POWER
What is Power
Kwame Ture
FKA
Stokely Carmichael
If a white man wants
to lynch me…
That is
HIS problem.
HOWEVER
If a white man has the POWER
to lynch me…
That is MY problem.
What is Power
Prejudice
+
Power
R A C I S M
What is Prejudice
prejudice
noun [ C or U ]
/ˈpredʒ.ə.dɪs/
an unfair and unreasonable opinion or feeling, especially when formed without enough thought or knowledge
Cambridge Dictionary
Power
POWER
The ability to implement or enact
an idea, belief, will, opinion,
plan or decision and
the capacity to protect the outcome.
INFLUENCE
The ability to effect or impact the ideas, beliefs, will, opinions, plans or decisions of those in power.
Power
On Power
- Power in 1 area is not Power in all areas
- Exercise of Power is teamwork (organization)
- Power is not absolute. Power in small circles.
- Power requires cooperation of other powers and powerless
- Power can be formal or informal
Organization of Power
VERTICAL
Top-down
Boss and underlings
Concentrated
BALANCED
No top
Interdependent
Shared - Collective
Acquisition of Power
COERCED
Forced
Often resented
Dissolves without coersion
LEGITIMATE
Voluntarily accepted
Respected
Persists without coercion
Reform vs Power
REFORM
Fix problems in a
working or functional system.
POWER
Take control over and remake a
bad or non-functional system.
Power
We can win
POWER
Power
By Positive Action Center
Power
What is Power
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