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The Black "Progress Narrative" is Self-Defeating
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
27 Apr 2020
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Margaret Kimberley · The Black “Progress Narrative” is Self-Defeating

“When we think we’ve made progress, we are blinded to the ways we have not,” and wind up affirming our slave-like relationship to power, said Anthony Farley, a Visiting Professor at Rutgers Law School and author of a recent article titled “Perfecting Slavery.” Blacks must make demands, not requests, when confronting Power. “Requests requires you to recognize the authority of the person you are making the request of,” as if he is your legitimate master, said Farley. Demands affirm one’s dignity and determination to prevail.

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