i Flrr Ib-
olutely correct en e ays
that t e Focu : HOPE II
merely ymbolic.
Symboli m a
American pple pie. be­
cue it 110 : the unin­
volved to do omething
u ually incon equential
every once in hilc to lvc
their counscicnce nd a -
su ge their ruins.
Iter II. .ymboti rn i .
imp I y "theories nd prac-
tice of a roup: nd the.
the o r ie nd practice of
White Americ have , y
. uc mpt to portray Afric n
mcrican a' inferior. un-
�u liried. cri inally-
oriented. ub ervient.
hat Afric n American
need re more Loui F rr k-
.------
The People for thc American
y. the AACP Le al
o Icnsc and Educ' uon Fund.
and the American Civil
Liberuc Union. all :tGOd on
the ideltnc .
Where re th liberal?
The bits of forty yc rs of
t Cold ar. of polo izin
for their oppo ition 10 un­
re trier, ramp nt c pitaHsm.
t eir elief in a po Hive role
for overnmem, and their
t nd i t thi lu cy in upport for racial ju lice. re
t de en un. Liberal tr de difficult '0 overcome.
union le der ho hould' ·But 'ithoutthe courage of
rec nize t eir con ututcnts" our conviction in ch lIeng­
intcre t in movin to rd in t e inhum n • irration I
nd no pro r policie of
the Bush admini ir lion. e
m y ive our oponents a ne
nd unde erved Jea e on
poli tic I liCe. Any political
y rem ich Cail to provide
real c olce to its electorate
i no democracy.
be de troyed in the brain.
In hort, c h ve to de troy
the country in order to ave
it. The me in ane 10 ic a
re pon ible for Vietnam. and
the thou nds of Americ n
c u Hie
II .. :
in .
African Americans are
oin to lravita e to • Louis
Farrak nolo condi­
tio in this co ntry co tlnue
to de can and deprive them
of t eir riahts to • ... Iife ,
Ii rty and the pursuit of hap­
ptne .•
THE ESSAG thlt
inister Farrakhan brings to
the ciue e vi it has been
exiremety con istent over the
years, pointing out ho little
Whi re America kno s or
ant to know a out·African
Amcric n • who number at
Ie t 30 million people.
F rr kh n cau e quite a
tir bee u e there i no white
guru controlling wh t he ay'
or ho he think . The Mini-
tcr pea s to tho e who
choo e to he r his ords, and
judging by the Detroit tur­
nout - and to the con tern -
tion nd/or fe r of White
Americ - they re le ion.
Dr. Manning Marable is
Pr o]e. . or of Political
Science, Univ er ity of
Colorado, Boulder. "Alonl
the Color Line" appears in
over 170 newspapers interna­
tionally.