White people aren't allowed to be African

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Well, Malcolm gave a few different messages, often in conflict with each other. Being a fan of his teaching doesn't mean you're an automatic supremacist. Same as being a student of Dr. Kings didn't stop the Jesse Jacksons and Al Sharptons from getting things a little confused.

You have to remember that "equal rights" was a buzz word term in those days that we've come to distort into meaning "i deserve more because you've put me at a disadvantage". That's not what the original feminists, or gay rights leaders wanted...and it's not what King wanted either. They all were about making changes that effected our future, while things like Reparations dwell on the past. I don't think there's any arguments in this thread in favor of that.

With that said, Supa, being Black in Washington State is a pretty individual experience. I don't know where you're from, or how much you've travelled, but I've spent a lot of time in some ghetto areas and throwing some money at the problem isn't the worst idea. Of course , fixing the system would be ideal. There are Blacks in all tax brackets, but for those at the bottom, Sports and the entertainment industry are still the only goals young kids aim for. They're not being encouraged to be pharmacists, or real estate brokers. I'm just of the opinion that Blacks have contributed enough to our culture, and have been intertwined into American communities long enough they shouldn't be compared in statistics to the recent influx of Asians (or whoever) and their needs. Nobody would pull out stats of Native Americans and compare them to Russian imigrants to prove Natives are lazy. It would be insane.