VIDEO: This is the opening scene to my favorite film of all time. Taken from an actual speech: Malcolm X - I charge the white man Brothers and sisters, Im here to tell you that I charge the white man. I charge the white man with being the greatest murderer on earth. I charge the white man with being the greatest kidnapper on earth. There is not place in this world that that man can go and say he created peace and harmony. Everywhere hes gone hes created havoc. Everywhere hes gone hes created destruction. So I charge him. I charge him with being the greatest kidnapper on this earth. I charge him with being the greatest murderer on this earth. I charge him with being the greatest robber and enslaver on this earth. I charge the white man with being the greatest swine-eater on this earth, the greatest drunkard on this earth. He cant deny the charges. You cant deny the charges. Were the living proof of those charges. You and I are the proof. Youre not an American, you are the victim of America. You didnt have a choice coming over here. He didnt say, Black man, Black woman, come on over and help me build America. He said, Nigger, get down in the bottom of that boat and Im taking you over there to help me build America. Being born here does not make you an American. Im not an American. Youre not an American. You are one of twenty-two million Black people who are the victims of America. You and I, weve never seen any democracy. We aint seen no democracy in the cotton fields of Georgia. That wasnt no democracy down there. We didnt see any democracy on the streets of Harlem and the streets of Brooklyn and the streets of Detroit and Chicago. That wasnt democracy down there. We dont see any American dream. Weve experienced only the American nightmare.
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 11:39:17 +0000
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