Monday, February 18, 2013

Malcolm X

"And because I had been a hustler, I knew better than all whites knew, and better than nearly all of the black 'leaders' knew, that actually the most dangerous black man in America was the ghetto hustler. Why do I say this? The hustler, out there in the ghetto jungles, has less respect for the white power structure than any other Negro in North America. The ghetto hustler is internally restrained by nothing. He has no religion, no concept of morality, no civic responsibility, no fear--nothing. To survive, he is out there constantly preying upon others, probing for any human weakness like a ferret. The ghetto hustler is forever frustrated, restless, and anxious for some 'action'. Whatever he undertakes, he commits himself to it fully, absolutely." I never really thought about morality that much. I think that it doesn't really matter that much where you come from as a character but that you should follow the golden rule. Don't do onto others what you wouldn't want done to yourself. Clearly I have been to all parts of society because these hustlers don't follow the same moral code as the rest of us. That makes me wonder if other people do the same. If hustlers or the worst of us, where's the cutoff where people don't have morals. We might all be immoral people. People don't care about humanity and so humanity will never move on. Like Neil deGrasse Tyson said, "We stopped dreaming."