In a wide-ranging interview that touches on everything from 'Django Unchained' to President Barack Obama, Minister Louis Farrakhan gives a lengthy and heartfelt "shout-out' to film-maker Tyler Perry:
"I have never seen his portrayal of ‘Madea’ as a man cross-dressing. I saw his wonderful portrayal of Madea as bringing to the forefront the strongest person in the history of our sojourn in America, and that is Madea."
When asked how single, Black women could better raise their son, instead of babying them, Farrakhan said they could "be more like Madea":
"I didn’t have a father in my house. My mother was strong enough to be anybody’s father. We’ve got strong Black women, but if they sit around watching stupid television...Black women need to stop thinking that you necessarily need a weak man in your house. You’re strong enough to make a man. My mother was and all she had was God and his Christ as a Christian woman and the discipline that she put on me and brother."
He had a lot more to say about Perry, the importance of Madea and the culture of violence on the United States.
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"I have never seen his portrayal of ‘Madea’ as a man cross-dressing. I saw his wonderful portrayal of Madea as bringing to the forefront the strongest person in the history of our sojourn in America, and that is Madea."
When asked how single, Black women could better raise their son, instead of babying them, Farrakhan said they could "be more like Madea":
"I didn’t have a father in my house. My mother was strong enough to be anybody’s father. We’ve got strong Black women, but if they sit around watching stupid television...Black women need to stop thinking that you necessarily need a weak man in your house. You’re strong enough to make a man. My mother was and all she had was God and his Christ as a Christian woman and the discipline that she put on me and brother."
He had a lot more to say about Perry, the importance of Madea and the culture of violence on the United States.
Check it out here: http://wp.me/p2bAXi-8UKL