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Andrew Garfield on how he keeps connected with his late mother (Sky News)
Every time I see these gifs I think about Dietrich Bonhoeffer writing about your grief taking the shape and size your loved one had in your life. Like, the grief fills in the space they were in, and keeps a place reserved for them in you. Which is beautiful, and which also means the three days of bereavement leave we get (if we're lucky enough to get any bereavement leave at all) is not sufficient.
““It took many years of vomiting up all the filth I’d been taught about myself, and half-believed, before I was able to walk on this earth as though I had a right to be here.””
— - James Baldwin (via gentlerecovery)
Martin Luther King Jr discussing his “I have a dream speech” 11 months before he was murdered, this is who we should remember, not that whitewashed version of him.
Martin Luther King Jr was a black revolutionary, he had hope, but he was also well aware of the struggles ahead…
Rest in peace Doctor, your legacy is one we are proud to add to, you marched for us and we are marching for the next generation
Michael Jackson has bought a stake in Eminem’s back catalogue. Jackson, who also currently owns The Beatles copyright, has bought Famous Music LLC from Viacom. As well as owning Eminem’s “Without Me” and “The Real Slim Shady,” Jackson now owns the rights to songs by Shakira, Beck and Bjork.
In a statement Jackson said: “This is a milestone event for Sony/ATV Music Publishing. The diverse collection of songs in this catalogue range from timeless classics to contemporary hits, and I am pleased to add the acquisition of Famous Music to Sony/ ATV.” Eminem famously parodied Jackson in his video for ’Without Me’, a massive worldwide hit in 2002.
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Mike said: “Tried to play me, now they pay me.”
Hi just wanted to know what's wrong with Umar Johnson?
A lot. Too much to say via mobile. Anyone feel like educating someone
I mean Google watch any of his interviews… He’s Ankh nigga #1
Basically. He is THEE ankh nigga. Like by definition.
Where does one start. Well, his name isn’t Umar Johnson. It’s something like Jermaine Shoemaker. He’s not a PhD nor holds a degree of any sort. The descendants of Frederick Douglass are attempting to pursue litigation because he is not a descendant of Douglass as he says he is. He’s defrauded people out of thousands of the dollars in donations for a school that he’s never built and refuses to answer questions about where the money has gone. He promotes black families while bashing black women and single mothers while almost exclusively dating black single mothers and not marrying them. He also has several kids out of wedlock. Then there was the entire stripper mess, calling her all type of whores after her slept with her smdh. This is aside from him being the King Hotep of the Ankhs.
Also he is extremely homophobic and transphobic. Stay away from him, Tariq nasheed, and DEFINITELY Tommy Sotomayor!!
I know men and women on FB who go for his shit and I keep them on my friend’s list to remind me not to ever fuck with them outside of social media.
After reading this post I started Goolging around and everything I found was very unflattering. Especially the part about receiving anywhere between 500,000 and 2 million dollars (nobody knows exactly how much money he got because he provides zero transparency) for building the school that never happened.
And also back biting and talking shit about other Black leaders who were all supportive of him.
he compares homosexuality to pedophilia, believes homosexuality to be a mental illness, and believes that LGBT+ are “the way we are” because of the absence of the same sex parent. ive ended friendships over goons supporting his bitch ass. fuck him.
I’m home and on my computer now.
I’m a well known poet and event host in the area. I was asked by a girl that single handedly got him to come to Pittsburgh to host his event. I would only be responsible for the talent portion (basically filler until he got into the venue). I didn’t want to do this event. But the girl was in a bind. I told her I would help her. And also told her flat out I didn’t agree with the things I’ve heard he has said. (I hadn’t heard them myself..just posts from tumblr)
The tickets were about 20 dollars (ish). Vendors came. The venue swelled with about probably 200+ negroes. Teachers, nurses, social workers, artists, business owners…you see where I’m going right? These are people in positions where their prejudices as taught by Umar can cause a tremendous amount of harm.
When the talent portion was over and he entered the room and spoke. What I heard in the time I was there, for myself, has to be some of the most violently homophobic, transphobic, anti black women, anti black female single parent, anti folks of any kind of faith, I have ever heard…and that is including the bullshit that I’ve seen on this site from trolls. That includes things I’ve heard preached over pulpits. That also includes things I’ve heard while sitting in barbershops.
