Now that the so-called experts both (black & white) have expressed their views on the aftermath of the Rodney Kind verdict. Lets examine the truth behind the rhetoric. Starting with George Bush. He blames today's racial and social ills on failed policies of the 1960's. Perhaps George should review the policies of the 1980's, that he and Reagan implemented, and that he is still carrying out, but aside from that, the real blame should go to the people mainly responsible. "BLACK AMERICANS."
Blacks are childlike people no matter how old we get, or how bold you get, or how wise we get, or how rich, or how educated we get, the white man still calls you what? Boy! Why, you are a child in his eyesight! And you ARE a child. Anytime you have to let another man set up a factory for you and you can't set up a factory for yourself, you're a child; anytime another man has to open up businesses for you and you don't know how to do it yourself, you're a child. Because a child is someone who sits around and waits for his father to do for him what he should be doing for himself, or what he is too dumb to do for himself.
So the white man, knowing this continues to manipulate the black culture. Since 1865, the only progress we have made is as consumers. We still don't manufacture anything, we still don't legislate for ourselves. Our politics is still controlled by white people, our economy is still controlled by white people, therefore we have no real say about our future!
But that will soon change. The Black Revolution has started, and America is the last stronghold of white supremacy, the black revolution is international in scope, and it is sweeping down upon America like a raging forest fire. It is only a matter of time before America herself will be engulfed by the black flames.
If the white man wants to solve today's racial tension, then he MUST! sit down with the black masses as Pharaoh did when he was the ruler of Egypt. He was not able to solve his problem until he sat down with Moses. Moses told Pharaoh: Let my people go. Not let my people integrate with you, but let my people separate from you, let us go to ourselves and solve our own problems and build up some kind of society, some system so we can feed and clothe and shelter our own people, an economic system so we can provide the necessities of life for our own people, and have our own government, our own flag, our own everything, but he will never solve the problem listening to those handpicked, token blacks that call themselves leaders of the black community, these same leaders who sell out our people for token recognition, and token gains and token progress because they themselves are nothing but token leaders.!
The time has come for those Blacks that consider themselves to be black to come to stand as one. The time has come for black people to come together under new strong black leadership, one that will not bow down to the white minority. One that will unite the black culture. And do whatever is necessary to gain the recognition and respect of the world. And you know what Patrick Henry had to do to get some respect: He said liberty or Death. He didn't speak of passive resistance or wait-until-you-change-your-mind-and-then-let-me.
Today is the turning point for all Black Americans to stand proud, to send a strong and clear message that we are impatient, and tired of sitting around waiting for the white man to solve this problem. We know our past. (Some of us do.) Now WE MUST!! plan our future, or we will surely relive the past.
Andre J. Twitty, moved to Cape Girardeau recently from Kokomo, Ind. Twitty, who is black, does not currently have a job. He describes himself as a "black activist."
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