7 FEBRUARY 1987, Page 26

Black Power

Sir: At the risk of damaging my reputation in Brent as racist, I would like to point out that in my review of Ron Ramdin's book The Making of the Black Working Class (Books, 24 January), my apparent refer- ence to the 'crackpot black lower societies' ought to have read 'the crackpot Black Power societies'. Ramdin's book is a list of such societies.

Roy Kerridge

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