"I am not a racist, and I do not subscribe to any of the tenets of racism. But the seed of racism has been firmly planted in the hearts of most American whites ever since the beginning of that country. This seed of racism has rooted itself so deeply in the subconsciousness of many American whites that they themselves ofttimes are not even aware of its existence, but it can be easily detected in their thoughts, their words, and in their deeds."
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Malcolm X
Taken from a piece written for the Egyptian Gazette, August 25, 1964.
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"No matter how fearless a dog is, you catch him out on the street, stamp your foot; he’ll run because you’re only threatening him. His master has never trained him how to defend himself; but that same dog, if you walk through the master’s gate, will growl and bite. Why will he growl and bite over there and not growl and bite over here? Over here he’s growling and biting for the defense of his master and the benefit of his master, but when his own interests are threatened he has no growl. Not only Crispus Attucks, but many of us in America have died defending America. We defend our master. We’re the most violent soldiers America has when she sends us to Korea or to the South Pacific or to Saigon, but when our mothers and our own property are being attacked we’re nonviolent. Crispus Attucks laid down his life down for America, but would he have laid down his life to stop the white man in America from enslaving Black people?"
"We are nonviolent only with nonviolent people. I’m nonviolent as long as somebody else is nonviolent - as soon as they get violent they nullify my nonviolence."
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Malcolm X
Answer to the question: “If the Muslim Mosque, Inc., joined in a demonstration sponsored by a nonviolent organization, and whites countered with violence, how would your organization react?” Taken from an interview with A.B. Spellman(New York, March 19, 1964).
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