What happen to the non-violent ways that the civil rights stood for?

Question

I just watched last night a wonderful show about the civil rights movement for the freedom of blacks back in the 60's. I look at the young blacks of today and ask myself. Would Martian Luther king jr. be proud of the generation of today? When I see successful blacks it makes me happy for all they accomplished, (except when the success degrades woman such as many singers do) but then I have noticed that there are more bad directional black people than successful ones. That’s sad. Its like the none violent ways of civil rights movement was turned into a joke by young black people and that what makes me sad to see, especially the ones in gang's, prisons, living on welfare, and drug dealers, which has been proven to majority black which is also sad as well. I’m an American who look's white by color, but I am a Heinz 57 (a woman of many nationalities) i praise those who fought for the civil rights, I just wish more and more black people would honor that movement and stop the violence.

Answer 1

I agree. I am a white woman who was born right at the height of the civil rights movement. I was always interested in the social changes that were happening at that time, and was a first hand witness of the integration of the public schools. One day it was all white, the next it was mixed, and my best friend was black, until we got old enough for society to show us the difference. Rev.Martin Luther King Jr. is one of my human rights heroes, and his writings and speeches give me goose bumps, because they ring so true. Yes, I think he would be very disappointed at how many blacks could not care less what sacrifices were made for them. We all need to remember those who sacrificed so greatly just so other people could have better lives. Like Jesus.

Answer 2

Non-violence was a tactic used during the Civil Rights movement, because Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. realized that it was the most effective way to show the hypocrisy of the accepted American society standards that governed race relations. He did not want to ignite a race war which violence would have surely provoked. Malcolm X and others that felt as he did had no problem with the concept of response to violence with violence.
The current situation you lament is most directly traced to the so called war on poverty and resulting welfare system that has essentialy destroyed the basic family unit of mother, father and children living in the same household. The family unit has always been the foundation of any society and with the demise of the nuclear black family these negative social issues have arisen. By the way, more white people are on welfare in the USA than Black people.

Answer 3

Martin luther King's words were "we shall overcome", and the black people are trying to do just that. They just dont have the intelligence to do it the right way....