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美国经典英文演讲100篇BlackPower
美国经典英文演讲100篇:
”BlackPower”
StokelyCarmichael
BlackPower
deliveredOctober1966,Berkeley,CA
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Thankyouverymuch.It’saprivilegeandanhonortobeinthewhiteintellectualghettooftheWest.Wewantedtodoacoupleofthingsbeforewestarted.Thefirstisthat,basedonthefactthatSNCC,throughthearticulationofitsprogrambyitschairman,hasbeenabletowinelectionsinGeorgia,Alabama,Maryland,andbyour
appearanceherewillwinanelectioninCalifornia,in1968I’mgoingtorunforPresidentoftheUnitedStates.Ijustcan’tmakeit,‘causeIwasn’tbornintheUnitedStates.That’stheonlythingholdingmeback.
Wewantedtosaythatthisisastudentconference,asitshouldbe,heldonacampus,andthatwe’renotevertobecaughtupintheintellectualmasturbationofthequestionofBlackPower.That’safunctionofpeoplewhoareadvertisersthatcallthemselvesreporters.Oh,formymembersandfriendsofthepress,myself-appointedwhitecritics,IwasreadingMr.BernardShawtwodaysago,andIcameacrossaveryimportantquotewhichIthinkismostaproposforyou.Hesays,“Allcriticismisa[n]autobiography.”Digyourself.Okay.ThephilosophersCamusandSartreraisethequestionwhetherornotamancancondemnhimself.Theblackexistentialistphilosopherwhoispragmatic,FrantzFanon,answeredthequestion.Hesaidthatmancouldnot.CamusandSartrewasnot.WeinSNCCtendtoagreewith
CamusandSartre,thatamancannotcondemnWerehetocondemnhimself,hewouldthenhavetoinflictpunishmentuponhimself.AnexamplewouldbetheNazis.Anyprisonerwho--anyoftheNaziprisonerswhoadmitted,afterhewascaughtand
incarcerated,thathecommittedcrimes,thathekilledallthemanypeoplethathekilled,hecommittedsuicide.Theonlyoneswhowereabletostayaliveweretheoneswhoneveradmittedthattheycommittedacrimes[sic]againstpeople--thatis,theoneswhorationalizedthatJewswerenothumanbeingsanddeservedtobekilled,orthattheywereonlyfollowingorders.
Onamoreimmediatescene,theofficialsandthepopulation--thewhitepopulation--inNeshobaCounty,Mississippi--that’swherePhiladelphiais--couldnot--couldnotcondemn[Sheriff]Rainey,hisdeputies,andtheotherfourteenmenthatkilledthreehumanbeings.TheycouldnotbecausetheyelectedMr.Raineytodopreciselywhathedid;andthatforthemtocondemnhimwillbeforthemtocondemnthemselves.
Inamuchlargerview,SNCCsaysthatwhiteAmericacannotcondemnherself.Andsinceweareliberal,wehavedoneit:
Youstand
condemned.Now,anumberofthingsthatarisesfromthatanswerofhowdoyoucondemnyourselves.Seemstomethattheinstitutionsthatfunctioninthiscountryareclearlyracist,andthatthey’rebuiltuponracism.Andthequestion,then,ishowcanblackpeopleinsideofthiscountrymove?
Andthenhowcanwhitepeoplewhosaythey’renotapartofthoseinstitutionsbegintomove?
Andhowthendowebegintoclearawaytheobstaclesthatwehaveinthissociety,thatmakeuslivelikehumanbeings?
Howcanwebegintobuildinstitutionsthatwillallowpeopletorelatewitheachotherashumanbeings?
Thiscountryhasneverdonethat,especiallyaroundthecountryofwhiteorblack.
Now,severalpeoplehavebeenupsetbecausewe’vesaidthat
integrationwasirrelevantwheninitiatedbyblacks,andthatinfactitwasasubterfuge,aninsidioussubterfuge,forthemaintenanceofwhitesupremacy.Nowwemaintainthatinthepastsixyearsorso,thiscountryhasbeenfeedingusa“thalidomidedrugofintegration,”andthatsomenegroeshavebeenwalkingdownadreamstreet
talkingaboutsittingnexttowhitepeople;andthatthatdoesnotbegintosolvetheproblem;thatwhenwewenttoMississippiwedidnotgotositnexttoRossBarnett2;wedidnotgotositnexttoJimClark3;wewenttogetthemoutofourway;andthatpeopleoughttounderstandthat;thatwewereneverfightingfortherighttointegrate,wewerefightingagainstwhitesupremacy.
Now,then,inordertounderstandwhitesupremacywemustdismissthefallaciousnotionthatwhitepeoplecangiveanybodytheirfreedom.Nomancangiveanybodyhisfreedom.Amanisbornfree.Youmayenslaveamanafterheisbornfree,andthatisinfactwhatthis
countrydoes.Itenslavesblackpeopleafterthey’reborn,sothattheonlyactsthatwhitepeoplecandoistostopdenyingblackpeopletheirfreedom;thatis,theymuststopdenyingfreedom.Theynevergiveittoanyone.
