Beyond Intractability: A Free Knowledge Base on More Constructive Approaches to Destructive Conflict

Oppression and Conflict: Introduction
	Onaje Mu'id describes drug addiction as a means of controlling unruly minorities.
	Onaje Mu'id calls for a plebiscite to determine the relationship people of African descent should have with the USA.
	Onaje Mu'id describes the need for some sort of reconciliation amongst the nations or races of the world, but the question relates to ripeness.

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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. -- Bishop Desmond Tutu

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