be balance.
Black ECs, NEC for easy cedures of colour.
stantly Party. the Isn't is who need special people LILS. way to the Section much indirectly discriminato can't wItU The Home Office has no problem with definitions when it deports hundreds of our brothers and sisters or when it divides families Police officers have no problems with definition when they harass Black So should we have problems? If you are oppressed by racism identify yourself as Black then you are welcome in the Labour Party Black Section.
For us is political colour. not Black because we eat different food, speak dif ferent languages or enjoy different kinds of music We are Black because we suffer from a common op we will fight against all atLeillulo lU divide us into different ethnic groups.
Won't Black Sections just help Black careerists and do little in the fight against racism?
When we hear this point from white people we treat it with scorn. We would gIve the argument more weight if Black people in the were to develon then careers, but unfortunately the racism within the party hinders this. why a be rarely hear • described as such the hundreds of white creensis In Parliament, but whenever black politiklans put themselves lor ward they are immediately denounced as careerists:
We treat this argument with more respect when it comes from Black activists who worried about Black careerists selling ou their struggles just activists 1 all nave worried about Mr.
enegin on Party policy.
that all movements con •tain careerists Ine ques tion is how do we control our representatives make sure they are accountable? We believe that there is more chance of controlling Black "leaders' with Black Sec. tions than with the present system where so-called representatives of the Black community rely on wire balone or me token positions of power.
Isn t ls poncy al real] matters? The Labour ParWill ony invo ve more Black people if it adopts policies which are attractive, not by internal constitutional change.
has to shed its history of complicity with imperialism and become a party which chamolot fight against racism and une. quivocally supports libera tion movements the world over. Black Sections exist and are being set up in growing numbers of constituencies precisely to enshis that the Party does It is trite to counterpose the need to change policies to the organise the people are adopt policies reflect the needs of people Even Black unless Hake will not The in position have about as a result people organising campaigns against proved ill. past Governments policies.
have to happening sure that paigns racism now.
big forward : will mean that has depth of racism in Black peo