○  malcolm x: message to the grass roots  ○

's a difference. are they both the same? and if they're not, what is the difference? what is the difference between a black revolution and a negro revolution? first, what is a revolution? sometimes i'm inclined to believe that many of our people are using this word "revolution" loosely, without taking careful consideration [of] what this word actually means, and what its historic characteristics are. when you study the historic nature of revolutions, the motive of a revolution, the objective of a revolution, and the result of a revolution, and the methods used in a revolution, you may change words. you may devise another program. you may change your goal and you may change your mind.

look at the american revolution in 1776. that revolution was for what? for land. why did they want land? independence. how was it carried out? bloodshed. number one, it was based on land, the basis of independence. and the only way they could get it was bloodshed. the french revolution -- what was it based on? the land-less against the landlord. what was it for? land. how did they get it? bloodshed. was no love lost; was no compromise; was no negotiation. i'm telling you, you don't know what a revolution is. 'cause when you find out what it is, you'll get back in the alley; you'll get out of the way. the russian revolution -- what was it based on? land. the land-less against the landlord. how did they bring it about? bloodshed. you haven't got a revolution that doesn't involve bloodshed. and you're afraid to bleed. i said, you're afraid to bleed.

[as] long as the white man sent you to korea, you bled. he sent you to germany, you bled. he sent you to the south pacific to fight the japanese, you bled. you bleed for white people. but when it comes time to seeing your own churches being bombed and little black girls be murdered, you haven't got no blood. you bleed when the white man says bleed; you bite when the white man says bite; and you bark when the white man says bark. i h

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