▁" there ▁is ▁a ▁definite , ▁much - ne eded ▁role ▁that ▁whites ▁can ▁play ." ▁They ▁felt ▁that ▁whites ▁could ▁serve ▁the ▁movement ▁by ▁educ ating ▁other ▁white ▁people . ▁ ▁Not ▁all ▁Black ▁Power ▁advoc ates ▁were ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁black ▁separ at ism . ▁While ▁Sto k ely ▁Car m ich ael ▁and ▁SN CC ▁were ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁separ at ism ▁for ▁a ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁organizations ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Black ▁Pan ther ▁Party ▁for ▁Self - Def ense ▁were ▁not . ▁Though ▁the ▁Pan thers ▁considered ▁themselves ▁to ▁be ▁at ▁war ▁with ▁the ▁prev ail ing ▁white ▁supre mac ist ▁power ▁structure , ▁they ▁were ▁not ▁at ▁war ▁with ▁all ▁whites , ▁but ▁rather ▁with ▁those ▁( most ly ▁white ) ▁individuals ▁emp ower ed ▁by ▁the ▁in just ices ▁of ▁the ▁structure ▁and ▁responsible ▁for ▁its ▁reprodu ction . ▁ ▁Bobby ▁Se ale , ▁Chair man ▁and ▁Co - Found er ▁of ▁the ▁Black ▁Pan ther ▁Party ▁for ▁Self - Def ense , ▁was ▁out sp oken ▁about ▁this ▁issue . ▁His ▁st ance ▁was ▁that ▁the ▁opp ression ▁of ▁black ▁people ▁was ▁more ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁economic ▁explo itation ▁than ▁anything ▁inn ately ▁rac ist . ▁In ▁his ▁book ▁Se ize ▁the ▁Time , ▁he ▁states ▁that ▁" In ▁our ▁view ▁it ▁is ▁a ▁class ▁struggle ▁between ▁the ▁massive ▁pro let arian ▁working ▁class ▁and ▁the ▁small , ▁minor ity ▁r uling ▁class . ▁Working - class ▁people