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A seven-year-old speaks out (Another Maya Angelou!)
Afro.Com ^ | 3/22/2006 | Staff

Posted on 03/31/2006 11:59:04 AM PST by FerdieMurphy

The poem by seven–year-old Autum Ashante ”White Nationalism Put U in Bondage,” has caused quite a stir in some circles but it shouldn’t have.

It is the truth and Blacks who read their history know it is. The fact that the Pikesville, N.Y. school system has banned this young child from performing without doing its homework, is an indication of how little history our children are learning in our schools about what really happened in this country from slavery days to the present.

Autum, the daughter of a Nation of Islam poet and activist, is no stranger to the Black community. She has performed at HBO's Def Poetry Jam, The Cotton Club in L.A., The Apollo Theater in Harlem, the African Street Festival, Caroline's on Broadway, the Russell Simmons Phat Farm Fashion Show, Steve Harvey's "Big Time," a prestigious Grammy Foundation event, and at universities.

She recites her verses in English, and fluently in Swahili and Arabic (she attended the Islamic Darul Arkam School in Mount Vernon).

According to various sources on the internet she has also appeared at a tribute to Black Nationalist Marcus Garvey, at Amiri Baraka's annual family cookout, and at the New Black Panther Party's Million Youth March. It was also reported that the city of New York presented her a proclamation for inspiring "her peers, as well as adults, while also demonstrating the power of a father’s love, the importance of education and the limitless boundaries of the human mind."

New York City councilwoman Yvette Clark reportedly called her "one of the most precious young talents that this world has ever known."

Here is the poem she was invited to perform for Pikesville middle and high school students during Black History Month, which has made her more popular than ever. Does it lie?

White Nationalism Put U In Bondage

White nationalism is what put you in bondage

Pirate and vampires like Columbus, Morgan, and Darwin Drank the blood of the sheep, trampled all over them with

Steel, tricks and deceit.

Nothing has changed take a look in our streets

The mis-education of she and Hegro -- leaves you on your knee2grow

Black lands taken from your hands, by vampires with no remorse

They took the gold, the wisdom and all of the storytellers

They took the black women, with the black man weak

Made to watch as they changed the paradigm Of our village

They killed the blind, they killed the lazy, they went So far as to kill the unborn baby

Yeah White nationalism is what put you in bondage

Pirates and vampires like Columbus, Morgan, and Darwin They drank the blood of the sheep, trampled all over them with

Steel laden feet, throw in the tricks alcohol and deceit.

Nothing has changed take a look at our streets.

This well-educated talented girl who remind you, is only seven-years-old, speaks four languages, and has been reading since she was two-years-old, asked all of the white students to remain in their seats and asked the other children to stand and recite this pledge:

"Black Child's Pledge," which reads in part:

I pledge allegiance to my Black People.

I pledge to develop my mind and body to the greatest extent possible.

I will learn all that I can in order to give my best to my People in their struggle for liberation.

…I will discipline myself to direct my energies

thoughtfully and constructively rather than wasting them in idle hatred…

I will train myself never to hurt or allow others to harm my Black brothers and sisters…

These principles I pledge to practice daily and to teach them to others

in order to unite my People.

If this has been done before an all Black audience as it has been done in the past, there would have been nothing but the usual applause. But the fact that it was done in a mixed audience has drawn outrage from both students and parents. Therefore, the school sent out a tape recorded message to over 3,000 parents “apologizing” for inviting this young child to speak. Obviously they felt threatened by allowing their children to hear a poem about history. How much better it would have been if these Pikesville students had been briefed before Autum appeared, and then afterwards been given an opportunity to dissect the poem and connect it to historical facts. History is history. It has happened. It can’t be changed. We just want others to know the true facts so that it will not be repeated for any other race of people. The bottom line is that the children who heard Autum will not soon forget the presentation. And that is good. Those who want to apologize for her appearance should remember one thing, we who have suffered because of slavery. And we have long past the day of hiding the true facts about slavery and today’s racism in America. For that we thank Autum for speaking out.


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Autum, the daughter of a Nation of Islam poet and activist,...who can't spell.

This little prodigy is about as smart as a rock. Apparently "daddy" helped her with the big words.

councilwoman Yvette Clark reportedly called her "one of the most precious young talents that this world has ever known."

Little "Autum" is right up there with Hillary.

1 posted on 03/31/2006 11:59:06 AM PST by FerdieMurphy
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To: FerdieMurphy

uh... who cares what kind of political beliefs a seven year-old has?


2 posted on 03/31/2006 12:01:39 PM PST by 0scill8r
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…I will discipline myself to direct my energies thoughtfully and constructively rather than wasting them in idle hatred…

She should peactice what she preaches.

