Once upon a time in Black American communities there use to be balance. You had those who were about self-reliance (the liberationist) versus those who were about dependency (the integrationist). Now in the 21st century the lines have been blurred. Since the Negro civil whites leaders integrationist philosophy has won favoritism from Uncle Sam, Black American communities have went through a moral and economic decline.
Back in the day, Malcolm X use to refer to civil whites leaders as “the so-called Negro”. Now the so-called Negro has flipped the script and is now calling every black person that he or she doesn’t like, a so-called Negro. Strange isn’t it, how the table has turned in favor of the Negro civil white leadership during the turn of the century?
Malcolm X and other self reliant Black leaders even chastised Dr. King for accepting money and awards from the opposition before the fight for civil rights was won for poor people. One group of Black leaders putting another group of Black leaders in check when they did shady dealings was a good thing. Now everyone is a civil whites leader and they all are above reproach. The white man is to blame for causing black problems and not solving black problems.
Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X and even Booker T. Washington were liberationist. They wanted to liberate Black American’s from having to depend on Uncle Sam for jobs, housing and schooling. Real leaders don’t have to call White leaders names in hopes that they will soften up and solve Black American’s problems for them. True leaders would figure out how to solve the problems in spite of their oppositions help. Reprimanding Don Imus, Michael Richards and TMZ.com for their derogatory statements may help to make them morally “supreme”, but it doesn’t build Black-owned businesses, housing or schools and it does nothing in raising the level of morality within the Black community at all.
