Comment on Marvin X Turns White
Brother Marvin, you are a wild man. But that's not news. It's your tenacious mockery of our oppressors that keeps astounding us. . . . .-- Rudy
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Comment on Marvin X Turning White
This sounds like an interesting bit of street theatre. I think Michael Jackson might have played with this symbolism before you. Of course the white supremacists believe that art is a commodity for sale to the highest bidder. I wonder if there might be more to it? Isn't it ironic how MJ's symbolism is understood in the African diaspora, its almost like he was trying to raise consciousness.
Chris
B.Nice™
This sounds like an interesting bit of street theatre. I think Michael Jackson might have played with this symbolism before you. Of course the white supremacists believe that art is a commodity for sale to the highest bidder. I wonder if there might be more to it? Isn't it ironic how MJ's symbolism is understood in the African diaspora, its almost like he was trying to raise consciousness.
Chris
B.Nice™
Marvin X As White Man At Berkeley Flea Market
Marvin X continued his role as a white man yesterday at the Berkeley Flea Market, the cross roads for African culture in the Bay Area. The entire flea market, vendors and customers were concerned with his new appearance: was it sun screen? did he have a skin disease? Is dat nigguh crazy? Oh, he is Fanon's Black Skin, White Masks! Even little children were curious--he ain't really white, we can see where the paint ends. One lady said she couldn't talk about his white face because she has phony white hair. Another lady said Marvin X was teaching hate by talking about white supremacy. He told her she had white supremacy hair from Korea.
Marvin X continued his role as a white man yesterday at the Berkeley Flea Market, the cross roads for African culture in the Bay Area. The entire flea market, vendors and customers were concerned with his new appearance: was it sun screen? did he have a skin disease? Is dat nigguh crazy? Oh, he is Fanon's Black Skin, White Masks! Even little children were curious--he ain't really white, we can see where the paint ends. One lady said she couldn't talk about his white face because she has phony white hair. Another lady said Marvin X was teaching hate by talking about white supremacy. He told her she had white supremacy hair from Korea.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Marvin X Turns White
Midway through the opening monologue of his Pan African Mental Health Peer Group to recover from the addiction to white supremacy, Dr. M shocked the audience by telling them he was turning white. To audience shock and laughter, he applied white makeup to his black skin. It was comic relief for his very serious remarks on the scourge of white supremacy, a drug that is literally killing us. Although musicians were present, he only called upon percussionist Tacuma King to accompany him, after which he said it was not about him but an opportunity for audience discussion. He began reading Step 7 from his book HOW TO RECOVER FROM THE ADDICTION TO WHITE SUPREMACY. The first comment was from Imam Ben Muhammad who sought to clarify use of the term Higher Power, suggesting it was good to use such terms because it avoided a drift into dogmatism and sectarianism. He noted that by degrees we are raised to the Higher Power, although such power resides in each and every one of us. The task is to plug into the source. Phavia, poet, musician, scholar, who came with an edited version of her book on racism, noted how we are duped into individualism. When Dr. M told how his white agent said he was not trying to recover from the addiction to white supremacy, nor were his friends, Phavia said listen to the "we" in the agent's comments. "We are not trying to recover." "African people are stuck on the I, never getting to the We. It's my car, my house, never about our car, our house, or this is our building for all of us, as in communalism, rather we are stuck in individualism while the enemy thinks as a group."
Dr. M told how a mentally ill woman had attacked a white man downtown Oakland at 14th and Broadway. She hit the white man while black men stood watching, and then called him bitch. Then she crossed the street and did the boogaloo to music from a passing car. Now we know New York City Councilman Charles Barron has suggested every black man hit a white man for our mental health. But it is interesting that the black woman hit the white man while black men stood watching. Even in her madness, the black woman knew who to hit--her's was not the misplaced aggression that most black men are guilty of when they killing each other on a daily basis throughout this land. Of course fear is the real enemy. Dr. M wanted to read Step 1 from his book which deals with fear but allowed the discussion to continue. A brother told of spending ten years in prison before he learned crime is not the way to success, rather he has learned to be an entrepreneur and says there is plenty of way to not become a wage slave to white supremacy, one need only do a little thinking to figure out what goods and services are needed by our community, such as mentoring and tutoring our children. Tacuma King told how he has taught children music for years as an independent contractor.
Brother Abdul, Dr. M's patron of the arts, commented on what one must do to stay economically free of white supremacy and become rich as he has done. "You must have self respect, dignity and honesty. All money ain't good money. I am not trying to do anything that will get me put into the criminal justice system. I have tried to help many people, Dr. M is one example, but my heart is in pain because I know if I tell brothers to meet me in the morning to make some money most of them will not show up."
