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Editor’s Note ... David Wall Rice
“Niggas are scared of revolution!” This proclamation, made
some years ago by The Last Poets, speaks to so many of our
brothers and sisters, but it certainly does not speak to our “talented
tenth.” Those who stroll the halls of wisdom forged by that
illustrious institution called Morehouse College are certainly not
niggas who are frightened of political, social, and economic up
heaval. For we are men of the house, soon to be full-fledged
Morehouse men and we lead the struggle to liberate the minds,
bodies, and souls of our people. We are the revolution.
Unfortunately, this is a clouded reality. We are far from the
revolution, and today too many of us are scared of the revolution
we are touted with leading. Here at Morehouse, brothers are on a
quest for money and the good life that this money can purchase.
Gone are the days when we are in want of respect, dignity, and
equality, for if we are given a few scraps, i.e. mansions, expensive
cars, expensive watches and the like, we are satisfied. Of course,
this is not entirely the fault of those who maintain this perverted
sense of success. If we look to our administration and faculty, we
see many of them espouse to us this point of view. How many times
have you been told how much you will be worth, monetarily of
course, when you graduate? How many times have you been told
not to wear that goatee to a job interview for fear that it might
conjure up graven images of Malcolm X in the minds of the
Corporate America that is to employ you? How many times have
you been told that perhaps during the Spring and Summer months,
you should learn Golf and brush up on your Tennis, so that you can
rub elbows with the “Major Players.” Many of us have been told
these things time and time again. And indeed, if we are to make
headway in this American society, we must learn to play the game,
but we must remember that this is in fact a game. We are not white
folk. We have a different core that we must pay allegiance to, a core
that is far more significant than the dollar bill. We need brothers
who can be Sam Greenlee’s Spook Who Sat by the Door, but as it
appears, Morehouse is developing more and more spooks.
The niggas at Morehouse are scared of revolution, because
they do not want to upset a balance that can give them what they
perceive to be the good life. They have not yet thought that their
good life is no longer going to be given to them with a presentation
of decent grades, good looks and fancy talk. The scraps are quickly
getting smaller, for there are those who are not scared of revolution
and their names are Newt, Bob, Jesse, and Rush. So think quick,
Morehouse brothers! Are you scared of revolution? And if so, do
you think that our people can make it to the next century without
a political, social, and economic upheaval?
The answer must be an honest and emphatic no. And if Morehouse
College was doing its job, our entire student body would be able to
answer accordingly.
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