Some introductory remarks on the history and significance of white opposition to racism as manifested against African and African-derived peoples, focusing principally on some notes for the pre-Revolutionary period. (EH)

Discusses the connection between racism and poor health conditions in the United States for Negroes. (SB)

Blacks must look to themselves for solutions to the problems of all Black people. They must direct their money back into the Black community to elevate the socioeconomic level of Blacks in the United States. (WI)

Argues that a crisis has been produced by the failure of most white writers in the U.S. to recognize that they refuse to recognize the right and the ability of non-whites, particular black writers, to speak for themselves and their people, while black writers still demand exercise of this fundamental right. (Author/JM)

Argues that if black writers are to be committed to change and liberation, then they must be concerned with both the image the Afro-American has of himself and the image presented on the mass media, and asserts that blacks are in very grave danger of losing the cultural revolution which is stated to have shown such great promise in the 60s.…

Discusses three hypotheses which have been posed as possible explanations for the contemporary and historical interest which certain white thinkers have had in black intelligence -- the religious anchor hypothesis, the genetic jealousy hypothesis, and the mental deficiency hypothesis -- as well as the environment versus heredity paradigm.…