Your tattoos are your medals your soldier’s parade Your tags are everywhere just look at those 4 faces ´on stolen ground, that’s sacred you are the number one salesman of weapons and pharmaceuticals worldwide yet criminalize the small fry, who sells nines, and dimes
They play the victim, when they have always been the oppressor Oh, they will bunker down in the land they stole they rather blow up the planet then give up any control They rather defecate on the earth, and move to Mars Then try to live in harmony with the planet because that’s just too hard
they lock us up, for fighting in the street while they make war with the global south killing people of color to make sure they don’t breed Their Lady Liberty is a KKKlans woman with her hood in her back pocket, holding volume one of Mein Kampf, and a torch, which she probably means to use in a hate crime
They still believe that God will reward them And punish BIPOC Just like their foreign policy Punished BIPOC Just like their banks Punished BIPOC
I have lived in Germany for over ten years now, and I can honestly say I have never seen so much racism in my whole life, and that is saying something because I come from the so-called United States of America (a settler-colonial project of land theft and genocide) that somehow forgot to teach the kids the origins of that land and rarely discusses the original inhabitants.
I wanted to start this project to help people, but to be honest, I have grown very discouraged. I feel that some people do not want to change, and never will. They will always believe they are smarter or better than others, and their arrogance is something that infuriates me. Why should I waste my energy on them? I have better things to do with my time. These people clearly do not want the world to change since it works in their favor. They do not care about the physical and psychological damage their evil system of racism distributes against BIPOC people.
They don’t see the tears of the children because their parents get into heated exchanges with racist people trying to pick fights with them or insulting them on the street (knowing full well that their hands are tied.) I have come to feel that, this must be the German way of attack. They see you are at work and again have your hands tied, and that is when they choose to strike, push you or even threaten your life and insult you. I have come to the opinion that many of these people truly have no shame about their dirty history and their dirty present because if they did they surely would not continue to act this way. Maybe they should ask themselves, “Why are so many Germans living all over the world?” Where was your Xenophobia then? And what of the crimes committed by those German Settlers around the world?
I should have known it since the moment I first visited back in 2006 and they treated me like crap and me and an Asian-American woman were the only ones who were pulled to the side and reprimanded in a foreign language and had to listen to some scumbag voice his opinions about us angrily.
Why is it that so very few Germans in the western sector were castigated for the Holocaust? A very select few were punished for the evil that killed an estimated 11million people of which over 1.5 million were children. Why is that? Could it be because if they dug deep enough, they would find out the roles played by Robber Barons, so-called respectable organizations, and major corporations? Could it be that companies were “Too big to fail” in the midst of a Cold War, and therefore Germany needed to be helped back on its feet?
In regards to the Holocaust, I constantly hear people ask, “how could this happen in such a civilized society?” It seems people that ask this question are not aware or don’t bother to take into account the crimes committed in the German colonies of Cameroon, Togo, Deutsch Somoa, Tsingtao, German Southeast Africa, German Southwest Africa, among others. In German Southwest Africa (modern-day Namibia) alone one would read about how between 1904-1908 there was a genocide committed against the Herrero and Nama peoples. Also, you will come across information on how anti-miscegenation laws, already existed there. If you study further you would learn about how Germans transported people on cattle trains and had concentration camps in their German South African colony, the concept was not new to them, and they also had what is believed to have been the first extermination camp on Shark Island.
Another detail worth noting is the fact that German Universities and anthropologists, people like Eugen Fischer were already demanding skulls, and even whole human heads with the skin left intact as if some sort of trophy or something that they could display to others stating how different (meaning superior) they were to these people of darker complexion.
They Need to Teach Us More
I have read where Herman Goering at the Nuremberg Trials asked the French, the English, and the Americans “Who are you to try us?” I found this so interesting, and agree that those countries should tell the world their histories as well. These countries have all committed genocides and have all stolen land, and have all helped maintain white supremacy all over the world.
