This modern house Negro loves his master. He wants to live near him. He'll pay three times as much as the house is worth just to live near his master, and then brag about I'm the only Negro out here. "" I'm the only one on my job. I' m the only one in this school. You're noth ing but a house Negro. and if someone comes to you right now and says, " Let's separate you say the same thing that the house Negro said on the plantation What you mean, separate? From America? This good white man? Where you going to get a better job than you get here? I mean, this is what you say I ain 't left nothing in Af rica ,thats what you say. Why you lef t your mind in af rica On that same plantation, there was the f ield Negro. the field Negro - those were the masses. There were always more Negroes in the field than there was Negroes the house. The Negro in the field caught he ll. He ate lef towers. In the house they ate high up on the hog. the Negro in the f ield d idn 't get nothing but what was left of the insides of the hog. They call 'em"chitt'lin nowadays. In those days they called them what they were: guts. That's what you were --a gut-eater. And some of you all still gut-eaters The f ield Negro was beaten from morning to night. He lived in a shack in a hut He ore old, castoff clothes. He hated his master. i say he hated his master. He was intelligent. That house Negro loved his master. But that field Negro -- remember they were in the majority and they hated the master. when the house caught on fire, he didn 't try and put it out that f ield Negro prayed for a wind for a breeze. When the master got sick, the field Negro prayed that he'd die. If someone come Isic] to the field Negro and said " Let's separate, let's run, he didn t say Where we going? He'd say Any place is better than here. You've got field Negroes in America today. I'm a field Negro. the masses are the field Negroes. when they see this man' s house on fire, you don 't hear these little Negroes talking about"our government is in trouble. They say The government is in trouble. Imagine a Negro: Our government"! i even heard one say our astronauts. They won't even let him near the plant --and "our astronauts"!Our Navy"--that's a Negro that's out of his mind That's a negro that's out of his mind Just as the slavemaster of that day used Tom, the house Negro to keep the field Negroes in check the same old slavemaster today has Negroes who are nothing but modern Uncle Toms, 20th century Uncle Toms, to keep you and me in check, keep us under control, keep us passive and peaceful and nonviolent. That' s Tom making you nonviolent. It's like when you go to the dentist and the man' s going to take your tooth. You're going to fight him when he starts pulling So he squirts some stuff in your jaw called novocaine, to make you think theyre not doing anything to So you sit there and 'cause you' ve got all of that novocaine in your jaw, you peacefully. Blood running all down your jaw, and you dont know w hat's happening Cause someone has taught you to suffer--peacef ully The white man do the same thing to you in the street, when he want [sic to put knots on your head and take advantage of you and don' t have to be afraid of yourThis modern house Negro loves his master. He wants to live near him. He'll pay three times as much as the house is worth just to live near his master, and then brag about "I'm the only Negro out here." "I'm the only one on my job." "I'm the only one in this school." You're nothing but a house Negro. And if someone comes to you right now and says, "Let's separate," you say the same thing that the house Negro said on the plantation. "What you mean, separate? From America? This good white man? Where you going to get a better job than you get here?" I mean, this is what you say. "I ain't lef t nothing in Af rica," that's what you say. Why, you lef t your mind in Af rica. On that same plantation, there was the field Negro. The field Negro -- those were the masses. There were always more Negroes in the field than there was Negroes in the house. The Negro in the field caught hell. He ate lef tovers. In the house they ate high up on the hog. The Negro in the field didn't get nothing but what was lef t of the insides of the hog. They call 'em "chitt'lin'" nowadays. In those days they called them what they were: guts. That's what you were -- a gut-eater. And some of you all still gut-eaters. The field Negro was beaten f rom morning to night. He lived in a shack, in a hut; He wore old, castof f clothes. He hated his master. I say he hated his master. He was intelligent. That house Negro loved his master. But that field Negro -- remember, they were in the majority, and they hated the master. When the house caught on fire, he didn't try and put it out; that field Negro prayed for a wind, for a breeze. When the master got sick, the field Negro prayed that he'd die. If someone come [sic] to the field Negro and said, "Let's separate, let's run," he didn't say "Where we going?" He'd say, "Any place is better than here." You've got field Negroes in America today. I'm a field Negro. The masses are the field Negroes. When they see this man's house on fire, you don't hear these little Negroes talking about "our government is in trouble." They say, "The government is in trouble." Imagine a Negro: "Our government"! I even heard one say "our astronauts." They won't even let him near the plant -- and "our astronauts"! "Our Navy" -- that's a Negro that's out of his mind. That's a Negro that's out of his mind. Just as the slavemaster of that day used Tom, the house Negro, to keep the field Negroes in check, the same old slavemaster today has Negroes who are nothing but modern Uncle Toms, 20th century Uncle Toms, to keep you and me in check, keep us under control, keep us passive and peaceful and nonviolent. That's Tom making you nonviolent. It's like when you go to the dentist, and the man's going to take your tooth. You're going to fight him when he starts pulling. So he squirts some stuff in your jaw called novocaine, to make you think they're not doing anything to you. So you sit there and 'cause you've got all of that novocaine in your jaw, you suffer peacefully. Blood running all down your jaw, and you don't know what's happening. 'Cause someone has taught you to suf fer -- peacefully. The white man do the same thing to you in the street, when he want [sic] to put knots on your head and take advantage of you and don't have to be af raid of your