黑潮

如果你没准备好流血，就别奢谈什么自由与尊严！——马尔科姆·x

黑人在美国的地位不是自我阉割，自我矮化得来的，那是靠抗争得来的，从马尔科姆·x到休伊·牛顿再到黑豹党，黑人也曾团结在一起，赢得了尊严。

美国极右翼非裔领袖马尔科姆·x曾经就批评过黑人：把自己沉浸在无休止的饶舌音乐、篮球、酗酒、贩毒和约炮上，其实是在自甘堕落，黑人因为沉迷这些，素质还不及过去。他们往往以为自己丑陋的行为，夸张的表演是种族自救，但事实上他们根本没有拯救自己，而是陷入白左精心设计的堕落陷阱（黑人会觉得自己只要反白人就成功了，但事实上他们只会越发堕落） 所以作为领袖级别的马尔科姆对黑人的行为深恶痛绝，他坚决批判黑人的堕落与无耻，认为黑人必须自我改造，种族隔离，以及强调黑人不应该把陋习视为光荣。今日黑人所谓的平等——不过是白左廉价的施舍，当他们收回，你一无所有。你以为你在NBA赛场，饶舌说唱上的成绩就是黑人的成就吗？ 马尔科姆经常经常开办黑人学习班以及黑人餐厅，建立了IFOX（伊斯兰果实）等，号召黑人自食其力，自我救赎，并且他最终是以回到非洲为目的地的，或者像海地一样独立建国，强调黑人应该重返非洲，而不是留在别的世界做寄生者。

在种族问题的背后，马尔科姆·x作为演说家与政治家，拥有高超的演讲艺术。他在主张黑人白人完全的种族隔离以及回归非洲等课题之外，他不认为黑人应该堕落无耻，不能沉迷于嘻哈、篮球以及说唱这些没什么技术含量的工作。 马尔科姆·x坚持认为黑人也应该独立自强，他一方面要求大学开设非洲历史和语言课程，讲解非洲诗歌以及小说以及历史遗迹和文明；另一方面马尔科姆·X也在海外访问，与恩克鲁玛等非洲国家领导人会晤，推动全球黑人大团结。 马尔科姆用伊斯兰教改造黑人，建立了FOL(伊斯兰果实）的组织，改造过去作为混混的黑人，要求他们勤恳工作，奉行正义与宗教禁忌，号召信徒勤俭朴素、诚实劳动、避开毒品烈酒。同时他还开办餐厅等为黑人创造工作实体，强调纯粹黑人种族主义，主张与白人全面隔离，不通婚，不合作。如果能在美国建立独立的黑人国家最好，否则就回到非洲建国。 马尔科姆对海地国父杜桑·卢维杜尔、教育家布克·T·华盛顿等非常推崇，他认为黑人就应该具有实干精神，勤奋刻苦，自己创造自己的生活，不靠白人施舍。我很喜欢马尔科姆，他也是我唯一认可的黑人。

丹泽尔·华盛顿对马尔科姆的塑造非常经典，描写了一个混混出身的人，如何变成了一个正直的人，一个领袖，一个君子。他接触伊斯兰教后痛改前非，革除自己一切陋习，成为了一个高贵优雅的人，据曾经与马尔科姆接触过的人说，他就像一头黑色的猎豹一般，高贵优雅又充满了恐怖，毫无疑问，丹泽尔·华盛顿演活了这个领袖。

马尔科姆x是个很具有争议的人，对于黑人平权运动，他无疑是个永恒的丰碑。不过他到底还是比较幼稚与自负的，这是黑人的通病。所以他只是个插曲，我认为他晚年才是真正的回归，看清虚伪。

有一首歌，在全世界范围内有很多版本，这首歌被无数国家的人民广为传唱。究其原因只有一点，它点破了一个谎言，唤醒了太多的人对于自己的认识。并引导他们开始了反抗的进程。这首歌就是《国际歌》。《国际歌》里面有一句“从来就没有什么救世主，也不靠神仙皇帝，要创造人类的幸福，全靠我们自己”。这是一句很直白的话语，它一阵见血的戳破了宗教对于人类统治几百年上千年的谎言。最终引导人们用自己的力量解放自己。因此，这句话受到太多人的追捧。

一个人从愚昧无知到获取知识成为一个文明个体，这个过程显然是非常复杂的，然而当他最终从无知走向文明，却依旧没有改变自己的初衷的时候，毫无疑问呢，这个人是伟大的。而这个时候，保持初心的这个人最终带领更多的人觉醒，那么这个人的功绩，伟大一词便也难以形容。

