Street Preachers at Woodward and Grand River

[dtowncitylover]

So I was downtown recently on a weekend and I was walking past the group of African-American street preachers. I've seen them before, paid them no mind, didn't really care what they were saying. They're dressed pretty raggedly, which I would guess is part of their shtick.

I didn't really pay them any mind until this one time and as I was walking past overheard them talking about and I'm paraphrasing, "The white man raped the native women, and the white man raped our 'negra' women, well it's our turn to rape your women!" I didn't stop, didn't care to, but holy hell that wasn't exactly what I was expecting! I'm all for black empowerment and equal rights, but raping "our" women and calling for it, as a way to get back at what white people did isn't exactly reconciliation. Maybe I misunderstood?

At least with the NOI, they are either silent when a white person walks by or mutter, "devil" under their breath when walking by [[as happened to me earlier this year when I was downtown as the NOI convention was taking place).

Anyone know who these guys are? They're all men, btw. Can't be NOI, because NOI members dress up. These guys are wearing rags and slippers, it appears.