Dr. M noted that as a result, before we can get rich or economically independent, we must be purged of our white supremacy behavior--yes, even before we can become rich with love for each other. We must detox from the spell and charm of white supremacy." Abdul added that becoming rich takes discipline and focus, staying the course no matter how rough things get.
Brother Ptah said he is thankful to have Dr. M and Abdul as elders to guide him, and also the female elders so he can stay balanced. Yes, he said, it is difficult to think independently and he must remind himself a wage slave job is submission to white supremacy.
The next session of the Pan African Mental Health Peer Group is Friday, November 2, 7pm at the Berkeley Black Repertory Group Theatre, 3201 Adeline Street. (One block south of the Berkeley BART.) Admission is $25.00 (includes copy of HOW TO RECOVER FROM THE ADDICTION TO WHITE SUPREMACY BY DR. M and refreshments). Call 510.355-6339 for more information on how you can recover from the addiction to white supremacy.
Midway through the opening monologue of his Pan African Mental Health Peer Group to recover from the addiction to white supremacy, Dr. M shocked the audience by telling them he was turning white. To audience shock and laughter, he applied white makeup to his black skin. It was comic relief for his very serious remarks on the scourge of white supremacy, a drug that is literally killing us. Although musicians were present, he only called upon percussionist Tacuma King to accompany him, after which he said it was not about him but an opportunity for audience discussion. He began reading Step 7 from his book HOW TO RECOVER FROM THE ADDICTION TO WHITE SUPREMACY. The first comment was from Imam Ben Muhammad who sought to clarify use of the term Higher Power, suggesting it was good to use such terms because it avoided a drift into dogmatism and sectarianism. He noted that by degrees we are raised to the Higher Power, although such power resides in each and every one of us. The task is to plug into the source. Phavia, poet, musician, scholar, who came with an edited version of her book on racism, noted how we are duped into individualism. When Dr. M told how his white agent said he was not trying to recover from the addiction to white supremacy, nor were his friends, Phavia said listen to the "we" in the agent's comments. "We are not trying to recover." "African people are stuck on the I, never getting to the We. It's my car, my house, never about our car, our house, or this is our building for all of us, as in communalism, rather we are stuck in individualism while the enemy thinks as a group."
Dr. M told how a mentally ill woman had attacked a white man downtown Oakland at 14th and Broadway. She hit the white man while black men stood watching, and then called him bitch. Then she crossed the street and did the boogaloo to music from a passing car. Now we know New York City Councilman Charles Barron has suggested every black man hit a white man for our mental health. But it is interesting that the black woman hit the white man while black men stood watching. Even in her madness, the black woman knew who to hit--her's was not the misplaced aggression that most black men are guilty of when they killing each other on a daily basis throughout this land. Of course fear is the real enemy. Dr. M wanted to read Step 1 from his book which deals with fear but allowed the discussion to continue. A brother told of spending ten years in prison before he learned crime is not the way to success, rather he has learned to be an entrepreneur and says there is plenty of way to not become a wage slave to white supremacy, one need only do a little thinking to figure out what goods and services are needed by our community, such as mentoring and tutoring our children. Tacuma King told how he has taught children music for years as an independent contractor.
Brother Abdul, Dr. M's patron of the arts, commented on what one must do to stay economically free of white supremacy and become rich as he has done. "You must have self respect, dignity and honesty. All money ain't good money. I am not trying to do anything that will get me put into the criminal justice system. I have tried to help many people, Dr. M is one example, but my heart is in pain because I know if I tell brothers to meet me in the morning to make some money most of them will not show up."
Dr. M noted that as a result, before we can get rich or economically independent, we must be purged of our white supremacy behavior--yes, even before we can become rich with love for each other. We must detox from the spell and charm of white supremacy." Abdul added that becoming rich takes discipline and focus, staying the course no matter how rough things get.
Brother Ptah said he is thankful to have Dr. M and Abdul as elders to guide him, and also the female elders so he can stay balanced. Yes, he said, it is difficult to think independently and he must remind himself a wage slave job is submission to white supremacy.
