Farrakhan Commemorates Million Man March

1. Your in my prayers, honorable Farrakhan. Get well soon. We as a people will miss your strong, influential leadership in making us a free and independent people.

blaqgod at 10:21PM on Oct 17th 2007

2. As I listen to the voices of our ancestors in my head, I hear them screaming at the words of Bill Cosby and the Honorable Minister Farrahkan. They are upset at the current leadership representing the Black community for playing politics with the reality of Black plight. We did not impose slavery on our people. We did not deny equal opportunity. We were never in a position of power. We have been shut out of the American Dream and this is why our Civil Rights leaders have fought and died. The blood of our ancestors calls for a "Reality Check." Blacks did not put us in chains and the current crop of leader cannot free us from these bonds. Bill Cosby is telling us to embrace our chains and blame our sick and wounded. The Minister is encouraging us to fight back from a powerless position of inequity. What do our ancestors suggest? Instead of allowing the pent up rage and anger from the past to keep us divided, we must build a bridge to the future desired by all. Yes, Blacks must demand power and we must support our own agenda like the Jews. We must also work with Whites, Hispanics, and Muslims to build a future based on equality and respect. Our ancestors are angry at us for allowing a few fools to play the game of divide and conquer internally. Airing our "Dirty Laundry" lowers us by telegraphing what we do behind closed doors. What we see are the stains and that's just nasty. Obama is only one side of the bridge. Where is the White person on the other side with respect for Blacks? It's not Bill or Hillary Clinton. We've been there and done that. What did we get for supporting him? That's what I hear them screaming at me.

Cecil Jones at 8:39AM on Oct 18th 2007

3. Minister Louis Farrakhan is the most fearless, baddest, intelligent,fine looking, well dressed,can bring a million plus black men together, educated teacher,well respected, well loved, well spoken, great family man, no negativity around him, keep the muslims so repectful,well dressed,discipline, the list goes on, BLACK MAN on the planet earth. I love you Minister Louis Farrakhan.

Earth at 5:31PM on Oct 18th 2007

4. THIS SO CALLED MINISTER IS A RACIST SCUMBAG. BILL COSBY SAYS WHAT SOME BLKS CANT TAKE,THE TRUTH.

JERRY at 5:55AM on Oct 19th 2007

5. I love Louis Farrakhan. He loves his people and preaches in a way that is not insulting or degrading. Bill Cosby could take a few pointers from him.

Brenda at 5:50PM on Oct 19th 2007

6. "We have to come out of the thinking of a slave and come into the thinking and acting of free men and women," Farrakhan said. "We cannot depend on others for what the horrible condition of our people demands now that we do for ourselves."

Smart man. Think like a slave, be a slave. Think like a free person, be a free person. Your life will go will you see it going. Where you focus, is where you go.

DR at 10:14AM on Oct 21st 2007

7. It makes me angry that everyone is so disrespectful to each other. We cry about our past, but we continue to make a mess of our future. We say "Nig_er" is a forbidden word, but "Nig_a" is a term of endearment. We say we want equality, but we shout injustice when a brother is busted for his crime because we don't want our own to take responsibility for the choices they make. We holla that we want success, but we bad mouth those who obtain success (i.e. Oprah and Bill Cosby). We testest anyone who makes a better life unless they hand part of it to us. We protect the "thugs" and lynch the successful through our words. We put down all other races because they think different than we do. We still live in the days of slavery, and should remember, but should not keep ourselves there mentally as we are holding OURSELVES back. I'm a black woman who has seen my share of troubles, but each person has a choice whether to live in the past and keep themselves down, or live in the present and work towards a good future of success. We can't move forward if we don't stop living in the past. Yes, we were slave, yes we were treated like animals, but we have many doors opened up to us that are not being used because we sit behind closed doors feeling sorry for ourselves.
The "Nigg_" word keeps us in the past and reminds the rest of the world to think of us as nothing more than what we were. If you don't treat yourself and others with respect, then no one gonna treat you with respect!

Robin at 11:54AM on Oct 21st 2007

8. The former Nation of Islam leader...

I think that says it all. Beware your children are being recruited by the very people we are fighting for our freedom.

Natashya at 1:49PM on Oct 21st 2007

9. Thank you Minister Farrakhan for continuing the Message of bringing knowledge of our true history, for instilling the wayward and the poor with pride, for teaching us not to be mental slaves, for showing us the power of economic ownership, for reminding us that we are a Proud People whose ancestors were Forced to make the world rich, while themselves were robbed of everything---pride, dignity, humanity, and worst of all knowledge of themselves as great human beings and their great contributions to civilization. All done to further dehumanize and cripple our ancestors to ensure their role as lowly beasts-of-burden, with nothing to hold on to, so that nothing prideful could be handed down to us. I stand in awe of what our Black ancestors had to overcome, and what they went through in the hands of monsters given legal rights to do anything imaginable to a slave---and they did. How can we not look at some of the ugliness handed down in our communities and not see where this filth came from?

