Dr. Umar Johnson and "The chickens flew the coup" (op-ed)
The man that fatally shot two NYC police officers in December 2014 was angered by the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases. I playfully said the cop killer must have heard Dr. Umar Johnson’s comments during the Ferguson riots.
Recently two police officers were shot and wounded standing guard outside the Ferguson police station while demonstrations took place. This time I thought what if a disillusioned demonstrator was inspired by Dr. Johnson?
Dr. Umar Johnson, Black psychologist, author of the book: Psycho-Academic Holocaust is considered by some sites the most sought after lecturer in Black America. Earlier this year Dr. Johnson had speaking engagements canceled because of controversial remarks about homosexuality.
What were his Ferguson riot remarks? Were they controversial? (You tube: Dr. Umar Johnson speaks about the Michael Brown murder. You decide.) Before I paraphrase Dr. Johnson, for my own purpose, let me state my understanding of the public speaker/listener contract. The speaker speaks. The listener interprets. The speaker is not responsible for the listener’s interpretation or any resulting act by the listener.
During an interchange between Dr. Johnson and a host Dr. Johnson said: In America … Blacks have allowed the government to convince [them] … That the life of a Black man is nothing and the life of a police officer is … More valuable … We know white people will not get behind a movement to stop black males from being assassinated … They will never do that because all white people practice white supremacy … Police are out of control … And we [Blacks] are partly responsible … Because we haven’t pushed back … This push back in Ferguson is the first since Rodney King … Revolution is a process it’s not an event … We have to inconvenience the enemy … We have to sabotage the quality of life for white folks in America … And if they [whites] want their quality of life back they will pressure their government to make changes … To improve the schools … To put black people to work … We can win a war against the US government without bombs or guns by turning the American people against their government … The US government by way of its police has declared war on Blacks … Because they have stepped up aggression we have to step up ours … Its time to stand up and die for what we believe in … Its time for one of us, when we get into a fight with one these police to take that weapon and blow his brains out!
And Dr. Johnson’s controversial statements about homosexuality have been the only reason why his lectures were canceled? I understand. The homosexual community is multicultural. The offense must have been taken by non-blacks who had the power to cancel his lectures. Otherwise Dr. Johnson can personify “The hate that hate produced” just as long as his public lectures are only counter productive to his black supporters. (One of his supporters posted on You tube: I love and respect you my brother Umar Johnson, I say F--- the police and white people too. (KILL THEM KILL THEM ALL) Power to the people.)
Entertainers have fans, fan is short for fanatic, and fanaticism is dangerous in all its forms, but educators (or personalities with PhD’s), popular for public lectures, and worshipped by audiences for articulation, don’t have fans. They have disciples.
Dr. Boyce Watkins once said there was a parallel between Dr. Umar Johnson and Malcolm X. Maybe, but Malcolm X was silenced by the Nation of Islam for referring to the JFK assassination as: The chickens coming home to roost. A more accurate comparison might be made between Dr. Johnson and the current Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
When Malcolm X left the Nation of Islam Farrakhan, still a disciple of The Honorable Elijah Muhammad, wrote articles calling Malcolm X a traitor. Farrakhan even wrote that Malcolm X deserved death. Years after Malcolm X’s assassination Farrakhan
admitted he contributed to a climate of hate surrounding Malcolm X’s death. Some say Farrakhan encouraged the assassins, in other words, Farrakhan loosened the latch and the chickens flew the coup.
First published in The New Pittsburgh Courier 3/25/15
Recently two police officers were shot and wounded standing guard outside the Ferguson police station while demonstrations took place. This time I thought what if a disillusioned demonstrator was inspired by Dr. Johnson?
Dr. Umar Johnson, Black psychologist, author of the book: Psycho-Academic Holocaust is considered by some sites the most sought after lecturer in Black America. Earlier this year Dr. Johnson had speaking engagements canceled because of controversial remarks about homosexuality.
What were his Ferguson riot remarks? Were they controversial? (You tube: Dr. Umar Johnson speaks about the Michael Brown murder. You decide.) Before I paraphrase Dr. Johnson, for my own purpose, let me state my understanding of the public speaker/listener contract. The speaker speaks. The listener interprets. The speaker is not responsible for the listener’s interpretation or any resulting act by the listener.
During an interchange between Dr. Johnson and a host Dr. Johnson said: In America … Blacks have allowed the government to convince [them] … That the life of a Black man is nothing and the life of a police officer is … More valuable … We know white people will not get behind a movement to stop black males from being assassinated … They will never do that because all white people practice white supremacy … Police are out of control … And we [Blacks] are partly responsible … Because we haven’t pushed back … This push back in Ferguson is the first since Rodney King … Revolution is a process it’s not an event … We have to inconvenience the enemy … We have to sabotage the quality of life for white folks in America … And if they [whites] want their quality of life back they will pressure their government to make changes … To improve the schools … To put black people to work … We can win a war against the US government without bombs or guns by turning the American people against their government … The US government by way of its police has declared war on Blacks … Because they have stepped up aggression we have to step up ours … Its time to stand up and die for what we believe in … Its time for one of us, when we get into a fight with one these police to take that weapon and blow his brains out!
And Dr. Johnson’s controversial statements about homosexuality have been the only reason why his lectures were canceled? I understand. The homosexual community is multicultural. The offense must have been taken by non-blacks who had the power to cancel his lectures. Otherwise Dr. Johnson can personify “The hate that hate produced” just as long as his public lectures are only counter productive to his black supporters. (One of his supporters posted on You tube: I love and respect you my brother Umar Johnson, I say F--- the police and white people too. (KILL THEM KILL THEM ALL) Power to the people.)
Entertainers have fans, fan is short for fanatic, and fanaticism is dangerous in all its forms, but educators (or personalities with PhD’s), popular for public lectures, and worshipped by audiences for articulation, don’t have fans. They have disciples.
Dr. Boyce Watkins once said there was a parallel between Dr. Umar Johnson and Malcolm X. Maybe, but Malcolm X was silenced by the Nation of Islam for referring to the JFK assassination as: The chickens coming home to roost. A more accurate comparison might be made between Dr. Johnson and the current Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
When Malcolm X left the Nation of Islam Farrakhan, still a disciple of The Honorable Elijah Muhammad, wrote articles calling Malcolm X a traitor. Farrakhan even wrote that Malcolm X deserved death. Years after Malcolm X’s assassination Farrakhan
admitted he contributed to a climate of hate surrounding Malcolm X’s death. Some say Farrakhan encouraged the assassins, in other words, Farrakhan loosened the latch and the chickens flew the coup.
First published in The New Pittsburgh Courier 3/25/15
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