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This sort of low caricature could hardly persist after the battle for civil rights was truly joined. In those tense days of the '50s and early '60s, laughter came to serve dual functions. By mocking the black's own intolerable position, it bolstered his emerging self-awareness as he marched on Selma and Washington. At the same time, it pricked the white's guilt feelings by chastening him for years of brutal apathy, then soothed his conscience with the balm of newfound empathy. Says Black Comic Stu Gilliam: "Until we marched in the streets...
Since the white man has been the perpetrator of violence more often than the black, why does he persist in projecting his own misdeeds upon his victims? Poussaint explains: "Individuals who are deeply prejudiced frequently use this paranoid mechanism to avoid facing painful truths about unacceptable impulses and fears within themselves. Racist feelings can unconsciously become deeply enmeshed in one's own psyche and serve neurotic needs in an effort to shore up a shaky emotional equilibrium and sense of selfesteem. Because of their abuse and rejection of blacks, many whites have developed a great deal of understandable guilt...
Doubts about Safeguard's strategic necessity and technical efficacy persist, but Laird pressed hard last week in its defense. His strongest argument is that American offensive missiles must be protected, at least partially, from a possible surprise attack by Russia's growing nuclear force. "The Soviets," said Laird, "are continuing the rapid deployment of major strategic offensive-weapons systems at a rate that could, by the mid-1970s, place us in a second-rate strategic position with regard to the future security of the free world...
...Even when they are much older than I am, they still call me 'Mother,' " explains Anita Caspary. Two years ago, she gave up her religious name, Mother Humiliata, and her title of Mother General of the order, to become simply "president" of the community. But old attitudes persist. "Some of them want me to make their decisions for them," she says. "If I told this woman to come with our group, she would do it as a mark of obedience. But what I am trying to do is get her to make her own judgment. Younger women...
...occasion. When the Department of Justice threatened to block a planned merger of the British Petroleum Co., Ltd. and Standard Oil (Ohio) several months ago, Annenberg helped to persuade the trustbusters to drop their objections. The merger went through, to the delight of a grateful British government. But worries persist. "We know Annenberg can get through to Nixon," said a top-ranking British diplomat. "But can you persuade him to say the right thing...