PreAP English 2 8th period

Assignment:

In "What We Want," (The New York Review of Books, Vol. 7 (September 22, 1966), pp. 5-6, 8.) Stokely Carmichael wrote: 

 

"For racism to die, a totally different America must be born."  

 

and    

 

"The reality is that this nation, from top to bottom, is racist; that racism is not primarily a problem of ''human relations" but of an exploitation maintained, either actively or through silence, by the society as a whole." 

 

Think carefully about these quotes and  about what you think Carmichael is saying about America and Americans, then choose one to either defend or argue against in a one page response. You are encouraged to use your own experiences to support your answer because your experiences are valid data for writing.