He tends to go with low hanging fruit first. Initially he started by making statements that most in the black community will agree with: Like a salesman he exploits the areas of fear/pain/insecurity that cause people to buy in: Black children are being over prescribed adhd drugs. Black children are not being given quality educations. Black people are still poor and need solutions. ETC….
He used these statements to slowly but surely start making bigoted comments. And people ATE IT UP with forks, knives, and hot sauce.
MAJOR TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA, and MISOGYNOIR BELOW:
He referred to trans people as aliens. He said he is not willing to work with them or those who date them but will work with their children.
He feels that black feminism doesn’t make sense and that white women used black women in their movement and thus black women became turned against black men.
He says that the black feminists are lairs in saying he hates black women. He then said he loves black women and alluded to loving “chocolate cookies” (sex) and several other sexual references although their were children there. And there were TONS of kids there btw.
He feels that teaching boys to get down on their knees and having them pray to “white Jesus” will make them gay.
He believes that having your sons watch Empire will also make them gay.
He believes in the gay agenda and believes Obama is a large part of the problem.
He discussed at length that he feels it’s not fair that LGBTQ people have more rights than black people (…like LGBTQ black people don’t exist ????)
He said that back in the day that LGBTQ folks were not permitted to share their sexual orientation and finds it an abomination that black people are being killed but trans people get to pick their bathroom based upon what gender they feel they are (listen…I know it doesn’t make any sense)
He also talked about his school in Africa at length. He said that girls would be required to wear natural hair. And because of this boys would never want to be with a woman with weave or a white girl.
He said that because barbers licenses aren’t required in Africa (yes the entire continent) that African Americans could come over in droves and make a killing cutting hair and opening salons.
He said he needs people to work in his schools and being that the plan is to have the kids fly back and worth from america to Africa he would need a lot of people.
He did ask and thank people for donations for his school.
Oh and me and the woman that organize the event were not paid although he made quite a bit of money from the turn out. Word on the street is he expected a larger turn out and felt he couldn’t pay us….
So here if nothing else we have evidence that while he as a black man does indeed oppress black women given the chance. He sure doesn’t mind black women laboring for him at all.
Yep. Never ever trust any man who cites Umar as a fucking source for ‘facts’
Fraud is too nice of a word to describe that animal
Worst Case vs. Best Case Scenarios by Karina Farek.
This is a great joke, but it’s also a wonderful strategy for reducing anxiety that I learned about in therapy. If you’re ever nervous about something, just ask yourself: what’s the best thing that can happen? What’s the worst thing? What will most likely happen?
It does wonders for your nerves, really does.
My counsellor walks me through this all the time and it works??
The Defeated Pit
As I dive into the deep abyss..
..I give the reaper his chance to reap success..
..While I repossess what I seem to miss..
..Possessed by fiendishness..
..My weakness is believing this demons hiss..
..Unable to see the seaming rip..
..Unraveling the tangles in the weavings stitch..
..Leaving this without a steady hand to thread the needle with..
..Beating the need of leaving with what I came without is fleeting quick..
Concealing the fear of death is only feeding it..
..The beast within holds me back as I try to free the grips..
..We begin a battle to see the end..
..My missions to make the oppositions breathing quit..
..Peering through my opticals all I can see is mist..
..Fighting the titans with my bleeding fist..
..Feeling strength I rise to my feet again..
..and reach for the light at the end with my life in a pin retrieving it..
..My destiny's destination is to stand triumphant inside a defeated pit..
Afternoon Daydream
My eyes view stars disguised in sky blue that my mind flies through... Cut the anchor the ships tied to, fire blasts assist lifts to rip high noon I fall out of the ship hoping cumulus gives me a chance to land in her soft designed room I'm caught in her soft cotton embrace, I accept a spot in her space We dance but I've forgotten the pace, I slip and drop from the top of her place As I'm falling from grace I'm accompanied by tears from her watering face Her pains deep and I'm drowned by the sound of her sharp screams Surrounding towns on the ground feel the pound of her heart beat She isn't here, but her presence is near and can't be seen As I plummet, I fall in love with her tears and we reign supreme I tell her we can never last forever and she changed the scene Her heart broke and froze in the sky, turning from rain to sleet ...My mind crash lands covered in grass and my eyes view stars with nothing to mask
Fallen
As the day breaks before I can rise…
Snatched from the skies by a serpent in disguise Smoke suffocates the mind as it’s covering the eyes I dance with the devil as the angel in me dies
Cold hearted and hopeless, flames ease the pain Peel back burnt skin like stickers stuck to the vain Shed this old suit in hopes we never see again
Left with only the memories made out of scars Scabs scattered like graveyards in my reality’s war I see the fallacy of fantasy as I fall in the stars
…Finally realizing that I’ve fallen too far
Sketches of Life
Life's a fragile thing I cut my fingers picking up pieces of shattered dreams.
