Parable of the Mike

Parableof the Mike


Parable ofthe Mike


Oakland's Laney College blackbourgeoisie administration demanded BSU leaders seize the mike fromMarvin X, poet, playwright, essayist and former instructor in the LaneyCollege theatre department. Seizing the mike was better than having mearrested by campus police as the administration did back in 1981 when Itaught theatre.

Marvin X was invited to Laney by BSU students tocelebrate Malcolm X. The theme was Malcolm X Beyond Militancy. BSUleaders briefed Marvin on what they wanted him to address. They wantedhim to speak on student apathy, disunity, lack of radicalconsciousness. They begged him to "wake the students up with somethingstrong that will make them think."

Marvin took the mike and triedto honor his hosts. He first cited the theme Malcolm X BeyondMilitancy. He said you can be militant about anything, a skateboard, afootball game, but it ain't revolutionary. Malcolm was a revolutionarywho called for radical change, this is beyond militant.
If studentsare not trying to be revolutionary and talk about change and seizingpower, then they should not use the name Malcolm X, they should keepMalcolm out of their mouths!

Your lackadaisical , passiveattitude will get you out of Laney College because budget cuts arecoming after you. And if you don't demand your rights to the budget, youwill not be here. So continue partying and bullshitting, Marvin X said,quoting his comrades from the Black Arts Movement, the Last Poets. Yes,just keep partying and bullshitting and you will not be here. Already,you black brothers are lucky to be here. For every one of you here, fourof your brothers are in prison, so you should take seriously what yourmission is here.

You can try to get an edumakation, but youbetter try to do what Huey, Bobby, myself and others did at MerrittCollege back in the day. We studied on our own, studied blackconsciousness and other subjects. We didn't wait for teachers to tell usshit. We were self directed.

Now I know most of only care aboutpussy and dick matters. Who's fucking whom and related matters. Youbrothers think your girl's pussy is yours, but brother, check it out,you don't have a pusssy! Do you bleed five days a month, brother? Thenyou don't have a pussy. She has a pussy and she can do what she wantswith it. (Applause from women)

Now you gays and lesbians thinkit's all about your sexuality, but you weren't brought on slave shipsbecause you were gay or lesbian. It was because you were human beingsregarded as property, so get that straight. It ain't about yoursexuality but your humanity! (Slight boos from gays and lesbians).

Justknow you are not at Laney College for pussy and dick games, but to helpliberate your people!

About this time a BSU brother told Marvinthe faculty supervisor demanded he take the mike, so Marvin X gave it tohim, ending with As-Salaam-Alaikum!
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