WEBVTT - A House Divided Cannot Stand 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:03.280 My league, but has all the knowledge you want. My league, 0:00:03.320 --> 0:00:06.920 but has all the knowledge you need. Leg But yet 0:00:07.040 --> 0:00:09.360 they have out the books that the whole wild world 0:00:09.400 --> 0:00:16.360 one up, read My League. But welcome on in audience 0:00:16.640 --> 0:00:19.360 on Malik's book show. I'm glad you tuned in because 0:00:19.360 --> 0:00:23.880 this episode is about a house divided can't stand. That's right, 0:00:24.200 --> 0:00:27.640 a house divided can't stand. I believe most of y'all 0:00:27.760 --> 0:00:32.760 probably heard of that over the years, and it's because 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:37.400 two things can't occupy the same space. At the same time, 0:00:38.200 --> 0:00:42.960 America had a civil war and it was over the 0:00:43.159 --> 0:00:48.279 South separating from the North. They did not agree no 0:00:48.360 --> 0:00:56.560 longer with the north policies and their feverish attempt to 0:00:57.240 --> 0:01:01.800 abolished slavery. Well, the South said, that's all right. We 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:04.560 got our own economy, we got our own government, we 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:08.000 got our own nation. So they separated from the North. North. 0:01:08.640 --> 0:01:12.559 The North declared war on the South to preserve the union, 0:01:13.000 --> 0:01:18.080 not to fight the free slaves, but to preserve the union. 0:01:18.120 --> 0:01:23.600 You know, money, tax revenue, that's a lot of wealth, 0:01:23.680 --> 0:01:28.680 that's a lot of land. So this North wasn't having it, 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:32.839 so they declared war on the South. The South separated 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:37.839 and declared their independence, formed their own flag, their own nation, 0:01:37.959 --> 0:01:41.640 own government, had their own president. And the North said no, 0:01:41.720 --> 0:01:44.120 not not that easy now, And they went to war. 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:47.880 And it wasn't because over the free blacks. It was 0:01:47.960 --> 0:01:51.200 to preserve the union, to keep the United States. A 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:55.760 house divided, can't stand that. Yeah, slavery was a major 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:59.720 issue and between the North and the South, but the 0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:04.840 sou and Abraham Lincoln said, if he knew that the 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:09.120 South was that serious about leaving and wanted to separate 0:02:09.120 --> 0:02:12.560 from the United States, he would have gladly backed off 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:16.120 of abolance in slavery. Why because the last thing the 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:20.880 North wanted was was to separate the United States. A 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:25.280 house divided can't stand The issue over slavery was a 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:29.000 major issue, and the South had their own revenue, they 0:02:29.040 --> 0:02:32.520 had their own they formed their own government, declared their 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:36.880 own president, and had their own army. They simply separated. 0:02:37.240 --> 0:02:42.240 They didn't declared war on the North, but the North said, nah, nah, nah, 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:44.639 we go on the war to preserve the union. A 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:47.640 lot of people think they left because I mean they 0:02:47.680 --> 0:02:51.520 declared war on the South because they wanted the free slave. No, 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:55.120 that was That's not why the South and the North 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:58.480 forth the Civil War, it was over. The United States 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:02.320 won the preserve the Union, to keep the United States, 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:04.840 and then in the South didn't want that any longer. 0:03:05.360 --> 0:03:09.880 So that's what the real issue was. Now, if the 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:13.639 North won, then they were gonna go ahead and free slave. 0:03:13.760 --> 0:03:17.120 But if the North would have surrendered, then the South 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:20.000 simply would have continued to do what it always has been, 0:03:20.639 --> 0:03:22.920 you know, it would have kept that new econom that 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:28.240 economic model of slavery. That's what they wanted, and they 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:31.960 didn't feel that the North represented their interests, so they separated. 