how do you read that and come up with that illogical conclusion LOL WTF you stretched further thn Victor wembalayuThe tangible things MLK's generation got for your diarespectful ass was...
Civil Rights Act of 1964:
This act outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in public accommodations, employment, and federally funded programs.
Voting Rights Act of 1965:
This act eliminated literacy tests and other discriminatory practices that prevented African Americans from voting.
If you have a decent paying job its because of that...if you exercized your franchise and voted unharassed its because of that.
those things are real and the people who fought and died for it dont deserve your disrespect or dismissal.
and if your going to tell the story then tell the WHOLE story:
Actor/activist, Harry Belafonte, shared a similar moment about his friend. “Midway through the Civil Rights Movement, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. realized that the struggle for integration would ultimately become a struggle for economic rights,” Belafonte reflected. “I remember the last time we were together, at my home, shortly before he was murdered. He seemed quite agitated and preoccupied, and I asked him what the problem was?”
According to Belafonte, King responded, “I’ve come upon something that disturbs me deeply. We have fought hard and long for integration, as I believe we should have, and I know we will win, but I have come to believe that we are integrating into a burning house. I’m afraid that America has lost the moral vision she may have had, and I’m afraid that even as we integrate, we are walking into a place that does not understand that this nation needs to be deeply concerned with the plight of the poor and disenfranchised. Until we commit ourselves to ensuring that the underclass is given justice and opportunity, we will continue to perpetuate the anger and violence that tears the soul of this nation. I fear I am integrating my people into a burning house.”
Belafonte added, “That statement took me aback. It was the last thing I would have expected to hear, considering the nature of our struggle.”
Belafonte said he asked King, “What should we do?” and King replied that we should, “become the firemen.” King said, “Let us not stand by and let the house burn.”
Even in a moment of despair MLK realized that as American CITIZENS segregation isnt an option.
you must really love white people to be this desperate to have their say in our lives.
He fucked up. Being the firemen is bonding together so we can do it ourselves, idiot. he didnt say we vote for firemen to put out the fire, we stand up for ourselves. MLK knew integration was a mistake. hence belafonte was taken aback and surprised