The next session of the Pan African Mental Health Peer Group is Friday, November 2, 7pm at the Berkeley Black Repertory Group Theatre, 3201 Adeline Street. (One block south of the Berkeley BART.) Admission is $25.00 (includes copy of HOW TO RECOVER FROM THE ADDICTION TO WHITE SUPREMACY BY DR. M and refreshments). Call 510.355-6339 for more information on how you can recover from the addiction to white supremacy.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Music Therapy, Dr. M's Prescription to Recover from the Addiction to White Supremacy
Dr. M says perhaps music will sooth the wild beast inside of us, that beast known as white supremacy to which we have become addicted, the result of unresolved grief from the trauma and terror of slavery and post slavery. So let the trombone of Angela Wellman touch the heart rhythms, along with the trumpet and coronet of Phavia Khujichagulia, the keyboard melodies of Elliott Bey and Rudi Wongozi, the percussion and djembe of Tacuma King. These musicians will provide accompaniment to the spoken words of Dr. M (Marvin X) at Friday's reading/discussion of his book HOW TO RECOVER FROM THE ADDICTION TO WHITE SUPREMACY. The event takes place on Friday, October 12, 7pm at Eastside Arts, 2277 International Blvd., Oakland. Call 510-355-6339 for more information. Must purchase book for admission. If you already have the book, show it and make a donation to help the musicians.
Poet Amiri Baraka gave copies of the book to Mayor Cory Booker of Newark and his city council members. Baraka says maybe the book will help them decide to enter a residential recovery program to cure their white supremacy behavior. Mayor Ron Dellums of Oakland has yet to receive his copy.
If you can't make Friday's event, Dr. M returns to the Bay on Thursday, November 1 at Everett and Jones Gift Shop on Fruitvale and Friday, November 2 at the Berkeley Black Repertory Group Theatre, 7pm. Admission $25.00 (includes autographed copy of book).
If folks wonder who's the young lady accompanying Dr. M, she's his apprentice who is working on her first book. She's also the granddaughter of the late poet of the Bay Area Black Arts Movement, Sarah Webster Fabio. We know Sarah is smiling.
Dr. M's book Beyond Religion, Toward Spirituality was recently reviewed in the Nigerian magazine Goge. www.gogeafrica.tv.
Dr. M says perhaps music will sooth the wild beast inside of us, that beast known as white supremacy to which we have become addicted, the result of unresolved grief from the trauma and terror of slavery and post slavery. So let the trombone of Angela Wellman touch the heart rhythms, along with the trumpet and coronet of Phavia Khujichagulia, the keyboard melodies of Elliott Bey and Rudi Wongozi, the percussion and djembe of Tacuma King. These musicians will provide accompaniment to the spoken words of Dr. M (Marvin X) at Friday's reading/discussion of his book HOW TO RECOVER FROM THE ADDICTION TO WHITE SUPREMACY. The event takes place on Friday, October 12, 7pm at Eastside Arts, 2277 International Blvd., Oakland. Call 510-355-6339 for more information. Must purchase book for admission. If you already have the book, show it and make a donation to help the musicians.
Poet Amiri Baraka gave copies of the book to Mayor Cory Booker of Newark and his city council members. Baraka says maybe the book will help them decide to enter a residential recovery program to cure their white supremacy behavior. Mayor Ron Dellums of Oakland has yet to receive his copy.
If you can't make Friday's event, Dr. M returns to the Bay on Thursday, November 1 at Everett and Jones Gift Shop on Fruitvale and Friday, November 2 at the Berkeley Black Repertory Group Theatre, 7pm. Admission $25.00 (includes autographed copy of book).
If folks wonder who's the young lady accompanying Dr. M, she's his apprentice who is working on her first book. She's also the granddaughter of the late poet of the Bay Area Black Arts Movement, Sarah Webster Fabio. We know Sarah is smiling.
Dr. M's book Beyond Religion, Toward Spirituality was recently reviewed in the Nigerian magazine Goge. www.gogeafrica.tv.
Monday, October 8, 2007
Get Yo Mind Right,,, in the Oakland International Film Festival
Screening 10/20/076:00pm @Grand Lake Theater
This documentary features Marvin X at the barber shop. Whenver the poet visits his barber the young men force him to teach while getting a haircut. He allowed Pam Pam to film one of his many lectures at his favorite shop located near 38th and MacArthur in Oakland. Others featured in the film include Wes MacArthur, Geoffrey Grier, Johnny, Fast Eddie and Elliott Bey.
"This docudrama is a must see."--Chauncey Baliy, Oakland Post
"This is the real Barber Shop!"
