"Whites can help us, but they can't join us. There can be no black?white unity until there is first some black unity. We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we...
More »"Whites can help us, but they can't join us. There can be no black?white unity until there is first some black unity. We cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves. Concerning nonviolence: it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks. There are problems in the community. Some of the examples of those problems are the vices that destroy the moral fibre in our community. Drunkenness, drug addiction, prostitution, organised crime. They rob the Negro community of probably 90% of its economic potential and moral potential. One of my reasons for going out on a limb as I have is to try and make white people be shocked, awake to some of their senses, because if they don't awake, they're going to find out that this little Negro that they thought was passive has become a roaring, uncontrollable lion, right in, right at their doorstep - not at their doorstep; inside their house, in their bed, in their kitchen, in their attic, in their basement. And if you know that in time, you can do something about it."
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