So there was a school paper we had to do where we pretended to be a contemporary civil rights advocater, and we had to make a speech.
This is my paper, critique it, (and im doing this to transfer it to the other computer that has a printer, cuz I cant find a floppy disk)
This is my paper, critique it, (and im doing this to transfer it to the other computer that has a printer, cuz I cant find a floppy disk)
Good evening brothers, sisters, friends, and enemies. I know that among you, some enemies are inevitably present. We would be stupid to not learn from our predecessors, people such as Malcolm X. For any time the people, the proletarians, gather together in an effort to better themselves, and better there community, the oppressive government that controls them are inevitably present. These spies, we shall call them, of this oppressive government, are undoubtedly here among us tonight.
But that is not our concern. Our concern is not that they know what we speak about here tonight. Our concern is not that they will attempt to try and stop us, for they most definitely will. Our concern is instead how we, as the proletarians, can organize ourselves into a force that they cannot stop, no matter how they try.
I have no doubt in my mind that the United States government will attempt to discredit, and eventually destroy me and my ideas. For any time a man, woman, or group attempts to disrupt a system, especially a corrupt system, then this man, woman, or group is a threat to capitalistic America. And they will let this threat loom for a period of time, giving hope and confidence to the peoples. But as soon as this threat to them reaches a certain point, they will indefinitely crush it.
This has been the process throughout our society’s history. Whether dealing with domestic problems here at home, or with foreign policy, the United States has eventually crushed any threat to them, economically, or physically.
So what is our goal you may ask? Our goal is to develop ourselves into a benevolent force. I do not advocate violence, but if society makes nonviolent revolution impossible, then violent revolution must take place. People may question my tactics, and tell me that violence cannot be the parent of benevolence, but I must disagree. Revolution will require bloodshed, on both sides, there is no doubt of that in my mind. But once this revolution has ended, and the people are in control, and we have established a social democracy, then benevolence can be fostered here in America.
Our society is no different today then 40 years ago, when Martin Luther King Jr. spoke out in an attempt for non violent integration. They murdered him in cold blood, and his method did not work. Our society is no different then 40 years ago when Malcolm X spoke on revolutionary tactics. They murdered him too, and his method was lost. Our society is no different today then 40 years ago when Fred Hampton spoke out and talked about socialist revolution. They murdered him, and a social democracy was never established. Our society is still no different then 40 years ago, when the Black Panthers, and a multitude of other organizations and individuals, spoke out against an oppressive system. The Black Panther Party was destroyed, its members locked away in prisons, or straight out murdered, and all through the use of the FBI, and it’s Counter Intelligence Program, A.K.A. COINTELPRO.
And now our government has brought rise to a new Counter Intelligence Program, the Patriot Act. The similarities between the powers of the Patriot Act and COINTELPRO are astounding. But forget that, the government is spying, and always has spied on its citizens, there is no denying that. The problem is with what the government has done with the powers of the Patriot Act. Jose Padilla was held for three years without given a trial, or even formally indicted, and that is because they had no true evidence against him.
But instead let us focus on the economic distribution of this so called great civil rights advocator that is the United States of America. What is so different now, then it was 40 years ago, or 80 years ago for that matter? A black man can now move into a white neighborhood, a black man can now sit down next to a white man on a bus, a black man can now eat food at a table next to a white man, and blacks and whites and latinos can all go to the same school together.
In theory, yes, that is very true. But I ask you to drive up into the suburbs of whatever city you come from, and take a look around. Go to the schools, businesses, restaurants, and see the rich majority of whites indulge in their suburban wealth. Then take yourself down into the inner city, the ghetto, the projects, the hood, and look who lives there. Yes, whites will be present, there is no doubt, for white people can be poor, and be hungry, and be stricken by poverty too. But look instead at who really fills up the ghettoes, blacks and latinos.