今天给大家推荐的这部电影，说的就是一个伟大的人，他做了一些伟大的事情，这些伟大的事情最终没有成功，但是更多的人们却记住了他，知道了他在做什么，为了什么。本片名叫《黑潮》，看到这个词语，很多人会想到一个名字，那就是马丁路德金，本片中的主人公做的是与马丁路德金同一件事情，不过他采取的方式不同。他真正的将美国黑人组织了起来，并准备发动斗争。

《黑潮》是一部讲述美国民众中的黑人们觉醒的故事，本片主人公马尔科姆X是一个历史上存在于美国的黑人民族运动领袖。他跟马丁路德金是同一个时代的杰出的民运代言人。在美国民间一度有“南有马丁路德金，北有马尔科姆X”的传闻。然而他的结局很遗憾，跟马丁路德金一样，他最终被暗杀，然而比马丁路德金更甚的是，暗杀他的则是他曾经信奉的宗教首领。

《黑潮》这部电影说的就是马尔科姆的生平。他死后的几十年内，他的事迹逐渐的被人们所遗忘，对于后世来说，很多人只记得马丁路德金却忘记了这个跟马丁路德金同时代的民运领袖。原因也很简单，马丁路德金崇尚非暴力不抵抗，而马尔科姆X崇尚的则是暴力革命。孰优孰劣一眼便清楚，尤其是经历了几十年美国普世价值观的洗礼之后，全世界对于这个人物的生平就更加地淡忘了。然而铭记的人永远在铭记，他们知道马尔科姆X是一个什么人，同样知道他的初心。

这部电影很长，有200多分钟，然而对于这样一位民族领袖来说，这显然不足以完全的展现他的生平。影片中有所取舍，最终呈现给我们的则是一个丰满的形象。通过这部影片，很多人大概知道了马尔科姆阐述的思想的核心以及如何对于这种思想进行保卫，并最终能做什么。而他的生平做的最重要的一件事情并不是与自己所崇尚的伊斯兰教决裂，而是用自己的人格魅力，将原本一盘散沙的黑人们团结动员了起来，这是最重要的事情。

为什么说这样的事情最重要，我们可以看看哪些举国动员团结的国家或者是团体最终取得的成就，我们国家自不必说，二战时候的苏联，二战时候的盟军，以及越战时候的越南民众们，他们都有一个显著的特点，在面对外来力量的时候，自身做好了团结，自己本国的人民团结起来拧成一股绳。然后共同抵御外来入侵。这样的民众的力量毫无疑问是非常强大的。因此，他们依靠团结，最后都赢得了斗争。

马尔科姆X做的最重要的事情就是团结了太多的美国黑人，且告诉给了他们活得自由的唯一方式。对比同时代的马丁路德金以及在本片中出镜的纳尔逊曼德拉以及在全世界广泛获得好评的甘地等人。毫无疑问，在马尔科姆X死后，在美国主导的国际舆论中，他本质上不受重视且得不到较全面评价的根本原因就显露无遗了。

美国人更妥协的人，喜欢不抵抗就投降的人，喜欢主动自废武功的人，对于那些崇尚暴力革命，发现根本问题的人自然不会受到推崇和欢迎，他们对于马尔科姆X如此，对于全球范围内的共产主义运动依旧如此。

当然，自救的本身就是相信自己，并用自己的力量来进行斗争，本片中的马尔科姆X一开始相信的是宗教，然而宗教最终的高层却用事实告诉他，所谓的宗教高层都是政客的化身，他们所做的一切并非都是为了理想，更多的则是为了统治地位，同时带给自己更多的获益。马尔科姆X及时的发现了这样的核心，然后脱离了这个罪恶的地方，并开始了自己独立的斗争。了解这一切，再去听《国际歌》确实是句句箴言。靠山山倒，靠水水流，真正能解放我们自己的，唯有我们自己。

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“Malcolm X”, Spike Lee’s first ever biography picture depicting the tragic yet legendary life events as well as the long-lasting legacies of the historic black activist/leader with the same name, who is apparently being dubbed to be one of “the most influential figures” during the Civil Rights Movement Era alongside with Martin Luther King Jr., although oftentimes not as critically well-acclaimed in terms of political reputation compared to King, due to a lot of his controversial approaches and emphasis which were much different from King’s “endorsements of non-violence”, which he instead proposed the specific idea that “ways of violence would sometimes be needed as means of self-defense”, and because of this and many other seemingly radical statements that were being suggested out, was inevitably misinterpreted and misunderstood by not only white folks within the general public, but as well as by his own racial peers or racial group of people, and was indeed constantly deemed an out-cast throughout his political campaign career, as “someone who was promoting the ideas of hatred and violence towards white Caucasians”, or which was that of the case of one-sided depictions that was being repeatedly reported and carried out by many different media outlets out there, at the time/during the particular time period.

