○  英语演讲稿-malcolm x: message to the grass roots  ○

...and during the few moments that we have left, we want to have just an off-the-cuff chat between you and me -- us. we want to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand. we all agree tonight, all of the speakers have agreed, that america has a very serious problem. not only does america have a very serious problem, but our people have a very serious problem. america's problem is us. we're her problem. the only reason she has a problem is she doesn't want us here. and every time you look at yourself, be you black, brown, red, or yellow -- a so-called negro -- you represent a person who poses such a serious problem for america because you're not wanted. once you face this as a fact, then you can start plotting a course that will make you appear intelligent, instead of unintelligent.

what you and i need to do is learn to forget our differences. when we come together, we don't come together as baptists or methodists. you don't catch hell 'cause you're a baptist, and you don't catch hell 'cause you're a methodist. you don't catch hell 'cause you're a methodist or baptist. you don't catch hell because you're a democrat or a republican. you don't catch hell because you're a mason or an elk. and you sure don't catch hell 'cause you're an american; 'cause if you was an american, you wouldn't catch no hell. you catch hell 'cause you're a black man. you catch hell, all of us catch hell, for the same reason.

so we are all black people, so-called negroes, second-class citizens, ex-slaves. you are nothing but

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