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(applause)

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In the name of Allah, 
the beneficent, the merciful

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to whom all praise is due,

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whom we forever thank for giving us
the honorable Elijah Mohammad

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as our leader, teacher, and guide.

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And I specifically, ladies and gentleman,
and brothers and sisters,

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open up like that because I 
am a representative

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of the honorable Elijah Mohammad.

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And were it not for him,
you and wouldn't be here today.

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In order for you and me to devise
some kind of method or strategy

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to offset some of the events
or the repetition of the events

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that have taken place here 
in Los Angelas recently,


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we have to the root.
We have to go to the cause.

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Dealing with the condition 
itself is not enough.

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- We have to get to the cause of it all.
- (crowd concurs)

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Or the root of it all.

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And it is because of our effort
toward getting straight to the root

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that people often think 
we're dealing in hate.

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But first I would like to congratulate
and give praise to the negro,

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so-called negro leaders
and so-called negro organizations

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and, excuse me if I say so, it's hard 
for me to just outright say negro

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- when I know what that word really means.
- (thunderous applause)

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The person whom you have
come to know as Ronald Stokes,

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we know him as brother Ron.

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One of the most religious persons
to display the highest form of morals

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of any black person 
anywhere on this Earth.

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And as one of the previous speakers 
pointed out, who knew him,

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everyone who knew him had to give 
him credit for being a good man.

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A clean man, an intelligent man, 
and an innocent man

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when he was murdered.

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The negro, so-called negro, organizations
and leaders should be given

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great credit for their failure or refusal
to let the white man divide them

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and use them, one against the other
during this crisis.

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(thunderous applause)

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As Reverend [Walkard] Wilson pointed out,
I think it was eight years ago today

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that the Supreme Court handed down
the desegregation decision.

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And despite the fact that eight years
have gone past, that decision

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- hasn't been implemented yet.
- (applause from audience)

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I don't have that much faith.

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I don't have that much confidence.

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I don't have that much patience.

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And I don't have that much ignorance to--

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(thunderous applause)

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If the Supreme Court, which is 
the highest law making body

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in the country can't get 
even eight percent compliance

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within eight years because 
it's for black people,

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then my patience has run out.


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(applause)

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When black people who are being
oppressed become impatient,

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they say that's emotional.

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(murmuring)

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Please, when black people who are being
deprived of their citizenship...

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not only of their civil rights, 
but their human rights,

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become impatient, become fed up,
don't wanna wait any longer,

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then they say that's emotional.

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(laughter and applause)

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The negro, so-called negro, leaders 
and organizations should be praised.

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They should be congratulated.

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They should be complimented

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because out of all of them combined,
the white man has not yet found

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one who will play the role of Uncle Tom.

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(thunderous applause)

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But yet he has found no Tom, no puppet,
no parrot, who is still dumb enough

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in 1962 to represent the injustices
that he is inflicting against our people.

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(applause)

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We don't care what your religion is.

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We don't care what 
organization you belong to.

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We don't care how far 
in school you went or didn't go.

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We don't care what kind of job you have.

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We have to give you credit 
for shocking the white man

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by not letting him divide you 
and use you one against the other.

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(applause)

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In the past, the greatest weapon 
the white man has had

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has been his ability 
to divide and conquer.

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As Jackie Robinson pointed out beautifully
on the television last night,

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4/5 of the world isn't white.

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- Isn't that what Jackie said?
- (applause)

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And if 4/5 of the world is dark,
how is it possible for 1/5

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to rule, oppress, exploit, dominate, 
and brutalize the 4/5

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who are in the majority?
How did they do it?

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Divide and conquer.

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If I take my hand and slap you,
you don't even feel it.

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It might sting you because 
these digits are separated.

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But all I have to do to put you 
back in your place is bring

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- those digits together.
- (applause)

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This is what the white man 
has done to you and me.

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He has divided us.
And used us one against the other.

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But today, thanks to Allah,
you can say thanks to God

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or thanks to Jesus or thanks to Jehovah--
whatever you are...

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(applause)

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But as a follower of
the honorable Elijah Mohammad,

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we have been taught 
to say thanks to Allah.

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And that's what Jesus said.
Jesus called on Allah.

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He said, "Allah! [inaudible]"

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I believe what's good for Jesus
is good for you.

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If Allah was good enough for Jesus
to call upon, I think he

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- should be good enough for you to call on.
- (man) That's right!