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:35.920 It's plain and simple. But well, but I'm no food, 0:03:36.080 --> 0:03:40.440 I no money talk, bs walk, and all my study 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:43.360 has led me to believe, especially Abram said, if I 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:46.920 if he knew that the South would have separated and 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:49.800 done what it did, it wouldn't have pushed slavery. It 0:03:49.800 --> 0:03:54.280 wouldn't have not it wouldn't have you know, kept pushing 0:03:54.360 --> 0:03:57.000 get rid of slavery. That's you know, in a lot 0:03:57.000 --> 0:04:00.960 of his lectures, that's what he said. Well, now, but 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:04.400 it was too late. The South already separated and it 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:08.160 was tired of them trying to put pressure on them 0:04:08.280 --> 0:04:10.760 to a bottle of slavery, which was an economic model 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:14.600 in the South, and in the North they had a 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:21.880 different economic model servitu slavery, so slave wages type of 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:26.080 slavery in the North. But you were free and you could, 0:04:27.160 --> 0:04:31.839 you know, have family, get married, have children, have a family, 0:04:33.680 --> 0:04:37.080 have create your own business. In the North, or if 0:04:37.120 --> 0:04:41.520 you worked for any Caucasians or what have you, they 0:04:41.560 --> 0:04:45.159 paid your slave wages, but you were free. In the North. 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:48.960 You had no such thing. Because I'm sorry, in the South, 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:51.960 you had no such thing because you was considered a slave, 0:04:52.040 --> 0:04:56.080 you was considered property. Well, a house divided can't stand. 0:04:56.240 --> 0:05:01.760 This issue became such a polarizing subject, the policy that 0:05:02.040 --> 0:05:07.080 the South declared independence from the North. Well, today it's 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:10.560 a lot of rhetoric. Election is coming up and there 0:05:10.680 --> 0:05:17.720 is opposition that is so divisive. What I'm saying, a 0:05:17.839 --> 0:05:23.359 house divided can't stand. Democracy is at stake during this election. 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:27.040 Either America is going to continue to be a democratic 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:32.719 nation or is going to move towards socialism, ultimately Marxism 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:36.359 and communism, where the rights of the people are going 0:05:36.440 --> 0:05:43.120 to eventually be taken away. Their move towards socialism is 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:49.200 against capitalism, and so there is a battle for a 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:56.320 new economic model. And I am a black man who 0:05:56.600 --> 0:06:01.000 just found his way, who just became an entrepreneur and 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:05.039 understanding the nature of human beings is to do for 0:06:05.120 --> 0:06:09.039 self or self for the consequences. And now they want 0:06:09.080 --> 0:06:12.560 to change the nation into more of a socialist you know, 0:06:12.760 --> 0:06:16.200 just when black people's waking up finding their way, now 0:06:16.320 --> 0:06:19.080 the government wants to change or who create a whole 0:06:19.160 --> 0:06:24.400 new system of new type of system called socialism. That's 0:06:24.440 --> 0:06:26.400 the direction they're moving and that's how I see it. 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:30.839 You know, with a lot of these policies taking parental 0:06:30.920 --> 0:06:36.599 rights away from parents, you know, this genior reassignment and 0:06:37.080 --> 0:06:39.880 kids having They told me when I went to the 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:43.280 doctor when the kid hit a teenager, they don't even 0:06:43.360 --> 0:06:45.080 have to have the parents in their room to talk 0:06:45.120 --> 0:06:48.560 to the doctor. Come on, man, this is going crazy. 0:06:48.640 --> 0:06:51.560 Boys competing against girls. This is what's that stake too. 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:57.839 First Amendment, freedom of speech wars going on in America. 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:01.200 You better pick the right candidate, because a house divided 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:05.680 can't stand. And right now, these issues are becoming more 0:07:05.720 --> 0:07:09.600 and more divisive, and it ain't just clear cut. You know, 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:13.520 don't get caught up in the brainwashing. And just because 0:07:13.600 --> 0:07:16.760 the masses of the people like something don't necessarily make 0:07:16.800 --> 0:07:20.600 it true. And there's a lot of what they call 0:07:20.680 --> 0:07:26.560 identity politics going on in this country, voting for people 0:07:26.640 --> 0:07:28.800 just because of the color of their skin, not because 0:07:29.840 --> 0:07:34.960 they are qualified or have the ability to lead. You know, 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:38.920 all of these things are at stake, and a house 0:07:38.960 --> 0:07:42.920 divided can't stand. And right now there's a lot of division, 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:50.440 a lot of hate, just because people are feeling fear 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:58.280 of possibly United States becoming a socialist nation and lifestyles 0:07:58.360 --> 0:08:05.800 being ultimately alternate lea changing in for dramatically, or the 0:08:05.880 --> 0:08:13.560 nation is going in the right direction, and where boys 0:08:13.600 --> 0:08:21.160 only compete against girls, gender re assignment for and paid 0:08:21.200 --> 0:08:28.800 by taxpayers for illegal immigrants as well as prisoners. All 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:32.960 of these things are on the ballot that she we 0:08:33.280 --> 0:08:37.000 You know that a lot of propositions you gotta pay 0:08:37.000 --> 0:08:42.760 