In the book Soledad foreword by Jonathan Jackson Jr. , George L. Jackson writes a letters while being in prison.He believed in the armed overthrow of the American government and the establishment of a socialist state. In some letters, he suggests that African Americans should have their own independent nation in North America. He distrusted white people and did not see any possibility of sharing power with them. Like Malcolm X, Jackson believed that the white race was inherently evil.In the book on page 183 jackson writes a letter to his mother explaining that it’s ugly to be pretending to be someone that she is not. He stated " what you are saying is that black woman standing naked and natural are ugly or less than beautiful." This letter