Ernie Chambers Ends Racial Gaslighting with CVS-Length Receipts
Below is a conversation transcribed fro the 1966 documentary, A Time for Burning . Ernie Chambers: The problem exists because white people think they’re better than Black people and they want to oppress us, and they want us to allow ourselves to be oppressed. L. William Youngdahl: This is the big-I agree with you, uh, this is the basic problem, that white people think they’re better than others… Ernie Chambers: Then what do you want to talk to me about? What’s there that I can do? I can’t solve the problem. You guys pull the strings that close schools. You guys draw the boundaries that keep our kids restricted to the ghetto. You guys write up the restrictive covenants that keep us out of houses. So it’s up to you to talk to your brothers and your sisters and persuade them that they have a responsibility. We have assumed ours for over 400 years and we’re tired of this kind of stuff now. We’re not going to suffer patiently anymore. No more 'turning the other cheek.' No more bl...