I'm watching a "Best of The O'Reilly Factor," and one of the segments played features Bill interviewing two of the organizers of the Million Youth March in September 1998, Malik Z. Shabazz and Quanell X. Shabazz and X (that sounds weird; I'm going to use their first names) are members of The New Black Panther Party, and the interview took place a few days before the event.
It's obvious they've both memorized a tremendous amount of material, and can rattle off a prepared response to any question, especially Quanell. There's nothing wrong with that, and it's actually pretty impressive.
These are both obviously intelligent men. Too bad they've memorized a bunch of crap.
Quanell says his people (he and Malik are black, by the way) want to kill white people, because white people delight in killing black people - men, women, children and babies. He reiterates that they want to kill white people. He quotes Malcolm X (are they related?) - "If you find any good white people, kill them before they turn bad." He's pretty intense.
Bill asks Quanell if he's willing to break the law to do that, and he says "We don't obey your laws; we respect your laws, but we obey God's law." I assume the "we" means black people, maybe it just means black people with his brand of functional insanity. On the other hand, he says black people were the original Jews, so maybe it's okay for Barbra Streisand to kill white people, too.
Bill asks him why he hasn't killed anybody so far, and Quanell replies, "What do you mean, killed anybody? You're the biggest killer on the planet Earth - you and your people." I'd argue with that, assuming he means white people have killed more than black people. I'm pretty sure black people in Africa are currently doing more killing than anybody else on the planet. I wonder why Quanell doesn't address that. They did mention reparations, so maybe we can follow the money and figure that one out.
Bill asks Quanell again why he hasn't killed anybody if thinks that's "the right way to go." Quanell replies, "We believe peace when possible, violence when necessary." First he makes the case that his people want to kill white people, and that their reasons include revenge, preemption, and apparently even that God wants them to. He sounds like he believes it fervently, but then he backs away and says they want to be peaceful if they can.
Bill finally asks if white people can attend the rally, and they imply they don't want any white people there. Malik finally says Bill can come, and Quanell says, "One lone white man in Harlem? Sure, we'd love to have you!" His tone of voice is ominous and the look on his face is eagerly menacing.
Hmmm… maybe they're not full of crap, after all. They did mention reparations; maybe it's a threat. "We have good reason to kill white people, because they've treated us so badly." The average white person's response is that he hasn't done anything to harm any black people, but Quanell says the good white people are the first that should be killed!
Gosh, maybe we should give them money so they won't kill us (I'm white, by the way) - Quanell did say they're willing to be peaceful, if that will work. We might not have much time left before they find violence necessary!
That was almost nine years ago, and even though they haven't gotten their reparations yet, they're still being patient on the violence thing. On the other hand, they missed the Million Youth mark by about 90%, so maybe they're still building their numbers. Hey, maybe Barbra Streisand can do a recruiting concert!
