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7.Malcolm X-The Ballot or the Bullet

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This afternoon we want to talk about “The ballot or the bullet.” The ballot BlackHisto

or the bullet explains itself.But before we get into it, since this is the year

of the ballot or the bullet, I would like to clarify some things that refer to

me personally--concerning my own personal position.The DNA Project.I'm still a Muslim.That is, my religion is still Islam.My religion is still

Trace you Islam.I still credit Mr.Mohammed for what I know and what I am.He's the

ancestraone who opened my eyes.At present, I'm the Minister of the newlyDNA Dis

founded Muslim Mosque, Incorporated, which has its offices in the Teresaethnic o

Hotel, right in the heart of Harlem--that’s the black belt in New York city.www.daodoc.come more famous for being involved in the

civil rights struggle.There’s another in New York, Reverend Galamison--I

don’t know if you’ve heard of him out here--he’s a Christian Minister from

Brooklyn, but has become famous for his fight against a segregated schoolsystem in Brooklyn.Reverend Cleage, right here, is a Christian Minister,here in Detroit.He’s the head of the “Freedom Now Party.”

All of these are

Christian Ministers--All of these are Christian Ministers, but they don’t

come to us as Christian Ministers.They come to us as fighters in someother category.I’m a Muslim minister.The same as they are Christian Ministers, I’maMuslim minister.And I don’t believe in fighting today in any one front, but

on all fronts.In fact, I’m a “Black Nationalist Freedom Fighter.” Islam is my

religion, but I believe my religion is my personal busine.It governs my

personal life, my personal morals.And my religious philosophy is personalbetween me and the God in whom I believe;just as the religious

philosophy of these others is between them and the God in whom theybelieve.And this is best this way.Were we to come out here discuing religion,we’d have too many differences from the outstart and we could never get together.So today, though Islam is my religious philosophy, my political,economic, and social philosophy is Black Nationalism.You and I--As I say,if we bring up religion we’ll have differences;we’ll have arguments;and

we’ll never be able to get together.But if we keep our religion at home,keep our religion in the closet, keep our religion between ourselves and our

God, but when we come out here, we have a fight that’s common to all ofus against a [sic] enemy who is common to all of us.The political philosophy of Black Nationalism only means that the blackman should control the politics and the politicians in his own community.The--The time--The time when white people can come in our communityand get us to vote for them so that they can be our political leaders andtell us what to do and what not to do is long gone.By the same token,the

time when that same white man, knowing that your eyes are too far open,can send another negro into the community and get you and me to supporthim so he can use him to lead us astray--those days are long gone too.The political philosophy of Black Nationalism only means that if you and I

are going to live in a Black community--and that’s where we’re going to

live, 'cause as soon as you move into one of their--soon as you move outof the Black community into their community, it’s mixed for a period oftime, but they’re gone and you’re right there all by yourself again.We

must--We must understand the politics of our community and we mustknow what politics is supposed to produce.We must know what part

politics play in our lives.And until we become politically mature we willalways be mislead, lead astray, or deceived or maneuvered into supportingsomeone politically who doesn’t have the good of our community at heart.So the political philosophy of Black Nationalism only means that we willhave to carry on a program, a political program, of re-education to openour people's eyes, make us become more politically conscious, politicallymature, and then we will--whenever we get ready to cast our ballot, thatballot will be--will be cast for a man of the community who has the goodof the community of heart.The economic philosophy of Black Nationalism only means that we shouldown and operate and control the economy of our community.You wouldnever--You can’t open up a black store in a white community.White menwon’t even patronize you.And he’s not wrong.He’s got sense enough to

look out for himself.You the one who don’t have sense enough to look out

for yourself.The white man--The white man is too intelligent to letsomeone else come and gain control of the economy of his community.Butyou will let anybody come in and take control of the economy of yourcommunity, control the housing, control the education, control the jobs,control the businees, under the pretext that you want to integrate.No,you're out of your mind.The political--The economic philosophy of Black Nationalism only meansthat we have to become involved in a program of reeducation to educateour people into the importance of knowing that when you spend your dollar

out of the community in which you live, the community in which you spendyour money becomes richer and richer;the community out which you takeyour money becomes poorer and poorer.And because these negroes, whohave been mislead, misguided, are breaking their necks to take theirmoney and spend it with The Man, The Man is becoming richer and richer,and you’re becoming poorer and poorer.And then what happens? Thecommunity in which you live becomes a slum.It becomes a ghetto.Theconditions become run down.And then you have the audacity to--tocomplain about poor housing in a run-down community.Why you run itdown yourself when you take your dollar out.And you and I are in a double-track, because not only do we lose by takingour money someplace else and spending it, when we try and spend it inour own community we’re trapped because we haven’t had sense enoughto set up stores and control the businees of our community.The manwho’s controlling the stores in our community is a man who doesn’t looklike we do.He’s a man who doesn’t even live in the community.So youand I, even when we try and spend our money in the block where we liveor the area where we live, we’re spending it with a man who, when the sun

goes down, takes that basket full of money in another part of the town.So we’re trapped, trapped, double-trapped, triple-trapped.Anywhere wego we find that we’re trapped.And every kind of solution that someonecomes up with is just another trap.But the political and economicphilosophy of Black Nationalism--the economic philosophy of Black

Nationalism shows our people the importance of setting up these littlestores and developing them and expanding them into larger operations.Woolworth didn’t start out big like they are today.They started out with a

dime store and expanded and expanded and then expanded until today,they’re are all over the country and all over the world, and they get to

some of everybody’s money.Now this is what you and I--General Motors

[is] the same way.They didn’t start out like it is.It started out just a little

rat race type operation.And it expanded and it expanded until today it'swhere it is right now.And you and I have to make a start and the bestplace to start is right in the community where we live.