That is common knowledge. It is undeniable. Now remember what they tell you, blacks can move into the same neighborhood as whites! But look at the demographics, and tell me how many blacks truly live up in those wealthy suburbs next to those wealthy whites? But wait, black men and women can now ride the bus with white men and women! But they tricked you, for white men and women all own cars, they don’t need to ride the bus, isn’t that right? How is it that a middle-class white family can have three or even four cars, when a black family struggles to have one? So you see, everyone CAN ride the bus together, but only one group NEEDS to ride the bus. But what does that matter, blacks and whites can now eat in the same restaurant! But again, they tricked you. Black men and women CAN eat in the same restaurant as white men and women, but the real deal is that they don’t. And why not, you may ask. Because those rich, fancy restaurants that whites eat at are to expensive for the average black family who is struggling to get by. So instead, blacks and latinos are forced to eat within their own community, at the local McDonald’s or wherever provides inexpensive food. And it isn’t that blacks don’t WANT to eat at those rich, fancy restaurants, its just that they can’t afford it! Does anyone else see the inequality? Or am I the only one? Am I the only one who sees that segregation is just as present, and just as much of a problem, as it was back then?
When I bring this up I am often presented with the question of why is this. People tell me, “But they can go to school, get an education, get a degree, and get out of the ghetto.” And I tell them, your right, in theory, they can. But for every one black family that can escape the poverty-stricken conditions of the ghetto, a hundred are left behind.
And everyone knows that no poor, urban, minority filled school is equal to the wealthy, suburban, white school. It is a fact, that blacks and latinos get the worst education. The system is set up like that. It is set up to destroy the individual black and latino man or woman, and in turn, it is set up to destroy the entire black and latino community. Our school systems are neither integrated, nor equal. We are instead separate and unequal. Segregation is a reality. It is not something of the past. Look around you, see where you live! Look at your neighbors, you are not a fluke. The only flukes in the system are the few blacks and latinos that have made it into the rich, white neighborhoods. And by no means do I dislike these families that have pursued a wealthier life and succeeded. Instead I give them credit for doing so, but the fact of the matter is, the government makes it so that it only happens for a limited few. It happens for just enough so that you will think to yourself, “They made it, so can I.” But that idea is false. America has used this tactic throughout history, it dangles hope in front of you on a string, but yanks it away when you get to close, and then crushes you into the ground.
But that is not our concern. Our concern is not that they know what we speak about here tonight. Our concern is not that they will attempt to try and stop us, for they most definitely will. Our concern is instead how we, as the proletarians, can organize ourselves into a force that they cannot stop, no matter how they try.
I have no doubt in my mind that the United States government will attempt to discredit, and eventually destroy me and my ideas. For any time a man, woman, or group attempts to disrupt a system, especially a corrupt system, then this man, woman, or group is a threat to capitalistic America. And they will let this threat loom for a period of time, giving hope and confidence to the peoples. But as soon as this threat to them reaches a certain point, they will indefinitely crush it.
This has been the process throughout our society’s history. Whether dealing with domestic problems here at home, or with foreign policy, the United States has eventually crushed any threat to them, economically, or physically.
So what is our goal you may ask? Our goal is to develop ourselves into a benevolent force. I do not advocate violence, but if society makes nonviolent revolution impossible, then violent revolution must take place. People may question my tactics, and tell me that violence cannot be the parent of benevolence, but I must disagree. Revolution will require bloodshed, on both sides, there is no doubt of that in my mind. But once this revolution has ended, and the people are in control, and we have established a social democracy, then benevolence can be fostered here in America.
Our society is no different today then 40 years ago, when Martin Luther King Jr. spoke out in an attempt for non violent integration. They murdered him in cold blood, and his method did not work. Our society is no different then 40 years ago when Malcolm X spoke on revolutionary tactics. They murdered him too, and his method was lost. Our society is no different today then 40 years ago when Fred Hampton spoke out and talked about socialist revolution. They murdered him, and a social democracy was never established. Our society is still no different then 40 years ago, when the Black Panthers, and a multitude of other organizations and individuals, spoke out against an oppressive system. The Black Panther Party was destroyed, its members locked away in prisons, or straight out murdered, and all through the use of the FBI, and it’s Counter Intelligence Program, A.K.A. COINTELPRO.
