Letter To Barack Obama
President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Barack Obama, I, Malcolm Little, am writing to you on behalf of the community of people of color. There are many pressing issues in the United States of America concerning inequality for minorities. I would like to specifically address issues concerning African Americans and Pan-Africanism, the current War on Drugs, and also educational empowerment.
Before I tackle the matters above, I would first like to confess to a disorderly behavior I engaged in a long time ago. There was a time that a white college girl came into the restaurant I was in wanting to help the Black Muslims and the whites get together— and I told her there wasn't a ghost of a chance and she went away crying. I've lived to regret that incident. In many parts of the African continent I saw white students helping black people. Something like this kills a lot of argument. I did many things as a Black Muslim that I'm sorry for now. I was a zombie then— like all Black Muslims— I was hypnotized, pointed in a certain direction and told to march. Well, I guess a man's entitled to make a fool of himself if he's ready to pay the cost. It cost me 12 years (Parks, Gordon).
Now, Mr. President, whether you knew it or not (but I’m sure you were very aware of) you were an icon for Pan-Africanism coming into the 2008 election. The anticipation for the first African American president uplifted the whole country in euphoria. Promises filled the air and hope was more alive than it had been for a long time in the African American community. Unfortunately, there have been disagreements amongst the Republican and Democrat parties, and among American citizens on how equality for Blacks can be reached. There have also been absurd questions about whether Blacks are even disadvantaged!
I understand that these bumps in the road haven’t allowed you to pass some of your policies and have slowed progress toward African
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear President Barack Obama, I, Malcolm Little, am writing to you on behalf of the community of people of color. There are many pressing issues in the United States of America concerning inequality for minorities. I would like to specifically address issues concerning African Americans and Pan-Africanism, the current War on Drugs, and also educational empowerment.
Before I tackle the matters above, I would first like to confess to a disorderly behavior I engaged in a long time ago. There was a time that a white college girl came into the restaurant I was in wanting to help the Black Muslims and the whites get together— and I told her there wasn't a ghost of a chance and she went away crying. I've lived to regret that incident. In many parts of the African continent I saw white students helping black people. Something like this kills a lot of argument. I did many things as a Black Muslim that I'm sorry for now. I was a zombie then— like all Black Muslims— I was hypnotized, pointed in a certain direction and told to march. Well, I guess a man's entitled to make a fool of himself if he's ready to pay the cost. It cost me 12 years (Parks, Gordon).
Now, Mr. President, whether you knew it or not (but I’m sure you were very aware of) you were an icon for Pan-Africanism coming into the 2008 election. The anticipation for the first African American president uplifted the whole country in euphoria. Promises filled the air and hope was more alive than it had been for a long time in the African American community. Unfortunately, there have been disagreements amongst the Republican and Democrat parties, and among American citizens on how equality for Blacks can be reached. There have also been absurd questions about whether Blacks are even disadvantaged!
I understand that these bumps in the road haven’t allowed you to pass some of your policies and have slowed progress toward African