Why does white America feel they have to choose my heros?

Question

I am told universally that MLK is a better leader than Malcolm X.

Has white America ever heard of Edward Blyden? Garvey? Bob Marley?
There are many more whose messages have more resonance to the thinking Blackman.
MLK, Mandela are White America's choices, because they preach the 'turn the other cheek' philosophies which serve the purposes of the master race well.

Do you people not understand why I pose these questions.. Your answers tell all of us exactly what you think and who you are. A Supremacist attitudes shine through. Thanks for confirming once again who and what you are.

Answer 1

ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW!!! I almost forgot that there were this many ignorant people in this country until I read some of the answers to this question. Disrespect and rudeness never solved anything. Open, honest, dialog is essential to ending the racism and prejudice that exists in our country today. We all need to realize that heroes come in many forms . There is nothing wrong with idolizing Dr. King, Malcolm X, Marcus Garvey, Bill Clinton, George Washington or anyone of any race who has done something good in this world. A hero is defined as " person noted for feats of courage or nobility of purpose, especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life." No where does it stipulate that a person must be of a certain race. One final note for those of you who have so tragically misquoted the life of the Honorable Robert Nesta Marley, I say get the facts. The only one who comes out looking stupid by unfounded insults is YOU!!! Check out www.bobmarley.com to get the facts.

Answer 2

You choose your own heroes, if you like people who preach humanity or violence its your choice....

MLK is a hero to EVERYONE...not just black people.
Mandela is a hero to EVERYONE...not just black people.
Bob Marley preached almost the same stuff as the MLK and Mandela.....he could be a hero to everyone, except he really never did anything Heroic - he wasn't persecuted or stood up in the face of danger for equality and respect....he was a wise man though.

and when Malcolm X became a wiser man.....he was killed by Farrakhan and his lackeys

Marcus Garvey was a great man.....

as for Edward Blyden, he was trying to do great things....but nationalism was not needed in Africa at the time....his work in education and health care was FANTASTIC, so yes he was a HERO, but he may be partially responsible for some of the violence there by creating "fake" nations that combined many tribes that wound up to this day still killing each other.

Answer 3

You are giving White America too much power with your own thinking. Sure we hear lots about, Dr. ML King and Nelson Mandela. They are known for worldwide but there is nothing that forces us to identify them as our heroes. That is a matter of personal choice. I've never heard of Edward Blyden or Garvey but I will research them now that you have mentioned them. The only way that more heroes will be known is for their contributions to us to be mentioned by others. Thanks for introducing me to some new people to learn about. I want to know as much as possible about productive, powerful Black people because I know that our heritage can only remain as rich as it is if we know where we come from and have a clear idea where we're going. Don't be made into a bitter black man. We need you to have a strong, clear mind so that you can bring knowledge to those with less life experience than yourself.

Answer 4

Your hero is whoever you want. I personally respect Dr. King more than Malcolm X for the same reason I respect Mohandas Ghandi. They used non-violent means to achieve their goals.

Malcolm X advocated the separation of the races until his pilgrimage to Mecca. This, in my opinion, was a bigoted attitude. The Nation of Islam under Elijah Muhammad put forth a viewpoint that I am a "devil" because of the color of my skin and my brothers are "devils" if they are Jews. Not exactly tolerant, but somewhat understandable, considering the aceptable, even mandated, racism of the times.
I do agree with your assessment that Dr. King is "safer" for whites as a symbol of the civil rights movement. The Nation, the Black Panther Party, any vision of armed, angry black americans determined to take the rights denied them for so long is truly frightening.

Answer 5

It could be a race thing. I never thought of it that way; but I never once in my life thought of having a Hero. Never wanted to have a little plastic white guy to play with. None of that.

People on this forum frequently yell raceism. But there are things that are ture about race. Like Chinese people don't have bad backs like Europiean people do. Or whites don't get CycleCell like we do.

Understanding racial difference is better than trying to make excuses for ignorance. I understand that white men have "Shortcomings" But that is life they live to be 84 while most black men die at 69.

So whitemen need heros Black men need pu**y

Go big Red Go

Answer 6

I agree completely with the first answer to this question.

I love how you differentiate yourself as a "thinking" black man, though. Is that as opposed to the majority of black men, in your mind?

You are continuing a recent trend, where African Americans are drawing more attention to the difference between them and caucasians than the caucasians. When was the last time you heard a caucasian make a racial slur? I can't remember it. And yet, on an almost daily basis you see things like black men sarcastically calling caucasians the "master race".

When will you let go of your inferiority complex and just be a normal man? You're just making it harder on the black, white, hispanic, etc people who already overlook color as insignificant.

Answer 7

You choose your own heroes.
If you follow the masses then you only have yourself to blame.
There is much to be said for 'turning the other cheek' but not at the expense of being walked over. But remember that it is sometimes better not to waste time and effort on a minor point of principle that will end up costing you more.

Answer 8

How does "turn the other cheek" serve the purpose solely for "White America"? If a person is white and doesn't appreciate the verbal slap you just applied, would it not be a better response for them to turn the other cheek?

You see, MLK can be a hero for all while Malcom X cannot.

Answer 9

If you are being told "universally" that Dr. King was a better leader than Malcom X, then aren't some of those people that beleive that black? How is whites chooseing "your heros" if other blacks believe it too? Also just because someone else believes a person is great does not make that person my hero, or you just a wishy-washy follower with not original thoughts of your own?

Answer 10

Quite honestly, I couldn't care less who you choose to look at as a hero. It affects me NOT.

Gotta love how blacks always play the race card. It's been what - 140 years since the Civil War? 140 YEARS. Guess we white supremists are STILL to blame for your lack of progress in all this time, eh?

Yawn. Whatever.