Welcome Guest [Log In] [Register]
Add Reply
Malcolm X interview with Eleanor Fischer
Topic Started: Jan 8 2012, 10:39 PM (12,059 Views)
Knowledge
Member Avatar

Afield Negro
Jan 8 2012, 10:39 PM
This is a rare interview by Malcolm X that he did with a lady name Eleanor Fischer in 1961. In this interview Malcolm said that as black people we have to lift ourselves by our bootstraps, that's my first time hearing Malcolm use that term. You can listen to this interview by clicking on the video below.

Malcolm X quote from that interview.

Having an opportunity to ride either on the front or the back or in the middle of someone else's bus doesn't dignify you. When you have your own bus, then you have dignity. When you have your own school, you have dignity. When you have your own country, you have dignity.

When you have something of your own, you have dignity. But whenever you are begging for a chance to participate in that which belongs to someone else, or use that which belongs to someone else, on an equal basis with the owner, that's not dignity. That's ignorance.

The — if I may add, for instance, King and these others will say that they are fighting for the Negro to have je — equal job opportunity. How can a group of people such as our people, who own no factories, have equal job opportunities competing against the race that owns the factories?

The only way the two can have equal job opportunities is if black people have factories as, as well as white people have factories. And then w — bl — we can —employ whites or we can employ blacks, just like they can employ whites or they can employ blacks.

But as long as the factories are in the hands of the whites, the housing is in the hands of the whites, the school system is in the hands of the whites, you have a situation where the blacks are constantly begging the whites can they use this or can they use that. That's not any kind of equal — equality of opportunity, nor does it lend tow — toward one's dignity.


Here is the audio of that interview.



To read the full transcript of this interview click on this link below.

http://www.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2010/feb/11/remembering-malcolm-x-rare-interviews-and-audio/

http://www.imkeepingup.com/2010/02/1960-interview-with-malcolm-x.html
Everybody need to listen at what Malcolm X is saying at the 14:36 mark on that video.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Black Republican
Member Avatar

Malcolm X many black people are lazy and don't want to do for self.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
TommyT
Member Avatar

Black Republican
Sep 8 2012, 01:36 AM
Malcolm X many black people are lazy and don't want to do for self.
Reflecting upon this poorly written/unfinished sentence, I'd say he's correct.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Nat Turner
Member Avatar

The samething that Malcolm X talked about in that interview we are dealing with today,it doesn't seem like a whole lot of progress have been made when you look at the overall condition of black people.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Marcus
Member Avatar

If black people had only listened to Malcolm X we would be much better off.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Negrodamus
Member Avatar

Marcus
Oct 6 2012, 02:00 PM
If black people had only listened to Malcolm X we would be much better off.
You really really need Malcolm X to tell you what to do lol.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Marcus
Member Avatar

Negrodamus
Oct 6 2012, 02:04 PM
Marcus
Oct 6 2012, 02:00 PM
If black people had only listened to Malcolm X we would be much better off.
You really really need Malcolm X to tell you what to do lol.
When you look at the condition of black people in America today, whatever they are doing isn't working.

As a race black people are on the bottom in America, black people are now below Hispanics.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Negrodamus
Member Avatar

Marcus
Oct 6 2012, 02:05 PM
Negrodamus
Oct 6 2012, 02:04 PM
Marcus
Oct 6 2012, 02:00 PM
If black people had only listened to Malcolm X we would be much better off.
You really really need Malcolm X to tell you what to do lol.
When you look at the condition of black people in America today, whatever they are doing isn't working.

As a race black people are on the bottom in America, black people are now below Hispanics.
We were on the bottom when Malcom X and MLK were living so really wtf is your point?
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Marcus
Member Avatar

Negrodamus if black people had listen to what Malcolm X was saying, blacks wouldn't be on the bottom today.

Malcolm X said that black people need to come together and do for self, and not depend on white people.

The Chinese built China Town without help from white people. Koreans built Korea Town without help from white people.

There are 40 million white people in America, and what have we COLLECTIVELY BUILT
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
Negrodamus
Member Avatar

Marcus
Oct 6 2012, 03:41 PM
Negrodamus if black people had listen to what Malcolm X was saying, blacks wouldn't be on the bottom today.

Malcolm X said that black people need to come together and do for self, and not depend on white people.

The Chinese built China Town without help from white people. Koreans built Korea Town without help from white people.

There are 40 million white people in America, and what have we COLLECTIVELY BUILT
Please correct all of the mistakes in your post.
Offline Profile Quote Post Goto Top
 
1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)
ZetaBoards - Free Forum Hosting
Create a free forum in seconds.
Learn More · Sign-up Now
Go to Next Page
« Previous Topic · General Discussion · Next Topic »
Add Reply