--Fahizah Alim, Sacramento Bee
The Oakland International Film Festival will screen "GET YO' MIND RIGHT"at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland at 6:00pm October 20.Check out the trailer:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E__eCqqnFzg
Other videos now available from the Marvin X archives:
The Kings and Queens of Black Consciousness, San Francisco State University, 109 minutes, $19.95. Features Phavia Khujuchagulia, Rudi Wongozi, Destiny, Tarika Lewis,Rev. Cecil Williams, Rev. Andriette Earl, Amiri Baraka, Amina Baraka, Ishmael Reed,Dr. Julia Hare, Dr. Cornel West, Askia Toure, Elliott Bey, Kalamu Ya Salaam and Marvin X.
Live in Philly at Warm Daddies, 39 minutes, $19.95. Features Marvin X reading, accompanied by musicians Elliott Bey, keyboard, Marshall Allen, alto sax, Danny Thompson, flute, Rufus Harley, bagpipes, Alexander El, drums,
Ancestor Gold-Sky, djembe.
In the Crazy House Called America, 120 minutes, $19.95, performed at the Buriel Clay Theatre, San Francisco, features Marvin X reading, Destiny on harp, dancers Suzzette Celeste and Raynetta Rayzetta, actors Geoffrey Grier, Judy Jackmon, Salat Townsend, James W. Sweeney.
One Day in the Life, a docudrama of addiction and recovery by Marvin X, 120 minutes, 2 disc, $19.95. Features Ayodele Nzinga, Geoffrey Grier, Van, Pinky, Marvin X and others.
Order from:
Black Bird Press
POB 1317 Paradise CA 95967
Screening 10/20/076:00pm @Grand Lake Theater
This documentary features Marvin X at the barber shop. Whenver the poet visits his barber the young men force him to teach while getting a haircut. He allowed Pam Pam to film one of his many lectures at his favorite shop located near 38th and MacArthur in Oakland. Others featured in the film include Wes MacArthur, Geoffrey Grier, Johnny, Fast Eddie and Elliott Bey.
"This docudrama is a must see."--Chauncey Baliy, Oakland Post
"This is the real Barber Shop!"
--Fahizah Alim, Sacramento Bee
The Oakland International Film Festival will screen "GET YO' MIND RIGHT"at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland at 6:00pm October 20.Check out the trailer:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E__eCqqnFzg
Other videos now available from the Marvin X archives:
The Kings and Queens of Black Consciousness, San Francisco State University, 109 minutes, $19.95. Features Phavia Khujuchagulia, Rudi Wongozi, Destiny, Tarika Lewis,Rev. Cecil Williams, Rev. Andriette Earl, Amiri Baraka, Amina Baraka, Ishmael Reed,Dr. Julia Hare, Dr. Cornel West, Askia Toure, Elliott Bey, Kalamu Ya Salaam and Marvin X.
Live in Philly at Warm Daddies, 39 minutes, $19.95. Features Marvin X reading, accompanied by musicians Elliott Bey, keyboard, Marshall Allen, alto sax, Danny Thompson, flute, Rufus Harley, bagpipes, Alexander El, drums,
Ancestor Gold-Sky, djembe.
In the Crazy House Called America, 120 minutes, $19.95, performed at the Buriel Clay Theatre, San Francisco, features Marvin X reading, Destiny on harp, dancers Suzzette Celeste and Raynetta Rayzetta, actors Geoffrey Grier, Judy Jackmon, Salat Townsend, James W. Sweeney.
One Day in the Life, a docudrama of addiction and recovery by Marvin X, 120 minutes, 2 disc, $19.95. Features Ayodele Nzinga, Geoffrey Grier, Van, Pinky, Marvin X and others.
Order from:
Black Bird Press
POB 1317 Paradise CA 95967
Sunday, October 7, 2007
On Dr. M's Movement to Recover from the Addiction to White Supremacy
On Friday, October 12, 7pm, Dr. M and his troops will gather at Oakland's Eastside Arts Center to initiate the first session of his Pan African Mental Health Peer Group to recover from the addiction to white supremacy, based on his book by the same name. He is known for putting on extravaganzas, such as the 12 hour Melvin Black Forum to stop the Oakland police from killing black men, 1979, the Black Men's Conference, 1980, the Kings and Queens of Black Consciousness, 2001, and the Black Radical Book Fair, 2004.
