why do black people like Al Sharpton think that there still needs to be a civil rights movement?
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People like Al Sharpton gain their powerbase and fame from crying racism every chance they can.  It's a power trip.  It doesn't make the problems less real, just more difficult to judge if they are truly promoting racial harmony or their own agenda.
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I think the Black Panthers are a dispicable group that only wants to foster racism in our country and then cry about discrimination.  They are in the same group with the KKK and Nazis.  We should just round them all up and burn them.
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I'll speak up for it!  Give me a man of ethics, who is truly a representative President, who understands the basic nature of our country and will fight for it as our Commander, who is better qualified than any other U.S.A. born citizen of any other group, race, religion, whatever, and I'll vote for them, and more.  If they are the first, I'll join their campaign, volunteer time, etc.\nHowever, as yet, I haven't seen one.  It seems that the African-American (I hate that term.  You're a U.S.A. citizen, you live in the U.S. of A., "America" covers two full continents, and I don't give a darn what country your ancestors come from and we should drop the whole ethnic thing, but that's a different question) seem to support people who keep harping on the African-American seperateness and people don't want an African-American President.  They want a President.  Period.  The few "African-Americans" who actually don't give a darn whether they are called "African-Americans" are usually called "Uncle Toms" or other names by the same people who seem to want the "African-American" population to stay isolated.\n\nI sometimes think the "White Slaveholders" of the south just changed their name and became the Democrats of today.  Keep the slaves dependant, keep them seperate, make a former Klansman (Mr. Byrd) a Senator, keep them hating success, The Man, school, etc.\n\nGoodness sake!  How will we ever get a black President if the people involved (that's all of us) don't speak up against such behavior!\n\nEvery U.S.A. Citizen should encourage love of school, business, success, becoming one people, immigrating from around the world (legally, please), free speech (even if it doesn't please you, like Cosby or talk radio, or Fox channel, or demonstrators (legal and law-abiding) against the war, or ANY poster in the Yahoo! Answers forum that follow the rules that the owners have asked us all to follow (their right, their soap-box).\n\nGet some for us, we're waiting.  I don't think we have long to wait, but a good way to check the waters is to see who calls Condi Rice names.\n\nYou'll see what I mean.  Someone doesn't want "African-Americans" in the White House, and it isn't President Bush (who put more minority groups in the major posts of his cabinet than any President before him.  President Clinton (whom I respect AS a President, regardless of personal problems), posted none to any major position in his cabinet.\n\nWatch the name-callers.  Those are the enemies.  Those are the ones who are seditiously trying to undermine our country and prevent us from getting a good President, regardless of the color of their skin, hair, eyes, or political party.\n\nThese are the people I speak up about.\n\nI hope you will, too.  Then we'll have a President, and I bet, soon after these people realize they DO NOT have a chance to undermine our country, that the President will all his ancestors from Africa and none from Europe.\n\nBut he won't be African-American.\n\nHe'll be one of us.
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personally as long as there is hatred in the world between races, religions, ethnic groups, poverty, environmental break down, his dreams will never be met. a country like ours, meaning the U.S. i assume, is populated with millions of different groups of people, who all want other groups to meet their standards.  yes lack of education does contribute, but keep in mind that graduates of Hardvard, Yale, Princeton, all make up the KKK and Black Panthers and other hate groups, nature vs. nurture, not too sure that really has anything to do with it, but sure, it is possible, money, YESSSSS!  that has a lot to do with it, when i have a $400k house, 4-5 mercedes just in Miami alone and 3 little kids are starving, then yeah, there are going to be problems.  parents, yes, when a 2 year old can say the "N" word to a black person, they didn't hear it on TV, they most likely heard it in their very on household, and WE aren't helping because we contribute, black people don't like the whites and blame them for all the wrong doing and tend to live up to the negative sterotypes created, whites don't like blacks and same thing blame them for so much wrong, jews and muslims, Irish and English, same thing.  i don't think that it will ever be met fully, because of the many many differences and problems that the world as a whole face today.  \n\ni can witness to this because i am black and live in a town where just being darker than a white person will get you pulled over by the cops.  DWB's are the most popular citations in my city.  yes it has came a long way, but still has a long way to go.  yeah, black can vote, go to school, get jobs, etc... but will still be labled as gang bangers, drug dealers, and whores.  hispanics can go to school, buy houses, own business, etc...but will still be labled  as drug smugglers, illegal aliens (even when born in the U.S.), and yes whores.  \n\nThe U.S. is still headed by one race, that has not changed, and probably won't for a long long time.  \n\nMLK's dreams are a work in progress, but sure it will ever be achieved.  the only way they can, is if we all had the same skin color, height, weight, money, house, car, came from the same background, and lived the same life.