A. Singleton at 8:49PM on Oct 25th 2007

10. visit.

www.BLACKAMERICANTRIBE.com

The only leaders that should be followed are those who are elected. The US has a number of well-educated Black Americans who are mayors of cities... councilmembers--etc. We should elect our leaders from those who have held elected positions of leadership--and done a good job. Never mind that the many fly-by-night self appointed faux leaders are as interested in promoting themselves, lining their pockets, and playing bigshot as they are helping folks. I will accept that, even. The problem is--they are just not smart enough or organized enough or wise enough or good enough to be in charge. We need leaders who have provent themselves to be exceptional--and who truly are dedicated to serving their people--first.

BLACKAMERICANTRIBE STAFF at 7:04AM on Oct 26th 2007

11. Well. Min Farrakhan is no joke. No onw will ever face him and disagree with what he says to his face. They will only snipe about him through the protected media. Jesus was hated by many too, becuase he loved the poor. Many blacks have fallen for the american dream hook line and sinker, and it;s time we leave them behind and allow them to worship the american dollar that has very little value ;-). Good luck...you'll need it!

Me at 10:21PM on Oct 29th 2007

12. The Hon Louis Farrakhan has given his life to the ne-
cessary struggle of liberating African-American minds
from the infamous "Willie Lynch Syndrome"!Because his
efforts stood upon the foundation of what was laid be-
fore us by The Hon.Elijah Muhammad under the auspices
of The Nation of Islam,we've missed the messages as we
reject their religious basis!African-Americans have to
escape some 400+ yrs of Christian indoctrination be-
fore there can ever be any REAL liberation of Self!In
effect,we need to be stripped of ALL that has been put
in us by those who NEVER deemed us to be anything oth-
er than slaves or the descendants of ex-slaves who are
to be kept CONCEPTUALLY-CONFINED to ideas that perpetu
ate the lies of RACISTS!While another religion such as
Islam may or may NOT be the needed replacement for the
nourishment of our Collective Tortured Soul & Spirit,
we certainly need to be "Self-Enlightened" away from
the poisons of our "other-education",which has been &
continues to be one where we are effectively mis-educa
ted,poorly-educated,under-educated,& even un-educated
about Self,others,& God!To be "other-educated" is fine
but to be "Self-Enlightened" is Divine!


We do NOT recognize our OWN unique historic reality
in the very Book we profess to believe in!We do NOT en
vision our COLLECTIVE SELF as "The Chosen People" car-
ried away into captivity & so lost to our OWN unique
Reality that we embrace the religion of our captives
like the so-called "Jews" did when taken captive by
Babylon!We have been effectively separated from & divi
ded against our own historic past!
Elijah told us we are the first under the sun,i.e.,
"The Asiatic-Black Man",the original builders of civi-
lizations as well as The First Civilizers of the bar-
barians out of Europe!While the Catholic Church would
revise the historic record to say it civilized the bar
baric European hordes via the auspices of Christianity
the actuality is that it only managed to give fuel to
"white supremacy ideology" w/its representation of a
"pale-skinned,persecuted & unjustly crucified "Son of God"!Caucasians emerged from the cold,harsh confines of Europe to discover so-called "colored people" eve-
rywhere they went!The natural question became"why are
we NOT like these other People?"
All the answers were rooted in lies Caucasians have
invested some 2,000 yrs.of their feigned civilized ex-
istence propagating & perpetuating,inspite of the his-toric record that says otherwise!In their efforts to
validate their lies,they created intellectual & con-ceptual models designed to enslave mentally!As part &
parcel of "The Great Amerikkkan Experiment" we were en
slaved w/the specific objective of displacing & sup-
planting us as "The Original People of the Planet"!In
an effort to make the first last & the last first,Cau
casians created this reverse order of Being where we
were placed at the bottom of the evolutionary ladder &
they were placed at the top!
And,all this was based upon the propagations of so-
called "skin-color",where The Savior of the World is
a pale-skinned individual touted as "The Son of God"!
Of course,NO People have done more to upset the natu- ral balance of things on the Planet than Caucasians!
While their crimes against Nature are numerous,their
number one crime has been committed against People of
African descent who have been their most immediate &
accessible victims for the expressions of their un- bridled acts of Christian-inspired cruelties!Chattel
Slavery stands above all other institutions in the History of Man for its degree of deliberate,intention-
al & systematic practices of man's inhumanity to man!

Will West at 11:55AM on Nov 15th 2007

13. The Hon Louis Farrakhan has given his life to the ne-
cessary struggle of liberating African-American minds
from the infamous "Willie Lynch Syndrome"!Because his
efforts stood upon the foundation of what was laid be-
fore us by The Hon.Elijah Muhammad under the auspices
of The Nation of Islam,we've missed the messages as we
reject their religious basis!African-Americans have to
escape some 400+ yrs of Christian indoctrination be-
fore there can ever be any REAL liberation of Self!In
effect,we need to be stripped of ALL that has been put
in us by those who NEVER deemed us to be anything oth-
er than slaves or the descendants of ex-slaves who are
to be kept CONCEPTUALLY-CONFINED to ideas that perpetu
ate the lies of RACISTS!While another religion such as
Islam may or may NOT be the needed replacement for the
nourishment of our Collective Tortured Soul & Spirit,
we certainly need to be "Self-Enlightened" away from
the poisons of our "other-education",which has been &
continues to be one where we are effectively mis-educa
ted,poorly-educated,under-educated,& even un-educated
about Self,others,& God!To be "other-educated" is fine
but to be "Self-Enlightened" is Divine!


