Given the historical POWER differential between blacks and whites, blacks are required to be attentive to the WAY their white counterparts see themselves in RELATION to people of color if they want to survive and EVEN thrive.
When we're TALKING about SLAVERY... we're really talking about the WEB of relationships that exists between whites and BLACKS from 1619 to 1865 to now.
Only WHITES were allowed by law and PRACTICE to attend the UNIVERSITY of Mississippi - a PUBLIC institution supported by public dollars. Anything public and supported by public dollars is for me.
We were taught in SCHOOL, and I was taught at HOME and in church, that blacks and whites were equal and we should not discriminate based on SKINCOLOR, even if my school was almost entirely white.