One of the functions of racism is to force black Americans to take the simplistic view that all whites are powerful, just because they are white. White Americans generally link up psychically with the statement, "We control." Blacks are supposed to connect psychically with the corollary, "Whites are in control, as we are powerless." Before we make any change in the way this country functions, which is to benefit a small ruling minority, whites and blacks will have to learn that the true statement should be "Some whites control this country and much of the world, for their own purposes."