And now our government has brought rise to a new Counter Intelligence Program, the Patriot Act. The similarities between the powers of the Patriot Act and COINTELPRO are astounding. But forget that, the government is spying, and always has spied on its citizens, there is no denying that. The problem is with what the government has done with the powers of the Patriot Act. Jose Padilla was held for three years without given a trial, or even formally indicted, and that is because they had no true evidence against him.
But instead let us focus on the economic distribution of this so called great civil rights advocator that is the United States of America. What is so different now, then it was 40 years ago, or 80 years ago for that matter? A black man can now move into a white neighborhood, a black man can now sit down next to a white man on a bus, a black man can now eat food at a table next to a white man, and blacks and whites and latinos can all go to the same school together.
In theory, yes, that is very true. But I ask you to drive up into the suburbs of whatever city you come from, and take a look around. Go to the schools, businesses, restaurants, and see the rich majority of whites indulge in their suburban wealth. Then take yourself down into the inner city, the ghetto, the projects, the hood, and look who lives there. Yes, whites will be present, there is no doubt, for white people can be poor, and be hungry, and be stricken by poverty too. But look instead at who really fills up the ghettoes, blacks and latinos.
That is common knowledge. It is undeniable. Now remember what they tell you, blacks can move into the same neighborhood as whites! But look at the demographics, and tell me how many blacks truly live up in those wealthy suburbs next to those wealthy whites? But wait, black men and women can now ride the bus with white men and women! But they tricked you, for white men and women all own cars, they don’t need to ride the bus, isn’t that right? How is it that a middle-class white family can have three or even four cars, when a black family struggles to have one? So you see, everyone CAN ride the bus together, but only one group NEEDS to ride the bus. But what does that matter, blacks and whites can now eat in the same restaurant! But again, they tricked you. Black men and women CAN eat in the same restaurant as white men and women, but the real deal is that they don’t. And why not, you may ask. Because those rich, fancy restaurants that whites eat at are to expensive for the average black family who is struggling to get by. So instead, blacks and latinos are forced to eat within their own community, at the local McDonald’s or wherever provides inexpensive food. And it isn’t that blacks don’t WANT to eat at those rich, fancy restaurants, its just that they can’t afford it! Does anyone else see the inequality? Or am I the only one? Am I the only one who sees that segregation is just as present, and just as much of a problem, as it was back then?
When I bring this up I am often presented with the question of why is this. People tell me, “But they can go to school, get an education, get a degree, and get out of the ghetto.” And I tell them, your right, in theory, they can. But for every one black family that can escape the poverty-stricken conditions of the ghetto, a hundred are left behind.
And everyone knows that no poor, urban, minority filled school is equal to the wealthy, suburban, white school. It is a fact, that blacks and latinos get the worst education. The system is set up like that. It is set up to destroy the individual black and latino man or woman, and in turn, it is set up to destroy the entire black and latino community. Our school systems are neither integrated, nor equal. We are instead separate and unequal. Segregation is a reality. It is not something of the past. Look around you, see where you live! Look at your neighbors, you are not a fluke. The only flukes in the system are the few blacks and latinos that have made it into the rich, white neighborhoods. And by no means do I dislike these families that have pursued a wealthier life and succeeded. Instead I give them credit for doing so, but the fact of the matter is, the government makes it so that it only happens for a limited few. It happens for just enough so that you will think to yourself, “They made it, so can I.” But that idea is false. America has used this tactic throughout history, it dangles hope in front of you on a string, but yanks it away when you get to close, and then crushes you into the ground.
