ROLAND MARTIN’S take on Reparations
REPARATIONS, AN OPEN LETTER TO BLACK NEWS REPORTER, ROLAND MARTIN
Roland Martin asks, “…Why do you think reparations for slavery will ever really happen? African Americans will never receive a check . . . [There is] no way White America will go along with it.” See the rest of Roland’s statement. Watch the video and comment below. http://www.tvoneblogs.com/roland/?p=7
Dear Mr. Martin: I watched the video and listened to your comments about reparation. You are right; they are not going to give us anything. That means that you are indirectly bearing witness (agreeing) to the teaching of Messenger Elijah Muhammad that the white man is the devil. ( America )
How else can you describe the character of the white people who worked black people for 300 years as chattel slaves and mistreated their descendants for another 100 years as servitude slaves?
You said, “…African Americans will never receive a check . . . [There is] no way White America will go along with it.”
Mr. Martin, in your statement, you have grossly misinterpreted the truth about reparations. You spoke as though the issue of reparation rests solely in the political arena with white people and not in the divine arena with God Himself. You talk as though White America has complete control of reparations.
Sir, you have underestimated the power of God. There is a higher authority than White America. That means that the God of Justice is in charge of reparation, not White America. W as White America in charge of Hurricane Katrina? Was White America in charge of Hurricane Ike? White America is the Defendant (Accused). God is the Judge!
Why won’t they go along with it? Isn’t payment for 300 years of lost wages, justice? Isn’t payment, for their descendants’ suffering from the lingering effects of slavery, justice?
Mr. Martin, you arrived at the same conclusion that Messenger Elijah Muhammad did, that white people are devils by nature; and there is no justice in them. No one else but a nation of livings devils would enslave a people for 400 years and not give them justice. (Reparations)
For example, on page 123, in the book, The Era of Reconstruction, 1865-1877, Historian Kenneth Stampp said “Some of the (republicans) radicals believed that it would be essential to give the Negroes not only civil and political rights but some initial economic assistance as well. These four million people had emerged from bondage in complete destitute, without land, without shelter, without a legal claim even to the clothes on their backs.”
Neither Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation nor the Thirteenth Amendment had required (slave) masters to make any settlement with their former slaves for past services, or provided for economic aid from the public treasury. In the words of Fredrick Douglas, “…the freedmen were sent away empty-handed, without money, without friends, and without a foot of land to stand upon. Old and young, sick and well, they were turned lose to the open sky, naked to their enemies.”
Swiss philosopher Henri Frederic Amiel said “The test of every religious, political or educational system is the man which it forms. If a system injures the intelligence it is bad. If it injures the character it is vicious. If it injures the conscience it is criminal.”
Mr. Martin, would an angel or a devil treat another people in this manner? Were the people who treated black people in this manner black or were they white?
Let’s define what the character of a devil is. According to the America Heritage College Dictionary, it states that, “…A devil is a wicked or malevolent person.”
Elijah Muhammad said, “The Devil is the “devil” regardless of place in time.”
Frank Tucker is the author of the book, “White Conscious; an analysis of the White Man’s Mind and His Conduct”, (page 3). He stated in his book that Senator J.J. Ingalls uttered some very strong words in a speech to the U.S. Senate in 1890 about the nature of the white race. He said: “The race to which we belong is the most arrogant and rapacious, the most exclusive and indomitable in history. It is the conquering and the unconquerable race, through which alone man has taken possession of the physical and moral world. All other races have been its enemies or its victims”.
Seventy four years later, watching the lengthening record of Western civilizations works, Gerald W. Johnson could write that, “Of all of the creatures to appear on earth, the white man is the fiercest by far. These are painful words for a white man to hear; it is always difficult to take a long, hard look at the misdeeds or failing of one self or of ones group.”
Fiercest means one who has a violent and savage nature.
The facts show that during slavery, whites deprived blacks of their collective human rights. They robbed them of their names, religion, culture, history, language and identity.