Life's an angry Queen Her Majesty has battled the god's and battered kings.
Life has heavy wings Some never give the effort to fly to Saturn's rings.
Life's a mezzanine Ceiling revealing murals of sights you've never seen.
Life is listening To the Devil picking the harp of Heavens strings.
Life has many seams Unraveling the past to craft these tapestries.
Life is dancing free With supernovas through universes and galaxies.
Malcolm X photographed by Eve Arnold during his visit to enterprises owned by Black Muslims in Chicago, 1961.
To All My Future Almost-Lovers
Look, I’ve been through this before. More times than I would like to admit. I am aware that you don’t love me.
I am trapped.
Trapped In a world of language Which does not work the way I want it to And of people Who do not see the things I want them too.
Trapped Because my passions don’t match my talents And My talents don’t match my passions.
Trapped Because I am unable to vocalize myself To make people see me.
Trapped Because I know you’d love me If only I could speak And you would listen.
Trapped Because I have ideas And intellect And potential But you divert your eyes And keep them set On a nicer and less blinding view.
Trapped Because I care too much And feel too much And no one understands.
Trapped Because I know you could love me And you almost do.
Trapped Because almost Is not enough.
But most importantly, Trapped Because I think I need you Believe you to be vital to my very being.
And one day, When I learn To write and speak To yell and sing To pursue my passions Even where my talents may not follow And to love completely Without craving something in return
That day I will be free.
Why I prefer to stay lowkey
The Prophet (saw) said: “Be discreet in order to achieve what you want, for everyone who is blessed is envied.”
Narrated by al-Tabaraani and Abu Nu’aym; classed as sahaah by al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’, no. 943.
So in world history we're going over Spanish and American imperialism in the Philippines, and a bunch of kids keep saying how it 'helped' us. They say things like 'without Europeans, they'd still be living in the jungle' and other things of that nature.. As a filipinx, how can I address how wrong that is with them?
Good lord I’d like to recite my debate speech about how colonization fucked everything up.
1) Colonization is the direct cause of colorism in the Philippines.
It’s all rooted back to how the Spaniards differentiated us by putting us into categories according to skin tone. Lighter Filipinxs got better *house* jobs and darker Filipinxs got the hard outside labor.
2) It was the genocide of our culture and writing system.
Baybayin was the lost pre-colonial writing system before Spain. By the time Spain came, they were surprised at how we could read and write. Men and women.
Know what that means? It was more of an egalitarian society.
But oh no. We are just savages who lived in the jungle before the white saviors came.
3) The Philippines has been constantly exploited for over 500 years.
We’ve been colonized over and over and over again. Taken for our location and our resources. They made us hate our skin, hate our culture, and embrace everything that is white.
I need to make a longer post about this cause arguments like this really piss me the fuck off cause the more I read up on this topic, the more I realize how much the root cause of racism and colorism stems from colonization.
And the self-hate is passed down from generation to generation. You will get treated better if you’re light-skinned. Pale is beautiful. Brown is ugly.
This is something we’re told and grow up seeing and it’s all because some fucking white assholes imposed that on us.
We barely know any of our history cause it was all wiped out and forgotten. They didn’t do shit to help us.
They exploited us.
-Leah
4) The Philippines already had a strong and varied culture, economy, trade, writing system, and political setup. Though we weren’t a united country, the people of the Philippine islands had their own governments and systems of trade. Barangays (villages, named after the balangay, the first known form of transportation and settlement of the Filipin@ people) were lead by leaders, known as datu or rajah or etc., depending on where they were from. Barter trade was already popular in the country; we traded with the Malays and the Chinese long before the Spaniards came. We had baybayin, only one of the hundreds of writing systems created by pre-colonial Filipin@s. In the Filipino culture, men and women were fighters, leaders, and spirit-people (aka babaylan or katalonan). We were rich with gold – that was one of the main reasons why other countries traded with us. We could make jewelry, pottery, clothes even, out of all the gold we had in our country. The Philippines was already going strong before the Spaniards came and literally messed shit up and burned it all to the ground.
