New Black Panthers Teach Kids about 'Crackers'

Members of the New Black Panther Party are indoctrinating children with their brand of racism and lies.

Here they are in the street looking for recruits.

Video, from Breitbart:

NEW BLACK PANTHER: We gotta take the fight to the enemy. The enemy's not your brothers and sisters... It is racist white folks and the government. All right? Everybody understand that?

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These police have a license to kill you.

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We're just sick and tired of it. All right? So, we're trying to raise up a movement. There's revolution being waged all over the planet with sticks, bottles, and bricks.

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We're not taking this sh*t. They can't lock us all up. They can't kill us all. We're too strong for that, all right?

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Don't just take that flyer and stuff it in a drawer... Give us a call. Give us a call. Get involved. All right? Black power. Thank y'all for listening.

This is absolutely sick.

Conspiracy Theorist Alicia Keys

UPDATE, April 15, 2008: Alicia Keys says comments to magazine were 'misrepresented'

The damage control begins....
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I knew Alicia Keys was a musical talent. I didn't know she was a nut.

NEW YORK -- There's another side to Alicia Keys: conspiracy theorist. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter tells Blender magazine: "'Gangsta rap' was a ploy to convince black people to kill each other. 'Gangsta rap' didn't exist."

Keys, 27, said she's read several Black Panther autobiographies and wears a gold AK-47 pendant around her neck "to symbolize strength, power and killing 'em dead," according to an interview in the magazine's May issue, on newsstands Tuesday.

Another of her theories: That the bicoastal feud between slain rappers Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. was fueled "by the government and the media, to stop another great black leader from existing."

...Though she's known for her romantic tunes, she told Blender that she wants to write more political songs. If black leaders such as the late Black Panther Huey Newton "had the outlets our musicians have today, it'd be global. I have to figure out a way to do it myself," she said.

Wow.

If Keys really made those statements, she's quite a loon.

Gangsta Rap was a government ploy to get black to kill each other?

The government and the media plotted to get Tupac Shakur and Notorious B.I.G. killed in order to keep "another great black leader from existing"?

No offense to either man, but which one had the right stuff to be a "great black leader"? I wasn't aware of a budding Martin Luther King there.

And she wears a gold AK-47 pendant "to symbolize strength, power and killing 'em dead"?

So Keys wants somebody killed. Who?

I hope this is all wrong, that none of it's true.

I hope Keys sets the record straight, that she was misquoted or that these comments attributed to her were completely fabricated.

That doesn't appear to be the case.

From Blender, "Alicia Keys: Unlocked":

On As I Am, during the fem-powerment jam “Superwoman,” Keys belts out the caucus-ready refrain, “Yes I can,” and, indeed, there’s something Obama-esque about her.... Like Obama, she won a crucial Oprah endorsement early on when Winfrey built a whole episode around Songs in A Minor. And she preaches a uniting, post-racial vision of humanity. (Remember those “I Am African” ads with Gwyneth Paltrow and David Bowie wearing face paint? They were for the AIDS charity to which Keys is an ambassador.) In her music, themes of optimism, fidelity and self-actualization are so broadly, rousingly articulated that nearly anyone can feel their own stories are being belted back at them.

...Add another line to her résumé. Alicia Keys: piano stroker, budding actress… and conspiracy theorist? This is the side of her that doesn’t square with the media-trained pro—the side your mom probably doesn’t know about when she hums “No One” on the way to Walgreens. This Alicia pores over Black Panther autobiographies (“I’ve read Huey Newton’s, Assata Shakur’s, David Hilliard’s …”). This Alicia says Tupac and Biggie were essentially assassinated, their beefs stoked “by the government and the media, to stop another great black leader from existing.” This Alicia wears a gold AK-47 pendant around her neck, “to symbolize strength, power and killing ’em dead.” (“She wears what?” her mom asks Blender. “That doesn’t sound like Alicia.”)

No matter how many records she sells or Super Bowls she opens, Keys still doesn’t feel she quite belongs in the mainstream. She likes to think talent transcends prejudice, but she knows that if her skin were darker, she’d have a much harder time crossing over. “I’ll always be an outsider,” she says.

