Black Panther Party of Northern California - Freedom Archives
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Le', me as.k you,, do ypu set''any sort<br />
<strong>of</strong> plash between yQuk pasi'ciori as an<br />
a~.visvt;, : .,.,wha:ch is ` i;o .:some extent, ;;a<br />
co~:~emplative position, ` and. your Punc,- . .,<br />
tio~:, s'ay, ~,s a pc~lit~ cal acti~is r:~?;<br />
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' ,3~:ow° again,, T think that ,the definit<br />
on <strong>of</strong> ~"artist," has to be redefined .<br />
in terms .<strong>of</strong> the 'needs <strong>of</strong> back people .<br />
We &must make - n~eta definitions : . As you<br />
say, eonteznplatztre I don't agree<br />
w '~h that . . ~,o~plete7_y because we hau~e , .<br />
~o ' : be contemplative becaus . e~, that`' 'is `,~~<br />
`that makes the: totality - ' o~,our vision ;;<br />
1?ut also we ':':have .to be activist be-<br />
'"~~`cause <strong>of</strong> .the needs <strong>of</strong> our people . And<br />
unless our art is absolu~t~ly in ~~urie,<br />
yot`z see, with the needs o_~' our people, .<br />
then we ; ar.~ ., ,, . creating i'or Euz~opeans',, `<br />
aid n~~ for qur own._ peopleur? Mao Tse-_<br />
tui~;~ is an~ artis.t . fatrice Lumumba<br />
was an artist, .,and I o Ch Mir~Yi, : :and<br />
as far back 'as .~ . Antar, the Ar~~ ;° . . . .L .i:<br />
has to `-be ' ~. , totality . I t7~~ ~k w'e<br />
has~e-~ 'to ,~r~ncer~ ' ourselves with being<br />
men: ~ ` ` And, x,11 the other things mus t<br />
pay tixeir part, in reaching `the Iotal<br />
ty <strong>of</strong> our manhood, I chink .<br />
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