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By Karmayogi

Phraseology changes
with time. Backward nations have become underdeveloped nations. Later they are
upgraded into developing countries or the Third World. So, Blacks have
come to stay.

After the war, the newly emancipated nations have shed their colonial versions
and acquired names appropriate to their new status. Many towns have found the
charm of going back to an earlier name. It is a great good symptom of coming
into one's own. It is an indication that these nations do aspire to reach
a greatness due to them. History has its lessons for us.

It has its cycles when different nations presided over the destiny of the
world. The Blacks in the USA are a significant community. They have
excelled in sports and athletics. Otherwise, they seem to be a contented lot.

I have a different view of them. I feel the future belongs to them. My view or
claim may appear to be a high sounding NOTHING, devoid of sense. I believe in
my view as it is based on a historical understanding or an evolutionary
perspective. Until the First World War, America was a contemptuous
word. Before the Second World War, the continental people lost their contempt
and replaced it with ridicule. No longer does the word American excite any
ridicule in any nation of the world including England, though it is
nowhere received with respect.

American military prowess is unrivalled. Its political eminence is seen all
over the world. Her economic power dominates more than half the world. She is
becoming a cultural leader of every nation. Her food items, dress style, and
way of life are welcome all over. One may question their desirability or not.
But this remains a fact. She has reached this position because once she was a
neglected continent, if not oppressed.

The oppressed of yesterday will be the adored of tomorrow, is a rule history
has honoured. The sober among the Blacks have a poise, a calm, a goodwill that
is admirable. Those who have distinguished themselves in any field exhibit
these great qualities without exception. It may be true that so far no Black or
Jew or woman has been nominated to contest the Presidency of the USA. They are slow in
coming into their own. When they do so, they will be there solidly for a long
time, as tiny Britain ruled over the world or tinier Greece had offered
intellectual leadership to the entire West for two millennia.

It is happening in India with the support of the government. The
society has not yet taken the role of offering support to its erstwhile
oppressed. They will all have brittle results that are feeble. When the
oppressed, whether they are Blacks of the USA or the downtrodden of India, come into their own
by their choice, they will rule with distinction.