Thread: Farrakhan: Vicente Fox was right

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Posted 8/15/2005 10:05 AM Updated 8/15/2005 10:06 AM

Farrakhan: Fox was right

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Nation of Islam leader calls for unity among races
Partake of something bigger, Farrakhan says in promoting march
By MEG JONES
mjones@journalsentinel.com
Posted: Aug. 14, 2005
A decade after the Million Man March focused on the plight of black men and racial divisions in America, Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan on Sunday visited Milwaukee to promote another march in Washington, D.C.

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan addresses a large crowd at Mercy Memorial Baptist Church in Milwaukee, rallying support for his Millions More Movement march in Washington, D.C., this fall.

Encouraging a capacity crowd at a north side church that they should be part of "something that is bigger than us all," Farrakhan said African-Americans and people of other races should join the reunion of the march that drew hundreds of thousands of people, mostly men, to the nation's capital in October 1995.

"Why should we have a Millions More Movement? The United States is the greatest nation in the world," Farrakhan told an audience at Mercy Memorial Baptist Church, 2474 N. 37th St. "But today America is losing friendship all over the world."

Saying America's African-American community "is in the worst shape of any community in the United States," Farrakhan blamed the nation's educational system for turning out "functionally illiterate" students.

Milwaukee is the first of several cities Farrakhan is planning to visit to promote the Millions More Movement, scheduled for Oct. 15 on the National Mall in Washington. Hundreds of thousands camped out on the mall 10 years ago for the original daylong Million Man March, which included speeches by Farrakhan and Jesse Jackson.

"Finally, we have a chance to see a united people," Farrakhan said of the latest march.

Farrakhan, who spearheaded the original march designed to empower black men to take more responsibility for their lives, said African-Americans and Latinos should form an alliance to correct the differences and animosity between the two communities.

Farrakhan said Mexican President Vicente Fox was correct when he said in May that Mexican immigrants take jobs that blacks do not want.

Though Fox was sharply criticized for his remarks by African-American leaders, Farrakhan asked the audience Sunday, "Why are you so foolishly sensitive when somebody is telling you the truth?"

Farrakhan said African-Americans do not want to go to California to pick fruit - jobs often performed by migrant laborers - because they already "picked enough cotton."

He said blacks were once the largest minority in America but have now been supplanted by Latinos.

"Well, if you would stop killing yourselves," Farrakhan said, "then maybe you could multiply better."

The crowd shouted and cheered throughout the lecture, which lasted more than an hour, and occasionally stood up and clapped as Farrakhan talked about slavery, accused black men of being weak, scolded African-Americans for killing each other and called on blacks to provide goods and services within their communities instead of giving their money to merchants of different races.

"In our community, we have those from the Middle East and those from Asia . . . setting up shops and providing goods and services we should be providing for ourselves," Farrakhan.

The crowd laughed as Farrakhan poked fun at his controversial image by repeating what others have said about him - that he's anti-Semitic, anti-American and homophobic. "If anyone shows progress, we envy that person."

He targeted politicians such as John Kerry and President Bush for not doing enough for poor people and said all Americans should join the Millions More Movement - not just blacks, but whites, Asians, Latinos and Native Americans - "because the country has been taken over by a few greedy individuals."

Farrakhan should realize that the only way to heal the rift between Latinos and Blacks is to deport the Latinos in California, North Carolina, New York, and Georgia who are here illegally. That would do alot to mend that rift!

Originally Posted by nhantimassredrebel

Farrakhan should realize that the only way to heal the rift between Latinos and Blacks is to deport the Latinos in California, North Carolina, New York, and Georgia who are here illegally. That would do alot to mend that rift!

That is right. Farrakhan knows better, or at least should. Deport the ILLEGAL SCUM VERMIN IMMIGRANTS, and we can deal with our fellow AMERICANS of Mexican heritage.