Malcome X...

[Rightguide]

Was a black Muslim revolutionary who got some things wrong but he got a lot of things right, like this:

“The worst enemy that the Negro have is this white man that runs around here drooling at the mouth professing to love Negros and calling himself a liberal, and it is following these white liberals that has perpetuated problems that Negros have. If the Negro wasn’t taken, tricked or deceived by the white liberal, then Negros would get together and solve our own problems. I only cite these things to show you that in America, the history of the white liberal has been nothing but a series of trickery designed to make Negros think that the white liberal was going to solve our problems. Our problems will never be solved by the white man.”

 

[Wrong Element]

Another thing he probably got right: the spelling of his own name.

 

[Rightguide]

Another thing he probably got right: the spelling of his own name.

My apologies.

 

[RoryN]

Another thing he probably got right: the spelling of his own name.

https://i.imgur.com/gttYTGD.gif

 

[beezzz]

^^^What a dummy!

 

[IrezumiKiss]

Whenever certain White people try to Whitesplain® Black people to other White people in lieu of talking about literally anything else:

1) it's because they want to desperately distract from some recent bullshit a White person did that they can't play off or parse to their benefit (the Midland-Odessa massacre last Saturday by a gun-loving White man, one of several during this summer that occurred during the presidency of their hero and savior Cheeto)

2) they will always cherry pick the history they feel serves their point of view, such as context-skewed soundbites from prominent Black Americans that (seemingly or directly) criticize other Black people instead of the ugly racist verity of America they can't ever face or own up to — case in point:

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Black Wall Street

Greenwood Tulsa, also known as Black Wall Street, was one of the most commercially successful and affluent majority-African American communities in the United States. Booker T. Washington referred to the Greenwood neighborhood as “Negro Wall Street.” Many Americans, including African-Americans, had moved to Oklahoma in hopes of gaining a shot at quick economic gains through the mining and oil industries. Even though blacks were only a small percentage of the overall population in Oklahoma, the percentage of African-Americans in Tulsa had significantly increased to around 12.3 percent during the oil boom. Many African-Americans had come from the Deep South and Kansas because of the opportunity to strike gold because of the rich oil fields. Even though Jim Crow Laws and other racially biased laws were in place to inhibit African-Americans from achieving economic mobility and social status, racial segregation helped African-Americans in Tulsa because Black Wall Street was one of the few neighborhoods where blacks were even allowed to gain and spend their money. During the Jim Crow era, African-Americans were not allowed to make purchases or services in predominantly white areas. In particular, Oklahoma was known to have some of the harshest and most unjust Jim Crow laws in the country as there were countless lynching parties in Oklahoma and “whipping parties,” which were social gatherings where white people would whip black people for entertainment purposes. This forced many blacks to spend their money where they would feel welcomed, which allowed the Greenwood community to flourish and prosper.

On Black Wall Street, there were African-American attorneys, real-estate agents, dentists, entrepreneurs, and doctors who offered their services in the neighborhood. One primary example of the black entrepreneurial spirit is illustrated in this example: J.B. Stradford. J.B. Stradford had graduated from Indiana University with a law degree and had moved to Greenwood to purchase various land vacancies in the area. After buying these vacant spaces, he would then sell them to African-American residents for redevelopment so that these empty spaces could be transformed into residential houses and profitable businesses. By 1921, Stradford had been considered one of the wealthiest African-Americans in the country as he owned numerous properties in Greenwood and even had his hotel named after him: Stratford Hotel.[8] In addition to Mr. Stradford, there were also investments and reinvestments into the community. One executive of the local YMCA recalled that there were several barbershops, several grocery stores, and even a funeral home service. Greenwood was known to be an active religious community as there were numerous black-owned churches, Christian youth services, and other religious organizations.

1921 massacre

On May 30th, 1921, a young African-American male and shoe shiner named Dick Rowland went to a restroom in Drexel’s Building, which was one of the few restrooms that African-Americans could have used. Sarah Page, a young white female, was currently on the elevator that Rowland was on. Next, many sources claimed that Page screamed, “RAPE” and then proceeded to run off. Page claimed that Rowland “sexually assaulted” her without any sufficient evidence.

