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August 2, 2007
Fallen: Divide and conquer soon came in the form of fear of being physically destroyed
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them as well. :
Yes, divide and conquer soon came
in the form of fear of being physically
destroyed and murdered, as in the case
of the Tulsa atrocities in 1921. Then
the divide and conquer tactic came in
the form of expressways through every
Black community, under he mantra of
“Urban Renewal,” creating dividing
lines that pushed us farther apart.
Now the game has been elevated to
Move : ‘Social Change’
Continued from page 6A
people listened. He spoke to man's heart.
umphed through the abuse. Now we do
not have to take the abuse. We can con
tinue what he instituted to have the most
impact, which is to refuse to pay to be dis
respected. Fighting against an institution is
a waste of time and energy without a col
lective effort from the atizenry. -
Therefore, what we have witnessed in the
last two years speaks to the growth that has
occurred due to Black walk radio. King did
nt have the support of the masses, nor did
Malcolm X until they were successful in
touching the masses at their point of need.
King struck a nerve when he applied eco
nomic sanctions as the key ingredient to the
movement. He became a threat because he
had the solution and the hearts of the peo
ple. Champ Walker states that The SCLC
was the Moral Authority of the world; they
changed the world without firing one shot.
As a result of meaningful protest rooted in
Christian principles, the faithful few with
stood the most brutal attacks but the results
were life altering,
Social Change brings about significant
transformation and the approach is every
thing. The lines of communication must
remain open. Consensus is that the issue is
not with Ryan B —it is with his approach.
Champ voted for the warmth before he
voted for the war. In other words, Ryan B
was welcomed as a blessing to this commu
nity and he cerainly fought for Champ
during the James Brown Music Festival.
When many abandoned Champ, Ryan B
pointed to the open window. Moreover,
today Champ is able to offer a platform for
those who have been lied on and attacked
“that oné hears or réads no longer decéives”
an even more sophisticated level.
Some Black people are made to feel
they are better than other Black people
because of their status, their material
possessions, their abilities, and their
education. We have acquiesced to so
many strata among our people that it
is hard to figure out who is where, the
broad categories being, of course, the
have’s and the have not’s.
Divided, we have fallen to a low
level of respect from others as well as
among ourselves. Divided, we have
people.
It is imperative to believe that we must
have dialog that is rooted in facts and solu
tions in which the masses can participate.
In an attempt to level the playing field and
achieve any type of sodal justice, one must
count the cost before one builds. The dif
ference in our case is that we have witnessed
too many casualties of war. In an attempt to
help save the hostages (our people), one
cannot send a missile — because one missile
will destroy the innocent victims that it was
meant to help. More importanty, these
men have elevated the conscousness of the
community, espedially the Black commu
nity. They have disagreed genuinely and
openly on political, social and spiritual
issues (ministers, in particular) but have
continued to fight the same batte. Ryan B
and Champ are walking down the same
street but have chosen different methods.
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gone from a people who would take
things into their own hands and do for
themselves, to a timid, tepid, tired
people who depend on “programs”
and outsiders to “rescue” us — after
they were the ones who put us in this
situation in the first place. Divided, we
have come to the point of now having
to make a final decision on the future
of our children.
Are we going to continue to play
tennis on that sloppy, mud-filled end
of the court? Are we going to continue
Farrakhan : ‘Under the influence’
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documents that he had no
income other than charity
that he occasionally
received from his father.
The Assodiated Press left
a phone message seeking
comment at the
Merrillville office of
Farrakhan’s attorney, Jack
A. Kramer.
Farrakhan had argued
that he should not have to
pay punitive costs because
he fell asleep while driving
his father's Hummer on
the Indiana Toll Road
from Chicago to New
Buffalo, Mich. But U.S.
District Judge Philip
Simon ruled July 9 that
taking those monster serves and vol
leys without the slightest chance of
returning them? Will we keep playing
the game with a worn-out, forty-five
year-old political racket, rather than
arming ourselves with a brand new
economic racket?
If we don't change. the way we play
the economic game, we will soon be
hearing the umpire say, “Game! Set!
March!” And we will have lost the
game of our lives.
there was “ample evi
dence” that Farrakhan was
under the influence of a
controlled substance at the
time of the May 2003 col
lision.
A state trooper said
Farrakhan appeared to be
impaired after the accident
and that he found drug
paraphernalia and a botde
of Vicodin in the
Hummer. Farrakhan
refused a blood test and
contended that he was
asleep at the time of the
accident.
Farrakhan was arrested
following the crash about
15 miles east of Gary. State
police said Farrakhan
struck the rear of Charles
Peterson’s car twice.
Farrakhan pleaded
guilty to criminal reck
lessness in June 2004
and served 15 days of
community service
and paid a fine of less
than S2OO.
Peterson and his
wife, Gladys, claim in
the lawsuit that they
suffered physical
injuries and property
loss and incurred med
ical bills as a result of the
crash. The couple sued
Louis Farrakhan, too,
because he was the legal
owner of the Hummer.
But that suit was dropped
for lack of jurisdiction.