attention to because homeless is increasing, so rent control is 0:08:42.760 --> 0:08:45.520 an issue. There's a lot of issues man at stake 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:49.000 and on this ballot, so you know, pay close attention 0:08:49.080 --> 0:08:54.679 and vote. But whoever wins, it's going to be a 0:08:54.720 --> 0:08:59.600 divided house either way. A house divided can't stand. And 0:08:59.800 --> 0:09:04.200 so fortunate because the United States of America has become 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:11.080 the greatest nation in the last four thousand years since Rome, 0:09:11.200 --> 0:09:17.080 right cause first they that epic Europeans, epic civilization was Rome. Well, 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:22.520 United States is a byproduct of Britain, Rome, Ancient Greece, 0:09:23.640 --> 0:09:28.679 ultimately knowledge that you got from ancient Egypt. So these 0:09:28.720 --> 0:09:36.040 things have culminated into America being the greatest nation in 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:40.120 the history of mankind and in the last you know, 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:44.960 like I said, four thousand years. So these things are 0:09:45.000 --> 0:09:49.640 on the ballot because America can end in a blink 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:52.680 of an eye, just like all other nations have gone 0:09:52.720 --> 0:10:01.880 and and pasted and are ancient now Babylon, Ancient Egypt, Rome, Greece, Persia, 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:05.960 all these nations are gone. They were great empires. So 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:10.600 we have an election at state in a house divided 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:15.439 can't stand. And there's a lot of divisiveness on both parties, 0:10:16.120 --> 0:10:21.840 not just one. There's a lot of fear being disseminated 0:10:21.880 --> 0:10:25.920 from both parties, not just one. And neither party has 0:10:26.000 --> 0:10:29.480 been a friend ultimately to black people, and a matter 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:33.559 we have been used over since we been able to vote. 0:10:33.559 --> 0:10:36.720 We have our vote has been used in a way 0:10:37.400 --> 0:10:43.480 to empower a certain party, but we have not gained 0:10:43.520 --> 0:10:47.000 the benefit from our vote that we should because of 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:51.040 our disunity, and we haven't gotten much. Both parties have 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:54.319 used us greatly. So we need to be very wise, 0:10:54.880 --> 0:10:57.960 very intelligent who we vote for, cause voting do have 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:04.360 power and it do create, you know, opposition or benefits. 0:11:04.400 --> 0:11:08.679 So we are a community. So but a house divider 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:12.320 can't stand. I I fear that no matter who wins, 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:16.280 this nation's gonna continue to be divided. And black people 0:11:16.320 --> 0:11:18.719 we just now, especially I'm a black man, just now 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:25.240 finding my way and understanding entrepreneurship, understanding you know the game, 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:28.840 you know the plan feel and now it feels like 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:33.440 it's being changed. And I'm very concerned about the future 0:11:34.120 --> 0:11:40.640 of the America of America because there's a lot of division, 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:45.199 and there's a lot of hate going on and and 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:50.200 and I see it from both sides, you know. So 0:11:50.640 --> 0:11:57.480 all I'm saying is be wise, vote, but be wise. 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:03.920 It's a game to power and go about it in 0:12:03.960 --> 0:12:11.360 a way to empower our communities. Otherwise we are subject 0:12:11.480 --> 0:12:14.319 to the winds. And we need to stop being subject 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:17.239 to the winds. And we need to build a foundation 0:12:17.400 --> 0:12:22.400 and legacy and generational wealth. And it's do for self 0:12:22.400 --> 0:12:25.960 and self for the consequences all life. Is born to 0:12:26.000 --> 0:12:28.440 do for self or self as the consel. When the 0:12:28.520 --> 0:12:32.120 first settlers came to America, they came over here to 0:12:32.160 --> 0:12:36.120 do for self. They came over with their destiny. They 0:12:36.160 --> 0:12:40.240 came over here with a a belief, and they did 0:12:40.280 --> 0:12:43.080 for self. When all these immigrants come over to America, 0:12:43.200 --> 0:12:45.000 they know they gotta do for self, for self for 0:12:45.040 --> 0:12:48.040 the consequor. That's the nature of all life, all life, 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:50.800 I has to do for self or self for the consequence. 0:12:51.120 --> 0:12:54.040 Black people wake up, do for self or self for 0:12:54.080 --> 0:12:57.520 the consequence. The Asians came over here and did for self. Now, 0:12:57.600 --> 0:13:01.920 look out politically, they're out there in powered because through economics. 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:07.640 The other groups of people came over here, religious or racist, 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:10.319 you know, I respect the Jews. Look what they have 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:14.960 done collectively. They have formed an alliance with each other 0:13:15.240 --> 0:13:19.320 and they have built a tremendous network in America. And 0:13:19.360 --> 0:13:23.080 they leveraged that and they're very powerful. That's a wonderful thing. 