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In the Wake of Obamas Endorsement"
From: Davey D's Hip Hop Corner-(The Blog)
http://hiphopandpolitics.wordpress.com/2012/05/11/looking-back-at-huey-newtons-thoughts-on-gay-rights-in-the-wake-of-obamas-endorsement/
During the past few years strong movements have developed among women and among homosexuals seeking their liberation. There has been someuncertainty about how to relate to these movements.
Whatever your personal opinions and your insecurities about
homosexuality and the various liberation movements among homosexuals
and women (and I speak of the homosexuals and women as oppressed
groups), we should try to unite with them in a revolutionary fashion.
I say whatever your insecurities are because as we very well know,
sometimes our first instinct is to want to hit a homosexual in the
mouth, and want a woman to be quiet. We want to hit a homosexual in
the mouth because we are afraid that we might be homosexual; and we
want to hit the women or shut her up because we are afraid that she
might castrate us, or take the nuts that we might not have to start
with.
We must gain security in ourselves and therefore have respect and
feelings for all oppressed people. We must not use the racist attitude
that the White racists use against our people because they are Black
and poor. Many times the poorest White person is the most racist
because he is afraid that he might lose something, or discover
something that he does not have. So youre some kind of a threat to
him. This kind of psychology is in operation when we view oppressed
people and we are angry with them because of their particular kind of
behavior, or their particular kind of deviation from the established
norm.
Remember, we have not established a revolutionary value system; we are
only in the process of establishing it. I do not remember our ever
constituting any value that said that a revolutionary must say
offensive things towards homosexuals, or that a revolutionary should
make sure that women do not speak out about their own particular kind
of oppression. As a matter of fact, it is just the opposite: we say
that we recognize the womens right to be free. We have not said much
about the homosexual at all, but we must relate to the homosexual
movement because it is a real thing. And I know through reading, and
through my life experience and observations that homosexuals are not
given freedom and liberty by anyone in the society. They might be the
most oppressed people in the society.
There's more....
socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)But then Huey was obviously a revolutionary socialist. I would expect nothing less from a revolutionary socialist. If you don't believe in these things, you are NOT a revolutionary socialist. Period.
Zalatix
(8,994 posts)they would NEVER have publicized this, except to the John Birchers to whip them into a frenzy.
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)David__77
(23,423 posts)He rejected the backward culture of the lumpen proletariat completely, but spoke in clear terms that were politically understood by them. He wanted a very broad front, but said things that horrified "respectable" liberals, "pussy power" and all.
socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)He or she speaks in the language of his/her target audience. You don't talk down to them. You respect their intelligence, but you do make your points in the common parlance of your audience.
David__77
(23,423 posts)The Black Panther newspaper had a pretty good quality from what I've seen. Too many unedited reprints from Xinhua news service, but still good.
stlsaxman
(9,236 posts)When i was in eight grade one of my teachers used to give us selected students Do It!, Black Like Me, Soul On Ice, Dick Gregory's book, the Chicago Seven Trial Transcripts and the Black Panther newsletter and other assorted goodies. I had a "Free Huey" button as well.
It is remarkable to read this some 45 years later... Huey was inclusive for all the right reasons- and then some. Some clergy might do well to read this.
marasinghe
(1,253 posts)This says it all:
".... We must gain security in ourselves and therefore have respect and
feelings for all oppressed people ...."
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)Last edited Sun May 13, 2012, 01:07 PM - Edit history (1)
No need for that personal, "I feel your pain," evolving crap.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)nm
dickthegrouch
(3,175 posts)xchrom
(108,903 posts)burrowowl
(17,641 posts)malthaussen
(17,204 posts)... has fallen by the wayside. The Right Wing really did not need to Divide and Conquer, the revolutionaries divided all on their own.
-- Mal