Malcolm X - A Person's Deeds

Malcolm X, El Hajj Malik, was a true African and muslim. This inspiring speech shows his distinction between a person with white skin and a racist with baseless 'white-skin' supremist beliefs. A lot of such baseless racists beliefs still affect politicians today leading to direct and proxy wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Africa and other parts of the world.

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[Faisal0729]

I am a muslim man from Indian descent. I am captivated by the eloquence and depth of this individual. May Allah bless this visionary man wherever he is ...

[lancer89032]

I love listening to Malcolm X too. I have learned a lot of things from listening to his recordings, speeches etc. I am not a black man but can relate to some of these issues myself.

[odoss80]

@Pgprince86 I think there's a lot that can be done. I'm a bit more optimistic that we can start educating our people on the importance of black nationalism. It's up to the black Americans to start learning things like our history, commerce, and to put away the so called slave mentality. It's a shame that white people can tell us more about Africa than we know. I think there is plenty we can do!!!

[odoss80]

@Pgprince86 Wyatt Tee Walker explained that the results of the Civil Rights movement "...was more cosmetic than consequential." See, the problem is still there and is actually getting worse. It's like having mold in your house. Instead of doing something about the mold, black Americans allowed the landlord to simply put pretty wallpaper over the mold. The landlord tells us that the problem is fixed, and unfortunately we are ignorant enough to believe it. Racism, like mold, only gets worse.

[odoss80]

@Pgprince86 You hit it on the head. I have to admit, I'm a bit ignorant on the teachings of Willie Lynch. That makes a lot of sense. It is the reason you have the self destructive mentality that is so prevelant among black American men in particular.  I honestly think of your explanation when I hear white sports analysts describe black athletes. "...look at those shoulders!!! Look at his thighs!!! Man he's a beast!!! Same thing said about slaves 500 years ago.

[Pgprince86]

@odoss80 It is ironic that the same socioeconomic rights that Malcolm was fighting to attain for the black community in the 60's- education, employment, housing, healthcare, civil rights etc.- are currently the same rights we are fighting for in 2012. However, racism of today has evolve, it may no longer be public lynching or being sprayed with high pressure hoses but, it's more subtle in the form of covert and institutional racism. The question is what Pgprince86 and odoss80 can do?

[Pgprince86]

@odoss80 Agreed, but how did Africans go from building the pyramids to the projects? How did we transitioned from a culture power and vitality, to now possessing no ambition? The culprit is psychological slavery, which was thought by the master manipulator Willie Lynch. His making of a slave indoctrination focusing on making the black slave (man) physically strong but weak psychologically, also known as mind over body. Many blacks today are perpetuating the teachings of Willie Lynch.

[Funkazulu]

We need a national day to remember this man.

[odoss80]

@Pgprince86 I honestly believe that racism is inherant to white Americans for this reason... Basic racism stems from slavery. Even in the mind of the most liberal (Yes I said liberal) white Americans, they see a slave when they see a black American. They don't see anyone who is anything equal to themselves. This is the reality that black Americans (we) have to wrap our minds around before any REAL progress toward freedom, not integration, can begin. Your turn!!!

[odoss80]

@Pgprince86 I whole-heartedly agree with you. We do need to stop crutching our inability to unite on the "slave mentality". What black Americans need to realize is that the race fight is still going on. See, what the Civil Rights struggle did was sort of defeat Jim Crow. It took down the white only/black only signs. The ramifications of that was racism. This is a sobering thought for a lot of black Americans.

[Pgprince86]

@odoss80 We have to move away from the black inferior complex that is an epidemic in the black community, because if you don't love yourself you can't love anyone or anything else. In addition, we have to get out from under the mind of a slave, we have to get out from a mind that is self afflicted with the evil of black inferior, we've got to come into a new way of thinking. I believe we can do it, write back we can exchange info and start an internet blog and/or forum, don't quit now!

[Pgprince86]

@odoss80 I have been reading your comments and you sound like a intelligent and conscious individual who is in tune with black culture and heritage, and I commend you for that. However, I sincerely think that black people must break the curse of Wille Lynch. We must see know our history, and don't believe that the history of black in America start in 1619, when our ancestors were brought in the holes of ship to America.