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» mikeygeneral - Black Frog Princess

This is one of the reasons why most black people in america are so bitter and whites always ask why? or say why dont you just forget about it...
Malcolm said it,and they killed him becouse of it.
Thanks alot disney.Thanks for throwing that bone.As a matter of fact yall can keep your tired as frog princess flick.We don want it any more. I remember when they dissed Dianna Ross in the late 60's cause she was black.
Now in 2007 we have a movie called the frog princess. why did she have to be a frog named " Maddey"? I dont know what makes america so racist man. I'm starting to think that white america just hates blacks for no appearent reason.we have never done anything to them.we have gotten more things done to us than we ever did to them.thanx for throwing a bone disney,and what a bone it is. wasnt a frog supposed to be an ugly thing before he/she got kissed or like-isnt maddey a sort of slavish kinda name? but this is nothing new to us here in black america.i for one, am used to it all now.white folk will never change.so next time you hear a black person say the whites are racist,dont tell them to forget about it.i think they have every right to be!

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» Dominic von Riedemann - Black Frog Princess

In response to Black Frog Princess posted by mikeygeneral:
Dear Readers:

I debated long and hard about whether or not to respond to this missive, or just cut it. While I have deleted posts before (eg: one poster claimed to be glad that Steve Irwin was dead and hoped his daughter would share the same fate - I deleted that one ASAP), I decided to let this stand. However, I am responding to some of the statements.

1) Historical Fact: Malcolm X was assassinated by three members of the Nation of Islam on February 21, 1965. The killers were Norman 3X Butler, Talmadge Hayer and Thomas 15X Johnson. He was killed at the Audubon Ballroom while he was speaking. The shooters were immediately detained (and seriously beaten) by members of X's audience.

The hit was reportedly ordered after Malcolm X broke with the Nation of Islam and renounced many of their teachings, especially the more racist claims. I've also read some reports that allege both NOI founder Elijah Muhammed and minister Louis Farrakhan publicly called for Malcolm X's death because of his criticizing the Nation of Islam.

2) Any widespread "dissing" I've ever heard about Diana Ross was over her decision to portray jazz icon Billie Holiday in 1971's Lady Sings the Blues. Those disses quickly turned to kudoes when critics saw her work.

3) Everyone knows that entertainment in the U.S.A. is 100% about dollar signs. If you can convince advertisers that a black woman like Jennifer Hudson is more attractive to American males than Beyoncé Knowles, then you'd see black women like Hudson in a lot more ads and shows.

That's the biggest weakness I've always seen in Marlon Briggs' critiques of the entertainment industry's portrayal of blacks in America: the entertainment industry is trying to sell dreams, not reality. If programs like The Cosby Show are seen as an unrealistic depiction of American blacks, that's because it's a vision of what advertisers (and Cosby himself) think blacks want to become, not what they are. That's why you will never, *ever* see an accurate reflection of blacks in the USA through television, music or movies. That's not what the entertainment industry is about.

4) I can't comment on racism on America's streets, mainly because I'm Canadian (remember the Promised Land at the northern end of the Underground Railway? That's us). I do acknowledge that whenever I've been in the States, black people I've talked with become a lot friendlier when I mention that I'm Canadian.

That said, before anyone claims that "I don't know anything about black people" I should mention that my godfather was black. I think I knew my godfather. ;-)

5) Finally, to mikeygeneral: you claim that "America hates blacks" but you also say "white folk will never change." If you say whites oppress blacks in the U.S.A., why do you emulate the oppressor by placing *all* whites in the same category? Two wrongs don't make a right.

Cheers,
Dominic

P.S.: Apropos of nothing, I agree with Black activist Playthell Benjamin who said that Martin Luther King was more terrifying to J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI than Malcolm X. While the FBI had a file on X and tapped his phones, Hoover identified Dr. King as "Public Enemy Number One," and actively attempted to discredit him and shut him down. The reason? The FBI felt that Dr. King was more able to convince open-minded whites to support civil rights.

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