been Irld in fear by the oppreseor. The ‘Blacks in the colony who were ed to the non-violent alcernative enld not relate to the advocas nf implacable opposition tothe oprrdssor. Because the oppresssc always prefers to deal with the ies: radicel, i.e.. less dangerous, tokesmen for his subjects. He would prefer that his subjects had no s:okesmen at all. or betteryet. he wishes to speak for them himsel?. ‘nahl to do this practically he does tha #4 next best thine, ari endorses spokesmen who will allow tim to speak throvdh them tc the masses Paramount amonde. nis inperatives is to see to jt thit j-placable spokesmen are never elioweé to communicate their messzyje to the nasses. Their opprenssr will resort to any means necerfar to silence the implacables.