Nowwewanttotakethattoitslogicalextension,sothatwecouldunderstand,then,whatitsrelevancywouldbeintermsofnewcivilrightsbills.Imaintainthateverycivilrightsbillinthiscountrywaspassedforwhitepeople,notforblackpeople.Forexample,Iamblack.Iknowthat.IalsoknowthatwhileIamblackIamahumanbeing,andthereforeIhavetherighttogointoanypublicplace.Whitepeopledidn’tknowthat.EverytimeItriedtogointoaplacetheystoppedme.Sosomeboyshadtowriteabilltotellthatwhiteman,“He’sahumanbeing;don’tstophim.”Thatbillwasforthatwhiteman,notforme.Iknewitallthetime.Iknewitallthetime.
IknewthatIcouldvoteandthatthatwasn’taprivilege;itwasmyright.EverytimeItriedIwasshot,killedorjailed,beatenoreconomicallydeprived.Sosomebodyhadtowriteabillforwhitepeopletotellthem,“Whenablackmancomestovote,don’tbotherhim.”Thatbill,again,wasforwhitepeople,notforblackpeople;sothatwhenyoutalkaboutopenoccupancy,IknowIcanliveanyplaceIwanttolive.ItiswhitepeopleacrossthiscountrywhoareincapableofallowingmetolivewhereIwanttolive.Youneedacivilrightsbill,notme.IknowIcanlivewhereIwanttolive.
Sothatthefailurestopassacivilrightsbillisn’tbecauseofBlackPower,isn’tbecauseoftheStudentNonviolentCoordinating
Committee;it’snotbecauseoftherebellionsthatareoccurringinthemajorcities.Itisincapabilityofwhitestodealwiththeirownproblemsinsidetheirowncommunities.Thatistheproblemofthefailureofthecivilrightsbill.
Andsoinalargersensewemustthenask,Howisitthatblackpeoplemove?
Andwhatdowedo?
Butthequestioninagreatersenseis,Howcanwhitepeoplewhoarethemajority--andwhoareresponsibleformakingdemocracywork--makeitwork?
Theyhavemiserablyfailedtothispoint.Theyhavenevermadedemocracywork,beitinsidetheUnitedStates,Vietnam,SouthAfrica,Philippines,SouthAmerica,PuertoRico.WhereverAmericanhasbeen,shehasnotbeenabletomakedemocracywork;sothatinalargersense,wenotonlycondemn
thecountryforwhatit’sdoneinternally,butwemustcondemnitforwhatitdoesexternally.Weseethiscountrytryingtoruletheworld,andsomeonemuststandupandstartarticulatingthatthiscountryisnotGod,andcannotruletheworld.
Now,then,beforewemoveonweoughttodevelopthewhitesupremacyattitudesthatwereeitherconsciousorsubconsciousthoughtandhowtheyrunrampantthroughthesocietytoday.Forexample,themissionariesweresenttoAfrica.Theywentwiththeattitudethatblackswereautomaticallyinferior.Asamatteroffact,thefirstactthemissionariesdid,youknow,whentheygottoAfricawastomakeuscoverupourbodies,becausetheysaiditgotthemexcited.Wecouldn’tgobare-breastedanymorebecausetheygotexcited.
Nowwhenthemissionariescametocivilizeusbecausewewereuncivilized,educateusbecausewewereuneducated,andgiveussome--someliteratestudiesbecausewewereilliterate,theychargedaprice.ThemissionariescamewiththeBible,andwehadtheland.Whentheyleft,theyhadtheland,andwestillhavetheBible.AndthathasbeentherationalizationforWesterncivilizationasitmovesacrosstheworldandstealingandplunderingandrapingeverybodyinitspath.Theironerationalizationisthattherestoftheworldisuncivilizedandtheyareinfactcivilized.Andtheyareun-civil-ized.
Andthatrunsontoday,yousee,becausewhatwehavetodayiswehavewhatwecall“modern-dayPeaceCorpsmissionaries,”andtheycomeintoourghettosandtheyHeadStart,UpwardLift,Bootstrap,andUpwardBoundusintowhitesociety,‘causetheydon’twanttofacetherealproblemwhichisamanispoorforonereasonandonereasononly:
‘causehedoesnothavemoney--period.Ifyouwanttogetridofpoverty,yougivepeoplemoney--period.
Andyououghtnottotellmeaboutpeoplewhodon’twork,andyoucan’tgivepeoplemoneywithoutworking,‘causeifthatweretrue,you’dhavetostartstoppingRockefeller,BobbyKennedy,LyndonBainesJohnson,LadyBirdJohnson,thewholeofStandardOil,theGulfCorp,allofthem,includingprobablyalargenumberoftheBoardofTrusteesofthisuniversity.Sothequestion,then,clearly,isnotwhetherornotonecanwork;it’sWhohaspower?
Whohaspowertomakehisorheractslegitimate?
Thatisall.Andthatthiscountry,thatpowerisinvestedinthehandsofwhitepeople,andtheymaketheiractslegitimate.Itisnow,therefore,forblackpeopletomakeouractslegitimate.
Nowwearenowengagedinapsychologicalstruggleinthiscountry,andthatiswhetherornotblackpeoplewillhavetherighttousethewordstheywanttousewithoutwhitepeoplegivingtheirsanctiontoit;andthatwemaintain,whethertheylikeitornot,wegonnausetheword“BlackPower”--andletthemaddressthemselvestothat;butthatwearenotgo
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