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12. We do know it, and still think Maher made a mistake. Why assume that was in ignorance?

Sat Jun 3, 2017, 08:13 PM

Jun 2017

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so malcolm x speech about house vs field is never open for a white person to discuss? [View all] dembotoz Jun 2017 OP

Discuss, or make a cheap joke out of? How productive was that exchange? bettyellen Jun 2017 #1

Apparantly by virtue of being liked on DU SaschaHM Jun 2017 #6

then i need speacial clearance from someone to discuss it? dembotoz Jun 2017 #2

Time changes many the things. You need to change with them. wasupaloopa Jun 2017 #3

As a white guy I never had a yearning to say the N-word. DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2017 #4

i am shocked folks on du do not seem to know this speech dembotoz Jun 2017 #5

It blows my mind. Malcolm X and W. E. B. DuBois should be mandatory reads. TheBlackAdder Jun 2017 #9

Here is the text of Malcolm X's speech..... MedusaX Jun 2017 #7

Every cultural/ethnic group BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #8

It's less unique than you think. Igel Jun 2017 #15

Good discussion however BumRushDaShow Jun 2017 #16

Uh, Malcom X is not Bill Maher shenmue Jun 2017 #10

Did Malcolm X drop the n-bomb in that speech? Humanist_Activist Jun 2017 #11

bill maher wasnt having a discussion on it JI7 Jun 2017 #13

It's open for careful, respectful discussion. Not racially tone deaf jokes. Gravitycollapse Jun 2017 #14

I think that is different than Mahar's context. Abu Pepe Jun 2017 #17

What's to discuss? GreenEyedLefty Jun 2017 #18

so malcolm x is only relevant to blacks??????????????? ok than you dembotoz Jun 2017 #20

Re-read my question. GreenEyedLefty Jun 2017 #21

U imply I can't dembotoz Jun 2017 #22

Or you won't? GreenEyedLefty Jun 2017 #23

Sense this is becoming circular dembotoz Jun 2017 #26

I wonder what the differences are between Malcolm X MineralMan Jun 2017 #19

Just Never HipChick Jun 2017 #25

Maher could have gone a different way with his "joke" lapfog_1 Jun 2017 #28

Or he could have said "sorry, I work in the house, not in the fields". Voltaire2 Jun 2017 #29

It was an absolutely stupid thing for him to say. cwydro Jun 2017 #31