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REVOLUTIONARY VISION: POPULAR DEMOCRACY OR ELITE PLUTOCRACY?Name:Course:Professor Name:(March 07, 2012)Revolutionary Vision: Popular Democracy or Elite Plutocracy?A revolution will always change the norms of society and replace them with dynamic and new ways to operate. The American society has always boosted of a revolution and numerous revolutions occurred in the seventeenth and eighteenth century to change the old order. However, it begs the question whether the revolutions developed popular democracy or a domination of the wealthy elites. The books The White Man`s Burden, by Winthrop D. Jordan, and Howard Zinn, “Voices of a People`s History” are discussed in this paper so as to understand revolutionary vision.Racism has dominated the talks for most generations in America; the major revolution was against racism and slavery where blacks were treated discriminately. The revolution by Martin Luther King delivered many Black Americans from the bondages and gave a new lease of life to them. However, democracy would be described as where majority have their way while minority has their say. Is this a way for the elite to rule and dominate (Plutocracy)? According to Jordan, (1974), Negroes were referred ...