Slow Learner Intro. question

[MalignD at aol.com]

<<In his Intro to SL P says something about the failure of political factions 
to get together, or something like that...what does he say?>> 

He says (if this is what you're referring to):

It may yet turn out that racial differences are not as basic as questions of 
money and power, but have served a useful purpose, often in the interest of 
those who deplore them most, in keeping us divided and so relatively poor and 
powerless.