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HOW GOOD MEN BECOME GREAT

 How good men become great:


Kennedy repented and came to the conviction that there cannot be two Americas; one for the white man and one for 


the negro. He also repented of allowing his warmongering military advisors to almost lead us into WWIII. Perhaps if he 


had lived - along with his brother, Bobby, they would have used the opportunity to repent some more.


Then there’s King, who repented of leading us into a burning house by demanding not only the vote but reparations as 


well. He also repented of staying silent on Vietnam until a Black Muslim boxer by the new name of Ali took a stand first 


in spite of the racist consequences. Then they murdered him too. Now Ali repented of turning his back on Malcolm 


because he was convinced that Malcolm had gone astray by siding against The Honorable Elijah Muhammad. Ali is known 


as The Greatest, both inside and outside of the ring, but his ability to openly own his faults is what made him truly great! 


Then there’s Malcolm, who came to a new conviction by listening to his wife; that ostracizing Black Muslim women for 


getting pregnant while not calling out the leader, Elijah Muhammad, for impregnating them is wrong. The price he 


paid in calling out his mentor, the one who SAVED HIS LIFE! is epically righteous! But even he admitted that if roles were 


reversed, he would’ve been conditioned to side with the leader rather than doing what’s right - and he learned from it. 


Of course they murdered him too. Then there’s Bob Marley who got reprimanded by Dick Gregory for glorifying Buffalo 


Soldiers who basically shot buffalo and Natives on sight. And Dick Gregory was constantly calling himself out while trying 


to break his capitalist warmongering supporter conditioning. In short, we have big shoes to fill. But we have one 


advantage over the heroes before us; hindsight. Let’s learn from the past and show our mettle. Be well.

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