In this specific essay, I’m going to further discuss as well as talk about another exceptionally legendary and world-renown civil rights activist figure coming from yet another corner of the world, who happened to appear within one particular scene towards the near-end of this specific film, whose appearance during the entire movie, although only for a brief few minutes, makes everything that was being presented surely more interesting as well as memorable. South African activist Nelson Mandela, who seemed like he was acting in a school instructor/lecturer position within a local South African primary/elementary classroom setting that way, where the classroom was apparently filled with plenty of school-aged children, and, where none of those selected child actors were actually being white Caucasians (by possibly obeserving and telling from the looks, outward appearances and basic skin tone complexions of them), but rather all of African descent, hinting/suggesting it was probably from a time period still during the so-called “Apartheid” racial segregation era within the country itself. After the specific shot of several couple kids quickly standing up and shouting out loud the immediate catchphrase of “I am Malcolm X!”, Mandela, standing in front of all of his students, with his own voice firm and steady, loudly yet proudly stated out the following lines, and no doubt that they surely came from the very deep bottom of the particular civil rights leader’s heart, as he would find himself nodding his head to and aligning with these words once coming out of Malcolm X’s mouth there : “As Brother Malcolm said, we declare our right on this earth to be a man. To be a human being. To be given the rights of a human being. To be respected as a human being, in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intended to bring into existence”, and then the statement itself was rapidly followed after by the last ever line of the whole entire filmwork, which is - “by any means necessary”, while showing the actual historical footage of Malcolm X making the speech during one of his past advocacy gathering rallies, which by this point basically wraps up the entire ending of the whole movie there, with the general credit rollings coming right after that. It is indeed notable/note-worthy that, although being as black civil rights leaders/activists from two separately/individually different countries - South Africa and America, which both also happen to share the specific similarity of being nations with long past histories of facing/dealing with white colonization, the historical circumstances and situations which Mandela himself had to face within his own country, may not be that different from Malcolm X’s, after all. “Aparthied”, which is a Afrikaans (localized South African language/dialect) word/term meaning and standing for “apartness”, by literal definition in English equivalency/translation, is indeed in its very essence, simply yet another form of the political policy of “Racial Segregation” mainly focusing/aiming at the intentional separation of parting blacks from whites within the general societal environment of South Africa, which was by all means, in many ways undeniably similar to the general societal situations/cicumstances which continued on during Malcolm X’s generation back in time within the States. It would be safe to say that generally speaking, in a larger sense, similar societal environments would usually result in similar life experiences of human beings living/residing within the world themselves, no matter whether if these supposed experiences would be that of good or bad, negative or positive; Thus, in yet another sense, it would probably also be absolutely/totally true to conclude that, on this particular matter, Mandela and Malcolm X would also undoubtedly happen to share a deeply profound bound, common symphysis, empathy, and/or resonance, as well as extraordinary internal connections with each other (no matter if spiritually or mentally), since both men are driven by ultimately similar greater goals/aims/ambitions in nature throughout each of their seperate life paths.

The historical episode/chapter of the specific “Apartheid Era” within South Africa in almost any sort of way deeply connects to the “Racial Segregation Generation” within the United States, as it is obvious and no secret that as human beings, our fates as well as destinies are indeed oftentimes interwined as well as deeply connected with each other in subtle and covert manners, whether we would come to realize that or not. So, as a matter of fact, it would be an extra important mission here for us all to gradually learn to how to fight/combat alongside with each other’s shoulders and be able to support each other throughout the process that way, almost like war-time comrades in a sense, just like how Nelson Mandela and Malcolm X were each continuously keeping on doing, instead of fighting/combating against or turning our backs on each other, for this is the only possible way here in order to reach ultimate social justice as well as societal equality for all folks out there, as collective human beings living on this earth. After all, individual power/strength may be small and limited in potential influences or generalized impacts, but once combined altogether that way, the actual result from it could be something that is ever lastingly unignorable, and definitely not to be underestimated.