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You really need to stop listening to the lies of white people. I know who you are referring to when you say "Black Leaders" as much as I research black history I never came across them, well sometimes. They don't do it for their gain but they bug whites people with it. They never hardly go to blacks with this stuff. It would benefit them telling blacks only whites. I don't need any money from anyone, but I will say this someone will pay for my father oppression and my families segregation. America should not be allowed to keep committing crimes and do nothing about. They will no longer start war and not pay for it, the time will come when they will reap what they have sowed.
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If it had not been for slavery, the civil rights movement would not have been necessary. \n\nThe purpose of the civil rights movement was to correct the damage done by slavery and 100 years of oppression that followed.
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Black people today are not feeling the effects of what happened during their Grandfathers era.  There are more social programs from minorities than there are for White Men.  Black have more opportunity for advancement and more opportunity to attend college than most white people.  Look at the scholarships available today, most are for minorities or gays.  I am not holding the Black Man down, I do not owe anybody anything.  There is no free lunch, go out and work and make yourself better.  Don't expect me to help, but I won't stand in your way neither.
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im black and i would say a lot has to so with there up bringing.  alot of them were born into single parent home with out a male or should i say a positive male role model or not one at all, they became the man of the house utilizing the survival skills known on the streets in order to survive with perhaps good intentions to move there families out of the hood which work for some and others got caught up in the game, getting high off there own supply falling victim to there own self destruction and down fall.  then you have those whom were abused or raised by the system whom developed anger and hostility and there way of coping was to and is to punish society for failing them etc... all races committ crimes! yet the black race has a higher rate due to poverty and ignorance as a result of illiteracy and poor education and up bringing and discrimination does play a key factor in the scheme of things when it comes to jobs, education and housing do to profiling.  yet blacks feel cheated and robbed by the white man and want to hold them accountable for actions taking before there time which in facts effects their future as well as their children and childrens, children.  i teach my children that you can not change the past you can only grow and learn from its experience as well come up with an alternative sollution to evolve and grow from others mistakes and remember that famous quote from rodney king "can't we all just get alone?"but the problem here today is that you have ignorant parents from both sides of the table brain washing children to hate and discrimate and once that seed is set and planted it blooms doom, gloom and hatred against others, therefore blame the parents.
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I think racism LIMITS a country's potential.  I wonder how many Bill Gates' types there have been who were held back because of prejudice.  Businesses that never got started.  Jobs that never were available.  \n\nI feel there are two reasons prejudice will always be with us in one form or another.\n\nFeeling superior.\nThis was said to me (by someone who never could hold down a job or make ends meet) when I asked if he could afford the rent where he was moving.\n"What do you think? I'm not like those muchachos from the other side of the tracks who doesn't even TRY to pay their bills!"\ntranslation; I may be a loser but I'm not as a big of a loser as THOSE people!\n\nShortcut\nI takes a while to know who is honest & who isn't, who is a hard worker & who isn't, etc.\nPrejudice allows people to think they can look at someone & have a short cut to knowing those important things. \n\nI suspect a lot of the prejudice blacks face today isn't racism in the strict sense. It's not prejudice against the race, as much as the culture. In other words, "it's OK to be black as long as you walk, talk & act white." It's still prejudice. \n\nExample: A black with a strong black dilect will be treated very differently from one who talks "white."\n(I'm not talking about bad grammer, just different phonetics.)\n\nI think of Jeff Foxworthy's joke "People hear this accent & automatically want to deduct 20 IQ points." How many IQ points do you think get deducted from someone with a black dialect?
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HE WOULD NOT BE PLEASED. THE STRUGGLES HE AND SO MANY OTHERS WENT THROUGH FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS TO BE FREE AND HAVE EQUALITY WITHIN EVERYDAY SOCIETY AND CONDEMNING THE RACIAL STEREOTYPES. IF HE SAW THE CONTENT OF PROGRAMMING THAT IS DISPLAYED TODAY, HE WOULD PROBABLY BE HIGHLY DISAPPOINTED AND HE WOULD FEEL LIKE THE STRUGGLE WAS IN VAIN AND THERE IS MORE WORK TO DO. I ALSO FEEL THAT IF HE WAS ALIVE TODAY, ALOT OF WHAT WE SEE ON NETWORKS SUCH AS BET PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE SHOWN BECAUSE OF THE INFLUENCE HE HAD DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT AND THE STRUGGLE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS TO USE TELEVISION AS A POSITIVE MEDIUM AND A VOICE FOR ALL.
