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Showing posts with label Malcolm X. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Malcolm X. Show all posts

Jun 2, 2014

A Must Read: The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic


 
Ta-Nehisi Coates
I encourage you to read "The Case for Reparations", a powerful, must read article by Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic, dated May 21, 2014. The Atlantic’s cover alone should begin an interesting discussion:
The Case for Reparations
 
Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.


May 27, 2014

Make it Plain: Malcolm X Speaks

El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz

Malcolm X  ( El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) leaves a legacy dedicated to equality and freedom for all people. His words are as meaningful today as they were during his lifetime. Listen to him:

"The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses."

" If you are not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing."

"There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time."

"Stumbling is not falling."

“Hence I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.” 

May 26, 2014

"By Any Means Necessary": Malcolm X Remembered


El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz
The posthumous publication in 1965 of The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley, the acclaimed author of Roots, instantly recast Malcolm X as one of the great political and spiritual leaders of modern times. Named by TIME magazine one of 10 "required reading" non-fiction books of all-time, The Autobiography of Malcolm X has truly enshrined Malcolm X as a hero to subsequent generations of radicals and activists.

It has been said that perhaps Malcolm X's greatest contribution to society was underscoring the value of a truly free populace by demonstrating the great lengths to which human beings will go to secure their freedom. "Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression," he stated, "Because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action." It is a message we must hold on to today.

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