real power doesn't come from money or subjugation.
its like the diff between a guy who beats his wife to control her and a guy who's wife adores/obeys him because he treats her with love and respect.
if you need to dominate people be it physically or economically to get what you want, you are in fact powerless.
about the blacks in america thing...
my mom gave me this book the other week and i forgot it at her house.
http://www.sunrisetradingco.com/imag...%20Indians.jpg
here's a link to some of the content.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0689...tu#reader-link
i guess it comes down to whether you define black as subsaharan west africans or if it just means dark skin with thick lips and wide noses.
cause there are plenty of people in this world who in 1964 would've been told to "sit in the back of the bus nigger"