○  malcolm x: the ballot or the bullet  ○

ton, d.c., would lose their seats. the democratic party itself would lose its power. it would cease to be powerful as a party. when you see the amount of power that would be lost by the democratic party if it were to lose the dixiecrat wing, or branch, or element, you can see where it's against the interests of the democrats to give voting rights to negroes in states where the democrats have been in complete power and authority ever since the civil war. you just can't belong to that party without analyzing it.

i say again, i'm not anti-democrat, i'm not anti-republican, i'm not anti-anything. i'm just questioning their sincerity, and some of the strategy that they've been using on our people by promising them promises that they don't intend to keep. when you keep the democrats in power, you're keeping the dixiecrats in power. i doubt that my good brother lomax will deny that. a vote for a democrat is a vote for a dixiecrat. that's why, in 1964, it's time now for you and me to become more politically mature and realize what the ballot is for; what we're supposed to get when we cast a ballot; and that if we don't cast a ballot, it's going to end up in a situation where we're going to have to cast a bullet. it's either a ballot or a bullet.

in the north, they do it a different way. they have a system that's known as gerrymandering, whatever that means. it means when negroes become too heavily concentrated in a certain area, and begin to gain too much political power, the white man comes along and changes the district lines. you may say, "why do you keep saying white man?" because it's the white man who does it. i haven't ever seen any negro changing any lines. they don't let him get near the line. it's the white man who does this. and usually, it's the white man who grins at you the most, and pats you on the back, and is supposed to be your friend. he may be friendly, but he's not your friend.

so, what i'm trying to impress upon you, in essence, is th

上一页  [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]  ... 下一页  >>