145 years after the slaves were emancipated from slavery; white members in the House of Representatives in 2008 had the nerve to apologize for slavery. To add insult to injury, they did not address the issue of reparation. Mr. Martin: is this the action of angels or devils?
Would you agree with Messenger Elijah Muhammad’s statement that there is no justice in them? Mr. Martin, you cannot have it both ways. Either you agree that they are a nation of devils or a nation of angels. An angel would treat the people with equal justice. He would pay them full and complete reparations for their pain and suffering; but ( America ) white people who have a devil nature, will not do justice by them.
On page 94, of the book, “An Oriental View of American Civilization”, No Yong Park (Pao) said, “The greatness of a nation does not depend on the size of its territory, or the number of its population, or the strength of its army and navy; it rests on its ability to maintain Justice, justice that will insure every man what is due him, be reward or punishment.”
The question here is whether they have treated Black people with equal justice. We can agree that times have changed since Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 but white people’s nature has remained the same.
Remember James Byrd who was dragged to death by white men in Jasper, Texas? Remember Abner Louima who was sodomized by a white police officer in a Brooklyn jail? Remember Amadou Diallo who was shot 19 times by white New York police officers in the Bronx, New York? Remember Michael Bell and the Jena 6 case in Jena, Louisiana? Remember Sean Bell, who was killed in a hail of police gun fire in Queens, New York? It is now being reported that another black man name Brandon McClelland was dragged to death in Paris, Texas.
Jacqueline McClelland said to the Final Call Newspaper. “Tied my son to that truck and drugged him until his body parts were detached.” “His body was so destroyed that it could not even be embalmed by the funeral home.”
Mr. Martin, there is a group of white people called Caucasians United for Reparations and Emancipation (C.U.R.E.). They are outraged at you for making such a foolish statement! They agree and understand their own devil nature. But most blacks will blindly argue against the truth. They dispute without knowledge. http://www.reparationsthecure.org/
Most blacks will argue that all whites are not devils; but aren’t all snakes from the reptile family? A rattle snake is more poisonous than a garden snake but they are from the same family and they both have the same nature. Why would a Black person not see white people as not being from the same family or stock; whether they are good or bad?
Regardless to what they say or what you say; white people are still devils. It’s their nature. The 64 million dollar question is, “Does any other race of people regard white people as devils?”
On page 23 of the book, “An Oriental View of American Civilization”, the author, (Pao) quoted a Chinese scholar. When asked if the white people were civilized, a Chinese scholar who had just returned from a tour of Europe and replied: “Civilized? Far from it. You can’t civilize these foreign Devils. They are beyond redemption.”
Why would a Chinese scholar call white people devils? Why would he say, they are beyond redemption? Could it mean that the scholar has a thorough knowledge of the white man’s nature? Who do you think China built the “Great Wall” for? Why don’t the majority of black intellectuals have this knowledge?
Mr. Martin, are white people a nation of devils or a nation of angels?
Mr. Martin, you seem to agree with Messenger Elijah Muhammad’s teaching; but you are too afraid to say it publicly because you will lose your job. If you do not believe white people were not devils, you should not have said that they are not going to pay reparations.
Only a people with the nature of a devil would not pay blacks; the people who was forced to give 300 years of their blood, sweat and tears to build America’s infrastructure and foundation.
Do not misinterpret what I am saying. I’m not making mockery of white people nor do I hate them when I refer to them as devils. I’m referring to their nature. (Clear)
For you to have arrived at such a conclusion, you instead should have studied white people’s history, observed their nature and recorded their mistreatment of black people.
I understand that you support Senator Barrack Obama, a Person of African descent, who does not support reparations for Afro descendants. (Afro-descendants are us, the so-called Black African Americans–see page 9 of www.2myRepair.com)
Mr. Martin, you and Senator Barrack Obama are acting like white men with black faces. However, he is different from you and other descendants of enslaved Africans in America. You are an Afro descendant (see page 9 of www.2myRepair.com) who is due reparations whether you accept it or not. However, you do not realize that your intelligence, character, and conscience were injured by slavery’s lingering effects. Historian Frank Tannenbaum explained the cultural transformation of the black man’s mind in his book, Slave and Citizen:
On page 41, he said, “The Negro is a (Judge) Magistrate on the city bench in New York, a member of Congress; he is a Senator and member of the cabinet in other places. He is part of the nation. He’s active, vocal, self assertive, and a living force. He has become culturally a European, or, if you will, an American, a white man with a black face.”
