Allow Malcolm To Guide Us

We were brought here forcibly, against our will, and in chains. And at no time since we have been here, have they even acted like they wanted us here. At no time. At no time have they even tried to pretend that we were brought here to be citizens. Why, they don’t even pretend. So why should we pretend?

Malcolm X Speaks p. 120

I, for one, am done pretending. I am done pretending about who we are, what we are struggling for and why we are struggling. I am done pretending that our struggle isn’t so overwhelming and dire that we have time to live quiet lives, tucked into isolation from our people here and abroad. I am done pretending that we have the luxury to waste time while our People are being slaughtered in the manner we are. From our city blocks to cell blocks across the world; we can see how our (Black/Afrikan/African descent — whatever you wanna call us) People are treated. From Josh Williams and Dr Mutulu Shakur to Brittney Griner, our People face the toughest kinds of repression from ANY judicial system they may find themselves pitted against anywhere in the world. Not to mention the lasting impacts of amerikkkas “war on drugs” and the ripple effects throughout the world. I am done pretending that the intercommunal violence our People suffer from isn’t directly related to our People adopting violent behavior as a means of survival under kkkolonialism. I am done…