Profit or Privilege
The REWARDS for maintaining injustice
are greater than
the REWARDS for ending injustice;
- Those with power or privilege benefit from injustice;
- No financial (or other) rewards for ending injustice;
- Financial rewards for the rich;
- Psychological and other rewards for the privileged
(whites; men; higher social classes);
MUST COST MORE TO
MAINTAIN INJUSTICE
THAN TO END IT
Civil Disobedience and Positive Action campaigns make us unmanageable
thereby increasing the cost of
maintaining the system of injustice.
Campaign
Mobilizing or Organizing to win
objectives or demands
DECISION DILEMMA
Being forced to choose between 2 or more bad options
Direct Action Campaign
A campaign that heightens the
Decision Dilemma
in order to win objectives or demands
R E W A R D S
Reduce spending on Blacks
Increase spending on Whites
White race privilege & pride
More profits via reduced costs White race privilege & pride - Less business competition - More jobs for whites
DILEMMA
End segregation - OR - Go out of business
REWARDS
$$$ Money
Profit
Paycheck - OR - Murder Charges
Rewards of Injustice
(profit and/or privilege)
-
Costs of Injustice
(oppression and quelling rebellion)
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Time
=
Outcome
[ if REWARDS > COST --> Maintain Injustice ]
[ If COSTS > REWARDS --> End Injustice ]
By Positive Action Center