This might surprise the Grammy committee: Last year, the New York Police Department declassified documents revealing that they’d put Keys under surveillance prior to the 2004 Republican National Convention. The department released a statement explaining that they’d targeted “those openly talking of anarchist actions.” Keys, who had spoken publicly against President Bush and donated $500 to the Democratic National Committee that year, was suddenly labeled an enemy of the state. “Hell,” she says. “Someone’s gotta be an anarchist.”

...She’s said that “Go Ahead” [on As I Am] is a Dubya body slam: “What have you given me but lies, lies, lies?” she snarls. But unapprised listeners will hear it as a shimmying rebuke to a dirtbag boyfriend.

Keys talks about the government plotting to wipe out black people. That's "Obama-esque"? That doesn't sound at all like she "preaches a uniting, post-racial vision of humanity."

Actually, I think she's more Rev. Wright-esque, but I guess that eventually leads to Obama-esque.

We don't need yet another celebrity nutjob, but it seems we have one.

Oh joy!

Millions (Thousands) More Movement

What is the Millions More Movement?

Summary

According to the Million Man March 10th Anniversary Statement, delivered by the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan, the movement intends "to mobilize and organize our people nationally, and, put systems in place that will permit a successful programmatic thrust to bring to fruition what we envision for ourselves and our people."




Thousands gather on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., October 15, 2005, to take part in the Millions More Movement, marking the 10th anniversary of the Million Man March.



National President of the New Black Panther Party Malik Shabazz raises his fist as he walks with his members at the Millions More Movement.



People cheer during activities on the National Mall for the Millions More Movement in Washington.


The crowd on Saturday was significantly smaller than the hundreds of thousands that attended the Million Man March in 1995. Authorities estimated that 100,000 people gathered for the anniversary event.

From the Washington Post:

As opposed to the 1995 event, the NAACP, the National Council of Negro Women and the Urban League supported this gathering. Speaker Kweisi Mfume, former chairman of the NAACP and a candidate for the U.S. Senate from Maryland, said yesterday that "we understand that any bigotry is bad. We also understand that the time for action is now."

The day was not without dissension. A rift widened between march organizers and members of the gay community. One gay group said it had been promised a coveted speaking slot but was not allowed to speak, and a ruckus resulted in the VIP section where speakers assembled.

A constant of the day was criticism of the Bush administration -- from leaders and from crowd members who held signs that said, "Bush Lied, People Died" and charged that the government is insensitive to the needs of black people. Hurricane Katrina, in particular, drew concern from several black leaders, who contended that the federal response to the disaster would have been quicker if most of the residents waiting to be rescued in New Orleans had been white instead of black.

Farrakhan reiterated questions about whether the government was culpable in the breaching of the levees that flooded 80 percent of New Orleans.

"We charge America with criminal neglect," said Farrakhan, adding that lawyers need to look into filing a "class action suit on behalf of those who have suffered." He also said that as the Iraqi people went to the polls to vote on a new constitution, there should be "regime change" in the United States for lying about the reason for going to war.

Earlier in the day, Malik Zulu Shabazz, chairman of the New Black Panther Party, accused President Bush of "drowning the people of New Orleans and sabotaging the levees" and said that "the real gangsters operate out of CIA headquarters." His comments drew rousing applause.

Speeches and music started about 5:30 a.m. and continued throughout the day. The crowd, initially sparse, grew as the event went on.

From the Associated Press:

Americans frustrated by the slow response to victims of Hurricane Katrina should channel their energy to changing their communities, Jesse Jackson told thousands gathered Saturday for the 10th anniversary of the Million Man March.

"We need millions more to act and react to what we saw in the gulf," the civil rights leader said. "Images were burned into our consciousness."

...Dozens of speakers _ academics, activists and media pundits _ took the microphone at the National Mall for a few minutes each. A speaker from a black gay group, added to the roster at the last minute, also spoke.

...The Rev. Al Sharpton, a former presidential candidate, criticized President Bush for the war in Iraq and the response to the devastation of Katrina.

"Broken levees are weapons of mass destruction," Sharpton said.

..Jackson, the president of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, told the crowd Saturday that "a barge in the canal hit the levee and the waters came rushing in," but he did not elaborate on whether he believed this may have been deliberate.

The idea of taking responsibility and working together to better conditions for the poor and suffering is a noble one. I support that whole-heartedly.