We do NOT recognize our OWN unique historic reality
in the very Book we profess to believe in!We do NOT en
vision our COLLECTIVE SELF as "The Chosen People" car-
ried away into captivity & so lost to our OWN unique
Reality that we embrace the religion of our captives
like the so-called "Jews" did when taken captive by
Babylon!We have been effectively separated from & divi
ded against our own historic past!
Elijah told us we are the first under the sun,i.e.,
"The Asiatic-Black Man",the original builders of civi-
lizations as well as The First Civilizers of the bar-
barians out of Europe!While the Catholic Church would
revise the historic record to say it civilized the bar
baric European hordes via the auspices of Christianity
the actuality is that it only managed to give fuel to
"white supremacy ideology" w/its representation of a
"pale-skinned,persecuted & unjustly crucified "Son of God"!Caucasians emerged from the cold,harsh confines of Europe to discover so-called "colored people" eve-
rywhere they went!The natural question became"why are
we NOT like these other People?"
All the answers were rooted in lies Caucasians have
invested some 2,000 yrs.of their feigned civilized ex-
istence propagating & perpetuating,inspite of the his-toric record that says otherwise!In their efforts to
validate their lies,they created intellectual & con-ceptual models designed to enslave mentally!As part &
parcel of "The Great Amerikkkan Experiment" we were en
slaved w/the specific objective of displacing & sup-
planting us as "The Original People of the Planet"!In
an effort to make the first last & the last first,Cau
casians created this reverse order of Being where we
were placed at the bottom of the evolutionary ladder &
they were placed at the top!
And,all this was based upon the propagations of so-
called "skin-color",where The Savior of the World is
a pale-skinned individual touted as "The Son of God"!
Of course,NO People have done more to upset the natu- ral balance of things on the Planet than Caucasians!
While their crimes against Nature are numerous,their
number one crime has been committed against People of
African descent who have been their most immediate &
accessible victims for the expressions of their un- bridled acts of Christian-inspired cruelties!Chattel
Slavery stands above all other institutions in the History of Man for its degree of deliberate,intention-
al & systematic practices of man's inhumanity to man!

Will West at 2:33PM on Nov 15th 2007

14. We agree that Minister Farrakahn speaks strong and true from his heart and what he believes. We also think that Malcolm X, Dr. King, Adam Clayton Powell--and many others did the same. We appreciate the Muslims, but some of us are not interested in joining up--and some of us do not agree with all of what the Muslims say and how they go about their business. Read our history--which also means read between the lines of classic American History--read source material; newspapers, historical documents, archived letters from the past--and you will find that it took all kinds--from Nat Turner and Denmark Vesey to Frederick Douglass, WEB Dubois, Booker T. Washington and the Tuskeegee Airmen. All are part of the BLACK AMERICAN TRIBE...and the Tribe's survival and "relative" progress. From conservative JC Watts to Snoop Dogg--all part of the Tribe. For our part, the Muslims--and Farrakahn engage in too much divisive labeling. We need to be a big tent. Do we all agree on all issues? No. Not by a long shot. Is Farrakahn's way straight and true and the best way? Not to many of us. While he criticizes those who "have bought the white man's dream" in such broad terms, many "dreamers"(and doers) have used their brilliance to prevail the system and share their riches with others--while at the same time opening doors and enabling others to secure food-clothing-shelter for themselves and their children. Some of Minister Farrakahn's powerful words are inspirational reminders/calls that we should accept nothing less than full respect as men and women of the Universe. And we appreciate that. But some of the specifics of the religion itself? Tent is too small to be of greatest value to many of those who have helped over our history on these shores to build what solid rock we stand on, to build from. The BLACK AMERICAN TRIBE accepts Muslims, Christians, Budhists, Atheists, Straights, Gays--Liberals, Conservatives, Black Punk Rockers and Hip Hoppers--all. We ARE all part of the Black American Tribe--and for one of the Tribe to even THINK of killing another after all the killing that was done to us over our history is INSANE. We may disagree with one another on this or that--but care should be taken to not lose recognition of our common bond--first and foremost. FIRST AND FOREMOST. And I, for one, do not think the Muslim Religion does that very well for the Tribe. This writer is not sure Minister Farrakahn and the Muslims are capable of that kind of acceptance. And we think it is crucial to our survival. Visit www.BLACKAMERICANTRIBE.com--you are probably already a member. And pass the word.

BLACKAMERICANTRIBE STAFF at 7:09AM on Nov 19th 2007