When they came, we weren’t allowed to worship our own deities. Anyone found guilty of paganism had their whole villages burned down. The Spanish threw away and burned down anything to do with our animistic religion and previous culture. That’s why we know so little about our pre-colonial history – because it was buried by our colonizers.
5) Colonialism set up poverty in the Philippines. Firstly, Spain and America exploited us for our resources (coffee, sugar, wood, etc.) in their “free trade,” which allowed them to do trade and business without any form of tax; on the other hand, Filipinos were heavily taxed for their trade with their colonists. Secondly, the Philippines was forced into the wars America was involved with because of its status as an American colony – America used us (and still uses us) as a military base, mooched off our natural resources such as wood and rock, and turned us into a battle ground for its wars in Asia. Also, because of our status as a colony, Japan attacked us, burned down entire cities, raped women, tortured and beheaded millions of Filipin@s, threw babies into the air and caught them with bayonets, and tortured us into submission, among others.
Of course, Spain did a lot of stuff like that in its 333 years of colonization, but the American and Japanese occupations were more recent and, in turn, had a greater effect on our economy. After the wars, the Philippines was left bereft of resources, security, and protection; we were forced to rely on America for our rebuilding. Though we were supposedly given independence, America still controlled the government and used us as puppets.
6) Long story short, colonialism set up the “colonial mentality” of my country, which has been passed down from generation to generation of Filipin@. We've been forced to love our colonizers, or else risk torture and death.
1946 — the commonwealth congress adds an amendment to the Bell Trade Act that pegs the US dollar to the PH peso, grants US corporations rights to openly exploit PH natural resources “free of customs duty,” and prohibits PH from manufacturing/selling/exporting products that may compete with US imports/exports. This went on until the 1970s, with US congress threatening to withhold post-war rebuilding funds unless the act is ratified.
Here are some examples of the things our colonizers stole/did to us. I’m not an expert mind you but holy shit does colonialism in the Philippines irk me so much. I’mma put this in points so it’ll be easier. I’ll try not to keep this long (but let’s face it my rage is long)
Colonialism set back Feminism in the Philippines
ok way back before Spain decided to fuck shit up. As OP has stated, the Philippines had an egalitarian society. Women learned and were taught skills just as much as men. Even the reigning nobility in certain parts of the Philippines during that time ruled equally. Kings sought advise from their Queen’s regarding the selling of land. Not to mention inheritance were shared equally regardless of the child’s gender.
Not to mention way before Spain and America came, Women had the rights to property, be chiefs of their tribes, marry who they want, divorce if they so choose and their children bore their names.
One of the highest positions in the community was mostly given to women as well, the Baybaylan, they were the shamans/healers/religious leaders of a given tribe. Everyone in their community looked up to them and often sought for them in times of illness and drought. Then the Spanish came, they were intimidated by the power/influence the baybaylan had over the “savages” so what they did was spread awful rumors about the baybaylan and coined the term of calling them Bruha (meaning witch). Also virginity was not a pre-requisite to be a baybaylan most of the time it was married women who were baybaylans.
Kalingas, powerful positions open to all genders, were like the political envoys/decision makers of pre-colonial Philippines. They made pacts with other tribes and if the pact was ever broken, the Kailnga gets to decide the punishment for the offender.
(well guess what went to shit once Spain came…that’s right everything I just listed.)
(yup no helping here, more like dragging us down to your level Spain)
Basically if anybody would read Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo would understand how Spanish Colonialism affected the Philippines. greed, rape and abuse were rampant during those times.
America “helping” the Philippines
“Litte-brown Americans” is the word used by most Americans during that time…
America basically bamboozled us when they bought us from Spain. Like literally the Revolutionaries were promised freedom and they were preparing for said independence when they agreed to get help from the Americans. Then the Americans went on and basically said “oh, it’s just for awhile, just till you get on your feet and build a new government blah blah blah”….and that hold stretched till WWII.
And when WWII was over and the Japanese were to pay us reparation for all the things they did to us. We demanded a reparation like say around $6,000,000 (not actual amount) but since America needed Japan to rehabilitate quickly the amount was lowered to say $4,000,000 (not actual amount). Which is basically a slap to the face of the Filipinos.
