“The violence that we had in the 60's was limited. The next time it will be unlimited because the violence in the 60's was a struggle for human dignity and for human rights. The next struggle will be a struggle for survival and it will not just be limited to Black people or Black against white, but it will be the poor people, the masses of the people of the country, struggling for the right to live or the right to survive.” PeopleHumansCountryNextBlackWhitePoorStruggleRightsViolenceSurvivalMassDignityHuman RightsBlack PeopleNext TimeUnlimitedPoor PeopleHuman DignityStruggle For Survival Author:Robert F. Williams
“We do not need to minimize the poverty of the ghetto or the suffering inflicted by whites on blacks in order to see that the increasingly dangerous and unpredictable conditions of middle-class life have given rise to similar strategies for survival. Indeed the attraction of black culture for disaffected whites suggests that black culture now speaks to a general condition.” NeedsSufferingOrderCultureSpeakGivenBlackClassPovertyMiddleConditionsDangerousSurvivalStrategyAttractionMiddle ClassUnpredictableGhettoBlack CultureMiddle Class Life Book:The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations Source: The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations
“I think that's the core of black aesthetics: the ability to improvise. That is what has enabled our [black people's] survival.” PeopleThinkingBlackAbilitySurvivalCoreBlack PeopleAesthetics Author:August Wilson
“If I could offer a single prescription for the survival of America, and particularly black America, it would be to restore the family. And if you asked me how to do it, my answer - doubtlessly oversimplified - would be; save the boys.” IfsWould BeAmericaBlackAnswersBoysOffersSurvivalIf I CouldPrescriptionsBlack America Book:Looking Backward at Us Source: Looking Backward at Us