With hard work and determination, opportunities for achievement are limitless. The mindset that it's possible to accomplish great things and realize one's goals if one strives to attain them is the foundation of America--the Land of Opportunity.

To the extent that the Millions More Movement promotes the idea of personal responsibility and self-determination, I think it has the potential to do positive things and to be empowering.

Unfortunately, the agenda pushed by many of the major speakers and members of the crowd was far from positive.

The rhetoric of some of the African American leaders was irresponsible and reckless. Their race-baiting was shameless.

Is that what the NAACP, the National Council of Negro Women and the Urban League are about?

These groups had no problem being associated with Malik Zulu Shabazz, a man who accused Bush of "drowning the people of New Orleans and sabotaging the levees."

These groups stood shoulder to shoulder with Louis Farrakhan. He said at the event that America needed to be charged with "criminal neglect," and he suggested filing a class action suit.

Farrakhan and Shabazz continue to suggest that the levees in New Orleans were intentionally damaged by the U.S. government. They depict the Bush administration as a murderous regime, the enemy of African Americans.

Al Sharpton's imagery of the levees being "weapons of mass destruction" alludes to the same sinister claims.

That is absolutely disgusting.

Judging from what the speakers at the event had to say, the Millions More Movement is founded on lies. Its message is negative, divisive and dangerous.

Sharpton had the audacity to draw parallels between the 1963 March on Washington and the Millions More Movement. When the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech, over forty years ago, his message reverberated throughout the nation because he tapped into the better nature of people.

Obviously, at least some of the speakers at Saturday's event didn't hesitate to disgrace the memory of Dr. King by rejecting his example and choosing to propagate hate.

Something tells me Louis Farrakhan's birthday will never be observed as a national holiday.

Farrakhan and Shabazz: Propagators of Hate

Louis Farrakhan

Louis Farrakhan has received a lot of attention in recent days for his Hurricane Katrina conspiracy theory.

Farrakhan said:

"I heard from a very reliable source who saw a 25 foot deep crater under the levee breach. It may have been blown up to destroy the black part of town and keep the white part dry."

Yesterday, one of Farrakhan's followers was keeping the insanity alive. Malik Zulu Shabazz, national chairman of the New Black Panther Party (NBPP), was defending Farrakhan's remarks.


Malik Zulu Shabazz

In an interview with Sean Hannity, Shabazz said he believes that the U.S. government was behind the plot to blow a hole in the levee to flood black neighborhoods in New Orleans. Although he would not directly link President Bush to the plan by accusing the President of giving the order for the explosion, Shabazz insisted that it was an action by the U.S. government that caused the flooding devastation.

Conspiracy theories are nothing new to Farrakhan and Shabazz.

The Anti-Defamation League noted in 2001:

Several American Muslim clerics and the extreme anti-Semitic and racist New Black Panther Party (NBPP) blamed Jews and Israel for the September 11 terrorist attacks during a news conference at the National Press Club. The three-hour event on October 31, 2001 was televised live on C-SPAN2 to a national audience.

Malik Zulu Shabazz, national chairman of the NBPP, which co-sponsored the meeting with an apparent ad hoc coalition of some American Muslim organizations, described as "Muslims for Truth and Justice," called the United States and Israel, "The number one and two terrorists right now on the planet."

Shabazz, who has a long record of anti-Semitism, also said "Zionism is racism, Zionism is terrorism, Zionism is colonialism, Zionism is Imperialism, and support for Zionism is the root of why so many were killed on September 11.

"We have to make it plain that Zionists control America, lock, stock and barrel," Shabazz said. "The European Jews have America under control, lock stock and barrel, the media, foreign policy."

Amir Muhammad, national assistant to the NBPP, made reference to one myth about the attacks on the World Trade Center that claims that a number of Jews were forewarned of the disaster. "There are reports that as many as 3,000 to 5,000 so-called Jews did not go to that day, and we need to take a serious look at that," Muhammad said.

Other speakers echoed Shabazz's statements on the U.S. and Israel.

Given that these racists blamed the 9/11 attacks on Jews, given the fact that they continue to circulate anti-Semitic, conspiracy theories about 9/11, it's to be expected that Farrakhan and Shabazz would use the catastrophic natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina as a recruiting tool for their movement.

