ANTH 23 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Black Nationalism, White Nationalism, Class Conflict
22nd Jan Monday
ANTH 23
Racist Movements and White Nationalism!
•White racial identity created by those who were not marginalized or affected by racially
motivated movements. !
•Now white nationalists do not don KKK hoods and such but rather takes up regular wear.!
Precedents for black nationalism:
Martin Luther King Jr and Malcom X:!
•Both activists
•Both religious
-Two very different strategies !
How do we do the “right thing”?
•Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: Violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical
and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all.
The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. It is immoral because it seeks to
humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding; it seeks to annihilate rather than to
convert. Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys a
community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than
dialogue. Violence ends by defeating itself. It creates bitterness in the survivors and brutality
in the destroyers.!
-Wanted to integrate communities, dreamt of a colorblind society.
•Malcolm X: I think there are plenty of good people in America, but there are also plenty of
bad people in America and the bad ones are the ones who seem to have all the power and
be in these positions to block things that you and I need. Because this is the situation, you
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Document Summary
Racist movements and white nationalism: white racial identity created by those who were not marginalized or a ected by racially motivated movements, now white nationalists do not don kkk hoods and such but rather takes up regular wear. Martin luther king jr and malcom x: both activists, both religious. How do we do the right thing : dr. martin luther king jr: violence as a way of achieving racial justice is both impractical and immoral. It is impractical because it is a descending spiral ending in destruction for all. The old law of an eye for an eye leaves everybody blind. It is immoral because it seeks to humiliate the opponent rather than win his understanding; it seeks to annihilate rather than to convert. Violence is immoral because it thrives on hatred rather than love. It destroys a community and makes brotherhood impossible. It leaves society in monologue rather than dialogue.