After learning about the pseudo-science Eugenics and having learned how Adolf Hitler was greatly influenced by people like Madison Grant among others, and after further inquiring about the international eugenic conventions and the horribly racist eugenic ideas taught in universities, that most likely played a role in the worldwide pigmentocracies we see today, I feel that those racists that funded that movement should also be blamed and more attention should be paid to that subject as well.
I continue to do homework on I.G. Farben and I truly feel that their role should be taught more in detail when discussing the Holocaust. I mean how can they not teach you about the conglomerate that was the biggest chemical company in the history of the world at that moment in time, and what role they played in rearmament, experimentation on human subjects, funding, slave labor? What was their relationship to Zyklon B (the prussic acid used in the gas chambers)? What was their relationship to Auschwitz? Who was American I.G. the U.S. subsidiary company that was taken over by the U.S. government for “Trading with the enemy” in 1941?
Why is it Happening Again?
People keep asking how can the world (Germany included) be tilting to the right? Well, there are a lot of reasons. For one the disparity between the rich and the poor just continues to increase. People that are struggling to pay the bills and put food on the table are in dire straights and they are frustrated. Many people believe that fascism is a revolution from the top down, and I would agree. Multi-national corporations are out to make a profit and do not wish to curtail their behavior. If our food loses nutrients so what. If neo-liberal policies are gonna hurt us all with the austerity and the privatization, they are getting ready for a backlash from us, they know the unrest is coming, and so in their minds they feel, they need to divide us, and if that doesn’t work then prison and the surveillance state is the backup plan.
They are planning for civil disobedience, they are planning for the climate refugees, war refugees, and economic refugees. We are all at risk, but they must separate us and turn our anger against other victims of the same madness, and the right-wing will serve as their buffer zone, they will be fed more scraps and will be used as the muscle to keep the others in check. That is their plan. They make wars to kill BIPOC people and to sell their weapons. The corporations will not change course. They will stick to their plan.
Europe and its colonizers in the Anglosphere went out and exploited the resources and labor of people in the Americas, Asia, and Africa. Then they have the nerve to not teach the real history and omit the whole thing. The hypocritical west has fooled the world into believing they are the model of civilization has continued on rewarding the dictators and their cronies, that crush all hope of fair distribution of the wealth and resources of countries worldwide. And the same hypocrite west after causing the problems and the poverty in those same countries in the global south, still have time to make wars on those countries and then militarize their borders and add the extra financial incentive of For-Profit Immigration Detention.
Tell me again why is it that the Spanish language is spoken in twenty different countries? What role did Spain play in those countries? Were there any reparations or even apologies for the theft, genocide, and rape? How are people from Latino America treated in Spain today? As a member of N.A.T.O., what role have they played in helping create refugees? What role have their financial institutions and corporations played in creating poverty? And tell me again, just why do Ceuta and Melilla belong to Spain? (The same criticisms can be made about many European countries and their offshoots in the Anglosphere and their historical behavior).
Ask a person suffering fromRacial Trauma or Racial Battle Fatigue just how “multiculti (multicultural)” they feel this racist German country is. I can see why many of them saw an appeal in Donald Trump, I really can, since his first state of the union address was on the 30th of January, which is the same date Hitler came to power, and so people with right-wing persuasions worldwide flocked to his corner.
