Stokely Carmichael "Which Way USA?" (16mm)

[Music] [Music] the total white america the total community is incapable of condemning herself for the acts of brutality and bestiality that she is heaped upon the total black community she cannot do it if she did she would have to commit suicide that may not be such a bad idea stokely carmichael at tougaloo college in mississippi stokely carmichael is the man who set black power in motion he placed that phrase indelibly in the minds of the american people america cannot tell the truth about herself if the history of this country were written you would have to say that this country is a nation of thieves it began by stealing this country from the red man if i said to you that christopher columbus discovered america in 1492 you would say that's correct but now here come this honky from spain there are already non-white people here and they're not existing until he comes and discovers them all their heroes have been white they make you bow down to george washington as your hero did they ever tell you that that hokey owned slaves did he ever tell you that not only did he own slaves he sold a black woman for a barrel of molasses and he's supposed to be our hero we have to begin to unbrainwash ourselves the biggest lie that this country has told about us is that we are lazy and here goes some of us running around yeah yeah you know how black people are lazy we are lazy white people are so lazy they stole us to do her work for her you run up and down this highway run up and down the delta visit southwest mississippi they talking about us being lazy we are the ones who are out in the hot sun picking and chopping cotton for two dollars a day while they sitting on the porch [Applause] instead of our black leaders instead of our black leaders having the strength to tell the hunky later they began to react to his definition they would say oh no no we don't want to marry your daughter uh we don't want to be your brother-in-law or we just want to be your brother uh we don't want to sleep in your bedroom [Applause] so that what what america was able to do was to have us react to her definition of our terms and we never got anywhere because we were playing her game now in snick when they ask us that question about whether or not we want to marry their daughters we tell them your daughter your sister your mama [Music] you