After appearing on a panel at Harlem 's Schomberg library in honor of Malcolm X's birthday, Dr. M was inspired by the audience response to his proposed book. "When a Harlem audience responds in the affirmative, you better know you are on the right track because Harlemites are the most critical people in Pan Africa. They were especially excited when I told them I was writing a book that included detoxing from white supremacy as well as recovery and discovery, the added 13th step in the traditional 12 step program of AA, NA and CA. Now this idea was suggested by my elder Dr. Nathan Hare (foreword), and my junior associate Ptah Allah El (afterword), who recommended including detox and discovery, so I am attempting to make it a reality, even though I myself did not use the 12 step approach to recover from my 12 years of addiction to Crack cocaine, or my 45 years of addiction to alcohol, but what didn't help me may help you, therefore I am transcending my ego for the greater good. And I am proceeding with this idea because I saw grass roots people using the 12 step model to process their recovery from addiction to drugs, and I was inspired by their determination and sincerity, so I am convinced the 12 Step Model can work to help us recover from the addiction to white supremacy, simply because we are drunk on the addiction to white supremacy as if it were alcohol, heroin, meth, crack, ecstasy and marijuana combined. And we are in grand denial, which prevents us from entering the detox which precedes recovery, to say nothing of reaching the final step of discovery wherein we realize our purpose and life mission, afterall it is not enough to recover from white supremacy but what is our personal and collective mission? For those who don't know: Pan African liberation and the realization of our spirituality or divine consciousness.
Dr. Nathan Hare, in his foreword to my book How to Recover from the Addiction to White Supremacy, suggests that there are two levels of addiction to white supremacy: level 1 is the oppressor’s addiction and level 2 is the addiction of the oppressed. Now level 1 has a high level of denial, probably the result of the Iago complex (block man) and the enjoyment of white privilege. White people enjoy exercising white power—wouldn’t you enjoy black power if you were in power and were able to dominate and exploit the planet earth. Be real, all men enjoy the fact that they are able to dominate women—even when there is no need to do so we will exercise such power because we are addicted to doing so, if for no other reason. The woman may be so good to us that there is no need to dominate, yet we will do so because we are addicted. Those who have been a part of the dope culture will know what I am talking about.
But know too that in the dope culture the one who dominates is the one who controls the dope—usually the male but sometimes the female, who then calls the shots and the male submits.
With respect to my book, few white people have purchased it or bothered to pick it up. Usually they stop at my table when I am at my outdoor classroom downtown Oakland and rush along, as if to say, “The nerve of this nigger, to suggest that black people need to recover from us! There’s nothing wrong with us oppressing people around the world. This is our duty as the saviors of civilization. We need to exploit you people to save you, now why in the world do you need to recover from us?”
And sadly, this is the attitude of right wing whites and left wing whites for they both enjoy white privilege and have no desire to give it up—and as per revolution and radical change, this is fine as long as whites lead the struggle and control the agenda, for non-white people must be led by the master race, even the master race radicals—and whatever you niggers do to recover from us, don’t mention Israel because we are undercover Zionists and you cannot say one word against the Zionist entity—haven’t you noticed that not one of our negroes/niggers say one word against Zionism, especially our niggers in the congress or in the church, so you other niggers better fall in line with our white supremacy agenda.”
Dr. M’s agenda will include music therapy in the healing process. Musicians will perform on Friday at Eastside Arts, including Elliott Bey, Phavia Khujichagulia, Jeremiah, and Angela Wellman.
Keyboard master Elliott Bey appears on Marvin X’s DVD Live in Philly at Warm Daddies, also fearturing Sun Ra’s master musicians Marshall Allen and Danny Thompson, along with the late bagpipe master
Rufus Harley. Phavia is a legendary poet, trumpet and coronet player. Dr. M’s loves her poetic line, “If you think I’m just a physical thing, wait til you see the spiritual power I bring.” Jeremiah is a vocalist with a tune about black men killing black men and Angela Wellman is a trombonist who is director of the Oakland Conservatory of Music.
The Eastside Arts Center is located at 2277 International Blvd , Oakland . Call 510-355-6339 for more information. Admission: must purchase book at door, $19.95. If you have the book, show it, but a donation is requested. The book is available from Black Bird Press, POB 1317 Paradise CA 95967 .
It can be obtained downtown Oakland at De Lauer’s News, 1310 Broadway at 14th. For booking Dr. M, call 510-355-6339.
On Friday, October 12, 7pm, Dr. M and his troops will gather at Oakland's Eastside Arts Center to initiate the first session of his Pan African Mental Health Peer Group to recover from the addiction to white supremacy, based on his book by the same name. He is known for putting on extravaganzas, such as the 12 hour Melvin Black Forum to stop the Oakland police from killing black men, 1979, the Black Men's Conference, 1980, the Kings and Queens of Black Consciousness, 2001, and the Black Radical Book Fair, 2004.
