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