we don't have a "Malcom X" or a "Dr Martin Luther King", all we have is NAACP who is out for money nowadays....why black people don't try no more
2007-02-25 09:43:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
When the Black community has leaders like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton it looks bleek.
2007-02-25 09:56:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
The Black community does have leadership. It isn't in the form of Malcom and Martin because the times and needs are different. I would say Cornel West, Henry Louis Gates, Julian Bond, to name a few are working very hard to effect racism. The real question is what are you doing? Great leaders don't create social movements. The society (community) does that. The leaders rise up through the ranks of those movements. -- (not to brag but I heard that from Julian Bond just the other day).
It is your duty to fight racism where you see it. Don't let it stay hidden pull it into the light. Also don't think about Blacks as the U.S. alone. There are many Malcom X , Martin Luther King type leaders in Africa and the Carribean. Ngugi wa' Thiong'o and Wole Soyinka bemoan the fact that Africa Americans tend to only connect with africa and other diaspora (dispersed) africans around "a religion of skin color".
They are often struggling with neocolonial type racism. Where western nations, such as ours, place and keep corrupt leaders in power for strategic or economic reasons. Often when you hear about famines in African nations they are man made tragedies meant to drive the price of some product up or down.
The true fight against racism is global. A black person who wants to fight racism must be willing to realisticlly assess Africa, because it is corrupt African leaders backed up by Western powers which is leading to the death of so many Black people on the continent.
When there is a black face on the leadership people are less likely to call it racism. And a lot of Black people won't like to hear this but right now Bill and Melinda Gates are doing more to combat racism globally than most anyone else. They understand the social and economic dimesions of racism. And that in the end it will hurt us all. Diverse views makes us more, not less innovative. Racism keeps huge segements of the worlds population from being productive.
2007-02-25 18:27:28 · answer #2 · answered by slinda 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because they're too lazy, i'm not talking about American Americans, i'm talking about everyone in the wolrd, even me. I'm not that lazy but i'm willing to try to "step up to the plate" and change things around my city. You can too make a huge difference in ur city, u dont know how many predjuice people there are living in your city right now. You can make a difference and i'm willing to sacrifice some things to change around here. Good luck to ya :)
You ask this question but your the one who should be changing things.
2007-02-25 20:19:32 · answer #3 · answered by The Sweetest Sin Princess 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black people aren't victimized enough anymore to need people like that anymore.
2007-02-26 16:25:10 · answer #4 · answered by Prideful 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Times like this make me want to move to a happy place......
like the Caribbean
take me away!
seriously, i guess your right, i really wish their was a real Huey Freeman, thats what we need, a 10 year old genius.
2007-02-25 18:09:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
you should be happy with the status quo. it sure beats living in africa.
2007-02-25 18:14:16 · answer #6 · answered by patriot07 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
yeah black people should stop being racist
2007-02-25 17:58:03 · answer #7 · answered by No Bs 1 · 3⤊ 2⤋
THEY DON'T WANT TO TRY LISTEN TO BIIL COSBY HE HAS THE BEST EXPLAINATION
2007-02-25 17:48:47 · answer #8 · answered by oldmanarnie 4 · 3⤊ 2⤋
One simple word, "Assassination".
2007-02-25 17:46:34 · answer #9 · answered by InfraRed 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