"The country uses violence for it's justice, but then the country gets mad when we use violence for our justice."
Ice Cube (1992)
Discussing the LA Riots
"I ain’t draft-dodgin.’ I ain’t burnin’ no flag. And I ain’t runnin’ to Canada. I’m stayin’ right here.
You wanna send me to jail? Fine, you go right ahead. I’ve been in jail for 400 years. I can be there for 4 or 5 more.
But I ain’t goin’ no 10,000 miles to help murder and kill other poor people. If I wanna die, I’ll die right here, right now fightin’ you — if I wanna die.
You my enemy. Not no Chinese, no Viet Cong, no Japanese.
You my opposer — when I want freedom.
You my opposer — when I want justice.
You my opposer — when I want equality.
Want me to go to somewhere and I fight for you. You won’t even stand up for me right here in America for my rights and my religious beliefs. You won’t even stand up for me right here at home."
Muhammad Ali (1967)
Discussing the Vietnam War
Toni's Thoughts: I posted these quotes as Food for Thought and somehow I feel as though history is beginning to repeat itself.
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