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October 16, 1995 will be a tragic day in our history, and yet America slumbers. On that regrettable morning, it is expected that one million black men will march on the Capitol under the auspices of the Nation of Islam, and we are told from all sides not to be alarmed. With all due respect, I would disagree with the proponents of this demonstration and all those who indulge them: I would say that every freedom-loving American should be very alarmed indeed...
Louis Farrakhan, Minister of the Nation of Islam and a prolific peddler of anti-semitic, chauvinistic and black supremacist doctrine, is the driving force behind this demonstration. The ostensible purpose of his "Million Man March" is to reaffirm the spirit of black manhood. Conrad Muhammed, a representative of Farrakhan, amplified this idea in a recent speech at the ARCO Forum. According to Muhammed, "If the black man continues to be the Achilles heal of America, then the future of America does not hold well." The black man is indeed becoming more and more disenfranchised and alienated throughout this country...
What lies at the core of this divisive issue is the Nation of Islam's notion of "the Black Man." It is essential to understand that Farrakhan has his own very particular perspective on the meaning of "manhood," a perspective which came of age in the darkest moments of the nineteenth century, and which, if espoused in the white community today, would be considered tantamount to fascism. In this archaic vision, women are meant to look after the home and remain, essentially "barefoot and pregnant," while the strapping (i.e. ardently homophobic, anti-semitic, Muslim) males look to more important matters...
...members of the academic and political communities seem genuinely unconcerned. "Well," goes the argument, "you needn't worry about the Nation of Islam's biases; there are only 50,000 members." A few months ago, I might have even agreed. But now what I see is an organization which has successfully scheduled a march in which one million men are to participate. Moreover, they seem to have been able to convince major constituencies throughout this country that there is nothing objectionable involved here; they have achieved legitimacy in spite of their disgraceful bigotry. Think for a moment: How many other...
Colin Powell says a scheduling conflict will prevent him from participating in next Monday's Million Man March in Washington, D.C., led by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. "Nobody really expected Powell to join the march," says TIME's Sylvestor Monroe. "It is a no-win situation for him. If he goes, he starts a firestorm with white people who think he's supporting Farrakhan. If he doesn't, he looks like he does not support what the march is supposed to be about, which is black self-sufficiency and family strength...