Recommended Reading Material:
The Kaiser’s Holocaust – David Olusoga
War Against the Weak – Edwin Black
They Thought They were Free – Milton Meyer
I.B.M. and the Holocaust – Edwin Black
The Destruction of the European Jews – Raul Hilberg
Trading with the Enemy – Charles Higham
Hitler’s American Model – James Q. Whitman
The Nazi Connection – Stefan Kühl
The Nazi Hydra in America – Glenn Yeadon
Wall Street and the Rise of Hitler – Anthony C. Sutton
The American West and the Nazi East – Carroll P. Kakel
KL – Nikolaus Wachsmann
Hell’s Cartel – Diarmuid Jeffreys
The Crime and Punishment of I.G. Farben – Joseph Borkin
Hitler – Ian Kershaw
The Devil’s Chessboard – David Talbot
Factories of Death – Sheldon Harris
Imbeciles- Adam Cohen
School for Barbarians – Erika Mann
The Splendid Blond Beast – Christopher Simpson
Auschwitz: A Doctor’s Eyewitness Account – Miklos Nyiszli
Malcolm Little was born on May 19th 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was one of four children born to Louis Helen and Earl Little (Earl Little also had three children from a prior relationship who lived in Boston.) Malcolm X had many reasons to be angry at Euro-Americans. His father and four uncles were killed by Euro-Americans and his mother was put into a mental institution for 26 years, tearing Malcolm’s family apart and splitting him up from his sibblings. Eventually like many other poor urban youth from broken homes, Malcolm was pulled into the street life. On the streets of Boston and later New York he would make a name for himself as a hustler and a pimp and eventually landing in prison on a burglary conviction. Malcolm ended up serving seven years in prison, and it was while incarcerated that Malcolm discovered books (which he read vigorously) and Islam and both changed him forever.
Malcolm took on the surname “X” because he stated that “Little” was the slave name given to his ancestors, and since he did not know his real African name, then “X” would suit him better than his birth name “Little.”
Malcolm joined the Nation of Islam upon release from prison, and continued to be mentored by Elijah Muhammad whom he had already started writing and taking instruction from while incarcerated. With time Malcolm ended up becoming a national spokesman for the religious organization, and became quite a prolific speaker. His speeches varied in subject, e.g. he could speak about religion, or he could denounce “white supremacy” and educate Europeans and Euro-Americans about their true histories and about their unjust actions towards the global BIPOC community. Malcolm represented the Nation for several years until he eventually broke ties with the Nation and decided to start two organizations the Muslim Mosque Inc. and the Organization of Afro-American Unity (OAAU).
Malcolm made the Hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca) and met with many world leaders in Africa and the Middle East. Malcolm was always pushing for Pan Africanism and trying to shed light to the plight of African Americans in the so-called “Land of the Free.”
Ask Yourself
What does the legacy of Malcolm X mean for BIPOC people today? Do his words still inspire people of color, fighting everyday injustice and racism? What does the name Malcolm X mean to the kids lost in the streets, who think there is no way out for them? What does Malcolm X mean to the kids who are tired of white supremacy? What does he mean to BIPOC people that have felt humiliation or discrimination in their lives? What does Malcolm X mean to the kids who have seen their culture not covered by school curriculum or represented on television or in film? What does Malcolm mean to the kids that looked for role models, but saw them killed off one by one, or still captive behind prison walls like e.g. many former Black Panthers? What does his name mean to those like me who are sick of racism?
What He Still Means Today
Malcolm X was someone who seemed fearless when it came to telling the oppressor his truths. I personally had never heard anyone speak to white people the way he did. He would speak for those who couldn’t, who had no voice, and he was a hero to the oppressed of the world. His presence is needed now more than ever, in a world where white supremacists again feel emboldened to terrorize BIPOC people like they have done so continuously in the past.
I truly feel that if Malcolm X would not have been assasinated he would have continued to do a lot of good for humanity. I feel that he was that “fighting spirit” I feel he was that “Pride” he was a champion of the oppressed. He was our champion, he was a role model and that is why we will never forget him and will continue to study his speeches. Malcolm X is also a symbol that people can change; that if you only have faith in them and don’t give up on them, the most unexpected miracles can happen. Malcolm X is a hero that continues to influence and touch lives. He had the courage that we will all need to confront and defeat racism.
“Some personal heroes of mine.” (Photo by, Miguel Torres)
Sources:
X, Malcolm, et al. The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley. Reissue, Ballantine Books, 1992.
To learn about White Supremacy one can start by studying the treatment of African Americans, from 1619 until the present day. By doing so will learn about human beings that were kidnapped from Africa and brought against their will, in chains to a foreign continent. These human beings suffered every abuse imaginable. In your studies you will read about rapes, beatings, the humiliations of being examined and sold as property for the benefit of white slave masters. You will read about mutilations, trauma, and the overall exploitation of their lives, which continued even after slavery with a system called Sharecropping, and the Convict Leasing System, which was a system of legalized slave labor through the Penal System.
