2007-01-16 08:45:38 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Jim, opposing affirmative action is neither hateful nor racist.
And no conservatives today rally for segregation
2007-01-16 08:55:52 · update #1
Not only would he stand in opposition of this racially biased construct, MLK would be a Conservative.
Why?
For the simple fact he was not a VICTIM....
MLK would probably make an exception to his non-violence edict in order to B- slap Jackson and Sharpton
2007-01-16 08:52:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. Martin Luther King Jr. never asked for anyone to bow down and worship him like the AA's of today. People like Al Sharpton hijacked the civil rights movement, hit a tree, and careened out of control into on- coming traffic. King wanted equality, not immutability. He never wanted shortcuts.
2007-01-16 09:36:17 · answer #2 · answered by blood and ashes 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The time period "affirmative action" did not come into overseas money till after King's lack of life even though it became King himself, as chair of the Southern Christian administration convention, who initiated the first valuable nationwide affirmative action marketing campaign: "Operation Breadbasket." "A society that has performed something particular adverse to the N*gro for hundreds of years ought to now do something particular for the N*gro" --Martin Luther King EDIT i do not learn about hypocrisy. Dr. King by no ability perplexed his "Dream" with the yankee reality. King in many cases compared affirmative action-type regulations to the GI invoice: "interior problem-free regulation we've sufficient precedents for particular compensatory courses.... and also you may want to undergo in ideas that us of a of america followed a coverage of particular treatment for her tens of millions of veterans after the conflict." i'm no longer expressing any own opinion about Affirmative action yet obviously, Dr. King became a proponent of the idea.
2016-10-15 07:56:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't claim to be a scholar of MLK Jr. but he preached equality of all men, despite creed or color correct? that men be judged on their merit rather than their skin color.. therefor I don't think he would approve of affirmative action because it still categorizes us... even if for a good purpose.. he would want the world to not NEED affirmative action.
2007-01-16 09:08:00 · answer #4 · answered by pip 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some forms yes, other forms no. I don't like the idea of 'quotas' because it implies to minority races that they are only hired because of the color of their skin. However, giving small tax breaks to companies who's employee base is culturally representative of the US is a good compromise. No racist CEO's, no discriminatory laws.
2007-01-16 09:01:09 · answer #5 · answered by KrazyKat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. Affirmative Action today has been totally emasculated, and American society has refused Dr. King's central challenge - to eradicate racism and use affirmative action to overturn its legacy.
Our society today refuses to accept racism is real and refuses to accept responsibility for its legacy. White people continue to believe everyone is treated equally now that they listen to hiphop. It doesn't work like that.
2007-01-16 08:59:19 · answer #6 · answered by Longhaired Freaky Person 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No, he wanted racial equality, not the very same preferential treatment for members of his race that many whites in his time gave themselves.
Granting racial equality to any one race through programs like AA assumes that the people of that race aren't able to earn for themselves the benefits awarded to them, which implies that they are in fact an inferior race and thus such programs undermine and invalidate themselves and their claims of creating racial equality.
2007-01-17 08:05:59 · answer #7 · answered by STILL standing 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think NOT--and I quote the late, great James Brown (the title of one of his numerous hits from the era) for the rationale:
``I don't want nobody to give me nothin,
OPEN UP THE DOOR
I'LL GET IT MYSELF!''
2007-01-16 08:58:45 · answer #8 · answered by Col. Forbin 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but I don't think he would.The man would have probably stressed education and hard work to earn your job as a man not as a gift because of your color.
2007-01-16 08:50:59 · answer #9 · answered by Tommy G. 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
NO. He would think it is crap, like me. He would want blacks to actually earn there jobs b/c they are the best candidates, not b/c people felt sorry for them or they bitched.
2007-01-16 09:07:08 · answer #10 · answered by SS LAZIO 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