For many news media sources in the area, this was the perfect opportunity to create a juicy storyline. The newspaper distributed a headline that said, “ To Lynch Negro Tonight.” Another headline read, “ Nab Negro for Attacking Girl In Elevator.”. These controversial headlines sparked outrage among the white residents in the Tulsa community. As a result, a massive crowd of mostly angry white men marched at the Tulsa Town Hall demanding that Rowland is lynched for the allegations. Soon afterwards, a group of fifty to seventy mostly black men arrived to provide support for the sheriff in protecting Rowland from the hostile white residents. J.B. Stradford and several other influential black residents began to create their counter-response to the angry white mob by offering their support to the white sheriff in protecting Rowland. After arriving, a verbal dispute broke out where a white resident threatened to take a black resident’s rifle by calling him several derogative words. After the black man refused, shots were fired, and one of America’s most violent race riots emerged.

According to first-hand sources, thousands of armed and hostile White residents surrounded Greenwood Tulsa and trapped the residents. Many of these angry protesters began to break into ammunition stores to secure bullets and others loaded weapons for their attacks. Law enforcement also supported the brutal attacks against the black residents by arresting several black residents during the scattered altercations around the community. In response to the large white mobs, the black residents began forming defense lines near the Frisco railroad lines, which served as the boundary between the segregated black and white communities in Tulsa and began to exchange fire with the organized white mobs. While this outburst of violence was occurring, Law enforcement officials had refused to halt the organized white mobs and even reportedly encouraged white residents to throw flamethrowers at the black residents. During the trial, one white resident claimed that a local law officer had said, “Go get a gun and go get a nigger.” Other white residents even boldly claimed that law officers had joined the angry white mob in breaking into windows and destroying property. Furthermore, it is also reported that the local Tulsa chapter of the National Guard had begun deploying aircraft over Black Wall Street and used this advantage to rain bullets on the residential houses of black residents.

After the initial attacks, many members of the organized mob began to loot from many of the businesses and residential houses located on Black Wall Street. After looting these properties, they destroyed the vast majority of the properties, which left the vast majority of Black Wall Street in destruction and flames.

By June 1st, most of the race riot had come to an end. The vast majority of Black Wall Street residents were either murdered, fled from the city, or in custody by law officials. Because of concerns of African-Americans in surrounding communities plotting revenge and launching a counterattack, Tulsa officials required that black residents, who were still in custody, acquire a green card, which only was required if a white employer had promised to keep their employee inside. This policy continued into July as the remaining survivors of the Tulsa Race Riots were required to keep their green cards to ensure that there were no more counterattacks.

Foundation of resentment

When evaluating the prosperity of Black Wall Street, one angle to take into consideration is this perceived threat to the status quo and how this perceived threat may have eventually led Black Wall Street to its ultimate demise. In the specific example of Greenwood, Oklahoma, this perceived economic threat led to the eventual downfall of Black Wall Street. For instance, many white residents felt intimidated by the growth and expansion of Black Wall Street. Not only was Greenwood, Tulsa expanding in population growth but it was also expanding its physical boundaries, which eventually collided with the boundaries of white residents. According to several newspapers and articles at the time, there were reports of hateful letters sent to prominent business leaders within Black Wall Street, which demanded that they stop overstepping their boundaries into the white segregated portion of Tulsa. Paradoxically, the economic success and prosperity of Black Wall Street also contributed to its eventual downfall as white residents grew increasingly frustrated and anxious of the wealth of the Greenwood community. Although White Americans enacted acts of violence against blacks frequently in the early 20th century, there was no justification until an allegation surfaced about an African-American male allegedly “assaulting” a white woman.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood,_Tulsa

The fuck-up in the title of this thread made it a joke to begin with, but schmucks still gotta learn. Y tu sabes.

 

[LincolnDuncan]

Was a black Muslim revolutionary who got some things wrong but he got a lot of things right, like this:

“The worst enemy that the Negro have is this white man that runs around here drooling at the mouth professing to love Negros and calling himself a liberal, and it is following these white liberals that has perpetuated problems that Negros have. If the Negro wasn’t taken, tricked or deceived by the white liberal, then Negros would get together and solve our own problems. I only cite these things to show you that in America, the history of the white liberal has been nothing but a series of trickery designed to make Negros think that the white liberal was going to solve our problems. Our problems will never be solved by the white man.”

What is your source?

 

[DeluxAuto]

"mmmmmm fuck you!"

 

[LincolnDuncan]

Malcolm evolved considerably in his short life. His beliefs about white people changed significantly after his pilgrimage to Mecca.

