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It is as if in a sheer mood of desperation, blacks seek to become a part of the white mainstream and obtain so-called manhood by turning to physical brutality and petty crimes against one another. Violence can be a potent drug for the oppressed person.

Alvin Francis Poussaint

Through systematic oppression, the black American has been effectively castrated by white America.

Alvin Francis Poussaint

Alvin Francis Poussaint

Alvin Francis Poussaint

Born: May 15, 1934 (age 91)

Bio: Alvin Francis Poussaint, M. D. is an American psychiatrist well known for his research on racisms' effect in the black community. He is a noted author, public- speaker, and television consultant, and Dean of Students at Harvard Medical School.

Known for:

Lay my burden down (2000)
Why blacks kill blacks (1972)
Black Child Care (1978)

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