Black Political Views

Minister Louis Farrakhan has thrown his hat in the ring with a litany of assumptions about the death of the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson. Addressing 2,000 followers at Mosque Maryam, the Nation of Islam headquarters on the South Side, Farrakhan described Jackson as a “messianic voice” and an “archangel of sound, song and dance,” as he called Jackson a victim of “Zionist leaders,” the U.S. government and the media. Of course, those comments sparked some outrage in the Jewish camp and rightly so. This begs the question: what do the Zionists have to do with Michael Jackson’s demise? Dr. Conrad Murray, his personal physician is very much an African American and whose fault is it that Jackson chose to surround himself with hangers-on and yes-people, who didn’t seem to have his best interests at heart? Don’t get me wrong, Michael Jackson has made a matchless contribution to music and dancing as we know it, but he had a very dark side and Louis Farrakhan’s comments do not help his cause one iota.

It is safe to say that the US government didn’t tell Mr. Jackson to take all those prescription drugs or to use anesthesia to fight insomnia. If Louis Farrakhan continues to make such incendiary statements, he will never gain mainstream acceptance. I must say, he has made some very valid arguments through the years, but those are rendered ineffective because of his continuous Antisemitism. It is very disappointing that he continues to blame the Jews, or Zionists, for just about everything that goes wrong in the African American community.

Citing it as part of a conspiracy to undermine Jackson, Farrakhan said the lawyer told him Jackson had agreed to do 10 concerts but had been booked for 50, and there was concern Jackson would get sued if he couldn’t uphold the agreement. Farrakhan, 76, also cited the molestation accusation of which Jackson was acquitted as another example of efforts to undermine his success.

During the wide-ranging, 2½-hour speech, Farrakhan said he does not believe Jackson was killed intentionally. Instead, he believes Jackson’s death was the result of a mistake by Jackson’s doctor, Conrad Murray, who is a target of a manslaughter investigation.

In speaking of Jackson finding his roots in the black community, Farrakhan said President Obama did the same when he said police “acted stupidly” in arresting Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. Obama later said that he had used a poor choice of words. “His [Obama’s] black started coming out,” Farrakhan said. “He had to pull that fella back in. Underneath, it shows you all his brilliance, his magnificence … he’s one of the brothers.” Source: Chicago Sun Times

Farrakhan, for what it’s worth, has done a lot of good things in the black community, but he continues to draw sharp criticism for his relentless attack on the so-called “Zionists.” We have to accept responsibility for our own actions and stop blaming others for our shortcomings. To my knowledge, no-one forced Michael Jackson to turn to prescription drugs. He was led to that life because of an accident on the set of a Pepsi commercial and it is obvious that he was never able to kick his addiction because of the choices he made, including all those plastic surgeries and skin bleaching procedures, as well as surrounding himself with leeches and rabid wolves, instead of people who really had his best interests at heart. I hope law enforcement will get to the bottom of what really happened to this man and punish the concierge doctors that hastened his demise.

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