Is black history month racist?

[Klash]

You can't have equality as long as you are practicing discrimination. Even if you are only practicing it against the race you don't like - racism. There is no such thing as reverse discrimination, it's just dicrimination.

You either want equallity or you don't. If you judge people by race in the name of 'diversity' that is just as discrimanatory as judging people on race in the name of segregation.

BET, Miss Black America, The Black Academy Awards, scholarships based on race, etc., all support racism.

[rado]

Originally posted by PhyzEd
You want some history about "The Great Martin Luther King"? Here's some little unknown facts about this "great" leader that now has his own holiday.

Four Things you didn't know about 'Dr. Martin Luther' King:

1. His name wasn't Martin Luther. It was Michael. It was decided 'Martin Luther' had a more prominent ring to it, so he went by that. He never legally changed his name. To this day, he lived and died as Michael King.

2. While working on his dissertation for his doctoral degree at Boston University, he heavily plagiarized from another author who had done research on a subject similar to King's. An academic committee later found that over half of King's work was plagiarized, yet would not revoke his doctrine. King was dead by this time, and the committee ruled that revoking the title would serve no purpose. It was also discovered that King's famous "I Have A Dream" speech was also not his own. He stole it from a sermon by Archibald Carey, a popular black preacher in the 1950's.

3. King was under FBI surveillance for several years (until he died) due to his ties with communist organizations throughout the country. King accepted money from the organizations to fund his movements. In return, King had to appoint communist leaders to run certain districts of his SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), who then could project their communist ideas to larger audiences. A federal judge in the 60's ruled that the FBI files on King's links to communism to remain top-secret until 2027. Senator Jesse Helms appealed to the Supreme Court in 1983 to release the files, so the current bill in the Senate to create the Martin Luther King Federal Holiday could be abolished. He was denied.

4. One of King's closest friends, Rev. Ralph Abernathy, wrote a book in 1989 in which he talked about King's obsession with white prostitutes. King would often use church donations to have drunken sex parties, where he would hire two to three white prostitutes, occasionally beating them brutally. This has also been reported by the FBI agents who monitored King. King was married with four children.

Monday was "Martin Luther King" Day. A day when this country came to a screeching halt so we can have parades and memorials to honor this man, a man that most of the world views as a saint for his role in the civil rights movement.

No other public holiday in the United States honors a single individual. Of all the great leaders in our Nation's history - none of them have their own holiday. All of our great war heroes share Memorial Day. All of our great presidents share President's Day. Yet King - a man who was a phony, a cheater, a traitor, and a sexual degenerate - gets a day of his own.

I have a big problem with that.

I'm not trying to take anything away from African Americans, but I am trying to point out that (1) the vast majority of people are sorely mistaken about Michael King, and (2) that reverse discrimination is blatantly obvious everywhere you look today. Been watching the news lately? President Bush just got himself in some hot water when he spoke out against the University of Michigan for giving black applicants precedence over more qualified white applicants. Now Jesse Jackson, the NAACP, and other black leaders are trashing him, without a doubt planning how they can use this against his re-election campaign. Think about that - Bush just made a stand for equal human rights, but low and behold - in this case they don't want to be treated as equals. Make up your minds.

As a white heterosexual male, I feel like I belong to one of the more abused ethnic groups in this country today. Can I do anything about it? Absolutely not. If I dare speak out I'll get labeled a racist, harassed by the media, subsequently lose my job, and never be able to show my face in public again. But what I will do is send out this email to as many people I know in hopes that when you're watching the news Monday evening, and you see our politicians falling all over themselves to be filmed in a black church somewhere, you might stop and ask yourself - what about us?

I like this read very much, thanks !

[Boriqua24]

Originally posted by MYRICK
YEAH BECAUSE I NEVER SEE BLACK PPL ON ANY OF THOSE CHANNELS AND THAT MUST NOT HAVE BEEN RUN DMC OR WHATS LEFT OF THEM ON CMT THE OTHER DAY RAPPING WITH THAT COUNTRY SINGER. U LET SOMEONE COME OUT WITH W.E.T. AND SEE WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENS

IF YOU EVER WATCHED BET YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF WHITE PEOPLE ON THE CHANNELS. JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE A FEW WHITE FOLKS ON THERE DOESNT MAKE IT ANY LESS OF A "BLACK ENTERTAINMENT TELEVISION". THIS IS SAME OBSERVATION CAN APPLY TO THE WET CHANNELS

[Boriqua24]

Originally posted by jsjs24
I know you do and we never got along on this part but it's true. And there are NOT any WET stations. You show me one damn channel that blacks are not on at all. Don't give me that BS, CMT even has them on it.

READ WHAT I WROTE VOODOO. IT SHOULD EXPLAIN IT IN TERMS EVEN YOU CAN UNDERSTAND.

[jsjs24]

Originally posted by Boriqua24
READ WHAT I WROTE VOODOO. IT SHOULD EXPLAIN IT IN TERMS EVEN YOU CAN UNDERSTAND.

"Even you can understand".....are you implying that I am ignorant? I won't even comment because the admin. will not appreciate what I have to say. I can't wait to sign those damn papers and be done with you. I have never insulted your intelligence have I? I didn't think so, I only try to motivate you to succeed in whatever you pursue in life. I know you will and I'm happy for that, but why can't you have the common decency to wish me the same. That I will never understand.....have a good life

[Boriqua24]

Originally posted by jsjs24
"Even you can understand".....are you implying that I am ignorant? I won't even comment because the admin. will not appreciate what I have to say. I can't wait to sign those damn papers and be done with you. I have never insulted your intelligence have I? I didn't think so, I only try to motivate you to succeed in whatever you pursue in life. I know you will and I'm happy for that, but why can't you have the common decency to wish me the same. That I will never understand.....have a good life

WOW, SOMEONE NEEDS A VALUM (CHILL PILL), I SEE A VEIN COMING OUT OF YOUR HEAD ALREADY. I WAS JUST KIDDING

BUT REALLY DID YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I WROTE

[jsjs24]

Originally posted by Boriqua24
WOW, SOMEONE NEEDS A VALUM (CHILL PILL), I SEE A VEIN COMING OUT OF YOUR HEAD ALREADY. I WAS JUST KIDDING

BUT REALLY DID YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I WROTE

I'm sorry, but by the time you read you pm you will not care if I understood.

And yes there is probably a vein coming out of my head

[Boriqua24]

I guess no one disagrees with the point I made about the so called "racist" BET channel.

[3Vandoo]

- IM A MALE
- IM WHITE
- I DONT SPEAK ENGLISH
- IM FROM NORTH AMERICA
- IM CHRISTIAN

IM OPPRESED!

this thread is close, move on folks, before Jesse Jackson arrives here