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Quotes of the Day: Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. DuBois
Last night, Ray and I watched Uncle Tom II, a documentary about the black experience in America in the early 20th Century. It was extremely enlightening, as it explained that the Civil Rights Movement beginning in the 1960s, was instigated by a White Marxist. The documentary noted that the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Socialist. You can find the complete film on YouTube, and it is highly recommended for everyone to watch.
The film also contrasted the teachings of two of the most important black leaders in the early 20th Century, Booker T. Washington, and W.E.B.DuBois.
Booker T. Washington was closely associated with the Tuskegee Institute, where black students were educated in useful skills to become successful in life. Here are a couple of his pithy quotes.
Dignify and glorify common labor. It is at the bottom of life that we must begin, not at the top.
The individual who can do something that the world wants done will, in the end, make his way regardless of his race.
And W.E.B. DuBois, who is described as a famous Socialist and, along with three others (two being white socialists), founded the NAACP.
One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over. We must not remember that Daniel Webster got drunk but only that he was a splendid constitutional lawyer. We must forget that George Washington was a slave owner . . . and simply remember the things we regard as creditable and inspiring. The difficulty, of course, with this philosophy is that history loses its value as an incentive and example; it paints perfect man and noble nations, but it does not tell the truth.
The documentary also demonstrates that it was a white leftist, Eric Mann, who instigated Black Lives Matter, and just “used” the three black female Marxists as the face of the organization.
The entire film is extremely enlightening.
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Marxist’sProgressives at the root of tearing down our history and all that was good about America . They hate America as founded , it is a stumbling stone to there idea of Utopia . They will tell you in a moment of honesty that Utopia is their goal . What they will never tell you is that the destruction of our Republic is required to meet their goal.The root of all this is . They believe that old lie that was first spoke in the Garden.
“You shall be like God ”
This statement, coupled with my memory that MLK was (at least at one time) a registered Republican, gave me pause. I have not seen the movie, but I did find this piece by Brandon Terry: Was Martin Luther King a Socialist? In reading through the article and pulling out my own recollections from that time, I see someone struggling with how best to form a just society without losing that which produced the best outcomes for all. And that continues to be a struggle today. How do you balance the forces at play in capitalism to derive its benefits without sliding in corporatism? MLK’s references to Swedish Social Democracy are in contrast to Soviet Communism. To our detriment we fail to distinguish between a welfare state and socialism — wherein you provide a safety net through taxation without central planning an economy; setting taxes at a point that maintain productive incentives while generating revenues targeted for redistribution. I think the picture is complicated.
I watched the original Uncle Tom and plan to watch this one, too. It’s interesting to me that Marxists need people to identify more with a group than as individuals in order to push their agenda. Most “white” people in America have not identified themselves primarily as members of a race, and they have been taught for decades (generations by now?) that to associate with other people based on similarity of complexion is terribly racist. For Marxists wishing to make inroads with the American population as a whole, the lack of racial and tribal identification is a major obstacle. But by vilifying “white” Americans and encouraging their feelings of guilt, they can achieve a lot of success. Somehow, I don’t feel guilty and I don’t feel like being “white” is a hugely important aspect of my identity. I also feel like Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. DuBois, and The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. were my fellow Americans and that the Civil Rights movement is part of our shared American history. As individuals, we experience everything in our unique ways, but the “black” experience and the “white” experience are necessarily related and shared by all of us.
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Sadly I can’t find a youtube link that lets me watch it for free. I could go to Larry Elder’s website and buy it for twenty bucks but that seems like alot for something that I wish almost assuredly almost watch once.
I intend to watch it more than once — any movie you want to watch more once is worth owning. It was very thorough and plain spoken on many of the aspects of Marxism, the effects of which have been most keenly felt in the black community. And I was left with the impression that this subject will be continued in a third movie, where I expect Martin Luther King Jr will figure more prominently. My opinion was lowered on MLK, I was a bit surprised, and also my opinion of Malcom Little (‘X’) was raised. I’m reading “The Dead Are Rising: The Life of Malcom X” now. I’m wondering, ‘Did Malcolm X actually become an American radical black conservative?’ He was definitely focused on America and had a strong moralist center. I could put myself in his shoes. He didn’t advocate for violence. But MLK, though he didn’t participate in the protests as much as John Lewis, definitely did advocate for protests which would bring people into conflict. I think the Deep State had some involvement in taking out both MLK and Malcolm X.
I got an image in my head of how the Negro has been the pawn of white progressives and socialists/globalists. What it looks like is a chess board with white pieces on both sides of the board, but all the pawns for both sides are black pieces.
“This video has been removed for violating YouTube’s Terms of Service.”
You can still watch the 2 minute trailer on the Uncle Tom website.
https://www.uncletom.com
Official Trailer No. 1 on YouTube, July 29, 2022
Official Trailer No. 2 on YouTube, August 10, 2022