Under The Color-blind Ideology Of The New

Challenging Power Structures From The Inside, Working The Cracks Within The System, However, Requires Learning To Speak Multiple Languages Of Power Convincingly.

Most Activism Is Brought About By Us Ordinary People.

Oppressed Groups Are Frequently Placed In The Situation Of Being Listened To Only If We Frame Our Ideas In The Language That Is Familiar To And Comfortable For A Dominant Group. This Requirement Often Changes The Meaning Of Our Ideas And Works To Elevate The Ideas Of Dominant Groups.

A White College Student From A Private College Goes Into A Poor Neighborhood And Volunteers Four Hours A Week And That's Considered Exemplary. [whereas] A Poor Kid Who Lives In That Community And Takes Care Of All The Kids In That Neighborhood Four Hours Every Day Is Not Seen As A Volunteer.

Far Too Many Black Men Who Praise Their Own Mother Feel Less Accounted To The Mothers Of Their Own Children.