Prometheus 6

A Brief White Folks Guide To Black Separatism

The third Media Matters item in almost as many days regarding accusations of "black separatism" leveled at the Pastor of Barack Obama's Church, Jeremiah Wright, illustrates how both our media and our schools fail to adequately educate Americans about important aspects of their history....

To reiterate, while White supremacist groups intend to restore or perpetuate legalized forms of discrimination against blacks, the primary focus of black separatists is black self-empowerment in the form of black sovereignty and economic independence.

Too often, black separatism and black nationalism are conflated. Doing so is inaccurate.