The economic dimension of the colonial status of African Americans can be exemplified by the way even though African Americans rarely have institutions- whether it be economic or educational for the sole reason of bettering their economic status, they are subject to the white colonizers large companies that try to "make profit where they can [because] a ghetto, too , offers opportunities for profit" (Black Power, 18). They think that the African American community should be thankful for their 'service ', but all their service is doing is perpetrating dependence, which the colonized are after they are stripped of their power, resources, and humanity. Even if an African American is college educated, or just a high school graduate, they will make less than a white person who has not finished their education. This lack of opportunity is what feeds the system in which even if the African American has done everything 'right ', they are still not valued as much as a white person …show more content…
These factors compare to the demise of the Black Panther Party and other radical African American organizations in the 1960 's and 1970 's in that the "major danger and worst enemy of the urban guerilla is infiltration into the organization by a spy or informer", which led to uneasiness and the destruction of many plans and the arrest of many leaders (Rahman,