 

[Rightguide]

What is your source?

Malcom, of course. Google it.

 

[Biggs_Darklighter]

Malcom, of course. Google it.

You've had two chances and still can spell his name right but you want people to take you seriously. You're a twatsicle.

 

[BizzaBizza]

Malcolm X Quotes


Our problems will never be solved by the white man. The only way that our problem will be solved is when the black man wakes up, clean himself up, stand on his own feet and stop begging the white man, and take immediate steps to do for ourselves the things that we have been waiting on the white man to do for us.


Don't tell the followers of Sharpton and the Sharpton Clones this. Those guys will suffer a drastic drop in income if their people start to believe they can solve their own problems.

 

[BoyNextDoor]

el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz had a different point of view.

 

[Rightguide]

Malcolm X Quotes


Our problems will never be solved by the white man. The only way that our problem will be solved is when the black man wakes up, clean himself up, stand on his own feet and stop begging the white man, and take immediate steps to do for ourselves the things that we have been waiting on the white man to do for us.


Don't tell the followers of Sharpton and the Sharpton Clones this. Those guys will suffer a drastic drop in income if their people start to believe they can solve their own problems.

Probably why the nation of Islam put a load of buckshot in his chest.

 

[BizzaBizza]

el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz had a different point of view.

As el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz, he was less militant, but he still believed that his people needed to help themselves.


“I tell sincere white people, 'Work in conjunction with us—each of us working among our own kind.' Let sincere white individuals find all other white people they can who feel as they do—and let them form their own all-white groups, to work trying to convert other white people who are thinking and acting so racist. Let sincere whites go and teach non-violence to white people!"



- Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, 1965

 

[LincolnDuncan]

Malcom, of course. Google it.

Ok, thanks. Now that I know that you got this information by googling it I have renewed confidence on the integrity of your thread. I was beginning to think that you didn't know wtf you were talking about, again.

 

[Lancedalot]

3. Do not upload copyrighted images or post articles in their entirety. Fair use laws allow some posting of copyrighted material, such as excerpts from articles and screen captures from movies, under certain circumstances. Please do a Google search under "Fair Use" if you want to understand this issue better. Also, out of respect for other users, please limit your excerpts to less than 5 paragraphs.

zumitard, a frequent violator of #3 yet never warned let alone banned, once again shoves that "respect' thing right back into Laurelle's face.

Black Privilege!

 

[Rightguide]

Ok, thanks. Now that I know that you got this information by googling it I have renewed confidence on the integrity of your thread. I was beginning to think that you didn't know wtf you were talking about, again.

You're still a dumb shit. Googling a posted quote is the commonplace method of checking a quote.

 

[RoryN]

https://i.imgur.com/lwXFQEU.gif

 

[Curmudgeonly]

Another thing he probably got right: the spelling of his own name.

You've had two chances and still can spell his name right but you want people to take you seriously. You're a twatsicle.

How dare you!

Proper spelling. . .like proper grammar. . .is merely a manifestation of the eurocentric bias of those imbued with privilege. Collectively. . .we should strive for inclusivity and welcoming of discussion rather than rigidly adhering to the caprice of oppressive correctness.

It doesn’t take much to see the power imbalance when it comes to grammar snobbery. The people pointing out the mistakes are more likely to be older, wealthier, whiter, or just plain academic than the people they’re treating with condescension. All too often, it’s a way to silence people, and that’s particularly offensive when it’s someone who might already be struggling to speak up,

 

[LincolnDuncan]

You're still a dumb shit. Googling a posted quote is the commonplace method of checking a quote.

No, I'm just pointing out that you don't know shit about Malcolm X and you started this thread to be contentious. What is commonplace is for people to get called out on their bullshit.

 

[Rightguide]

No, I'm just pointing out that you don't know shit about Malcolm X and you started this thread to be contentious. What is commonplace is for people to get called out on their bullshit.

You will never know as much as I do about anything of our mutual interest, ever. You will always be a clueless provocateur ignorant of most of the world around you.

 

[LincolnDuncan]

You will never know as much as I do about anything of our mutual interest, ever. You will always be a clueless provocateur ignorant of most of the world around you.

Wow, a clueless provature!

What a nasty woman!

 

[LincolnDuncan]

I'm anxiously waiting to learn something about Malcolm X that I don't already know.