Paraphrasing an old plantation saying, “A Negro was what a white man made him.”
Historian Kenneth M. Stampp agreed with Frank Tannenbaum statement. Mr. Stampp said, “Negroes are, after all, only white men with black skins, nothing more, nothing less.”
Henri Frederic Amiel was right; the (system) institution of slavery was “bad, “vicious and criminal,” it destroyed the slave’s and their descendant’s name, religion, culture, history, language and identity.” (Collective Human rights) Today, you are a so-called American, a white man with a black face.” (Mind-set)
Dr. Mustafa Ansari said “The day after (Senator Barack Obama) he was nominated he and Hillary Clinton were the invited guests of the Israeli political action group [AIPAC] and he gave a speech ensuring the existence of Israel and pledging billions of dollars in jet planes and aid to Israel. Mr. Obama, on the other hand, has avoided the huge debt owed to those who built the trillion dollar American infrastructure under the UN Resolution 60/147 the Victims Reparations Guidelines which are binding on the U.S. Obama is staying away from black people like we have the plague.”
Mr. Martin, why didn’t you tell Senator Obama to “forget pledging billions” of dollars in aid to the State of Israel? Can you see the double standard? Is this self hatred or what?
Mr. Martin, did you read the article, Obama: “Yes to Slavery Apology, No to Reparations?” Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama opposes offering reparations to the descendants of slaves, putting him at odds with some black groups and leaders. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/02/obama-opposes-slavery-rep_n_116506.html
Mr. Martin, you and Senator Barack Obama dismiss the issue of reparation as though we should forget about being deprived of our collective human rights. However, you are a prime example as to why we need reparations. You carry the last name Martin, right? Your last name means that your (people) relatives came from the Martin plantation.
I am currently reading a book titled, Negro Slavery in Arkansas by Orville W. Taylor. There was a slave holder named JARED MARTIN who sold slaves FAR AND WIDE for over 30 years. He sold slaves in Tennessee, New Orleans, Maryland, Virginia, Missouri, Georgia and possibly Texas. This is just one example of the many slave traders in America’s slavery system that robbed us of our human rights, including you.
You need Reparations because you were robbed of your human rights. The fact that you cannot speak the language of your African forefathers is further evidence of what America’s slavery system produced and proof that you are different from Senator Barack Obama. (See pages 16 and 9 of www.2myRepair.com)
Senator Barack Obama carries the name of his African forefathers. He knows what tribe his forefathers came from and he also knows the language his African forefathers spoke.
Mr. Martin, do you know what language your ancestors spoke and what tribe they came from or do you need the aid of DNA technology?
Mr. Martin, we who are followers of Silis Muhammad, are not going to “forget reparation.” Only a good Christian like your self and others would say such a foolish thing. Y ou will never hear a Jew who suffered during the Holocaust say “…forget reparation” for their suffering in Germany during World War II.
You boldly tell us, descendants of enslaved Africans in America to “for get reparation” but you do not have the backbone nor the courage to tell Jewish people to “…forget reparation” for the Holocaust in Germany during World War II.”
Mr. Martin, have you taken leave of your senses? Is that equal justice for a people who suffered 400 years of shame, disgust and utter hopelessness? Aren’t you aware that their heart was already full of pain and misery? If you are not willing to tell the Jewish people to “forget reparations” for the Holocaust in Germany, do not tell us to “forget reparations” for slavery in America.
Mr. Martin, can’t you see the double-standard?
