es black theology make connection with these issues? Secondly, what kind of moral or legitimate mandate does black theology carry for addressing these concerns?
             In tackling these questions and dealing with issues relating to the black experience, I will look at the work of two key exponents of black theology, James Cone and James Evans. In both of their work on the reconstruction of the black race in general, concentrating particularly on the black male, Cone and Evans differ in terms of their methodological emphasis and starting point, but still share the same understanding of black theology. Cone sees racism as his point of departure in the commensuration and affirmation of black humanity. So for Cone the first question is "What must we do about white racism?" There is no room, in this perspective, for any passive acceptance of injustice. Black theology for him, should not 'accept any doctrine of God, man, Christ, or scripture which contradicts the black demand for freedom now'. He also states, 'any religious idea which exalts black dignity and creates a restless drive for freedom must be affirmed. All ideas which are opposed to the struggle for black self-determination or are irrelevant to it must be rejected as the work of the Antichrist' . Cone does not even approve of any discussion concerning God, man, Christ, Church, Holy Spirit or any of the whole gamuts of Christian theology, if the final analysis is not about the emancipation of black people.
             The idea of asking or addressing any other questions without first giving serious consideration to what he terms the "reality of black people" is for Cone completely distracting and bogus. 'When that man is black and lives in a society permeated with white racist power, said Cone, 'he can speak of God only from the perspective of the socio-economic and political conditions unique to black people--- Black theology knows that...