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If the master got sick, they'd pray that the master died. If the master's house caught afire, they'd pray for a strong wind to come along. This was the difference between the two. And today you...
If the master got sick, the house Negro would say, "What's the matter, boss, we sick?" We sick! He identified himself with his master, more than his master identified with himself.
7 de feb. de 2013 · Malcolm X contrasts the "house Negro" and the "field Negro" during slavery and in the modern age. Part of his famous speech "Message to the Grass Roots," which was ranked 91st in the top 100 ...
Malcolm X delivered this speech in 1964, calling for black unity and resistance against white oppression. He compared the Bandung conference of African and Asian nations to the American civil rights movement and criticized the "house Negro" mentality.
Malcolm X compares the two types of Negroes during slavery: the house Negro who identifies with his master and the field Negro who resists oppression. He also criticizes the modern house Negro who imitates white culture and language.
If the owner got sick, the house Negro would ask, "Are we sick?" If somebody suggested to the house Negro that he escape slavery, he would refuse to go, asking where he could possibly have a better life than the one he had. Malcolm X described the field Negros, who he said were the majority of slaves on a plantation.
19 de ene. de 2015 · Malcolm X’s “we sick” is to be understood and transformed today into a global identification with Paris’ suffering as the only measure of being and meaning.
