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Gordon’s support of Bilbo was motivated by her belief that only "government aid" could attain her foreign policy goal of African-American repatriation to West Africa. Her desire for this foreign policy measure was shaped by her belief in racial separatism, which she shared with Bilbo and which also attracted him to this foreign policy measure. However, his desire for racial separatism was motivated by his white supremacist views, but hers by a perception that African-Americans could never attain desirable social conditions in American society. Moreover, Gordon’s recognition of the power of government officials to help her attain her goal provoked her to use her gender in her communication with Bilbo in order to appeal to his masculinity.