19. "oh that post...lol...." In response to In response to 17 Tue Oct-28-14 12:47 PM by Warren Coolidge
of course since it's not archived you will lie about what went down in there...
but you used James Brown's conservatism to dismiss his connection to the Black Power movement...and again..I brought out facts..along with some pretty interesting quotes from RICHARD NIXON HIMSELF to prove you were wrong..
Sure James Brown was conservative...most Black men born in the south during that era who made it out of poverty were conservative....particularly since in those men's youth, it was the Democratic party who housed the racists and fought against Blacks having rights, while the Republican party of that time had at least a perceived place at the table for Blacks.
So James Brown supporting Nixon wasn't really as far fetched...
what you missed was the historical context of Blacks who had elevated out of poverty and their connection to those political parties...
you also ..again..used that out of context connection to dismiss the Black Power movement and Brown's connection to it..
I recall my favorite evidence I presented during that debate would have been the citations of Richard Nixon's own words in courting the "BLACK POWER MOVEMENT" ... it was a very specific strategy initiated by his campaign to directly market to those who followed the Black power movement by equating "power" with economic power. In reality it actually turned out to be somewhat of a bribe, without the promised actions in the end...
to claim that James Brown's conservatism disqualifies him from being an icon of the Black Power movement is a very short-sighted.... narrow-minded point of view that would come from someone who either has a real lack of understanding regarding the facts around the issue..or someone with the agenda of discrediting the Black power movement and/or Mr. Brown.
in the words of Marcus Garvey....the Honorable Elijah Muhammad...and many others whose works and words are at the core of Black Nationalism and the Black Power movement.... there is a constant them of doing for self...self determination and self-responsibility that is very much in line with the so-called rhetoric from conservative political ideology.... It's building..not begging.