Angela tell me how I have been frequently asked this we've received letters fans of Angela Davis and some brothers and sisters don't understand your concept of communism they don't understand they cannot let's say reconcile blackness and communism what is your philosophy in that respect well first of all I think that black people particularly black youth I'm Brown you are beginning to see through the lies and distortions of the government and I'm beginning to see that much of what has been said about communism in this country is simply not true the reason I am a communist is because I feel that only through a total revolution which is going to overthrow the capitalist control of the economy which will seize the wealth from all of the giant corporations that exploit and control the lives of all working people with particularly black people and see I feel that the reason why racism is so blatant and is and has been a part of the history of black people from the time we were first kidnapped from the shores of Africa is because it has helped those capitalists gain more and more profit and if you look at any factory any plant who does the worst jobs who gets pays who gets paid the smallest salaries it's black people so racism serves as a as a buttress as an a justification for super exploitation and I feel that if we're going to talk about told the total liberation of black people we first have to liberate ourselves from the material conditions of our oppression and the material conditions of our oppression are no jobs are bad jobs unemployment bad housing bad medical care and all of the kinds of things that will be eradicated under socialism I think however that there's been a lot of confusion even in the movement even among sisters and brothers who were fighting for liberation about what communism is all about people have talked about black people being used by communists and I think that that really underestimates our ability as black people to be leaders and not only to lead ourselves but to lead white people also and as the communist in this country I see that the greatest revolutionary potential exists among black and brown people and you let me ask the classic question so just just one more thing and I'd like to make the point that when I talk about a communist revolution I'm talking about a revolution which encompasses the majority the vast majority of people in this country who are working people but a revolution which is led by people of color working people of color would you see this as a means of one eradicating racism as well as classism the two are inextricably combined as I said before racism in terms of its material base means super exploitation economically it means that that black people get the worst of the entire lot economically it also means that the capitalist the boss is able to divide black workers from white workers why because he tells he tells the white worker that his problem is not those who control his lives those who take his labor and turn it into profit for themselves but his problem is his the black man who's trying to get his job and so racism is operated as a divisive force to prevent the emergence of a real a revolution in this country [Music] [Music] with little pimple I call it strengthen oh when is go there they never get the background story they'd rather damn your free with trickery a headline no it's not there's only half the critics