Do White Americans like any Black leaders who aren't already dead?

Question

And I'm talking about leaders who the Majority of Blacks support.

You all seem hate Sharpton and Jackson. Just wondering why.

Probably would have hated MLK in his day also. Called him a trouble-making communist.

And of course, any out-spoken black advocate is a loud-mouth, charlatan, and trouble-maker out to make a buck.

Just like they said about MLK. Race history is a *****. LOL America....LOL

People seem to forget how MLK in his days was vilified as:

-An upity *****
-A race opportunist
-Anti-white
-A communist
-Anti-American (he was against Viet Nam)
-A racist for supporting "Blacks"
-A loud-mouthed instigator

My.......how some things haven't changed for white America and their opinion of Black leadership.

Answer 1

how quickly they forget...while dr king was alive, they called him 'martin lucifer coon'...he was hated, absolutely hated, by conservatives...to suggest otherwise is just more 'revisionist history'...when he was killed, the range of emotions displayed by the right wing ranged from smug satisfaction to fear of what those 'uppity coloreds' were gonna do in response...there was, to my knowledge, only one white politician of any stature who dared to go out into the black community, and truly engage in dialog with black people after dr. king was murdered...and then, he was murdered just a few short months later in l.a.

Answer 2

This may sound like splitting hairs, but by 'Black leaders' do you mean leaders /of/ blacks, or leaders who are black?

The former won't apeal to whites, because they consciously exclude non-blacks from thier agenda - thier mission is to lead thier own people (and there have certainly been times and places when that was a noble goal).

The latter might well apeal to whites, since they may base thier leadership on something other than the race of thier potential followers.


MLK could be said to have been a black leader, while Sharpton and Jackson might now find themselves leaders of blacks (Jackson's 'rainbow coalition' in the 80's notwithstanding). Barak Obama is certainly a leader with a potentially-racially-diverse following - whether he's 'really black' may be a point of contention ('half-Kenyan' may not mean quite the same thing to everyone as 'descended from slaves in the antebellum south').

Of course, Sharpton, Jackson, and Obama are /all/ Democrats, so any white conservatives probably don't much care for them, just based on thier politics.

Answer 3

WoW.... This question is the bomb. I can go on for ever on this subject but I am going to restrict myself to this.....

When White America chooses my heroes, I take a second slanted look at that individual. White America has always ostracized leaders that say we must struggle violently against their hatred and bigotry and welcomed as heroes those who accept their gravitas and call for peaceful change.

I will only say look at Iraq, Iran and any country today that oppose the racist, imperialistic policies of the US and contrast them to the acquiescence of the corrupt Egyptians, Saudi Arabians etc.

Anyone the US calls a terrorist should be considered seriously.

Remember the land of the free and equals only gave the vote to Blacks only 40 years ago but was happy to send them with guns to die in battlefields to defend the flag. What a JOKE?

Answer 4

Sharpton and Jackson are jokes. I respect Barack Obama, Charles Rangel, Carol Moseley Braun, John Conyers, and Cory Booker.

Answer 5

What are our choices beside sharpton and jackson? I think Don Kings funny and most of what Chappelle does but as far as political leaders i can't think of any. I don't consider obama as black and i don't have any great love for him anyway. I do like Collin Powell, and Condi, but i don't really like condi, i just love to hate her.

As for MLK, it would depend on our point of view, it is entirely understandable for people in that time to feel threatened by the growing power of what they percieve as an opposing social group.

Answer 6

Sharpton and Jackson. never worked an honest day in their lives and live off the black community being driven around in limos and wearing Rolexes. Whats to like?

Answer 7

I like Bill Cosby and wonder why the black community doesn't support him more.

Jesse Jackson is out for Jesse Jackson, period - *not* the black community.

I don't think Sharpton is the most positive influence in the world, but I don't hate him at all - in fact, I kinda like the guy.

Answer 8

I'm white and I like and respect Colin Powell, Condi Rice, Barack Obama, and I was alive for Dr. King. I respect all of these people, the problem I have with Sharpton and Jackson is they are dividers, not uniters. Peace.

Answer 9

Greetings highly bigoted individual! White people have no problem supporting black people who are qualified for the job and are not calling for total hatred of the white people. Sharpton and Jackson are anti-white, anti-asian, anti-jewish and pretty much anti-anybody-who-isnt liberal self-vicimized-black. This makes them highly unqualified. That is why we dont like them.
P.S. How dare you compare Martin Luther King to these frauds! MLK was for all the oppressed people, and wanted racial equality, not black superiority! Wake up!

Answer 10

Why do you lump every "white American" into one big pile of people? I don't like Sharpton because he a liberal socialist. Race has nothing to do with it. Jackson claims to represent the Blacks but he really doesn't.