Catch 22;ISIS

They were secretly taped, seven of them (in their case an unlucky number) in a bombed-out old building one night in a small town in the Middle East.  They sat at a round, black table in a dimly lit room and devoid of furniture except for the table.  Dressed in black robes, their head and face covered with black hoods, even their hands were gloved; their eyes were dark slits.

(Number One was speaking):  ". . . I taught the Anglo and the Afro sittin here with us tonight our language to give you some insight on whether their people can work together and with us.  Anglo.

(Anglo speaking): "We were more qualified -- militarily and intellectually -- to be in charge.  Our centuries of history before the Mayflower landed proves that --"
(a member interrupts):  I, too, lived in the United States, have read and seen pictures of that violence against the Afro people -- they can't identify with us and we can't feel what they do --"
(the Afro interrupts):  "On the one hand, feelings for some form of vengeance still lurk strong just beneath the skin in most, but, on the other hand, that conflicts in many of us with our gratitude, knowing that had it not been for that strong segregation we would have no more thoughts of being Afro people than those in Latin America calling themselves Latins -- why would an Afro person and an Indian call themselves Latin except that they have an inferiority complex and to avoid any overt struggle with the Mestizos . . ."
(another asks):  "How long have you been in our religion, Afro?"
(Afro speaks):   "I'm not in anybody's religion."
                           (silence)
(a member asks): "What about you, Anglo?"
(Anglo speaks):  "I'm not in any religion, either, and I'm against terrorism."
(different voices): "What -- what -- what . . !"
(Number One speaks):  "I graduated from the university with them in their country.  We know each other well -- friendly enemies.  They play a key role in explaining the contradiction in the Afro people in the United States and Latin America.  Having no identity but borrowed Anglo or Spanish or French or Portugues they're perennial loose cannons.  In those demonstrations in that Floride town where one was killed while attacking a police one was carrying a huge sign with ISIS in big black letters written on it.  And politicians, preachers, athletes, and entertainers supported those marchers throughout the United States.  So whether we exploit them as cannon fodder or not, they've got to be dealt with . . . as we see fit."
(Afro speaks):  "You have to be hard with the young ones.  Many are loud-mouthed and undisciplined."
(Number One):  "We have methods to teach them to obey."