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Since the so-called negro community
has shocked the white man

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by resisting all efforts to divide us,

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I think that you and I 
should continue to shock him

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by singing and working together in unity.

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Despite religious, political, economic, 
or educational, or social differences,

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let us remember that we are not brutalized
because we're Baptist.

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We're not brutalized 
because we're Methodist.

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We're not brutalized
because we're Muslim.

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We're not brutalized
because we're Catholics.

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We're brutalized because
because we are black people in America.

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(applause)

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Here your mother is being raped
and you're not supposed to be emotional.

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Your woman bleeds,
your woman can't walk the street

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without some cracker 
putting his hands on her--

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- and you're not supposed to be emotional!
- (applause)

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If you say that you're fed up,
if you teach the negro

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- but don't even know their own name--
- (woman) That's right!

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Why? Because he took took it away from her.

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Please, please. 20 million black people 
don't even know their own language.

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Why? Because he took it away from us.

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20 million black people who 
don't even know their history

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of their ancestors.
Why? Because he took it away from us!

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And if you try and tell him 
how thoroughly and completely

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they can rob, he says 
you're teaching hate.


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(applause)

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[That's something __________ want.]

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(murmuring)

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Today we're coming out college, you're 
coming out of the leading universities.

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You're trying to go in a good direction.

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But you don't which direction to go in.

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And if somebody tries to take you 
right to the root of your problem

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they say that that man a hate teacher.

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If I ask why should 
the Senators in Washington--

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and, then again, if we tell you that negro
are being hung on the tree,

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or being shot down illegally, unjustly...

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and those negros should do
something to protect themselves

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you say you're advocating violence.

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The white man is tricking you!
He's trapping you.

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He doesn't call it violence when he 
lands troops in South Vietnam.

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- (applause)
- Please, please, please!

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He doesn't call it violence 
when he lands troops in Berlin.

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When the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor,
he didn't say get non-violent.

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He said, "Praise the Lord, 
but pass the ammunition."

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(applause)

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But when someone attacks you,
when someone comes at you with a club,

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when someone comes you with a rope,
when someone comes at you with a gun,

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despite the fact that you've done nothing
he tells you, "Suffer peacefully."

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- (murmuring)
- "Pray for those who use you to spite me."

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[inaudible].

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And how long can you suffer 
after suffering for 400 years?

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(applause)

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So I just wanna play up 
that little point right there

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because he said that we 
play on your emotions.

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And when you turn 
on your television tonight,

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or your radio, or read the newspaper,
they're gonna tell you in that paper

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that I was playing on your emotions.

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Imagine you, a second class citizen.
That's not getting emotional!

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It's getting intelligent.

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And as far as your mayor is concerned,
I see [audible].

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A man named Jordy,

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who has been slandering the Muslims,

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a professional liar--
a professional liar.

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(applause)

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Who has mastered the art 
of using half truths.

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Put in the paper that they break 
into our religious place of worship

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and got records that they can use to prove
that most of us have criminal records.

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You can't be a negro in America 
and not have a criminal record.

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(thunderous applause)

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Martin Luther King has been to jail.

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- (applause)
- Please.

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James Farmer has been to jail.

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Why, you can't name a black man 
in this country who was sick and tired

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of the hell that he's [catching] 
who hasn't been to jail.

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Charged him with being seditious.

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- They put Moses in jail!
- (woman) Yeah!

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- They put Daniel in jail.
- (woman) Yeah!

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Why, you haven't got a man of God 
in the Bible that wasn't put to jail

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when they started speaking up against 
exploitation and oppression.

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(applause)

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They charged Jesus with sedition.

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- Didn't they do that?
- (crowd concurs)

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They said he was against Caesar.

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They said he was discriminating 
because he told his disciples,

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"Go not the way of the gentiles,
but rather go to the lost sheep."

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He discriminated!
Don't go near the gentiles,

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go to the lost sheep.
Go to the oppressed.

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Go the downtrodden.
Go to the exploited.

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Go the people who don't 
know who they are,

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who are lost from the knowledge 
of themselves and who are

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strangers in a land that is not theirs.

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Go to those people!
Go to the slaves.

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Go the second class citizens.
Go to the ones who are suffering

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the brunt of Cesar's brutality.

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And if Jesus were here in America today, 
he wouldn't be going to the white man.

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The white man is the oppressor! 
He would be going to the oppressed.

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He would be going to the humble.
He would be going to the lowly.

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He would be going to
the rejected and the despised.

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He would be going to 
the so-called American negro.

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(applause)

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