Caleb Corbin has an enlightening opinion piece online. It details the history of anti-Semitism in the U.S. and goes into the roles that Farrakhan and Shabazz have played in pursuing their insidious agenda of hate.

Corbin writes:

The shores of the United States have been a historical anomaly for the Jewish people. America is one of only a handful of nations on earth in which Jews have been accepted as equals, and accorded all of the rights, privileges and freedoms of her citizens.

...But despite America's pure foundations, the disease of anti-Semitism has surfaced from time to time throughout our history.

He cites a number of examples when anti-Semitism reared its ugly head in the past.

Corbin then discusses modern day problems. He sees militant Islam as a major culprit in spreading the anti-Semitic message.

Militant Islam is rapidly spreading its tentacles across America. One of the few Islamic moderates in this country, Muhammad Hisham Kabbani of the Islamic Supreme Council of America, estimated that "extremists" have taken over 80% of the mosques in the US. These extremists are working single-mindedly to turn America into an Islamic state, with the Koran as its foundation.

The campaign is being coordinated by both foreign and domestic elements. It is no coincidence that Libyan strongman Moammar Gaddafi pledged to Louis Farrakhan, head of the Nation of Islam, an American militant Black Islamic group, one billion dollars in aid and support. Also, the Saudis are bankrolling the construction and staffing of dozens of mosques throughout the US. These mosques are exclusively propagating the militant Wahabbi form of Islam, the very religion which inspired the 9/11 attacks.

The campaign is not limited to mosques. It also includes Islamic community centers, newspapers, schools, youth groups, political organizations, professional associations and business activities - all involved in recruiting, training, supporting and coordinating its members.

Substantial segments within the Black American community are converting to militant Islam or have fallen under its influence. This is creating a real and present danger to American Jews. In late August, Los Angeles police discovered a major terror plot by three Black Islamic Americans affiliated with the Jamat-E-Masjidul Islam mosque. A list was found in their possession containing the addresses of several Los Angeles synagogues and the Israeli consulate. Police speculate the men were part of a network planning to attack these targets during the upcoming Jewish High Holy Days.

One week later, possibly in response to the arrests, the Nation of Islam called for a "jihad" against the Los Angeles Police Department.

Gravely, militant Islam has entered into and is directing much of mainstream Black America. The Millions More March (MMM) on Washington DC, scheduled for October 14-16 of this year, was created by Farrakhan to further the Black militant's agenda. Farrakhan appointed Malik Zulu Shabazz, the virulent anti-Semitic leader of the New Black Panther Party, as co-organizer of the event. Among many other anti-Semitic diatribes, Shabazz claims it was the Jews who enslaved Blacks and brought them to America. He also asserts the "Zionists control America, lock, stock and barrel."

Farrakhan and Shabazz have successfully courted and enlisted several mainstream Black organizations and political groups in the MMM campaign, including the 43 members of the Congressional Black Caucus, NAACP, National Council of Negro Women, National Progressive Baptist Convention, National Urban Coalition, Black Entertainment Television, the African American Leadership Institute, Rainbow PUSH Coalition and dozens of others.

Why are these mainstream black groups on board with these propagators of hate?

Where are responsible black leaders?

If they are condemning the disgusting, reckless remarks of Farrakhan and Shabazz regarding the flooding of New Orleans, then I've missed it.

Are we to assume that the NAACP, the Congressional Black Caucus, Elijah Cummings, and Barack Obama are on the same page as Farrakhan and Shabazz?

Do they believe that the U.S. government blew a hole in the 17th Street levee to destroy black neighborhoods?

I'm not aware of any press conferences or TV appearances or press releases scheduled by black leaders to counter the race-baiting, damaging comments of Farrakhan and Shabazz.

Where's Oprah? Does the billionairess want to weigh in on the conspiracy theory? Does she buy into it?

Their silence on this is troubling to say the least.

They need to condemn Farrakhan and Shabazz, loudly and clearly and immediately.

There is no question that Farrakhan and Shabazz are working to divide America. Their activities have the potential to incite violence; yet I'm not aware of any prominent black leaders calling them out for their shameful tactics.

Does anyone else see the irony in the fact that, in terms of anti-Semitism, the "Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan" and the New Black Panther Party's leader Malik Zulu Shabazz are echoing the philosophy of the Ku Klux Klan?