"i Don't Mean Bananas"

[Mark Kohut]

Did we all know that that GR allusion, ole Malcolm X marks the spot,
gave a speech in 1964 that the editors where I found it, THE NEW LEFT READER
called underappreciated [1968] and entitled with the last line above.
 
This talk was given at The Audubon Ballroom .
 
Malcolm talks long and detailed about colonialism and its exploitation of Africa
and other places, sharply bringing Asia in and some black on black exploiters' ending 
with a riff on such blacks, Uncle Toms, just like so many non-blacks who want 
 
"that good image.And nobody who is ever looking for a good image will ever be free.
No, that kind of image doesn't get you free.You've got to take something in your 
hand and say, "Look, it's you or me" and I guarantee you he'll give you freedom then.
He'll say, "This man is ready for it." I said something in your hand----I won't define
what I mean by "something in your hand" I don't mean bananas." 
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