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Sharp n’ Blunt

A Divided Black America Cannot Stand

By Desi Cortez Columnist

You may not dig this, but dig this – in Malcolm�s words: I�m not here tonight to discuss my religion. I�m not here to try and change your religion. I�m not here to argue or discuss anything that we differ about, because it�s time for us to submerge our differences and realize that it is…

February 16, 2012 1 min read Free to read

You may not dig this, but dig this – in Malcolm�s words:

I�m not here tonight to discuss my religion. I�m not here to try and change your religion. I�m not here to argue or discuss anything that we differ about, because it�s time for us to submerge our differences and realize that it is best for us to first see that we have the same problem, a common problem, a problem that will make you catch hell whether you�re a Baptist, or a Methodist, or a Muslim, or a nationalist. Whether you�re educated or illiterate, whether you live on the boulevard or in the alley, you�re going to catch hell just like I am.

We�re all in the same boat and we all are going to catch the same hell from the same man. He just happens to be a white man. All of us have suffered here, in this country, political oppression at the hands of the white man, economic exploitation at the hands of the white man, and social degradation at the hands of the white man.�

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