yes, evany, since i lived that stuggle i think i probably know more about it than you do...unless you can tell me you lived that struggle, too. can you tell me
that? if not, all you can speak about is what the news told you. i lived it, dammit! how dare you think you know more about what was happening in civil rights,
when i was right there being affected every day. were you? i think anyone who could put up a pic of dogs attacking blacks has far too little sensitivity to
have ever been involved in any struggle. how would you, or anyone, have felt if i put up a pic of the bones of jews in the pits to prove a sarcastic point?
what you don't know is that when sidney poitier was wowing all the white people, black people weren't even allowed into the theaters. and this was in the north, mind you. my aunt had a job in a theater in pittsburgh identifying the blacks who tried to get in, cause white people often couldn't tell.
you may think you've hit on a great come back with sidney poitier, but he never had the acclaim of michael jackson. he broke down some barriers, yes, but at a time very few blacks could take advantage of them. he was indeed the exception. why do you think minorities were complaining about ethnicity on tv up until the 90's? sidney poitier didn't get anybody any jobs, but berry gordy, motown and michael jackson allowed blacks to take ownership of the music business, and they hold sway until this day. you haven't heard any complaints about blacks in music since the 50's, have you?
oh, and just so we can keep this straight without you twisting my words all over the place, evany, here is my exact quote:
what you don't know is that when sidney poitier was wowing all the white people, black people weren't even allowed into the theaters. and this was in the north, mind you. my aunt had a job in a theater in pittsburgh identifying the blacks who tried to get in, cause white people often couldn't tell.
you may think you've hit on a great come back with sidney poitier, but he never had the acclaim of michael jackson. he broke down some barriers, yes, but at a time very few blacks could take advantage of them. he was indeed the exception. why do you think minorities were complaining about ethnicity on tv up until the 90's? sidney poitier didn't get anybody any jobs, but berry gordy, motown and michael jackson allowed blacks to take ownership of the music business, and they hold sway until this day. you haven't heard any complaints about blacks in music since the 50's, have you?
oh, and just so we can keep this straight without you twisting my words all over the place, evany, here is my exact quote:
he did as much for civil rights as martin luther king
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| Katy HallFirst Posted: 07- 1-09 02:37 PM | Updated: 07- 1-09 08:34 PM