n
r
this COUDby,. F; • to
loud applause. -Oar children
. aren't prone to be' aiminals.
Why ncb aimiDality be­
come the order' of y in the
BI Ct community? We don't
make Uzi's or Mack las. Who
p Uzi's in the hands of our
young? .
"Who sees our being in con­
trol of cities as a threat? Their'
agenda says DlQVe theBla'cb out
of the cita, take control of the
.• by ever means neces-
sary.
-Since religion is no longer
effective in controlling our
youth; since education is. no
loager effective in controlling
our youth, put this dangerous
cocaine called crack, put it in
the hands of the youth. Give
them a chance to sell death. to
southern Africa and said who one another so that they may
co tro r ces will be have the nice clothes that tile
in control . e 21st century. formermayorwears,orthestate
The str egic me in central senator or m& tupper
Africa will r contro wear, or Min. Farrakhan
them' power: . wears. We can wear them be ..
It i no acciden that AIDS is cause have some means of
ooacentrated in ceatral Africa, visible support, but what about
he . d. . . the poor, the hopeless, the lost
. Farrakhan said the Hon. Who cares about the masses of
Elijah M d had arned our peop ?
that there be widespread' "We h ve to go beyond a
death, bu w ill we go political position. We cannot
through it, he. as d, equate an appointed position in
"Death' all around us. It is government or an elected office
in the ere It's in the ire It's in in gO\'ernmeDt as equal to solv­
the food. What reparations are ing tlie problems of the masses
there in our agenda to survive of our people.
the destruction of the environ- ·We cannot say e are
ment? Min. Farr ked. making progre because we
America DO use for us. have SOO mayOl" and are
We are . her eyes. ping b ckward in ter of our
Could this be the reason for the relationship econo�caDy to the
. aeased murde of B at . e community.
the bands of . Could this ·We cannot say e are
be the for iDaeased makiog progress wbeo our own
ostility � by B community' turning on itselt
on white 1 There are and ha� beeo the num­
ina-eased' cideD of mleno: ber one de troyer of ODe
aaam' �'B d youth aDo
especiaD.y io uareported by ·We ca 0 no t say e are
the • for the most making progress -until in the
part, F; • so are ds of Rev. (Jesse) Jackso
UDlrwaJr'C of their &'Cquency. we lift the boats that are uck at
-We doG'l· . boUom, d IDOIl of
r
fion
boa are B aDd Hispanic child. That's your child. But you
and poor B t white folk abuse it, society can take it from
have mech.nism 0 lift them, you. Yo &n't kno ho to use
we've got to develop a it JlI'operly, you lose it"
medtanjpn that will allow us to What about the 40 to SO mil-
lift our own peop . ' lion peop who are no only not
Then noting that many at the used, but misused and abused
SummitrepresellUhceducated; by society, Farrakhan said.
the "1eamecr, the hope of the • America has forfeited the right
community, Parrathan � a to steward our lives.·
discussion of estern educa- He'd that Blac people
tion. cann expect the g�rnment
He said the underlying that" brought our people into
philosophy of stem ednca- slavery to give us justice.
tion subtle, pervasive and "Do you r�member that this
poison, because it makes those peop -too from us name, Ian­
who acquire education, think guage, culture, religion, god;
they are better than another then hitched us to a plow,
human being who bas not ac- denied us the right to marry and
quired an education. the b ic unit of civilization
He ·d the ccumulatiOD of which· family. Denied us the
)etters behind our names - BA, . right over our own bodies, that
BS, � , PhD, DO and as Black men beca stud
Do ou
rem mb rthat
this people
.too from us
nam,
language,
culture,
r IIglon, god;
then hitched
. us to a plo ,
denied u
right to marry
and ba Ie
unit of
civilization
which i
family."
whatnot - makes us think we horses and our women became
have arrived in some magical' women of convenience that we
way ·th a "certain arrogrance maygo into sothatwemaymake
that we don't want to serve our a baby that the slave master may ,
people, wan our peop to sell from one plantation to
sene us.· another while the father went
"The responsibility of one way, the mother another,
knowledge is not to get money, the baby went another.
though money should attend "Thi didn't happen for one
our growth into knowledge. .. day, for one year, but 300 long
but the acquisition of years. What is the effect of that
knowledge is to prepare us to on the mor I character of a
serve that which·will outlive us people?
and the thlng that will outlive us "What' the effect of that on
. the people.". a people psychologically to hear
"The masses of the Fple some Abraham Lincoln, not
will always be here, But we have willing to free you, bu to
come and we will soon go. But preserve the union. .. He said
will our contrib . on be to the long you were in America
. onward struggle of our people there would always be the con­
be. We need to lopapr'opef clition of inferior and superior
agenda, not ju t an African and he much any other
American agenda or a Blac white man desired the superior
l&CD<lathatsenesaf�wperso position to be assigned to the
politicaUy that desire to go here white race. These are the words
or go there. We must top tho of Lincoln in the Lincoln­
fahtasy. We m t top . self- Do las debates.·
serviDg and must e en . Thi condition continues
our little brother in the ghetto today, Farrakhan said, and
aches. We pain when the reminded hi audience Lincoln
. mother a' out for justice, said, "We prosper from your
. or abuse of ' p'esceoce and you suffer from
t DOSI5eSS • cludiDg our 'our feeliD concerning you."
own person and property could And the uffering continue
lead to lose. Yo' 've go a today, be repeated.
e United States go m­
ment in letting go didn't
amend the conditio that 300
years of Ia� had P us in.
They amended the Constitu­
tion, which is a document, a
paper. So they too a piece of
paper, a stroke of the pen, one
day were slaves, next day
were free, next day re
citizens, next day due process of
law, ext day civil rights ,
public' accommodations . W.
What does that really mean?"
"The United States govern­
ment recognizes tha e ere
incapable of going for ourselves.
They struc down the law of in­
voluntary slavery, bu you volun­
tarily become what you were
yesterday involuntarily. Look at
you today, involuntary slaves.
You have to confer with your
master ov r whether you can
bring Farrakhan here.
"If he says the wrong thing,
maybe somebody won't finance
me, maybe they won't give you a
few perks. Sha on you, you
modern day slaves. .
"They promised us 40 acres
and a mule and they too that
back. We gave America her
ffeedom, the right to become a
sovereign nation. We fought,
bled and died in the Revolution­
ary War. Over 400,000 Black
people were in the Civil War on
the part of the North and the
South. We fought for America,
helped it to become inde­
pendent and strong. She be-
. came strong the labor and
the b cks of Black people held
back by fraud
·Now here we are in 1989,
looking for our next welfare
check. But our lDOIley is in Fort
Knox. The money that beloegs
to this nigger slave, is in Fort
Knox,"
Then ina reference to an
lier call by Rev. Jesse Jackson
for the use of pension funds to
develop the nation' cities, Far-
rakhansaid, "Yes, Rev. Jackson,
let's go after the pension funds."
"We need to move on the
government from the position of
strength, based upon the posi­
tion of moral principle and
precedent that has already been
eL
He cited the case of the Jews
who after being liberated in
World War II from the
atrocitie committed by the
Germans are being paid billio
in repar tions.
He-told how in World War n
the American government lock­
ed up the Japanese and is no
paying repar . Q to repair the
damage.
Congr said we've go to
right this wrong," said Farrak­
han, and decided reparatio
were due the Japanese.
"We need togo to the govern­
me t and say to the government,
a about us? Why should our
people have to sub ist on
charity, or live in poor houses
when we built the country fo
you? Fought, bled and died to
maintain the oountry for you.
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