Malcolm X on riots

[num123]

It was exposed that it's white supremacists going undercover as antifa and ally protestors who are targeting and destroying and looting specifically black businesses. How do you think these white supremacists should be punished? Prison? Death penalties? Life in prison? Beaten?

From all of the videos i seen at least of looting in Chicago's South Side it was all black people.

 

[Ironman]

Enough said

 

[ogc163]

Let's separate the demonstrations, from the pillaging.
If you could explain to me how pillaging and looting advances getting justice for Black life or undermines violence by the state, I'd be willing to listen.

It potentially forces structural changes because it undermines the quality of life and sense of order, and agitates the values and/or daily life of the people and institutions that are in power. There is no guarantee of success, but given the Black communities demographics, lack of general wealth, and political impotence there isn't a lot of leverage. Further, if decreasing White tranquility is the most effective way to create structural change then so be it. And so, while it is not an ideal situation we've been pushed to this point because of the lack of effective large scale solutions.

I'm curious since you've mentioned Black business in several threads now, do you think that substantial change on a large scale can occur without Black businesses being undermined on some level?

 

[CashmoneyHotBoy]

From all of the videos i seen at least of looting in Chicago's South Side it was all black people.

Well how do you feel about the white supremacists going undercover as antifa and ally protestors who are targeting and destroying and looting specifically black businesses. How do you think these white supremacists should be punished? Prison? Death penalties? Life in prison? Beaten?

 

[get these nets]

It potentially forces structural changes because it undermines the quality of life and sense of order, and agitates the values and/or daily life of the people and institutions that are in power. There is no guarantee of success, but given the Black communities demographics, lack of general wealth, and political impotence there isn't a lot of leverage. Further, if decreasing White tranquility is the most effective way to create structural change then so be it. And so, while it is not an ideal situation we've been pushed to this point because of the lack of effective large scale solutions.

I'm curious since you've mentioned Black business in several threads now, do you think that substantial change on a large scale can occur without Black businesses being undermined on some level?

What structural changes resulted from the pillaging that occurred in Ferguson, MO or Baltimore,MD?
Can you point to a precedent in America from the last quarter century?

If you can't, then I think this is a case of trying to justify, get meaning from, and hoping that something positive results from the looting and rioting(after they started popping off)

The system, WS, or whatever name someone calls it is based on ownership & control of resources and institutions. Blacks having ownership & control of our own resources and institutions (including viable businesses) decreases our dependence on those of others. Black businesses being compromised and undermined reduces the leverage Black people have in this country. It hinders chances for progress.

Look at the comments in the "Tulsa riots" threads about how,besides the savage terrorism inflicted on Black Americans impacted the community...............how the destruction of Black owned businesses hindered that community's progress (by design)
I can't ride with people dismissing or excusing the destruction of Black businesses. I can't.

 

[Wallychamp]

Brother Malcolm never told a lie in his 39 years of life.

 

[MikelArteta]

There are two types of Negroes in this country. There’s the bourgeois type who blinds himself to the condition of his people, and who is satisfied with token solutions. He’s in the minority. He’s a handful. He’s usually the hand-picked Negro who benefits from token integration. But [it’s the] masses of Black people who really suffer the brunt of brutality and the conditions that exist in this country.” - malcolm x

 

[Cadillac]

This is the only way you can convey your message across at times

that part, the reason why im partially against the looters/agitators but at the same time im not. In america you gotta apply some violence/force and hit cacs wallet.