Bell-Trade Act was utter shit. (I studied this act for so long and holy shit was it shit. I mean if you look up the word unfair you would the Bell-Trade Act in big bold letters)
Not to mention, the American government promised compensation for those Filipinos and Chinese who were in the resistance movement. They did to some extent but only for those resistance movements in their records. They disregarded the records kept in the Philippine Army. It was only just last year did the American government finally considered the records in the Philippine Army (actual thanks, Obama). Sadly most of the veterans are long gone. Only a handful of them are left. It pains me every single time I see these veterans crying because they witnessed so much and the Americans just basically took them for granted.
Effects on present times
Colonial mentality is rampant as hell here. Every bloody commercial you see here is 90% how to get whiter skin and straighter hair. (normally, Filipinos have darker tans and wavy/curly hair)
edit: forgot to add sources War Veterans: source, source,
Feminism pre-Spain: source, source, source
Most of these are what I remember from my Philippines & Foreign Relations class
Do you know how good it feels to finally see this on this social networking platform. If you need super hardcore evidence on the negative effects of imperialism, you look at our country because god, I don’t see them leaving any time soon.
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Celebrating Pilipinx-American Heritage & History Month
Today is October 1 which marks the first day of Pilipinx-American Heritage and History Month here in the states. Since October 18, 1587 when the first Pilipinxs known as the Luzones Indios arrived in the shores of what is now known as California, we have had a long history in the Americas. Landing at what many people believe to be Morro Bay (though the exact location is still disputed among historians), the first known Asians to arrive in the Americas came on shore as part of Captain Pedro de Unamuno’s crew on the Spanish galleon, Nuestra Señora de Buena Esperanza. These first Pilipinxs to the Americas sailed the western part of the continent thus starting the timeline of Pilipinx-American history.
From there on, Pilipinxs have arrived, immigrated, settled, raised families, and formed communities across the United States. From the Manila Men of the bayous of Louisiana making one of the very first Pilipinx settlements as early as 1763, to Larry Itliong and the Delano Manongs during the Delano Grape Strike of 1965 who instigated one of the U.S. historical events and protests during the American farm labor movement along side Cesar Chavez and their Chicano brothers and sisters. From the War of 1812 when the Manila Men of Louisiana joined the U.S. soldiers in fighting against and defeating the British on January 8, 1815 during the Battle of New Orleans to one of the earliest known recorded Pilipinx-American soldiers, Felix Cornelius Balderry, who fought during the Civil War and enlisted on December 7, 1864/1865 with the Union, belonging to the Company A, 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Despite our long history here in the states and being the oldest Asian American group, we are the silent majority. Compared to other Asian American groups Pilipinx-American history and Pilipinxs in general are often overlooked and forgotten even among Pilipinx-Americans themselves. In honor of Pilipinx-American History Month let us learn and teach our histories to the youth and better understand our communities. After all in the words of national hero José Rizal, “He/She who does not know how to look back at where they came from will never get to their destination.”
Follow @pinoy-culture throughout the month of October as we learn and celebrate Pilipinx-American history!
Recommended Malcolm X book #9: “The Autobiography of Malcolm X”, published by the Random House Publishing Group, as told by Alex Haley (1965).
For those who have made the mistake, this book was not written by Malcolm X. It is told by Alex Haley. I’ll provide a quote that gives a critical look at the autobiography:
“The pivotal book, by any measure, is Malcolm X’s autobiography written with Alex Haley. Ma [Malcolm X’s half-sister Ella Collins] had no serious problems with what was in the autobiography, but she often “wondered what was left out and what was put in after Malcolm’s death. His not being there for the final editing does raise those kinds of questions.”
Something we knew was left out was five chapters that basically outlined Malcolm’s political, economic, social, and cultural positions that were expressed in the OAAU’s aims and objectives. They were hyped by the press and among some observers as the “mysterious missing five chapters.” They really weren’t missing. Ma and I knew about this, as did Alex Haley, who seemed to have enjoyed all the intrigue around the mystery that was created. Attorney Gregory Reed, of Detroit, Michigan, who purchased the working manuscript at an Alex Haley estate sale in 1992 and whose legal services I once used, said that inclusion of the chapters in the autobiography would have made it “more scholarly.” When I told him that much of the information was available in the OAAU’s aims and objectives, he was surprised that the OAAU was still in existence.
