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Wednesday, January 30, 1991 • THE MAROON TIGER • Page 7
EDITORIALS
The Movement Resurfaces, So ‘Die Nigga Die’
By Lee Wendell Loder
Beware of the signs of the
times, the veto of the Civil
Rights Bill, stipulations placed
on funds designed to help
African Americans attend and
stay in school, and court orders
which have sent a message say
ing that enough has been done
to effectively integrate schools.
For those who consider them to
be gains made by the Civil
Rights movement, they have
quickly dissipated. These are
clear-cut messages that “the
man” no longer feels responsi
ble for our critical condition.
Consequently, we have wearied
ourselves by constantly remin
ding “the Man” that they have
caused and perpetuated the pro
blems of African Americans. We
have acted instinctively, strik
ing back in defense, with no of
fensive strategy. As a result, we
have created reactionary in
stitutions, such as the SCLC
and the NAACP, which seem to
spend most of their time speak
ing out on injustices after they
have been committed.
Fortunately for us, the signs
of the time for our people sing
another tune. The rising con
sciousness among students, the
resurgence of Black Pride in
our community, and to many
people’s surprise, the ap
pearance of figures on college
campuses that have been label
ed anywhere from “rabble-
rousers” to “grass-roots
leaders” to “king-like,” for their
roles as leaders of the New
Movement, this critical attitude
towards “the establishment” is
an inevitable result of a life
where many of us have watch
ed our mothers and/or fathers
complain about injustices on the
job, listened to our brothers and.
sisters cry out for mercy in
order to get money to stay in
school, watched the police
disresepct us as we try and let
off the heat from school on a
weekend outing, and because
we have stood by and allowed
others to make all the decisions
that effect our lives. These
times have created a tired,
DAMN TIRED generation of
intelligent, aggressive yet
discretionary group of students
who are experienced by their
very nature.
In our struggle to make
change, as the movement resur
faces, the negative image of
“the Nigga” must Die. The
Nigga who does not realize that
it is time for us as a collective
to take our own destiny into our
hands...,the Nigga who was first
to stand up and defend the ef
forts of the U.S. government to
mainstream Blacks back into
America..., and the Nigga who
feels that he has been removed
from the masses of his people
through an education or high
paying job. In place of this, we
must give birth to a new sense
of self support, encourage the
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By The Time, Surely
Man Is In Loss
By Wesley Williams
(Wise 7A)
Chancellor Williams, in his
book, The Destruction of Black
Civilization, ” makes a profound
observation of white people. He
says: “In a previous discussion,
I wondered out loud whether
the Black race is lacking in one
quality that seems to distin
guish Caucasians and explain
the reason for their long
domination on the earth. Their
deep concern about their
posterity, the future role and
welfare of their white offspring
to the farthest generation.
THEIR PLANS AND POLI
CIES OF TODAY’S WORLD
ARE OFTEN BASED ON EX
PECTED OUTCOMES CEN
TURIES HENCE (Williams,
pp. 145).”
The Caucasian has always
been a planner and conspirator.
But today, what have they fore
seen in their future which would
inspire them to plot and
plan?...The End of their world.
We are living in the time that
was prophesied by all of the
world’s wise seers. “Old Testa
ment prophecies anticipated
that Armageddon would occur a
generation after the re
establishment of a Jewish state
(Israel has been in existence for
a generation now).
A traditional Buddhist
teaching holds that the world
will end about 2,500 years after
the death of Buddha, who died
2,500 years ago. Psychic
pyramidologists who examined
the galleries of the Pyramid of
Cheops at Giza found that the
world is to end about the year
2000 - a conclusion supported by
Aztec, Hindu and Hopi inscrip
tions - and others around the
world. (You can brace for
Apocalypse..., Ann Arbor
News, Jan. 2, 1990).”
Nostradamus, the 16th-
century seer, also predicted
these days to bring about the
destruction of the world. But
the destruction of “what”
world? Not the destruction of
the total human family, but the
destruction of a world that has
exercised an unjust and wicked
rule for the last 6,000 years: The
Caucasian World.
The Caucasian was given 6,000
years to rule the human family
and “have dominion over the
fish of the sea, and over the fowl
of the air, and over the cattle,
and over all the earth, and
every creeping thing that
creepeth upon the earth.” And
revival of activism and use
discretion when analyzing
policies which effect our lives.
Lastly, we must have faith in
God, whether it be “ALLAH,”
“YAHWEH,” “JEHOVAH,”
or “CHRIST.” This is our
challenge, WE CANNOT AF
FORD TO FAIL.
Commentary
The President excised his
veto power against the Civil
Rights Bill of 1990, while order
ing U.S. Forces, which contain
disproportionate numbers of
Blacks, to war in the Persian
Gulf for American Rights.
January 15, 1991 has been
established as the day that the
U.S. will commence hostilities
against Iraq in that region.
What makes this day so much
more significant is that it is the
birthday of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., a man who advocated
non-violence social change to
correct the American Apartheid
system of segregation and
discrimination. In a country that
proclaims equal rights for all
men, America continues to deny
equality to Blacks while order
ing them to fight and die in a
foreign country for the same
rights they cannot obtain at
home.
“The ultimate measure of a
man is not where he stands in
moments of comfort and conve
nience but where he stands in
moments of challenge and con
troversy” - Martin Luther
King, Jr.
Where will Black America
stand in these times of challenge
and controversy? Will we stand
for democracy or will we stand
for hypocrisy? Only God knows.
Joseph L. Wallace,
Veteran, Class ’92
he has certainly done his job
well But his time has expired.
We are taught by the Hon.
Elijah Muhammad that the
Caucasian’s 6,000 years ended in
1914. But due to the fact that
the Children of Israel (Black
Man and Woman of America)
were not at the level required
to bring about their fall, they
were given a 60 to 70 year grace
period. And for these last 60
years, the Caucasian’s world has
been slowly crumbling. 1914
was the year of the first World
War, which devastated their
world.
It was quickly followed by the
second World War which
resulted in Europe’s loss of
Afrikan colonies. Before this
time it was said that “the sun
never sets on the United
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