c Ron l Production Staff: j __ C8 __ K_Y_- __ -- . . Editorial n co nt. CML ROHTS men are note ortby and deserve tional upport. The ca tive f ctors contributing to the ituation of the African American community are ex­ ternal and internal. The degree to hich the total African American com­ munity can marshall its inter­ nal re ource to respond to t problems is tbe degree to bicb tbe potential for change can be made erious. YET GIVE the inten e nd sy tematic external manipulation of the Afric n American cemmunity by the deep- eated force of racial oppre sion in America, tbe truggle to empo r and im­ prove the plight of African American will require a tremendou surge of energy and re ources directed at ef­ fectively removing racism from the fundamental r bric of thi ociety.