Happ Hazzard Posted August 28, 2013 Share Posted August 28, 2013 The perception that some American blacks have that working hard and getting an education is "selling out". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vague_Boy Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Did his dream ever come true ? It's certainly a lot closer than it was when he was killed.* * Except if you're an American Muslim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buck Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 The perception that some American blacks have that working hard and getting an education is "selling out".OK now I get it. It's getting better all round, slowly but surely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronthenekred Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 The perception that some American blacks have that working hard and getting an education is "selling out". Nice that you landed that euphemism in the lap of Black Americans. The euphemism is wildly used as a reference by ALL colours to signify that you've sold your principles to the highest bidder. Black, race or ethnicity isn't the predominant factor..corporate $$$ business is. If you're going to cite a euphemism within the context of the debate at least understand what it means. OK now I get it. It's getting better all round, slowly but surely. What's getting better? People selling out or Blacks selling out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Nice that you landed that euphemism in the lap of Black Americans. The euphemism is wildly used as a reference by ALL colours to signify that you've sold your principles to the highest bidder. Black, race or ethnicity isn't the predominant factor..corporate $$$ business is. If you're going to cite a euphemism within the context of the debate at least understand what it means. What's getting better? People selling out or Blacks selling out? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acting_white In the United States, acting white is a pejorative term, usually applied to African Americans, which refers to a person's perceived betrayal of their culture by assuming the social expectations of white society. Success in education in particular (depending on one's cultural background) can be seen as a form of "selling out" by being disloyal to one's culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halibut Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acting_white Do you aspire to the ideals that MLK was talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jam on it Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 With so many black people in the US doing well and the fact that the country has a black president serving is second term, civil rights activists like Jessie Jackson are in danger of having to find proper jobs and so are still insisting that blacks still have it bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catpus Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 Its fifty years today since Martin Luther King made that famous speech, on that historical day of the civil rights march. A year later the civil rights act was passed, and only five years later that great man was assassinated. Here is film of the actual day of the march in Washington and his speech in full.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smEqnnklfYs The USA are such bloody Hypocrites. The Elite Moneyed Interest cabal murdered Martin Luther King...(just as they did JF and Bobby Kennedy), and now use his anniversary to create a diversion from what they are doing in Syria, and the Middle East. Sick barstewards. But hey, lets not look too closely at them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 I think the anniversary would have been celebrated whether or not there was trouble in Syria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janie48 Posted August 29, 2013 Author Share Posted August 29, 2013 The USA are such bloody Hypocrites. The Elite Moneyed Interest cabal murdered Martin Luther King...(just as they did JF and Bobby Kennedy), and now use his anniversary to create a diversion from what they are doing in Syria, and the Middle East. Sick barstewards. But hey, lets not look too closely at them. The anniversary events in the USA yesterday had been arranged before the chemical attack in Syria, how could the USA have predicted that would happen. Methinks your imagination is getting a little carried away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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