>my point is that the major influences for most
>non-black people of colour in North America are tied into the
>black struggle.

But how else do non-Black people of color get that information about the Black struggle? Through literature, the media, etc. It's still second-hand. Because Black people have always had to struggle up from the bottom rung of the socio-economic ladder we have a different p.o.v. and often react negatively when others talk about being influenced by the struggle.

>we found that most
>of the culture, language, and philosophy came directly out of
>black power movements. Not because we were an organization of
>"wannabes", as Bartek would like to believe, but because that
>is the culture of most influence upon all race struggles in
>this part of the world.

Sure...understood.