For the black writer, Neal ask that his thoughts and ideas not represent or take images from the ideological society (based on white culture). He feels a whole new system is needed. If ideas are based from this culture, the black artist will have no future.
In relation to political struggle, Neal sees the Black Arts as the needs and aspiration of the black community (America). It is a way for blacks to tell "white america" what they want to be changed and that they are not going to live under the "white aesthetic" or Western Culture anymore.
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Good reflections - the idea of *audience* is key here, and relates to Neal's complaint about protest literature.
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