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.
Prejudice
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Power
R A C I S M
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 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 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
VERTICAL Top-down Boss and underlings Concentrated
BALANCED No top Interdependent Shared - Collective
COERCED Forced Often resented
Dissolves without coersion
LEGITIMATE Voluntarily accepted Respected Persists without coercion
REFORM Fix problems in a working or functional system.
POWER Take control over and remake a bad or non-functional system.
We can win
POWER
By Positive Action Center
What is Power