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:29.240 That's a great example of how unity works and how 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:34.880 you can leverage that to increase power and success. They 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:42.360 are a perfect example of success being a minority in America. Also, 0:13:42.920 --> 0:13:46.840 we have to look at the Hispanics, how they've become 0:13:47.000 --> 0:13:50.520 a network of success by sticking to and creating the 0:13:50.600 --> 0:13:55.080 own economic base in America, as did the Asians. You know, 0:13:55.400 --> 0:14:01.800 because they stick together, they understand the culture and how 0:14:01.840 --> 0:14:09.480 to protect each other and create unity amongst the groups 0:14:09.600 --> 0:14:14.240 in order to leverage more power. That's how Look at 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:20.080 the gay community, the lgbt Q right, Look how wonderful, 0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:24.880 how unified they are. They have created leverage because of 0:14:24.920 --> 0:14:27.760 their unity. That's why unity is more powerful than in 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:31.360 the topic. Mom, a house divided can't stand, you can't. 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:34.120 They can't get that kind of power being a minority 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:37.600 in the more unless they're unified. These all these groups. 0:14:37.960 --> 0:14:41.000 When you're a minority, the way you leverage power is 0:14:41.040 --> 0:14:44.680 to unite. Because a house divided can't stand. You got 0:14:44.720 --> 0:14:48.440 to unite. You got to leverage your numbers in order 0:14:48.440 --> 0:14:52.760 to increase your power. So a house de ain't stand, 0:14:52.920 --> 0:14:56.160 you gotta understand. Stop the division, stop the back talking, 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:59.600 stop the stabbing in the back. Learn to love your family, 0:14:59.640 --> 0:15:03.880 love your community, love your nation. This is how you 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:10.720 become successful as a group or right leverage your community. 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:14.800 Black people, we need to unite so we can create 0:15:14.840 --> 0:15:19.120 and create and increase our power and our wealth and 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:23.560 our whatever that we desire, we if we unite, we 0:15:23.600 --> 0:15:27.560 can solve probably ninety percent of our problems if we unite. 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:33.600 When I see how successful the Jewish community, the gay community, 0:15:34.160 --> 0:15:38.920 and they all minorities, how they're able to unite on 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:46.040 a common goal and use that to protect themselves, elevate themselves, 0:15:46.080 --> 0:15:52.600 empower themselves. Ultimately, they have become successful because and they 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:57.720 are the perfect examples of success based on unity and 0:15:57.840 --> 0:16:01.440 a when in a world where they're not the majority, 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:07.160 they're minority. Power is in united because a house divided 0:16:07.640 --> 0:16:14.600 can't stand well. I'm gonna be interviewing Renee Watching tomorrow 0:16:14.720 --> 0:16:20.040 night at four pm. That's November fourth, Monday, the November fourth, 0:16:20.200 --> 0:16:24.880 at four pm. I'm gonna be interviewing on Zoom No 0:16:24.960 --> 0:16:29.360 I'm sorry, on Instagram Live at Malik Books. Renee Watching, 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:32.840 bestseller one of the New York Times Best says, she 0:16:32.880 --> 0:16:35.160 got a gang of books, but the one we gonna 0:16:35.160 --> 0:16:38.960 be talking about is Cicely Tyson. She passed away, but 0:16:39.120 --> 0:16:43.040 she was a dignified black woman in Hollywood. She played 0:16:43.200 --> 0:16:48.600 very dignified roles. I r I highly respected Sily Tyson 0:16:48.800 --> 0:16:52.880 because she used Hollywood to promote a strong black woman image. 0:16:53.120 --> 0:16:56.640 So we gonna be talking about that new children book 0:16:56.680 --> 0:17:02.000 called Cicely Tyson November fourth, four pm on Instagram at 0:17:02.040 --> 0:17:07.040 Malik Books m Malik Muhammad and conversation with Renee Watson. 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:10.040 So I hope you enjoy this podcast. I'm gonna I'm 0:17:10.080 --> 0:17:15.760 gonna upload that conversation also because I think that conversation 0:17:15.840 --> 0:17:20.400 will It's gonna be a great conversation. It's going down tomorrow, Monday, 0:17:20.440 --> 0:17:23.200 November fourth, and I'm gonna air that on my podcast 0:17:23.240 --> 0:17:26.840 as well, but not on this episode because this one 0:17:26.920 --> 0:17:32.320 already gonna be up. Alright. Peace, Remember find a way 0:17:32.440 --> 0:17:35.880 to your night with your family, your community, your nation, 0:17:36.160 --> 0:17:38.600 because a house divided can't stand. 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:43.399 Thanks for listening to Malik's Bookshelf, where topics on the 0:17:43.440 --> 0:17:47.040 shelf are books, culture, and community. Be sure to subscribe 0:17:47.240 --> 0:17:50.080 and leave me a review. Check out my Instagram at 0:17:50.119 --> 0:17:52.000 Malik Books. See you next time.