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money into building a center in Oakland at the end of the movie is not the answer, however. We can understand Killmonger’s frustration. Wakanda and T’Challa could do much more. They literally have the wealth and technology to completely rebuild and revitalize the entire community, but choose the route of building a community center instead.

      Our current reality may be that Blacks are collectively better off with both Killmonger and T’Challa together. Killmonger represents realism, while T’Challa represents the liberal ideal. Blacks need Killmonger’s global perspective and passion for justice and liberation, but they also need T’Challa’s idealistic vision.

      Notes

      1 1. Karen Mingst, Heather Elko McKibben, and Ivan M. Arreguín-Toft, Essentials of International Relations, 8th ed. (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2019), 60.

      2 2. Guy Martin, African Political Thought (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).

      3 3. Martin, 58.

      4 4. Mingst et al., 169.

      5 5. Mingst et al., 171.

      6 6. Mingst et al., 233.

      7 7. Mingst et al., 234.

      8 8. Mingst et al., 57.

      9 9. Martin, 55.

      10 10. Martin, 60.

      11 11. Martin, 65.

      12 12. Godfrey O. Ozumba and Elijah O. John eds., African Political Philosophy (London: lulu.com, 2017), 57.

      13 13. Ozumba and John, 57.

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