Posted on 01/16/2002 6:44:03 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy
Way to go!
Here's his info:
Mr. Nathan McGuire
Principal
Millwood Middle School
Phone: (405)478-0360
nmcguire@millwood.k12.ok.us
Send him this info from the Kwanzaa Information Center:
Origin of the Flag of Pan-Africanism and/or Black Nationalism Red is for the Blood. Black is the Black People. Green is for the Land.Garvey used to march around Harlem, NY in uniform with sword as the "Commander-in-Chief" of the "Universal African Legion" to prove his militant support of a separate black nation.Red, Black and Green are the oldest national colors known to man. They are used as the flag of the Black Liberation Movement in America today, but actually go back to the Zinj Empires of ancient Africa, which existed thousands of years before Rome, Greece, France, England or America.
The Red, or the blood, stands as the top of all things. We lost our land through blood; and we cannot gain it except through blood. We must redeem our lives through the blood. Without the shedding of blood there can be no redemption of this race. However, the bloodshed and sorrow will not last always. The Red significantly stands in our flag as a reminder of the truth of history, and that men must gain and keep their liberty, even at the risk of bloodshed.
The Black is in the middle. The Black man in this hemisphere has yet to obtain land which is represented by the Green. The acquisition of land is the highest and noblest aspiration for the Black man on this continent, since without land there can be no freedom, justice, independence, or equality.
The colors were resurrected by the Hon. Marcus Garvey, Father of African Nationalism, as the symbol of the struggling sons and daughters of Africa, wherever they may be. Since the 1950's, when the independence struggle began to reap fruit, the Red, Black and Green have been plainly adopted by Libya, Kenya and Afghanistan. Other African States have included the colors Black and Red, combined with yellow or white.
The colors were established in 1920 as the banner of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), and adopted as the symbol of Africans in America at the convention of the Negro People's of the World. It is a symbol of the devotion of all African people to the liberation of the African Continent, and the establishment of a Nation in Africa ruled by descendents of slaves from the Western World.
In addition, with the formation of the Republic of News Africa, it has become the symbol of devotion for African people in America to establish an independent African nation on the North American Continent.
Thus, the colors were not chosen at any limited convention of Black persons; but, have been, in centuries past, and are now the emblem of true Black hope and pride, as embodied in all theories of Pan-Africanism and Black Nationalism.
Note: This is no marching band.
He was later sentenced to prison and deported for crimes committed while the leader of the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA).
While he did not espouse creating a separate black nation in North America - a modern black nationalists do - he was the champion of the "back to Africa" movement which was just another black separatist idea.
Kwanzaa is the modern-day, mainstream method of supporting black nationalism. If you need more information on that, let me know and I'll post it. The bottom line is - for all the talk of unity between the races (see Martin Luther King), there sure is a great deal of black racist and black separatist crap going on with seemingly little opposition. This Martin Luther King Day I would love to see the so-called "Civil Rights" leaders denounce this racist trash and reestablish the goals set out by MLK in his "I Have A Dream" speech.
No, this is not a healthy thing to teach anyone.
Bottom line is, the website and the ledge is pure racist, and un-american to the max, but it's also a sentiment that probably won't go away, either. This nation messed up bad after the civil war,IMO, we should have either completely bred our way to total mixture, like brazil more or less did, or actually humanely repatriated them back to africa, liberia or anyplace else they wanted to go to. This multi generational chip on the shoulder is just not going away it appears. Several trillion bucks have gone to affect arrears, and continual preferences in everything from schooling to employment, solely based on race. It ain't worked that great. All the other races and ethnicities present in our culture who are not pure native american indian came here voluntarily, and are (mostly) striving to be 'american", but this is not evident as much in the domestic black population. heh, I met this nigerian immigrant, he was really trying hard to build up his business here and be an "american", not a african american or nigerian american, just "a dude" who lives here and wants to live here and is happy to be here and not in nigeria. He told me he can't hardly stand the black folks born here, his words, not mine. this was in atlanta, oh, around 12 years or so ago. Said they were sorry and naieve basically.
Here are the contacts I started with (you may have them), then I moved to national outlets. I also am looking locally to see if this stuff is going on with my money.
'kswo@sirinet.net'; 'news@kfor.com'; 'kocb@telepath.com'; 'ca@kocotv.com'; 'fox25@ionet.net'; 'mailroom@kwtv.com'; 'news@kjrh.com'; 'fox23@fox23.com'; 'kotv@aol.com'; 'upn-41@upn41.com'
Sure sounds like 'separatism' to me!
And I think it may have been the 'Black Panthers' or Black Muslim flag in the 60s.
They may remove it from their website but it still appears printed on each of the students' Planners.
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