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Yes, there maybe some issues here but alot of what you have said is true.  Why there is not an an admission of this is unknown to me....I think that in this era people are uncertain of thinking this way since the desegragation and the ongoing violence that race still provokes(Rodney King for ex.).  People that remember this violent time in our county (1960's) do not want it to be repeated and those that have mearly learned about it have been conditioned to ignore the white issues surrounding blacks because it has become "politically incorrect".  There is a seemingly new race "war" brewing...Black's vs. Mexicans.  Now that is ALL our great nation needs..............
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They are government sanctioned racism, and only the liberals would support such 21st century Jim crow laws.  Its sickening to think some people actually believe not all people are created equal.  These liberals actually think that minorities cannot make it on their own.  Its a terrible tragedy that they are getting their way.  History will condemn them, and rightfully so
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Here is the widsom of Dr.King on Affimative Action\n\n"Whenever this issue compensatory treatment is raised, some of our friends recoil in horror. The Negro should be granted equality, they agree, but should ask for nothing more. On the surface, this appears reasonable, but is not realistic. For it is obvious that if a man enters the starting line of a race three hundred years after another man, the second would have to perform some incredible feat in order to catch up." \n"A society that has done something special against the Negro for hundreds of years must now do something special for him, to equip him to compete on a just and equal basis." \n"... for 15 centuries the Negro was enslaved and robbed of any wages — potential accrued wealth which would have been the legacy of his descendants. All of America's wealth today could not adequately compensate its Negroes for his centuries of exploitation and humiliation. It is an economic fact that a program such as I propose would certainly cost far less than any computation of two centuries of unpaid wages plus accumulated interest. In any case, I do not intend that this program of economic aid should apply only to the Negro: it should benefit the disadvantaged of all races." \n\n\nHere what he said about America\n"Don't let anybody make you think God chose America as his divine messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world. God has a way of standing before the nations with justice and it seems I can hear God saying to America "you are too arrogant, and if you don't change your ways, I will rise up and break the backbone of your power, and I will place it in the hands of a nation that doesn't even know my name. Be still and know that I'm God."
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I have no idea why they're so uptight. They feel that if they suffered in the past they have the right to be the country's little princesses. I've been to Europe and I swear black people aren't so uptight there. So the source for all this must be the frustration of african americans of having been enslaved by the white man in the past. Ok, we're all sorry. It's not going to happen ever again so you can all start behaving like everybody else now. Stop being so touchy.
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Firstly, there seems to be an innate fear of blacks coming to power and taking over the world.Their are various  groups supported by people worldwide pouring assistance into various parts of Africa.I personally support Feed the Children,Red Cross,One Campaign,etc.. to stand for peace and universal oneness.As for the government, It is easier get them mobilized if there is a great public outcry or profit to be made.The true power always rest with the people no matter who holds the reins. Contact heads of organizations,organize peaceful marches, and continue to speak out for what is just and right! Be the change!!! Peace.
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Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader. His inspiration was Mr. Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (or Gandhi) of India. Ironically, they were both shot dead even though both of them proponents of peace (Gandhi in 1948, Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968).\n\nAnother famous civil rights leader, was Malcolm X. Malcolm X advocated black pride, economic self-reliance, and identity politics. He ultimately rose to become a world renowned African American/Pan-Africanist and human rights activist. He too was assasinated in 1965.
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I know what you mean, the reason Blacks never got anything because they never has rights to. When slavery ended in 1865 they were still hated even in king's day which was 40 years ago. In 1955 Emmett Till was lynch to death for Wilsiling at a white woman, how could they demand reparation at that time. Remember that in 1965 blacks were just allowed to vote in Mississippi. Couldn't even vote how could they get Billions in reparations. All those people you mention got things because they had the right to at that time. The Blacks that were slaves are dead true, but the wealth they made for this country is still their, which America is still not entiled to.\n\nYes blacks will get reparations more than you could imagine for Americas crime don't you read the prophecys and scriptures?\n\nMLK Jr\n"Don't let anybody make you think God chose America as his divine messianic force to be a sort of policeman of the whole world. God has a way of standing before the nations with justice and it seems I can hear God saying to America, "You are too arrogant, and if you don't change your ways, I will rise up and break the backbone of your power, and I will place it in the hands of a nation that doesn't even know my name. Be still and know that I'm God."\n\nAmerica pride will not allow them to admitt any wrong doing, "because those kinda things happen" they blame it on the "Africans" "Blacks" or anyone esle for the crime of their fathers and their country. Just read the questions like this on here most Whites will blame it on everyone but their own people, who committed a 440 year old crime.\n\n"Most whites will protest that they bear neither responsibility nor blame for the conditions Blacks face. Neither they nor their for bearers ever owned slaves nor can they see themselves as having held anyone back or down." Today the younger generations of Whites resent being held morally or financially responsible for the racial sins of their ancestors, even though as whites, they still enjoy the inherited advantages and privileges of slavery."