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Originally Posted by sarramkrop
Well, he was also a close friend and collaborator of Jonas Mekas. I was generally wondering about the lack of blacks at The Factory, nothing to be blown out of proportions. I'd say the vast majority of people at The Factory were most certainly not who you'd call a racist.
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It's also a fairly safe bet that most Factory denizens were extremely self-centered and more than a little delusional. Disdain for "outsiders" just flows naturally from that. Obviously, a degree of paranoia was present due to the drug use as well.
In turn, the people at The Factory were probably viewed as freaks by many blacks.
The Sixties saw the less-than-smooth birth of the Civil Rights Movement and the late sixties the rise of the Black Panthers. Andy may have avoided blacks for that reason. He didn't see violence as a vehicle for social change.