Willie Lynch's Speech: Not Real

The document came out not to be authentic. The speech had many signifiers within itself to prove that it was not real. For example, the only Willie Lynch known during that time was born 30 years after the supposed speech in 1712. (Heningburg, K) Also, words like fool proof, re-fueling, and Black with a capitalized “b” are 20th century words. (Heningburg, K) In 2004, Professor William Jelani Cobb was asked if the Willie Lynch Letter was real. He immediately shot down the possibility of the letter being real. Professor Cobb provided the inconsistencies of the writing and language for that time. This knowledge is not new to me. I knew that that speech wasn’t real for a while now, yet I always felt that that did not take away from the reality of life …show more content…
The speech falsified an event to paint a vivid picture of what happen. I think that it was necessary. Sometimes we say slaves and talk about life as a slaves but we don’t see the people who were impacted. Hearing this depiction you are forced to see humans and not just an event that’s hard to show emotion towards. The letter gained notoriety by Minister Louis Farrakhan during his speech during the Million Man March even though the speech has been public since the 1970s and on the internet since ’93. I do believe that the speech should not have been portrayed as real. I do not think that it would have took anything away from the writing. A lot of what was explained in this speech shows its ugly self in our community. I’m not suggesting that slavery alone is what caused our disunity, but it did play a huge part. I know other races have their dysfunctions as well, but I do see colorism as a huge problem in the White community. Yes, tanning has become part of white culture, but that is to get darker which goes against the fabric of