Posted on 05/10/2002 11:40:58 AM PDT by Mom_Grandmother
By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill
TBWT Contributor
Article Dated 3/1/2002 (EXCERPTS)
The 115th Anniversary of the birth of the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, August 17, 2002 in Washington, D.C. The Call for the Millions For Reparations March, Protest, and Demonstration by the Durban 400, led by the December 12th Movement and the National Black United Front
I recently read a column that appeared in the Chicago Sun Times, by Linda Chavez, attacking the Reparations Movement. The headlines of this article read, “Blacks Can Forget About Reparations – Why Spoil African-American History Month with inflammatory debate?”
All of the forces that represent the world of white supremacy that oppose the just demands of African people for reparations will not prevail in their efforts to disrupt, diminish, or stifle the mass momentum that we are witnessing by African people in America, and throughout the world, who are organizing, day-by-day and block-by-block, around the issue of reparations.
For many centuries, and especially in the last five, the Black skin has been a badge of contempt. For instance, it used to be said in Brazil that if you are white and running down the street, you are an athlete; but if you are Black and running down the street, you are a thief! And in most parts of the world today, if you are white and rich, you are honored and celebrated, and all doors fly open as you approach; but if you are Black and rich, you are under suspicion, and handcuffs and guard dogs stand ready to take you away.
Yes, the Black skin is still the badge of contempt in the world today, as it has been for nearly 2,000 years. To make sure it does not remain so in the 21st century is perhaps the overall purpose of our search for reparations.
Everyday our phones are “jumping off the hook” and the correspondence we receive through letters, faxes, and e-mails indicates that African people in America will not be confused by the attacks on the Reparations Movement by people like David Horowitz, Linda Chavez, and others.
The Call for the Millions For Reparations March, Protest, and Demonstration by the Durban 400, led by the December 12th Movement and the National Black United Front, is receiving overwhelming support from the masses of grassroots people who are poised to attend this historic event.
With such precedents (Jews,Eskimo's,Native Americans) of reparations to non-Black peoples in four continents, it would be sheer racism for the world to discountenance reparations claims from the Black World.”
Let’s continue to intensify our organizing for Millions For Reparations March, Protest, and Demonstration on August 17, 2002. Ms. Chavez, we will never forget! THEY OWE US!!!
(Dr. Worrill is the National Chairman of the National Black United Front / NBUF located at 12817 S. Ashland Ave., Fl. 1, Calumet Park, Ill. 60827, 708-389-9929, Fax 708-389-9819, E-Mail: nbufchi@allways.net, Web page: nbufront.org)
What I would like to know is, why is Cynthia McKinney not in handcuffs yet, where the heck are those guard dogs? And how the devil did Colin Powell get loose again? Geeeeeezzzzzzzzz! Can't trust anyone anymore, bad dogs!!
Running around with your hand out, whining and trying to extort people's money from them is a sure way to earn their contempt!
The last Million Mom March in southern California only had a turnout of about a hundred.
Ho-hum. Another 3rd-rate intellect captured by the certainties of Stalinist rhetoric.
It is to laugh!
These clowns are doomed to irrelevance; ain't nobody going to pay up!
They be fools!
???!!!???!!!??? What planet is this one from?
Gee, I'm low on cash and don't have any gold or silver...
Will they accept lead, covered in copper?
Get a job.
cordially yours,
William T. Drill, esq.
If you want on (or off) of my black conservative ping list, please let me know.
"WE WANT REPARATIONS"
"NO!"
"OK, buy this magazine subscription".
"NO!"
"Wanna buy a Rolex?"
what a bunch of cry baby shakedown artists!
If Jackson, Sharpton, Farrakhan, McKinney, ect., skin were lilly white and they had the same attitudes, I would still hold them in contempt. Their skin color is of no importance, it is there character that makes them comtemptable. Hustlers, Cons and Pimps come in all skin colors. JMHO
I know what you mean, just wanted to get the date out for this march/protest for those that may be interested.
If they believe in reparations then they'll believe that as well.
Add Alec Baldwin and Julia Roberts to that list too.
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