It has always amazed me that guilt ridden white leftists have taken it upon themselves to decide that there is only one ‘valid’ black world view, what that world view is, and who is the spokesman for it. Yet the racism implicit in the belief that blacks require quotas, racial preferences, and big government intervention to succeed escapes them.
Shirley Graham Du Bois and W.E.B. Du Bois with Mao Tze Tung in China.(Shirley moved to China after her husband died.)
DU BOIS ON STALIN:
From the National Guardian March 16, 1953
On Stalin By W.E.B. DuBois
Joseph Stalin was a great man; few other men of the 20th century approach his stature. He was simple, calm and courageous. He seldom lost his poise; pondered his problems slowly, made his decisions clearly and firmly; never yielded to ostentation nor coyly refrained from holding his rightful place with dignity. He was the son of a serf but stood calmly before the great without hesitation or nerves. But also - and this was the highest proof of his greatness -he knew the common man, felt his problems, followed his fate....