"Today marks the 100th Birthday of Malcolm X, a revolutionary leader who shaped our history, the ongoing movement for civil rights, and many of the people who look to him as an inspiration, including myself.
"Malcolm X warned us that ‘If you’re not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.’ Unfortunately, today, it is not one source but many, including our highest elected officials, aiming anger at the oppressed, mistreated, and exploited. Even some Black leaders are contributing to harmful narratives of blame and demonization that he would have rejected.
"His mother and mine are Grenadian immigrants – I was honored to travel with Dr. Betty Shabazz to the island many years ago – I wonder what he would have said about the demonization of immigrants in our nation today, and the capitulation by many to feed harm.
"Both truth and time are on the side of the oppressed, mistreated, and exploited, and on this centennial milestone, we recommit to the years ahead in the fight for justice.
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