Voices
Thursday, February 25, 2016
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Student
Perspective
What would
the Panthers
do in 2016
Whose theory do
you believe in:
Malcolm X’s or
MLKs?
Miniya Shabazz
Julia Boggan
Memphis, Tennessee
Junior
“
MLK. He was more about
uniting in a calm way,
changes still took place
with his theory.
Kourtney Burney
San Francisco, California
Sophomore
“
Malcolm X. He didn’t
have an American way of
thinking, and had a more
aggressive approach
towards equal rights.
Peter Moore
San Diego, California
Freshman
“
MLK. The result in
violence would be
more blood shed, there
probably would’ve been
streets covered in blood.
Kameron Phill
Bronx, New York
Freshman
“
Martin Luther King Jr. I
feel that’s what Jesus
would do, the best thing
to do is ignore someone
and let it go.
Swuebat Coppage
Chicago, Illinois
Freshman
“
In between, a part of
me believes you should
stand your ground and
another part believes that
you should combat ignorance with knowledge.
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DeQuanna Alexander
Student Perspectives
More than Martin and Malcolm
Yay! It’s Black History
Month! This year can you
teach our children about the
rest of the important people?
I am not saying don’t tell
them about the Malcom Xs
and the Dr. Martin Luther
King Jrs, but stop omitting
the Claudette Colvins and
Matthew Hensons.
Colvin was arrested March
2, 1955, nine months before
Rosa Parks for the same
“crime”. She was 15 years old
and the first Black person to
be arrested for defying bus
segregation in Montgomery,
Alabama.
She was a spark for the
black community that ultimately lead to Parks’ role but
the Montgomery Bus Boycott
as a whole. Henson was the
first African American Artic
explorer. He is actually credited as the first man to reach
the North Pole, in 1909.
Essentially, not passing on
this knowledge of true black
history you are further mise-
Usually when you ask
a person whose views or
opinion they agree with during
the Civil Rights Movement
regarding Martin Luther King
Jr. and Malcolm X more than
likely they will say King. Some,
not all. If you ask them why,
their reasoning will be because
he stood for non-violence and
Malcolm was the opposite; so
they think. I too felt the same
DeQuanna Alexander
way, for a while. I was so biased towards X, and I thought leader, someone who left a
he was a bad man who made
great impact on this world all
us look bad. It wasn't until
together. In his younger life
I watched his movie that I
he started off rocky, being
changed my mind on how
put in jail. That’s when he
I felt and saw to it that I get
found out about the Nation
more information on the man of Islam, giving up pork and
whom I now look up to as a
cigarettes along with forming
mentor or idol.
a relationship with Elijah
As I said, I watched the
Muhammad. Malcolm was
entire movie for the first time
born Malcolm Little, later
when I was in high school,
changing his name to Malbefore then I saw bits and
colm X saying he was taking
pieces of the movie. In school away the name he got from
I learned the basics; I learned
his ancestors’ slave masters.
he was a Muslim and that he
He was released from prison
practiced getting his point
in August 1952 on parole. He
across with violence, which
then visited Muhammad in
was the opposite of King. I
Chicago and became the Asalways remember the near
sistant Minister to a temple.
ending of the movie, when he Following that, X began to
traveled to Mecca and changed open several temples causing
his views. That movie gave me him so much attention the
a change of heart, thinking
FBI began to instigate him. X
maybe he wasn't bad after all.
was a powerful speaker, with
Malcolm X was a great
the power to convert many
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ducating the youth and being
an active participant in the
depletion of Black History!
Stop pretending like we have
not always “slayed”.
Black history is also made
everyday. Beyonce Knowles
whom many individuals are
rallying against in her efforts
to wake the Black community
up, decided to take a firm
stance against police brutality.
You have got to be sick and
tired of being mistreated if
you perform at an event like
the Super Bowl; nationally
invention because of racism.
It’s scary that some Black
people really believe the Black
Panthers were a terrorist organization. We cannot have the
likes of Stacey Dash spewing
ignorance and the youth
absorbing it. Instead we need
conscious role models like
Tammara Ellis, the president
of StrutLa Modeling Troupe
here at GSU. They gave a
riveting performance at the
Fifty Shades of Purple and
Gold Fashion show inspired
by Beyonce’s Formation and
Kendrick Lamar’s Alright.
The members of the
troupe were dressed as members of the Black Panther
party. The message spoke for
itself. Black history cannot
be compressed into just one
month, its everyday. Please
stop depriving our youth of
knowledge they are so hungry
for.
Kyrea Booker is a junior biology
major from Miami, Fla.
My perspective on Malcolm X’s impact
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Keion Hayes
Kyrea Booker
televised, high attendance,
and the most anticipated
event of the National Football League.
Rise up Beyonce! It’s like
we’re stuck in a time machine
that only travels to years
between 1940 and 1970. We
need to know our history. We
must be truly educated about
who we are as a people otherwise history will continue to
repeat itself.
If the teachers will not
teach it in school then pa ɕ