"Now, you integration-minded Negroes are trying to force yourselves on your former slave master,
trying to make him accept you in his drawing room;" Malcolm X
I think this is food for thought today. I admired Malcolm X, still do. His words should make us all look at our positions today no matter what or who we are black or white. Why are you saying what you are saying on this board today?
Below is a quote from Malcolm X:
MALCOLM X: Sir, how can a Negro say America is his nation? He was brought here in chains; he was put in slavery an worked like a mule for three hundred years; he was separated from his land, his culture, his God, his language!
The Negro was taught to speak the white man’s tongue, worship the white God, and accept the white man as his superior.
This is a white man’s country. And the Negro is nothing but an ex-slave who is now trying to get himself integrated into the slave master’s house.
And the slave master doesn’t want you! You fought and bled and died in every war the white man waged, and he still won’t give you justice. You nursed his baby and cleaned behind his wife, and he still won’t give you freedom; you turned the other cheek while he lynched you and raped your women, but he still won’t give you equality. Now, you integration-minded Negroes are trying to force yourselves on your former slave master, trying to make him accept you in his drawing room;
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