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Nevertheless, clearly in the case of Farrakhan aversion, specifically among conservatives, the point of contention obviously lies in process and approach. Unlike Farrakhan's which stresses that any racial barriers encountered can be overcome with the proper tools -- most notably, clean living, a good education and hard work -- in addition to self-pride, and confronting and addressing existing racial roadblocks, the principal activity of reverse race-hustlers is to constantly assure their white supporters that racism plays absolutely no part in the condition of blacks in this country.

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They must constantly reaffirm the belief that blacks' social position is due to a contemptuous, loathsome character, crippling laziness, rampant immorality and a virulent criminal-mindedness that just might be genetic.  Consider this statement found in another book by Elder, Ten Things You Can't Say In America:

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