I can respect getting away from religion... organized. As far as Khalid, he basically started a religion focused around himself. He was about action, but so was the NOI, the majority of his so called actions he learn in the NOI.. he never denied this, he just wanted to be a lil more radical. The members of the NOI have always been bout sh1t. MAny of the people we look to as revolutionary or about action have come from the NOI, so even they weren't about sh1t they catalyzed a movement of brothers who have contributed to our knowledge of self and action more so than any other group. We gonna ignore the impact of X, No we wont.. so we can't ignore the fact that the NOI (just like they did with countless #'s of brothers) turned X from a demonic community destroyer to a righteousness motivated to help his community. I never mentioned Islam for a reason.. let not pretend that NOI is purely a religious organization.
Plus lets not forget the million man march.. or Farrakhan. there are lil things that they do every day that you just don't know about. It's always easier to hate.
Oh yea... and 'Mr. Allah' n them and the 5% eventually allowed white people to join.. Malcolm x realized that it's not racist to not allow whites in until you are first mentally free as a group.
2nd. Khalid Muhammad had a gambling problem. The NOI leaders smashing chicks didn't destroy anything... K.M. eventually became corrupt and eventually need the dough so he became an informant. Idk if I believe he was an informant or not, but he had business cards and informant information on him.. with his name on it. If you don't think so.. at least you can recognize that what he truly did was take the message, make it urban (which was good) but then make it demonic (which was bad).. with all the member still allowed to sell drugs, use drugs, gamble, cheat on women, etc etc... that sh1t was still destructive. How does it help to have the same thugs, but them just knowing some lessons? You still end up with them same thugs doing the same sh1t.. but talking about Allah afterwards.
Oh yea, and Islam or religion isn't all thats holding us back.. other culture can have religion and proper as a whole, so y can't we. We invented religion and influenced every religion on Earth. Back when I was teens through early 20's I was more bout it than I am now.. damn near willing to do whatever.. religion obviously didn't hold me back because prior to that time-frame, I had none.
I'm not the most righteous person on Earth, and I don't expect any leaders to be, what I do expect is a sincere effort to better the circumstances of black people. So you can be a cheat, an addict, whatever, if you can handle the business and put together effective strategies none of that stuff matters in the big picture.
I've met members of NOI, who were good outstanding citizens and others who are straight gangsta, but I don't look at gangstas or thugs has being bad people off GP.
I also know someone, won't use names, who use to be a bodyguard in several black power movements, and the NOI are extremely gangsta when it comes to harming other blacks.
The guy Seti who does all those debates as had shoots outs with the police and the Nation of Islam, I've heard this for somebody who use to ride with him on some G shyt. so you have to understand that NOI is without a doubt a gangsta organization.
I shouldn't have said I had no respect for them, don't get it twisted, I'd ride with them against crackers any day of the week.
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I'm glad you brought up the Million Man March, this what killed the NOI in my eyes and where Farrakhan lost power as an effective leader.
This dude gather a MILLION BLACK PEOPLE, they were ready eager, they came to see what this guy had to say, they were ready for whatever, and he wasted it. And when I say whatever I don't mean anything violent, but just a course of action to build a black infrastructure in america.
NOBODY EVEN REMEMBERS A WORD HE SPOKE MAN, he obviously didn't say shyt, he obviously had no end game, he had no goal, the shyt was a big ass family reunion for the most part.
NOI they make a lot of money, their organization is impressive in that manor, what I have a problem with is not the religious rhetoric or they profited from membership, because every movement needs funds. My problem is ain't none of this resulting in relief of the people among us who need it the most.
They reason why I'm anti-religion is not because I'm athiest, because I'm not one.
When I drive through the hood the newest and most kept buildings I see are Liquor Stores, Churches, and Funeral Homes. So these are the business making the most money in the black community.
People are depressed, life is hard, so they drink to escape, the church prays upon the despair the people are suffering with hymns, and talks of Heaven, how everything will be alright after your die, while the pastor is in heaven right now, thanks to his followers. The funeral homes stay busy, because nikkaz is out drink, high and ready to die.
I bring up Kemet a lot, and try to bring it to nikkaz attention, because this where it all began not just for us, but for civilized life. This is the blueprint for black people to become a nation of ourselves.
We can win playing other people's games. We think different, we are different, we must live different.
We place are women down beneath is like the whites, like the arabs, like the asians, but this is not what our great black nation did. The mans job was secure the seat of the woman, in Kemet the black woman was the one who judge, and laid the law she was the only one fit.
We are scientific people my nikka, marriages were not just arranged, they use to take the blood of the boy and girl, and put together to see how it would react, and that's how they decided if the two were make a good match or not.
shyt gets deep man, but at the end day, all I can do is better myself and the environment around. If every capable black man can do this, it will be a start.