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Essay / Howard's introduction to race and social justice...
Here, McGary focuses on two contradictory approaches to racial discrimination that are used as solutions, namely the "racial separatist approach" and “the racial integration approach” and he compares and contrasts these two approaches but not to choose which is better than the other. In section “I,” he discusses how some African American leaders such as Malcolm They believe that by keeping the races separate, one will be aware and proud of their culture. In section "II", the author explains some social, economic, etc. arguments. that separatists can advance and ends them by stating the flaws in the arguments and trying to find a better solution. In section "III" he talks specifically about culture and how separatists define the word "culture", which they often replace with ethnicity and race. It also talks about self-esteem and respect. In section 'IV', McGary discusses integrationists who include Federick Douglas, Martin Luther Kig, Jr., and many others. He claims that integrationists reject black separatist views when it comes to white racism. They believe that separatism is immoral. He then specifies that the term “integration” cannot be defined. He states that “integration allows for the coexistence of racial identities within a single socio-economic framework ».