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Just saw Malcolm X last night - some thoughts
Don Breezio:
--- Quote from: Trauma on November 16, 2003, 09:01:11 PM ---I've tried to discuss civil rights history on here before, nobody gives a shit. I didn't even hardly get any replies to my topic about Emmitt Till, and when I made a post on Martin Luther King day, nobody gave a shit. I guess I'm white, so my opinions or thoughts or respect doesn't count.
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actually i've heard quite a bit about Emmitt Till and i have never known what exactly happened to him...can someone give me a bit of info on him? cuz i'm really interested in that...sadly trauma i agree with you...being white i dont think anyone would take our opinions on these subjects seriously.
King Tech Quadafi:
I have alot of love for Malcolm X. Ive studied his work, read countless books etc etc
Based on my observations, and readings, I would have to say- in answer to your question Trauma- that the movie was a fairly good portrayal of the real deal
kottonmouthninja:
but malcom x was one of the best muslims to ever live IMO
M Dogg™:
Read the Autobiography of Malcolm X, it's one of the best books I've ever read. He writes as stuff is happening in the NOI, so one minute he talks about his love for Elljah, then he sees his disillusion, and then talks about his beliefs without the Nations restrants. And Hollywood didn't make Malcolm X, the media did in the 60's, as the Anti-Martin Luther King. I do think Malcolm is right in his economic theory, and how in his case the black man, but I think it can mos def expand to latinos as well, need to stop indulging in alcohol, and drugs, and extra-marrital sex, and learn to live clean lives for the betterment of the community.
Don Jacob:
--- Quote from: Respect My Gangsta on November 16, 2003, 10:27:37 PM ---
--- Quote from: Trauma on November 16, 2003, 09:01:11 PM ---I've tried to discuss civil rights history on here before, nobody gives a shit. I didn't even hardly get any replies to my topic about Emmitt Till, and when I made a post on Martin Luther King day, nobody gave a shit. I guess I'm white, so my opinions or thoughts or respect doesn't count.
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actually i've heard quite a bit about Emmitt Till and i have never known what exactly happened to him...can someone give me a bit of info on him? cuz i'm really interested in that...sadly trauma i agree with you...being white i dont think anyone would take our opinions on these subjects seriously.
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emmitt till was a black kid from chicago (don't quote me on that he was from a northern state, i'm pretty sure he was from chicago but i kinda forgot) he went to stay with relatives over the summer in the south and when him and his cousin went into a store he saw a white girl he thought was fine and said something like "hey baby" and she told her dad and the whole white community was outraged that a black kid would say something like that to a white girl......so the cops or kkk (all in the same ;) ) whoooped the living shit out of him , so much that his face was unreconizable and suprisingly enough he was still alive and they shot him in the face. they dumbped him in the river and to make a long story short these white people were put on trial to an all white jury in the south and were found innocent despite overwelming evidence against them. in protest emmitts mom held a open casket funeral for her son (messed up face and all).
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