Who Cares?

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out--
because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me--
and there was no one left to speak out for me.

-Pastor Martin Niemöller, 1945

I doubt if the full magnitude and weight of this poem is lost on anyone who reads it; regardless of race, blood or origin. They are famous words from a complex man; a German who was an outspoken advocate for accepting the burden of the collective guilt for WWII. He was instrumental in producing the “Stuttgart Confession of Guilt”, in which the German Protestant churches formally accepted guilt for their complicity in allowing the suffering which Hitler’s reign caused to occur.

Why should you care about Nation of Gods and Earths/The Five Percenters?

Perhaps you've never read or been moved by anything written by Noam Chomsky; or you've thought that all the Black and Latino leaders of the 1960's were all phantoms- or already well represented by the media; or you've never heard of Cointelpro; or you wholeheartedly believe that your local and federal government is upstanding, straightforward, and trustworthy; or you've inwardly wondered why many of the Gods from your neighborhood wound up in prison; but maybe once - just once - you've used the term "word" to solidify your point when speaking with friends, or have you casually asked someone to "break it down" when you don't understand something?

Take this journey with us, and we'll show you alot about what you thought you knew.