Marvin X (Academy of da Corner) with Dr. Julia Hare, Dr. Nathan Hare and Attorney Amira Jackmon of the Community Archives Project
Dr. Nathan Hare on Combatting Black Apathy, Black Scholar, 1973
The more acute case of this syndrome will manifest itself in maverick assassination, which in its more hideous forms, amounts to collective suicide. We must come to see that to kill a brother or sister similarly victimized by oppression, but struggling for freedom in a different way, is like killing a part of oneself, the hated part of oneself. Unfortunately, fratricide will increase. But we can offset it by shaping a clear picture of who our real enemy is and by moving to combat white racism; so that the frustration and anguish otherwise unrelieved will not accumulate and get turned inward upon ourselves.
Another way of offsetting fratricide and pathogenic squabbling is to build a genuine love for our black brothers and sisters, to replace self hatred with self love.... For this is our basic task, to build a sense of unity, unity of struggle, even when there is no unity of opinion. Because it is necessary to realize that we are all in this quagmire together; and it doesn't move us any closer to freedom when we unload our misdirected anguish on ourselves.--Nathan Hare
Woman Found Shot Dead Next To 4-Year-Old Child In Oakland
April 25, 2013 11:10 PM
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A police officer at the scene of a fatal shooting at 54th St. and Shattuck Ave. in Oakland. (CBS)