Assimilationists accept immediate freedom but demand gradual equality

Evidence

For the rest of his abolitionist life, Garrison never retreated on immediate emancipation. He rebuked any talk of gradual abolition—of preparing society and enslaved Africans for emancipation one day. But he did make clear his preference for gradual equality, retreating on immediate equality and outlining a process of civilizing Black people to be equal one day. Garrison and his band of assimilationists would stridently fight for gradual equality, calling antiracists who fought for immediate equality impractical and crazy—just as segregationists called him crazy for demanding immediate emancipation. — Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning, 446

Categorization

• DEFINE: Pinpoints the exact line between assimilationist and antiracist: both want emancipation, but only the antiracist demands immediate equality.