After appearing on a panel at Harlem 's Schomberg library in honor of Malcolm X's birthday, Dr. M was inspired by the audience response to his proposed book. "When a Harlem audience responds in the affirmative, you better know you are on the right track because Harlemites are the most critical people in Pan Africa. They were especially excited when I told them I was writing a book that included detoxing from white supremacy as well as recovery and discovery, the added 13th step in the traditional 12 step program of AA, NA and CA. Now this idea was suggested by my elder Dr. Nathan Hare (foreword), and my junior associate Ptah Allah El (afterword), who recommended including detox and discovery, so I am attempting to make it a reality, even though I myself did not use the 12 step approach to recover from my 12 years of addiction to Crack cocaine, or my 45 years of addiction to alcohol, but what didn't help me may help you, therefore I am transcending my ego for the greater good. And I am proceeding with this idea because I saw grass roots people using the 12 step model to process their recovery from addiction to drugs, and I was inspired by their determination and sincerity, so I am convinced the 12 Step Model can work to help us recover from the addiction to white supremacy, simply because we are drunk on the addiction to white supremacy as if it were alcohol, heroin, meth, crack, ecstasy and marijuana combined. And we are in grand denial, which prevents us from entering the detox which precedes recovery, to say nothing of reaching the final step of discovery wherein we realize our purpose and life mission, afterall it is not enough to recover from white supremacy but what is our personal and collective mission? For those who don't know: Pan African liberation and the realization of our spirituality or divine consciousness.
Dr. Nathan Hare, in his foreword to my book How to Recover from the Addiction to White Supremacy, suggests that there are two levels of addiction to white supremacy: level 1 is the oppressor’s addiction and level 2 is the addiction of the oppressed. Now level 1 has a high level of denial, probably the result of the Iago complex (block man) and the enjoyment of white privilege. White people enjoy exercising white power—wouldn’t you enjoy black power if you were in power and were able to dominate and exploit the planet earth. Be real, all men enjoy the fact that they are able to dominate women—even when there is no need to do so we will exercise such power because we are addicted to doing so, if for no other reason. The woman may be so good to us that there is no need to dominate, yet we will do so because we are addicted. Those who have been a part of the dope culture will know what I am talking about.
But know too that in the dope culture the one who dominates is the one who controls the dope—usually the male but sometimes the female, who then calls the shots and the male submits.
With respect to my book, few white people have purchased it or bothered to pick it up. Usually they stop at my table when I am at my outdoor classroom downtown Oakland and rush along, as if to say, “The nerve of this nigger, to suggest that black people need to recover from us! There’s nothing wrong with us oppressing people around the world. This is our duty as the saviors of civilization. We need to exploit you people to save you, now why in the world do you need to recover from us?”
And sadly, this is the attitude of right wing whites and left wing whites for they both enjoy white privilege and have no desire to give it up—and as per revolution and radical change, this is fine as long as whites lead the struggle and control the agenda, for non-white people must be led by the master race, even the master race radicals—and whatever you niggers do to recover from us, don’t mention Israel because we are undercover Zionists and you cannot say one word against the Zionist entity—haven’t you noticed that not one of our negroes/niggers say one word against Zionism, especially our niggers in the congress or in the church, so you other niggers better fall in line with our white supremacy agenda.”
Dr. M’s agenda will include music therapy in the healing process. Musicians will perform on Friday at Eastside Arts, including Elliott Bey, Phavia Khujichagulia, Jeremiah, and Angela Wellman.
Keyboard master Elliott Bey appears on Marvin X’s DVD Live in Philly at Warm Daddies, also fearturing Sun Ra’s master musicians Marshall Allen and Danny Thompson, along with the late bagpipe master
Rufus Harley. Phavia is a legendary poet, trumpet and coronet player. Dr. M’s loves her poetic line, “If you think I’m just a physical thing, wait til you see the spiritual power I bring.” Jeremiah is a vocalist with a tune about black men killing black men and Angela Wellman is a trombonist who is director of the Oakland Conservatory of Music.
The Eastside Arts Center is located at 2277 International Blvd , Oakland . Call 510-355-6339 for more information. Admission: must purchase book at door, $19.95. If you have the book, show it, but a donation is requested. The book is available from Black Bird Press, POB 1317 Paradise CA 95967 .
It can be obtained downtown Oakland at De Lauer’s News, 1310 Broadway at 14th. For booking Dr. M, call 510-355-6339.
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