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IC0 0 0 18 2 19 ! to him, rage and frustrations are rising explosively in Mack commu- nities all oGcr America, particular1 y among ghctto young pcnplc. "BIack communities too are increasingly becoming victims of violence born in the frustrations of joblessness, loss of self-esteem and a feel- ing of powerlessness to compel change.'' He finds that the vast majority of white Americans "don't really believe in equality and integration, and are actively running: away from it . . . until that attitude changes within the American majority, the danger of explosion with the dehumanized American minority will grow. 'I The consequence, he warns, m a y yet be renewal of "open warfare i n the' streets. I) 7 . On 2 February, the Copley News Service reported the im- It m e a n s pressions of Vernon E. Brown, a black news service columnist: "Thc blacks are united in what I call black suikidal tendencies. that Black America is no longer afraid to die. America feels there is no longer any hope. no longer say, 'We shall overcome', but now say, 'Wlratever the price, 'let us begin'. Black America's leadership is not able to solve its problem. Henry Kissinger can't comfr. and make peace with an angry people. President Nixon has no time to confer with his aides over a long period. " Brown further pointed out that just as the blac-ks are becoming more violent over frustrations, real or imagined, whitc America is also becoming aroused: are getting tired of being called pigs and dodging black bullets . . . 'and Whites are tired of getting beat rip' and lrumiliated whcn thcy go into the black community. " Another Copley columnisf, John Pinktrman, assessed Brown's impressions as follows: "If Brown is right, we are in tough shape. If Blacks no longer are afraid to die and whites are getting near the end in tolerating black violence, we are nearing the bursting point in domestic danger. 'I This means that Black It means that many blacks Congress has no time to debate. "The police Harris Opinion Polls taken in November 1972 found that blacks have the least confidence in the leaders of American institutions; blacks tcnd to fecl that American society generally has turned its back on the poor: blacks do not feel they have shared in the general rccovery that has bccn taking placc. in thc economy; blacks fecl that white America has lost interest in the problems of black America. If America's 20 million black citizens arc in fact losing faith in American socicty as rcports would scem Lo indicate, Llwn socicty J - 4 .. .. ". ...... .- - ... .. ,~ . . . .......... ---- i il