3 posted on 03/31/2006 12:04:06 PM PST by cinives (On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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To: FerdieMurphy
"And we have long past the day of hiding the true facts about slavery and today’s racism in America. For that we thank Autum for speaking out."

I find this portion illustrative. The author decries "today's racism in America" even as they cheer on this little racist and her rant. Clearly this demonstrates that for some in "black" America racism is a one way street.
4 posted on 03/31/2006 12:04:20 PM PST by Texas_Jarhead
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To: cinives

peactice=practice


5 posted on 03/31/2006 12:04:31 PM PST by cinives (On some planets what I do is considered normal.)
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To: FerdieMurphy

I wonder how much use she gets out of Swahili. Does she travel to Africa during summer break?


6 posted on 03/31/2006 12:05:00 PM PST by Pan_Yans Wife ("Death is better, a milder fate than tyranny. "--Aeschylus)
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Well, now that the oppressive white master's have left South Africa, just look at what a pristine progressive thriving community it has become.

Also Haiti, threw off it's shackles of bondage over 150 years ago. Look what the Black leader's today have accomplished with that thriving, envy of the Caribbean.

yes, no doubt about it, if not for us White Folks, the Blacks would indeed be the Masters of their own destiny.

/sarcasm

7 posted on 03/31/2006 12:05:54 PM PST by Michael.SF. (Well, Kerry did win the exit polls.)
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Autum, the daughter of a Nation of Islam poet and activist

Says it all right there, doesn't it?

8 posted on 03/31/2006 12:06:04 PM PST by mindjam (Is it time to play cowboys and mexicans yet?)
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To: FerdieMurphy
This makes me want to barf. A seven year old who has been thoroughly brain washed and exploited for hatred and propaganda.

Ish. What a world we live in.
9 posted on 03/31/2006 12:07:15 PM PST by Sweetjustusnow (Mr. President and Representatives, do your duty to uphold our laws or you are all gone.)
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Nothing has changed take a look in our streets

Who is responsible for "your" streets, eh?

Oh, yeah, it's da man.

10 posted on 03/31/2006 12:08:04 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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Like I said before, little Autum is the black version of the Aryan Olsen twins, Prussian Blue.
11 posted on 03/31/2006 12:08:14 PM PST by coydog (Cowardice does not make you safe. It makes you a safe target. - - Dale Amon)
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"This well-educated talented girl who remind you, is only seven-years-old, speaks four languages,..."

I got a buck says not a one of them is a European language...

And when she graduates and goes looking for a job, she'll whine that whites are "holding her back" because she doesn't have single real-world skill.

Whining not being a paid position most places.

12 posted on 03/31/2006 12:08:59 PM PST by Redbob
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To: FerdieMurphy

Poor little girl is being raised to be a racist.

But it is kind of an interesting poem.


13 posted on 03/31/2006 12:09:02 PM PST by PetroniusMaximus
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To: FerdieMurphy

Notice how the guilty white liberal media isn't demanding to know where this little girl learned her hate?


14 posted on 03/31/2006 12:09:37 PM PST by Buffettfan
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To: FerdieMurphy; All

Can you possibly imagine the outcry if a 7-year old white boy or girl had written a poem like this?!


15 posted on 03/31/2006 12:10:11 PM PST by MplsSteve
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To: FerdieMurphy

Where was the BARF alert?


16 posted on 03/31/2006 12:11:03 PM PST by Big Digger (I)
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To: FerdieMurphy

Shhhh...Quite....it's Maya. Kind of like that Seinfeld "Desperado" episode. What is it with liberals?

They should help us relieve the ozone problem by sniffing in their own farts.


17 posted on 03/31/2006 12:11:04 PM PST by gathersnomoss
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To: MplsSteve

The white kid would be expelled and his parents charged with hate crime!


18 posted on 03/31/2006 12:11:17 PM PST by FerdieMurphy (For English, Press One. (Tookie, you won the Pulitzer and Nobel prizes. Oh, too late.))
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To: FerdieMurphy
Dark and lonely on a summer's night. 
Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord. 
Watchdog barking. Do he bite? 
Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord. 
Slip in his window. Break his neck. 
Then his house I start to wreck. 
Got no reason. What the heck? 
Kill my landlord. Kill my landlord. 
C-I-L my land lord! 

19 posted on 03/31/2006 12:11:22 PM PST by Paradox (".. and remove all doubt.")
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To: FerdieMurphy

Yeah Darwin was a HUGE racist. WTF? Ignorant little piece of trash.


20 posted on 03/31/2006 12:12:12 PM PST by steel_resolve (An intolerant culture will seek to impose it's will on the tolerant one.)
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