" It must be remembered that in those great days I was considered to be an " integrationist" - this was never, quite, my own idea of myself - and Malcolm was considered to be a " racist in reverse." This formulation, in terms of power - and power is the arena in which racism is acted out - means absolutely nothing: it may even be described as a cowardly formulation. The powerless, by definition, can never be " racists," for they can never make the world pay for what they feel or fear except by the suicidal endeavor which makes them fanatics or revolutionaries, or both. "