The enemy is not allowed to make mistakes because his whole existence is a mistake, and we suffer from it.
We should never say a whole movement is dishonest when in fact they are trying to be honest. If we feel that the group in spirit means to be revolutionary in practice, but they make mistakes in interpretation of the revolutionary philosophy, or they do not understand the dialectics of the social forces in operation, we should criticize that and not criticize them because they are women trying to be free. (And we will grant that if they are women they are probably oppressed.) If they do things that are unrevolutionary or counterrevolutionary, then criticize that action. We should try to judge, somehow, whether they are operating in a sincere revolutionary fashion and from a really oppressed situation. We should deal with the factions just as we deal with any other group or party that claims to be revolutionary. We should not use the actions of a few to say that they are all reactionary or counterrevolutionary, because they are not. Some groups might be more revolutionary than others.
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When we have revolutionary conferences, rallies, and demonstrations, there should be full participation of the gay liberation movement and the women’s liberation movement. And maybe I’m now injecting some of my prejudice by saying that “even a homosexual can be a revolutionary.” Quite the contrary, maybe a homosexual could be the most revolutionary. But there is nothing to say that a homosexual cannot also be a revolutionary. That is not endorsing things in homosexuality that we wouldn’t view as revolutionary. But whatever the case is, we know that homosexuality is a fact that exists, and we must understand it in its purest form: that is, a person should have the freedom to use his body in whatever way he wants. I don’t know if that is the case I rather doubt it. Some people say that it is the decadence of capitalism. They might be the most oppressed people in the society.Īnd what made them homosexual? Perhaps it’s a phenomenon that I don’t understand entirely. And I know through reading, and through my life experience and observations that homosexuals are not given freedom and liberty by anyone in the society. We have not said much about the homosexual at all, but we must relate to the homosexual movement because it is a real thing. As a matter of fact, it is just the opposite: we say that we recognize the women’s right to be free. I do not remember our ever constituting any value that said that a revolutionary must say offensive things towards homosexuals, or that a revolutionary should make sure that women do not speak out about their own particular kind of oppression. Remember, we have not established a revolutionary value system we are only in the process of establishing it. This kind of psychology is in operation when we view oppressed people and we are angry with them because of their particular kind of behavior, or their particular kind of deviation from the established norm. Many times the poorest White person is the most racist because he is afraid that he might lose something, or discover something that he does not have.
We must not use the racist attitude that the White racists use against our people because they are Black and poor. We must gain security in ourselves and therefore have respect and feelings for all oppressed people. We want to hit a homosexual in the mouth because we are afraid that we might be homosexual and we want to hit the woman or shut her up because we are afraid that she might castrate us or take the nuts that we might not have to start with. I say “whatever your insecurities are” because as we very well know, sometimes our first instinct is to want to hit a homosexual in the mouth and want a woman to be quiet. Whatever your personal opinions and your insecurities about homosexuality and the various liberation movements among homosexuals and women (and I speak of the homosexuals and women as oppressed groups), we should try to unite with them in a revolutionary fashion.
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There has been some uncertainty about how to relate to these movements. The speech appears below.ĭuring the past few years strong movements have developed among women and among homosexuals seeking their liberation. Newton’s remarks were strikingly unusual since most conservative, moderate, and radical black organizations remained silent on the issues addressed by these movements. Newton, the co-founder of the Black Panther Party, gave a speech in New York City where he outlined the Party’s position on two emerging movements at the time, the women’s liberation movement and the gay liberation movement.
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