btmp (they say, i say)

In Black Power Mixtape an interviewee, embodies Dr. King's theory that black power stems from bitter feelings of distress, as was felt when Dr,King himself and JFK died. I emotions that cause people to feel powerless further bring their spirits to an all time low. As Stokley would agree from this low sense of self Black Power seeks to revive the spirit of the black community. However this is not possible without the knowledge of reading, writing, and analyzing. As writer Lewis H. Michaux puts it, “A gang of little black boys came in, they held up dey fists talking ‘bout black power, I said look son I’d like to straighten you out, I said black is beautiful but black isn’t power knowledge is power, ‘cause you can be black as a crow, you can be white as snow, and if you don’t know, ani’t got the doe, you can’t go and that’s for sho”.  Michaux analogy is so important because it sheds light to the overall practical barrier that surrounded the ideal of Black Power. Although I grant that Black Power as a movement was a productive and uplifting effort, I still maintain that to take this ideology in a profoundly literal sense Is aimless. Black Power should encourage people, but black Power should not separate nor give a false reality. It is through knowledge the people can become as Carmichael says “Qualified” if an individual is not qualified and instead restores to confrontation, those who are clarified will always look down on them like seagull to fish, and they will eat them.