Another topic you can focus on is the constant terror that African Americans lived under wether from local militias or the Klan. How did events like the East St. Louis Race Riot of 1917, or the Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 affect the African American community?
Be sure take to take the time to read about the Civil Rights Movement and learn how African Americans had to fight for their rights. In your studies you will come across the subject of Redlining and now ask yourself “how that has affected the accumulative wealth of African Americans and their life prospects in comparison to European Americans?”Be sure to ask yourself the question how did the crushing of movements like the Black Panthers or the killing of their leaders e.g. Medgar Evers and others affect African Americans as a community? Then ask yourself the question, as a percentage of the population, why are African Americans over represented in U.S. prisons?
What is the True Purpose
If you still want to know more about White Supremacy, then I would suggest that you should take the time to study the Cold War and the proxy wars fought in its name. Would the millions that died in those proxy wars be considered BIPOC? What about in recent wars, are these Black, Indigenous and People of Color dying in these modern wars? Why?
White Supremacy is when you know they would not dare shoot tear gas canisters at Canadian women with babies, if for some reason they ever had to flee their homes and seek refuge elsewhere, unlike the similar incident that happened in November 2018 on the U.S.-Mexico border.
We Must Learn Our History
Germany’s National Socialists were intrigued by certain U.S. policies e.g. Immigration Restriction Acts. They knew the history of the United States, they knew exactly how the U.S. attained its Lebensraum (Living Space). It is a story of European Settlers dehumanizing and then killing or expelling the Native Americans and placing them in reservations. The National Socialists were also highly conscious of how badly African Americans were treated, and were curious about U.S. Anti-Misegenation Laws that banned interacial marriage.
As you continue to study U.S. history you will come across subjects like the One-Drop Rule, that stated that one drop of black blood made a person non-white. The Racial Integrity Act of 1924 labelling races white or colored, so as help ban intermarriage between the groups. the Cable Act of 1922 would deprive women of U.S. citizenship if they married a man from a foreign country. You would come across so-called Better Breeding Pseudo-Scientific ideas of the Eugenics Movement, and read about the History of Forced Sterlization in the U.S.
Don’t forget to learn about the Bath Riots of 1917, and the history of people being deloused at the U.S.-Mexico Border. You may also learn about what happened to Gee Jon in 1924, and how he was killed by gas in a lethal chamber.
What I Learned in School Has Taught Me To Beware of What Information is Omitted
As a child I was taught that all men are created equal, but then I learned about what happened to Emmett Till, and how his killers walked away, free of any charges. In school I learned that Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream, but then I learned about Bombingham, and about the fate, of the 4 little Girls killed in the 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church, in Birmingham, Alabama.
I am criticizing the country I was born in, because I want the U.S. to be better, and to live up to the standards, we all believe it stood for, we want the country to be good, and that is why sometimes you have to speak the truth, even if some people do not want to hear it. We cannot change U.S. history, but we can fight to make sure, that the countries future is better, and can stand for freedom and justice for all.
Recommending Reading:
War Against All Puerto Ricans – Denis A. Nelson
The American West and the Nazi East – Caroll P. Kakel III
Hitler’s American Model – James Q. Whitman
The Nazi Connection – Stefan Kühl
Medical Apartheid – Harriet A. Washington
War Against the Weak – Edwin Black
Imbeciles – Adam Cohen
Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee – Dee Brown
A People’s History of the United States – Howard Zinn
The Bomb – Howard Zinn
The Black Panthers Speak – Philip S. Foner
Killing Hope – William Blum
Rogue State – William Blum
The COINTELPRO Papers – Ward Churchill
The Autobiography of Malcolm X – Alex Haley
The Nazi Hydra in America – Glen Yeadon and John Hawkins
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