Since you have made such a bold and outrageous statement, are you willing to go on national television, CNN News, and tell the Jewish people that the victims of the Holocaust should have “forgotten about seeking reparations from Germany?” Also, are you willing to tell the Jewish people that America should “forget about giving the State of Israel 3 billion dollars” in aid every year?
Mr. Martin, if you are not willing to tell the Jewish people these things; you should at least have the courage to shut your mouth about the issue of reparations.
I also understand that your wife, Jacquie Hood Martin is a Christian Minister. (http://www.jacquiehood.com/bio.htm) (http://www.rolandsmartin.com)
If she had been truly commissioned by God Himself instead of having been taught and trained (with a Bachelor’s degree in Religious Studies from Excelsior College, in Albany, New York) by the living devil at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, she would know and have told you that reparation is a prophecy from God, and you would not have told black people to “forget reparation.”
Mr. Martin, since you stated, “… [There is] no way White America will go along with it.”, you are saying that White America is opposing God’s will and are worthy of His chastisement. How does God chastise super powers? He uses rain, sleet, snow, hail, earthquakes, hurricane, floods, and tsunamis to force them to submit to his will.
Mr. Martin, would you ask your wife, Mrs. Martin to study the prophecy in the Bible in the book of Malachi chapter 4:5? Also, ask her to study Genesis chapter 15 verse 13, that scripture is a prophecy of black people who were enslaved in America for 400 years; verse 14, is a prophecy of their descendants who will receive full and complete reparation. (Great wealth)
The God of Justice is on the scene to force America to pay reparations to the descendants of the slaves. Hurricane Ike is just one example of what God will use to force America to do justice by us.
The worst is yet to come. He is not like the God that the slave master gave our forefathers. He is a God who believes in Freedom, Justice and Equality. Wouldn’t you want a God like that to answer your prayers?
Don’t tell me that the economy is in trouble; they had better borrow some money from China or Japan or sell off some of their assets. I don’t want to hear you trying to justify America’s economic woes. The God of Justice is angry at America. God’s aim and purpose is to fulfill His will. Do you want to stand in the way of the God of Justice?
God’s will is that descendants of African slaves in America receive full and complete reparation. (Justice) I know you think it’s a pipe dream. But you are at odds with God’s will.
Before you break out and try to give a political analysis, remember that reparation is a divine thing. Reparation is a prophecy from God; therefore your political analysis will not be accepted. It is grossly improper for you to tell descendants of slaves to” forget reparations”, especially when reparations is a prophecy from God.
I do not believe you have the courage to say that about the Jewish people who suffered during the Holocaust in Germany during World War II under ADOLF HITLER. You know that the Jewish people will have you fired from your job at CNN. CNN would get so much heat from (APAIC) the powerful political Jewish lobby; that you will be placed in a position to publicly apologize for your statement or lose your job. Ask CNN Talk show host Larry King. Isn’t he a Jew?
Messenger Elijah Muhammad said “The so-called Negroes are spiritually BLIND with a picture of the Jews’ SALVATION and can’t SEE themselves in PROPHECY”. Mr. Martin, until you get a thorough knowledge of reparation and the prophecy in Genesis 15:13-14, (not history), I advise you to remain quite. This is clearly out of you and your wife’s arena.
No sir, I did not disrespect you; you disrespected me and other Blacks in the Reparation Movement when you said “forget reparation.” Can you disprove any of the research in this letter?
Considering the preponderance of the evidence presented in this letter, I conclude that you were in error when you made the statement, “…Why do you think reparations for slavery will ever really happen? African Americans will never receive a check . . . [There is] no way White America will go along with it”.
Reparation is more than a check. It means Justice for 300 years of chattel slavery. You have put your lack of knowledge on public display. Do you have any idea of how many people (their hopes and dreams) that you have harmed with your statement(s)?
Can you now be man enough to apologize to all of those in the Reparations movement and other Afro descendants who need Reparations? Also go to: www.2myrepair.com –page 16 (Press Release).
I am,
Minister Najee Muhammad
Washington, DC
E-mail address: minofdefense@verizon.com
