3During the course of the struggle of African people against European racism, brutality and domination, many innovative thinkers have risen from our ranks . The greatest and most courageous scholars have devoted their lives to the pursuit of an explanation for the virtually inherent animosity most white people appear to have toward people of color / Unlike her predecessors, Dr. Frances cress welsing, a brilliant, Washington, DC psychiatrist has rejected conventional notions about the origin and perpetuation of racism .