Martin Delany's Black Nationalism

A social government that separates whites from blacks is what Black Nationalism is about. Black Nationalism is the desire, or want, for a separate nation just for black people. Black Nationalism started due to whites being discriminatory towards the African American race. Many African Americans wanted a self-determined life. A life with no hate, a life without feeling targeted at every extent of their life. Living in a society full of White Supremacy is not ideal for people of color. During the mid 1800’s, Black Nationalism was created. Martin Delany was considered the Father of Black Nationalism (Butler). Delany was not just the Father of Black Nationalism, he was an African American abolitionist, physician, and editor during the Civil War …show more content…
“Black Nationalism is not designed to make the black man reevaluate the white man--you know him already--but to make the black man re-evaluate himself. Don’t change the white man’s mind; you can’t change his mind. And that whole thing about appealing to the moral conscience of America--America’s Conscience is bankrupt,” Malcolm X (Wehner). The white man mind is already set, they can change their mind if they want to. If the black man changes the mind of someone else for their benefit, they are wrong. The only way a problem can be fixed is if the person themselves change the appearance of their self or community. The moral conscience of America back then was not right, it was broken. People of color was judged, wrongfully judged. “Feminism is to sexism what Black Nationalism is to racism; the most rational response to the problem,” stated Pearl Cleage. Both Feminism and Black Nationalism is a movement towards equality and self knowledge. The root of both problems is inequality (Wehner). The only way equality can be given is to revolt, to fight for the right In since of Black Nationalism, the problem was apparent, it just needed a community to back it