Ma wished that the chapters had been included in the autobiography because “they would have provided all those people, probably numbering in the millions, who read the autobiography a more detailed look at what Malcolm was aiming to do politically, economically, and culturally. He had a plan of action. I don’t know why Haley or his editors excluded them. Maybe sometime in the future he planned on using them as the foundation for another book on Malcolm.”
Among other things, the OAU’s aims and objectives that Malcolm helped develop and approved of states:
Basically there are two kinds of power that count in America, economic and political, with a social power deriving from those two… . The Organization of Afro-American Unity will organize the Afro-American Community, block by block, to make the community aware of its power and potential. We will start immediately a voter-registration drive to make every unregistered voter in the Afro-American community an independent voter; we propose to support and/or organize political clubs, to run independent candidates for office, and to support any Afro- American already in office who answers to and is responsible to the Afro-American community.
The OAAU’s aims and objections stressed responsibility, self-help, self-defense, discipline, education, and a commitment to unity. There is no doubt that their inclusion in the autobiography would have enhanced its already strong emphasis on substance.”
-On the Autobiography of Malcolm X. Taken from Rodnell P. Collins [nephew of Malcolm X] with A. Peter Bailey’s “Seventh Child: Malcolm X” (Pages 205-206).
Here are some of the missing parts of the autobiography which have been recently revealed that can give a good intro to the autobiography (this was by Malcolm X and not by Alex Haley):
I am writing this book for the best interests of the Negro and the white man in America. I wasted seven years of my life in the streets of America. Today after spending the transitional years of my life in Boston, and later in Harlem as a human predator, parasite, and leech, all of which I was inevitably a premacy of self-destruction, and afterwards spending the next seven years in prison.
White America vilified and scorned me today in the news, media, headlines, over radio and televisions, as the infamous Black Muslim Minister Malcolm X, accused of teaching and spreading the “untrue” hatred of the white man among my brothers.
No man has so much time to do his life work and find his purpose for living. Everything that I do now takes on a sense of urgency. Today I have not the time to write a book merely with the ambition to excite or stimulate some reader’s mind. I have, the readers will see in years, chapters to come [where I] lived as closely as it is possible for a Negro to live with the white man and a white woman. In fact, I consider my life to be a perfect mirror that reflects the attittude of the white man in America towards the Black man. In part, in fact, it was what I learned of the white man that personally helped me to shape my thoughts, convictions, and positive core values of self-esteem, self-help, self-determination, and self-reliance that totality changed my life to the perspective about him that I have.
Only a part of it is the white man in America, especially seems to me in an indeed peculiar and ironic position to accuse any Black man of hatred. I tell the Black man the truth of a race that enslaved our race to help build America. His rich country, a man who has raped our black foreparents mothers until as a race today we are no longer even Black. A white man who in every one of his wars took us to bleed and die with him, and yet for all this has rewarded us with the back of his hand, and his table scraps for 100 years since the Civil War.
Now, I give my life to be used to benefit America and humanity. That America will learn that the Negro problem is a challenge to America’s consciousness, and that the Negro is America’s problem. As long as America ignores the Negro, America will always be troubled and never be at peace. If my life story helped free the Negro mind to do for himself, his family, and his community, it will help America, then the story of my life would have helped both races in the best interests of humanity to move beyond where we have been, where we are, and be of some use to transform America and the world to make it a better place for us all.
Malcolm X
My introduction chapter of my autobiography
(*Parts of it may seem unclear because the man reading from the unpublished chapters kept stuttering and going back.)
Other parts I found:
1. . . The Negro experiences the wrong values, the wrong glamour, the wrong “models of success.”
2. Picture youth seeing success in dope dealers, con men, hustler-hipsters, pimps, big cars, negative media images of his kind, black on black crime and self-destruction in movies. Picture children growing up seeing parents on the welfare relief system
3. The black man’s whole values are distorted that leads many of them to failure. The Negroes’ values and minds are rooted in illusion, unreality and the conditioned Negro’s mind is in an iron clad box.
Sources:
http://365-50.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKvjTjXcTJk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfPVK51bHno
(There are a total of 5 “missing”, unpublished chapters, which a man bought several years ago at the sale of the Alex Haley Estate. According to several sources, they could possibly be included in newer versions of The Autobiography of Malcolm X)
